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Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises to create a future of possibility, where everyone can prosper.
Our mission: to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids
Non-Consulting Services
Employer: Mercy Corps
Project: Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT) – AF1
Contract title: Construction of 30 Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) across 5 Localities in Gedaref State
Country: Sudan
Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.:TF-C7102
RFB No: SD-MC-542760-CW-RFB
Issued on: May 6th, 2026
The Mercy Corps has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT) – AF1 (TF-C7102) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for Construction of 30 Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) across 5 Localities in Gedaref State.
- The Mercy Corps now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Construction of 30 Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) across 5 Localities in Gedaref State. For these contracts, 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.
- The overall program is divided into five (5) separate contracts (Lots), as shown below:
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I. No. |
Lot ID/ No. |
Village Name |
Locality Name |
No. of CFSs Per Locality |
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1. |
Lot 1: Al Rahad |
Ali Baekir, Wawata, Khashm Al-Buta |
Al Rahad |
6 |
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2. |
Lot 2: Al Fashaga |
Shuwak, Al Mansoura, Al Magasama |
Al Fashaga |
6 |
|
3. |
Lot 3: AL Fao |
Al Fao, Village 11, Village 7, Village 36 (Dar Elnaem), Harira Al Ratamat, Garya 11 |
Al Fao |
6 |
|
4. |
Lot 4: Basundah |
Al Jamam, Alam, Tabaldiya, Basundah, Um Kharaet |
Basundah |
6 |
|
5. |
Lot 5: Al Mafaza |
Al Mafaza and Al Faki Abdalla |
Al Mafaza |
6 |
Bidders may submit Bids for one or more Lots, as specified in the Bidding Document.
The construction of 30 Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) in Gedaref involves building activity rooms and office units using steel-reinforced structures equipped with electrical systems and professional finishing. The works include installing sanitation facilities with deep-pit latrines, 100-meter perimeter fencing with secure gates, and landscaping with the planting of certified shade trees. All activities must adhere to Mercy Corps’ Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) and be completed within a strict two-month implementation period.
Bidders are required to meet the following minimum criteria for a single Lot/Contract:
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Item No. |
Qualification Criteria |
Minimum Requirement |
|
1 |
Average Annual Construction Turnover |
USD 200,000 |
|
2 |
Liquid Asset/Cashflow Requirement |
USD 40,000 |
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3 |
General Experience |
Experience under construction contracts in the role of prime contractor, JV member, subcontractor, or management contractor for at least the last three years, starting 1st January 2023. |
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4 |
Specific Experience |
A minimum of two (2) similar contracts each with a minimum value of USD 80,000 OR one (1) similar contract with a minimum value of USD 160,000; in both cases, the contract(s) should have been satisfactorily and substantially completed as a prime contractor, joint venture member, management contractor or subcontractor between 1st January 2019 and Application submission deadline: |
- Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
- Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Mercy Corps Sudan office, James Wandera- jwandera@mercycorps.org or Dawit Abafita- dabafita@mercycorps.org during office hours 0900 to 1500 hours at the address given below:
House No. 88, Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps office Sudan.
- The bidding document in ENGLISH may be requested by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application with a tender reference number SD-MC-542760-CW-RFB to the below email addresses:
The document will be sent through following email: sd-tenders@mercycorps.org
- Bids must be delivered to the address below:
House No. 88, Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, on or before 12 PM Sudan Time on 21st May 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below: House No. 88, Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, at 12 PM Sudan Time on 21st May 2026.
- All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.
- 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.
- The address(es) referred to above is (are):
Address: House No. 88, Aljubarab East District,Gedaref,
Contact: James Wandera or Dawit Abafita
Mobile :
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