Procurement of Merchant vessels (Ferries), Search and Rescue Boats and Ferry Maintenance Equipment for Lake Bunyonyi

This invitation for the Bid (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) published in UN Development Business online and the Website of the African Development Bank on 9th December 2020 and in the Daily Monitor Newspapers on 8th December 2020.

The Government of Uganda has received financing from the African Development Fund hereinafter called the Bank towards the cost of Kabale-Bunyonyi and Kisoro- Mgahinga Road Upgrading Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Merchant vessels (Ferries), Search and Rescue Boats and Ferry Maintenance Equipment for Lake Bunyonyi.

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) now invites sealed Bids from bidders for Procurement of Merchant vessels (Ferries), Search and Rescue Boats and Ferry Maintenance Equipment for Lake Bunyonyi.

Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), (OCBI) method as specified in the Bank’s Procurement Framework October 2015 and is open to all bidders as defined in the Procurement Framework.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from the address given below and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. during working days from Monday to Friday at the address given below.

The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon submission of a written application to the email address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of UGX 200,000 (Uganda Shillings Two Hundred Thousand only). The method of payment will be by registration of the payment on the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) website portal. Print the payment advice Form after registering on the URA Portal and effect payment through the URA collection Banks.

Bids must be delivered to the Procurement and Disposal Unit Registry at the address below on or before Friday, October 8, 2021 at 10.00am accompanied with a Bid Security of USD 210,000 (United States Dollars Two Hundred and ten Thousand) at the time of bid submission. Electronic Bid submission is not be permitted and 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 below on Friday, October 8, 2021 at 10.30am.

Director Procurement/Head Procurement & Disposal Unit,
Uganda National Roads Authority,
1st Floor Block D,
Plot 3-5 New Port Bell Road,
UAP Nakawa Business Park,
Kampala, Uganda.
Email: procurement@unra.go.ug

Invitation for the Bid (IFB)