Supply and Installation of Integrated Hammer Mills for Agricultural Lime Production (Lime Crusher Machines) — Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa

Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country : Ethiopia Name of Project: Ethiopia Food System Resilience Program Contract Title: Supply and Installation Supply and Installation of Integrated Hammer Mills for Agricultural Lime Production (Lime Crusher Machines) Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No .: IDA Credit –71560-ET RFB Reference No .: ET-MOA-510856-GO-RFB The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Food System Resilience Program (FSRP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Installation of Integrated Hammer Mills for Agricultural Lime Production in Oromia, Amhara, and Central Ethiopia Region. 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. The Ministry of Agriculture now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply and Installation of Three (3) Integrated Hammer Mills (Lime Crusher Machines) for Agricultural Lime Production at Three Selected Sites: Oromia (Toke Kutaye-Guder), Amhara (Mekedela), and Central Ethiopia (Debub Sodo-Kella) Regional States. The delivery of the goods is expected to be five months from the signing of the contract and/or after L/C opening. 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 Procurement in Investment Project Financing, Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services’, Seventh Edition, September 2025 (and as updated/revised) , and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Agriculture, Procurement Executive, and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5:30pm from Mondays to Thursdays, and on Fridays from 8:30am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 5:30pm local time. 8:30AM to 5:30PM at the address given below. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 30% and for Bid cost: 70 % Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Mr. Dereje Gedilu, FSRP-Senior Procurement Specialist, e-mail: fsrp.procurement@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0830 to 1730 hours (8:30 A.M. to 5:30 A.M.) at the address given below . The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 1,000 (One Thousand Birr Only) or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be in cash / cashier’s check, Payment to account No.1000009144009 with a presentation of deposit slip. Bidders’ who wish to have the bid document delivered to their address by a courier service pay an additional amount of ETB 5,000.00 or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency for courier service charge or send a prepaid courier service coupon to the purchaser address below. However, the purchaser shall not be responsible for a loss or delay in the delivery of the mail and shall not entertain requests for extension on account of such delay. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before June 25, 2026 at 1000 hours (10:00 A.M.) 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 address below on June 25, 2026 immediately after the bid submission time deadline. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 1,000,000.00 (One Million. Birr Only) or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. 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. The address referred to above is: Address: Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Procurement Executive Office, Attention: Ato Tamrat Terfassa , Procurement Executive Ato Dereje Gedilu, Senior Procurement Specialist Tel. +251911668625 Street address : CMC Road, behind Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration of Ethiopia Floor/ Room number : Block A, 2nd Floor, Room number 2-5 Web Address: http ://www.moa.gov.et City: Addis Ababa, Ethiopian