Liberia Urban Resilience Project: Urban Road Rehabilitation and Improvement (Pothole Patching and Overlay) Works in Selected Road Sections in Central Monrovia (CBD) and Bushrod Island

NOTICE AT-A-GLANCE

Project ID: P169718

Project Title: Liberia Urban Resilience Project

Country: Liberia

Notice No: OP00343825

Notice Type: Invitation for Bids

Notice Status: Published

Borrower Bid Reference: LR-MPW-480177-CW-RFB

Procurement Method: Request for Bids

Language of Notice: English

Submission Deadline Date/Time: Apr 04, 2025 12:00

Published Date: 06-Mar-2025

Description: Urban Road Rehabilitation and Improvement (Pothole Patching and Overlay) Works in Selected Road Sections in Central Monrovia (CBD) and Bushrod Island.

Details:

Republic of Liberia

Ministry of Public Works

Liberia Urban Resilience Project

Project Management Unit

South Lynch Street

Monrovia, Liberia

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

URBAN ROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT (POTHOLE PATCHING AND OVERLAY) WORKS ON SELECTED ROAD SECTIONS IN CENTRAL MONROVIA (CBD) AND BUSHROD ISLAND-PHASE II;RFB No: LR-MPW-480177-CW-RFB

PROJECT ID No.: P169718

CREDIT No.: IDA-D7122-LR

Date of Issue: March 6, 2025

1. The Government of the Republic of Liberia has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for theUrban Road Rehabilitation and Improvement (Pothole Patching and Overlay) Works in Selected Road Sections in Central Monrovia (CBD) and Bushrod Island-Phase II. 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 aLetter of Credit.
2. The Ministry of Public Works now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for theUrban Road Rehabilitation and Improvement (Pothole Patching and Overlay) Works in Selected Road Sections in Central Monrovia (CBD) and Bushrod Island-Phase II, as shown below:

NB: More details on the required specifications are contained in the bidding documents. A margin of preference shall NOT apply. Bidders may quote for either one lot or all the lots. Each lot as defined in the ITB 19.1 will be evaluated and awarded separately.

3. Bidding will be conducted through Open National Competitive Bidding procedures using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016 and revised November 2017 and August 2018, updated March 2025 (Sixth Edition) (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the address below and inspect the bidding documents during office hours from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on March 6, 2025.

5. A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased and collected by interested eligible bidders at the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of United States Dollars One Hundred (US$100.00) cash to the PMU Project Finance Officer. Upon payment of the tender fee, bidders are required to obtain an official receipt from the Project Finance Officer before collecting the documents from the PMU Procurement Office at the Ministry of Public Works. No arrangements have been made for other methods of delivery of bidding documents.

6. Sealed Bids must be clearly marked Urban Road Rehabilitation and Improvement (Pothole Patching and Overlay) Works on Selected Road Sections in Selected Road Sections in Central Monrovia (CBD) and Bushrod Island-Phase II and delivered to the address below: Liberia Urban Resilience project, Ministry of Public Works, 107 South Lynch Street, Monrovia Liberia on or before April 4, 2025. Electronic bidding will NOT be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the following address: Liberia Urban Resilience project, Ministry of Public Works 107 South Lynch Street, Monrovia Liberia, on April 4, 2025, at 12:00 noon. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in the safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amounts indicated in the table in para 2 above in the form of an on-demand bank guarantee.

Note: Bid Security is required for each lot as per the amounts indicated against each lot. Bidders have the option of submitting one Bid Security for all lots (for the combined total amount of all lots) for which Bids have been submitted. However, if the amount of Bid Security is less than the total required amount, the Purchaser will determine for which lot or lots the Bid Security amount shall be applied.

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. For bidders’ eligibility, bids must be submitted together with the following preliminary requirements: -

• Letter of Bid duly signed and stamped/sealed by the authorized person(s) or by the power of an Attorney signed and notarized
• A copy of the bidder’s valid business registration certificate and Articles of Association.
• Valid Tax clearance certificate (Domestic bidders only);
• Submission of form of Bid Security (Bank Guarantee and required amount);
• Submit a copy of the Association of Liberia Construction and Contractor (ALCC) certificate
• A copy of the Ministry of Public Works classification certificate
• Most recent three (3) Year Audited financial statements (2023, 2022 and 2021)

10. The addresses referred to above are:

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization/Department: Ministry of Public Works

Name: Gabriel Flaboe

Address: Lynch Street and UN Drive Monrovia

City:

Province/State:

Postal Code:

Country: Liberia

Phone: +231 799 111 985

Email: gsflaboesr@mpw.gov.lr

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