UNIVERSITY of RWANDA

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR FOR FINANCE

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION

Country: Institution: Project:

Rwanda

University of Rwanda (UR)

EAC Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management (RCE-VIHSCM)

ICB Number: 01/W/ICB/2023-2024/UR-EAC RCE-VIHSCM/KFW

The East African Community (EAC) received funds from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), German Development Bank to support the initial development of the Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management (RCE-VIHSCM). Parts of this financial contribution (grant funding) shall be used to finance an infrastructure component consisting of a tuition building with fully equipped training rooms, research facilities and offices for the RCE staff, along with human capital investment (e.g. scholarships), start-up financing for operation of the Centre and consultancy services.

EAC is the recipient of the financial cooperation funds, which are channelled to the University of Rwanda (UR) as "The Employer", College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) under RCE-VIHSCM which is the Project Executing Agency (PEA).

The goal of the project is construction and establishment of the RCE-VIHSCM under the management of UR. Its purpose is to enhance the professionalization and modernization of health supply chain systems in the EAC through capacity strengthening and dissemination of innovation. This aims to contribute to improved health of the people of the EAC. Therefore, UR seeks to hire the contractor for the construction of RCE-VIHSCM building which will be located at KG17 Ave, UR - Remera Campus, Kigali.

The Employer intends to assign a contractor for the following:

"Construction Works of Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management (RCE-VIHSCM) Building in Kigali, Rwanda❞

1. The new proposed facility will be constructed at UR - Remera Campus in the City of Kigali. The building will be for educational and administrative purposes and use, separated by a central landscaped courtyard, pathways, and other external hardscape.

2. The Applicants shall make themselves familiar with the context on the Site and scrutinize the physical conditions on the site to submit comprehensive prequalification documents for the construction works.

UR invites eligible applicants to submit sealed prequalification documents for the construction of EAC RCE-VIHSCM building.

Bidding will be conducted by the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) with prequalification as specified in the guidelines for the procurement of consulting services, works, plant, goods, and non-consulting services in financial cooperation with Partner Countries ("KfW Guidelines"). ICB will be conducted in accordance with the two stage, one-envelope procedure. The ICB procedure is open to all applicants from eligible source but limited to construction companies.

Interested eligible applicants may obtain further information in respect of the prequalification documents from the Project Executive Agency Office, P.O Box 4285 Kigali-Rwanda Email: info.rcevihscm@ur.ac.rw and copy to director.rcevihscm@ur.ac.rw; urhpuprocura@gmail.com and vedaste.gakunde@gmail.com; nervisa.bayonblanco@gic->

group.com.

A complete set of prequalification documents is available to the interested applicants at www.gtai.de; www.eac.int; https://hscm.ur.ac.rw and https://ur.ac.rw until the last date of bids submission. Prequalification documents is also at the following link: https://ur.ac.rw/ IMG/pdf/00126_rwa_pq_icb_prequalification_document_for_rce_vihscm_building.pdf.

All interested applicants who received the prequalification documents from either the employer or the address given in the notice of the GTAI (German Trade & Invest, website www.gtai.de) must register their interest to participate in the prequalification, at the Project Executive Agency Office, P.O Box 4285 Kigali-Rwanda Email: info.rcevihscm@ur.ac. rw and copy to director.rcevihscm@ur.ac.rw; urhpuprocura@gmail.com and vedaste. gakunde@gmail.com; nervisa.bayonblanco@gic-group.com. by means of letter or email to allow inclusion of all such applicants into any correspondence during the tender process. The documents received from the Employer are not transferable.

Prequalification documents must be submitted to the address indicated in the clause ITA 17.1 of the prequalification document on or before 19th February 2024. The late submission of prequalification bids will be rejected.

In a public session, the submitted prequalification bids will be opened in public by the presence of the applicants' designated representatives.

Sincerely,

Françoise Kayitare Tengera

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance