The Ethiopian Herald
Friday December 5, 2025
INVITATION
FOR BID
Employer: Ethiopian Electric Power/EEP/
Project: Melka Wakena Hydroelectric Power Plant
Contract Title: Design, Supply, Installation, Refurbishment and Commissioning of
Hydro-Mechanical & EM Equipment of Dam Main Intake Gate and Forebay System.
Country: Ethiopia
Bid Ref. No: EEP/FP-2/ICB/01
Issued on: December 5, 2025
1. The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has the budget to be used for the procurement of Design, Supply, Installation, Refurbishment and
Commissioning of Hydro-Mechanical & EM Equipment of Melka Wakena
Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam Main Intake Gate
and Forebay System through International competitive bidding (ICB).
2. The Ethiopian Electric Power Now
Invites Eligible Bidders for the Procurement of: Design, Supply, Installation, Refurbishment and
Commissioning of Hydro- Mechanical
& EM Equipment of Melka Wakena Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam Main Intake Gate and Forebay System.
No margin of domestic preference
shall apply, and bidders are required to meet the following criteria:
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No.
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Qualification
Criteria
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Minimum Requirement
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1
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Average Annual Turnover for the Last
Five Years
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US$ 83 Million
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2
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Cash flow Requirement
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US$ 1.2 Million
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3
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General Experience
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Proven experience in similar
work over the last 15 years.
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4
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Specific Project Experience
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- The Bidder shall participated
as contractor or subcontractor that it has
successfully completed either at least one (1) contract with a value of not less than USD 8,000,000.00 (Eight Million)
or at least Two (2) contracts within
the last Five (5) years, each with a value of at least USD 4,000,000 (Four Million USD), that have been
successfully and substantially
completed and that are similar to the proposed Works.
- Dam intake/
spillway/tailrace/bottom-out let//diversion gate/ refurbishment.
- Under water
inspection/assessment works.
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3. Interested eligible bidders
may obtain further information and inspect the bidding
document during office hours 8:00A.M to 5:00 PM. East African Time at the address given below.
4. A complete set of bidding
documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application letter and upon
payment of a non- refundable fee of
Ethiopian Birr 5,000.00 (ETB Five Thousand) or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency. The method of
payment shall be in cash, or a
cashier's check, or through telegraphic transfer to EEP Transmission Construction A/C No.1000252665203, Commercial
Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), Arada Ghiorgis
Branch, and EEP BUMBUNA HPP A/C No.
0101181300051, NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA (NBE), Swift Code: NBETETAA, for ETB and USD currency, respectively.
5. Bids must be delivered before
the closing date and time to the address mentioned
below. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a
CPO or Bank Guarantee as mentioned below in the name
of Ethiopian Electric Power. Electronic
bidding will not be permitted. Late bids shall be rejected.
6. Bid must be delivered to the
above office on or before 2:00 PM on January 9, 2026, and must be accompanied by a security of USD
30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand USD), which
is counter guaranteed by any commercial bank of Ethiopia.
7. Bid will be opened in the
presence of the bidders or bidders' representatives who choose to attend on January 9, 2026, at 2:30 P.M.
8. The Ethiopian Electric Power
reserves the right to reject the tender in whole or in part.
9. The address (es) referred to
above is (are):
Ethiopian Electric Power Head Office
Attontion: Eng. Tsion Birhanu, Procurement and Logistics Executive
Officer
Yeka Sub City Woreda-9 near Kotebe Metal Tools Factory, In front of
Abyssinia Bank Kotebe Kidanemihret Branch, Block-09 Foreign
Procurement-2 Office.
Telephone: +251-115-580597
Email address: tsionnaod@gmail.com
Copy: Mr. HusenAdem, Manager, Foreign Procurement-2
Telephone: +251-115-580781
Email address: hussenadem377@gmail.com Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Electric Power