Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids Small Works

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Employer: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAFI)
Project: Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCISATP)
Project ID: PT32576
Contract file: Package 3 - Rehabilitation works on road bottlenecks/chokes in Bunyoro and Renvoi region Lores Lot 14-19
Country: Uganda
Loan No.: /Credit No. / Grant No.: 7251-U
RPS No.: UG-MAAI-548774-CW-RF8
Issued on: 11th June, 2024

1. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAAF) has received an Invitation from the World Bank to work on the project of the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCISATP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for Rehabilitation works on road bottlenecks/chokes in Bunyoro and Renvoi region Lores Lot 14-19. This will be the first contract under the World Bank’s support to the Uganda Development Partners Investment Project Financing.

2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAAF) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Package 3 - Rehabilitation works on road bottlenecks/chokes in Bunyoro and Renvoi region Lores Lot 14-19.

3. Bidding will be conducted through National competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RPB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for Project Borrowers July 2016 revised in September 2025” (Procurement Regulations).
4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following bidding will apply for the tender:

• Initial (including initial and non-price factors) 70% and for bid cost 30%.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. Information: Senior Procurement Officer, Procurement Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, P.O. Box 302, Kampala, Uganda.

• The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee of UGX300,000 per package or UGX300,000 per package. The bidding document may be obtained from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) website using “Other NIR” as a tax head in the form. The Bidders may pick the bidding document from MAAF offices indicated below against the version of evidence of payment. On request and against a submission of the evidence of the payment, the bidding document may be sent by courier service if the courier service is arranged by the Bidders. The Embassy, however, bears no responsibility for the late delivery of the loss of the document. The Bidders are advised to visit and examine the Site of works, its surrounding and obtain all information that may be necessary for preparing their Bid and entering into contract for construction of the works. The cost of visiting the Site shall be at the Bidders’ own expense. A Pre-Bid Site Visit conducted by the Employer will be held as per details indicated in III/17 of the Bidding document.

• A Pre-Bid Meeting shall take place at the following date, time and place 6th July, 2026 at Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute. An Online Virtual Meeting using zoom – A link will be shared with all registered bidders prior to the date of the meeting. The bidders who wish to attend the meeting shall register in order to submit their official email address no later than one (1) day to the date of the meeting.

5. Bids must be delivered to the address below or before 23rd July, 2026 at 1100 Hours (East African Time).
6. The bidder shall submit a bid in the auction period using the following method:

• A) Uganda-Kayiga-Kibale in Igazaya (C Kakumiro DLG (2.3KM)

• B) Igimbi-Kazobaa Imara in Mugamara SC Kibale DLG (8.4KM)

• C) Avaragaga-Kamata-Kipanga-Kyangwa in Igazaya (2.8KM)

• D) Kitaleba-Nyakabindo in Kyandongo DLG (4.6KM)

7. Bids may be for a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of two (2) complete lots. A separate Bid Security in the amount specified above must be submitted for each lot bid for. Bidders applying for two lots must demonstrate the financial and technical capacity to execute both contracts simultaneously, with qualification thresholds aggregated accordingly. Each lot will be evaluated independently, and where the same bidders is the most likely to be evaluated based on two lots, a combined qualification check will be conducted before any multiple-lot award is made. Full details of the multiple-lot evaluation and award methodology are set out in Section III of the Bidding Document.

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.

Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project,
Plot 78, Block 2 Room 11, Buganda Road, Kampala,
www.agriculture.go.ug

Note: “Any form of canvassing or lobbying for the tender shall lead to out-of-midtic disqualification”