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Mercy Corps is a non-religious, non-profit, and non-governmental international humanitarian organization. Mercy Corps has been operational in DRC since August 2007, with a staff of around 400 people working across the country's east. Mercy Corps has a national office in Goma with sub-offices in Beni in North Kivu, Bunia and Mambasa in Ituri and Bukavu, Kavumu and Katana in South Kivu. Mercy Corps also has a presence in DRC's capital, Kinshasa
To enable communities to meet their own basic needs, Mercy Corps supports displaced and conflict-affected communities with market-driven assistance in multi-purpose cash transfers, emergency WASH support and livelihood assistance. Mercy Corps ensures local markets are more resilient and competitive and communities are better equipped to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.

Background:
As part of the Goma water masterplan, a new reservoir was planned at Mount Goma together with a pump station refurbishment and augmentation was planned at Lake Kivu to provide water into the Reservoir. Under the IMAGINE programme, Mount Goma 4 reservoir of 5000m was constructed to supply water to the south part of Goma city in the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC). The pump station was not constructed under IMAGINE
This new pump station is now proposed as per the provincial government's request to construct an independent station for the Mt Goma 4 reservoir. The pump station and transmission main pipeline will be constructed under USAID's Sustainable Water and Sanitation System activity (Mercy Corps, Tetratech and Sanergy are implementers) as part of the Build Back Better (888) plan that was developed to mitigate and repair the effects of a major volcanic eruption in May 2021.
Mercy Corps wishes to continue the momentum of the infrastructure improvements in Goma to build back better the existing water system and make sustainable improvements to water supply and distribution in Goma which
will allow more reliable water access to hundreds of thousands of residents There is urgency in completing this both from a water needs requirement and to reinforce the political economy around improving service provision and supporting the province in the process.

Purpose of bid:
The purpose of this bid is to select a regional or international company interested to work in the DR Congo for the construction of the lake Kivu (LK1A) pump station in Goma as part of USAID's Sustainable Water and Sanitation System activity.
The Company awarded subsequent contracts will be required to provide advance and/or performance guarantees. By bidding, the Companies acknowledge acceptance of Mercy Corps warranty policy available from the procurement department
If you are interested in submitting a bid. you will need to complete an Intent to Bid Form and submit it according to the guidelines below.

Interested firms can download the Intent to Bid Form on this LINK or through the tender platform on Mercy Corps official website www.mercycorps.org/tenders 

Intend to Bid Form can be picked up at the following Mercy Corps offices Mercy Corps DRC: 021 Avenue Bougainvilliers, Q. Les Volcans, Goma, Nord-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo
Mercy Corps Uganda: 21a Kiwafu Rd. Kampala, Uganda
Mercy Corps Kenya: Almont Park, Church Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
Completed intent to Bid Form must be submitted to Mercy Corps by 21 July 2023, 17:00 (Goma, DRC Time) by using one of the below methods
Email completed Intent to Bid Form to drctendersubmissions@mercycorps.org with the Tender Reference number in the email subject line.

Return completed Intent to Bid Form in person and put it in the Tender Box placed at Mercy Corps offices in the above-mentioned locations. The Tender Reference number should be written on the envelope.
After the closing date of this Tender Notice, the Request for Proposal will be sent to the suppliers who submitted an Intent to Bid Forms. The Request for Proposal will be sent according to the preference the interested firm have mentioned in the Intent to Bid Form