Procurement Leakage detection Equipment

Bid Reference: SL-MWRS-539458-GO-RFB
Procurement method: Request for Bids
World Bank project No. : P507588

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Sierra Leone

Name of Project: SIERRA LEONE WATER SECURITY AND WASH ACCESS IMPROVEMENT

Contract Title: Implementation of NRW Reduction Measures (Active Leakage Management, including training on NRW management)

Grant No.: P507588

RFB Reference No.: SL-MWRS-539458-GO-RFB

Issue Date: April 16, 2026

1. The Guma Valley Water Company through the Ministry of Water Resource and Sanitation has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the SIERRA LEONE WATER SECURITY AND WASH ACCESS IMPROVEMENT and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Implementation of NRW Reduction Measures (Active Leakage Management, including training on NRW management). “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 Guma Valley Water Company now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Implementation of NRW Reduction Measures (Active Leakage Management, including training on NRW management), to be supplied as per special conditions of the contract and delivered to the Guma Valley Water Company.


3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” of September 2025. (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.


4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors):Technical 40%. This should comply with the mandatory requirements for Rated Criteria in the Procurement Regulations and for Bid cost: 60%.


5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Guma Valley Water Company, 12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Project Coordinator, email: bernadettekargbo222@gmail.com; gumaprocurement@yahoo.com, allieu.conteh@mowrs.gov.sl, kawenikargbo7@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below.

6.         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 NLe2,500 (Two Thousand, Five Hundred Leones) or USD 110 (one Hundred and Ten United States Dollars) The method of payment will be to the Cashier at GVWC, Headquarters, Lamina Sankoh Street. The document will be sent via email and hard copy.

7.         Bids must be delivered to the address below 7th Floor, Guma Building, Guma Valley Water Company, Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, on or before 29th May 2026 at 12:00 GMT. 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 Guma Building, Guma Valley Water Company, Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 4th Floor, 12.00GMT on 29th May 2026. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

8.         All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of USD 14,000 (Fourteen Thousand United States Dollars) or NLe 318,600 (Three Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Six Hundred Leones)

9.         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.

10.       The address(es) referred to above is:

The Managing Director

Guma Valley Water Company

Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project

12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

+232 78 005 805 ; +232 76 695 025

bernadettekargbo222@gmail.com