Uganda National Roads Authority

Loan Agreement No. UD-P4
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER NILE AT JINJA
[Procurement Ref UNRA/WORKS/2011-12/00001/01/01]

1. The Government of the Republic of Uganda has received a Loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency toward the cost of the Construction of a new Bridge Across River Nile at Jinja ,(01 November 2010). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this Loan will be applied to eligible payments for which this Invitation for Prequalification is issued. This contract will be jointly financed by Government of Uganda. Bidding will be governed by JICA’s eligibility rules and procedures.

2. The Uganda National Roads Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”) intends to prequalify contractors and/or firms for The execution of Civil Works for the Construction of the new bridge across the River Nile at Jinja. The Works shall comprise among others the following:

a) Bridge Name and Location: The Bridge is located 80Km east of the Capital Kampala along the Kampala-Jinja-Malaba
international Trunk Road. The new bridge will be located 750m upstream of existing dam-cum-bridge crossing. The Bridge will
link Uganda’s Central African Neighbours namely; Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to the
Indian Ocean Coast at Mombasa along the most important Import Export Northern Corridor Route (NCR) of Uganda.

b) Bridge Configuration: The new bridge will comprise a “dual carriageway”, two-way, Single-Plane Cable stay bridge of total length 525m with central span of 290m and end spans of 135m and 100m on the east and west banks respectively.

c) Bridge Substructure: Bridge foundation will be pile foundation with 2.0m or larger diameter embedded approximately 15-30m deep through weathered to hard rock. The pylon shape will be Inverted Y shape approx 70-80m height.

d) Bridge Superstructure: Girder will comprise of 2.5m or more prestressed one(1)-box girder with webs and/or tie braces. Multi Strand (MS) stay cables with internal anchorage shall be adopted.

e) Approach Roads: New asphalt surfaced approach roads of 2.1km length will be constructed to Class 1(b) standard. The
approach roads shall include 03No. at grade junction improvements.

f) The project will include the following estimated main works
quantities:


g. The Construction period will be 48 months with a Defects Liability
Period (DLP) of 2 years.

3. It is expected that Invitation for Bids will be made in March 2012.

4. Prequalification will be conducted through prequalification procedures specified in the Guidelines for Procurement under Japanese ODA Loans, March 2009, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries, as defined in the guidelines.

5. Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from and inspect the Prequalification Documents at the address given below, during working days, from 08:00hrs to 16:00hrs Local time.

6. A complete set of the Prequalification Document may be purchased by interested Applicant(s) on the submission of a
written application to the address given below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of UGX 100,000 or USD 50.

7. Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the address shown below by 24 January 2012 at 11:00 am local time and be clearly marked “Application to Prequalify for Construction of a new Bridge Across River Nile At Jinja”.

Head, Procurement and Disposal Unit,
Uganda National Roads Authority,
Ground Floor, Room GA2
Plot 5, Lourdel Road, Nakasero, Kampala,
Uganda

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR