Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project: Purchasing Imported Wheat to Manufacture Subsidized Bread for Bread Subsidy System

Project ID: P178926

Project Title: Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project

Borrower Bid Reference: EG-GASC-321024-GO-RFP

Published Date: 24-Dec-2022

Details:

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding "One Envelope for Technical bids +  One envelop for Financial bids". Both envelopes will open at the same time)

Country: Arab Republic of Egypt

Name of Project: Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project

Contract Title: Wheat cargo of 30 or 40 or 50 or 55 or 60 thousand Mt +/- 5% at Seller's option on C&F basis from latest crop 2022

Loan No.: EG. 9399

RFB Reference No.: EG-GASC-321024-GO-RFP

1. The Government of Egypt (The Borrower) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Wheat cargo of 30 or 40 or 50 or 55 or 60 thousand Mt +/- 5% at Seller's option on C&F basis from latest crop 2022. “For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.”

2.         The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Wheat cargo of 30 or 40 or 50 or 55 or 60 thousands Mt +/- 5% at Seller's option on C&F basis from latest crop 2022 for wheat shipment during the period from 1 to 15 February 2023

1. U.S. NO.( 2) or better Soft White  wheat  (S.W.W).
2. U.S. NO. Two ( 2) or better Soft Red wheat (S.R.W).
3. U.S. NO. ( 2) or better Hard Red  Winter wheat (H.R.W).
4. Australian Standard white wheat (A.S.W.W.).
5. Russian Milling Wheat No. Four (4) or better
6. Bulgarian Milling Wheat
7. Hungarian Milling Wheat
8. Paraguayan  Milling Wheat
9. Kazakhstan Milling Wheat
10. Lithuanian Milling Wheat
11. English Milling Wheat
12. Uruguayan Milling Wheat
13. Indian Milling Wheat
14. Moldavian Milling Wheat
15. Ukrainian  Milling wheat No Three ( 3) Or better
16. Canadian NO. Two ( 2) or better Eastern soft red winter wheat.
17. French  Milling Wheat
18. German Milling Wheat.
19. Polish Milling Wheat .
20. Argentinean  Milling Wheat.
21. Romanian Milling Wheat
22. Serbian Milling Wheat
23. Latvian Milling Wheat
24. Brazilian Milling Wheat.

3.         Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB)  as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” -November 2022 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.         Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from General Authority For Supply Commodities, Email : gasc@msit.gov.eg   and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1900 hours at the address given below.

5.         The bidding document in Arabic may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee of 505 L.E currency. The method of payment will be in cash. The document will be delivered hand-to-hand to the bidder's representative who pays for it Physically.

6.         Bids must be delivered to the address below before 12 noon Cairo local time on December,27,2022. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address on 12 noon Cairo local time December,27,2022

7.         All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of 400000 USD per shipment 50 or 55 thousand Metric tons and 200000 USD per shipment 30 or 40 thousands Metric tons. A Bid Security for each additional shipment must be provided if more than one shipment is to be awarded.

8.         Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9.         The address referred to above is : 99 Kasr El Eini Street – Cairo - Egypt

General Authority For Supply Commodities

Vice Chairman Office

Ahmed Youssef (Vice Chairman Of GASG)

99 Kasr El Eini Street – Cairo – Egypt

Tel : 02027960766/02027960677

Fax: 02027960711

gasc@msit.gov.eg

www.gasc.gov.eg

Organization/Department: General Authority For Supply Commodities

Name: Mostafa Ismail Abd Elkarin

Address: 99 EL-Kase EL-Eni St., Cairo

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Country: Egypt, Arab Republic of

Phone: 0201227937904

Email: mesmail@msit.gov.eg

Website: http://www.gasc.gov.eg