PROCUREMENT NOTICE

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

RFB No: LR-MPW-474310-GO-RFB

PROJECT ID No.: P169718

CREDIT No.: IDA-D7122-LR

            Date of Issue: February 20, 2025

1.        The Government of Liberia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURPP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design, Supply, Installation of Integrated Solar PV Streetlight System in Selected Communities in Paynesville (Lot I) and Bushrod Island (Lot 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 letter of credit.

2.        The Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Design, Supply, Installation of Integrated Solar PV Streetlight Systems in Selected Communities in Paynesville (Lot) , and Bushrod Island (Lot 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 the national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Fifth Edition of September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.        Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Liberia Urban Resilience Project Office on the Compounds of the Ministry of Public Work, Lynch Street, Monrovia (Please state the name of the procurement officer and email) and inspect the bidding document during office hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm GMT at the address given below.

5.        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 US$100.00. The method of payment will be a direct payment into Rural Energy Fund Account No: Swift Code No. held with or at the Finance Department of LURP and submitting the payment advice as evidence to collect the Bidding Documents. An additional amount will be charged for deliveries by courier.

6.        Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 3:00 pm GMT on March 19, 2025. Electronic bidding will notbe 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 below on March 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm GMT.

7.        All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amounts indicated in the table above for each lot, in the form of a bank guarantee.

         Note: Bid Security is required for each lot as per the percentages 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: –

• Letter of Bid in the prescribed format
• Bid Security
• Valid Business Registration Certificate
• Articles of Incorporation
• Valid LRA Tax Clearance Certificate
• Manufacturer’s Authorization Letter
• Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification Authority (REREA) License
• Most recent three (3) Year Audited Financial Statement (2023, 2022 and 2021)

10.  The addresses referred to above are: