Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS

UGANDA SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROJECT (USEEP)

Credit No.: 6754-UG / Grant No.: D701-UG

Request for Bids

Works

(Two-envelope Bidding Process Without Prequalification)

Employer:                                        Ministry of Education and Sports

Project:                                            Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP)

Contract title:                                  Construction of 8 Secondary Schools Under 4 Lots

Country:                                           Uganda

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.:  PROJECT ID: P166570

RFB No:                                            NCB No. MOES-USEEP/WRKS/23-24/00080 - 1/2/3/4

Issued on:                                          14th June 2024

1. The Government of Uganda received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of implementing Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Construction of 8 Secondary Schools Under 4 Lots. 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.”
2. The Ministry of Education and Sports now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for construction of schools indicated in the table below:

NB: The period required for construction is 10 months excluding defects liability period.

1. Bidding will be conducted through National competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing”, dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018, and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
2. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Education and Sports from Milton Ndyamuba on milndy2004@yahoo.com or Wilberforce Turyamubona on wturyamubona@gmail.com copy to useep@education.go.ug  and inspect the Bidding document during office hours from 08.30 hrs to 16.30 hrs East Africa Standard Time  at the address given below under 9.
3. 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 nonrefundable fee of Uganda Shillings Two Hundred Thousand Only (UGX 200,000).  The method of payment will be through obtaining a Bank Payment Advise Form from the cashier on 5th Floor, Embassy House and pay at the designated Bank. On presentation of proof of payment, bidding documents may then be collected from the address at (9) given below or sent by email as may be preferred by the bidder.
4. Bids must be delivered to the address below under 9 on or before 11.00am of 12th July 2024. 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 under 9 at 11.15am on 12th July 2024.  All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
5. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security of Uganda Shillings One Hundred Fifteen Million (UGX 115,000,000) for each of the 4 lots.
6. 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:

          Ministry of Education and Sports,

          USEEP Project Office,          

          Rwenzori courts, 1st Floor, Plot 2 Nakasero Road,

          P O Box 7063, Kampala,

          Tel. 0414 698231

          Email: milndy2004@yahoo.com copy to wturyamubona@gmail.com

          Website: www.education.go.ug