Lot 1: Improving the 1.5-Kilometer airport to Pou Bay Bridge Road in Chuuk • Lot 2: Replacing two short-span (6-meter-long) steel and concrete composite bridges in Yap • Lot 3: Replacing the 12-meter Awak bridge

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids, Works Reconstruction of roads and bridges across the Federated States of Micronesia

Employer Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure

Project FSM Prioritized Road Investment and Management Enhancements Project: P172225

Contract title

Lot 1: Improving the 2.4 Km Airport to Pou Bay Bridge Road in Chuuk

Lot 2: Replacing Two short-span (6-meter-long) steel and concrete composite bridges in Yap (Road 0.316 Km approaches to the Bridge)

Lot 3: Replacing the 12-Meter Awak bridge in Pohnpei (Road 0.330 Km approaches to the Bridge)

Country Federated States of Micronesia

Loan No. IDA-D7790

RFB No FM-DOTCI-572568-CW-RFB

Issued on 22 October 2026

The Federated States of Micronesia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the P172225-FSM Prioritized Road Investment and Management Enhancements Project (PRIME) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts: The Borrower shall process payments as defined in the World Bank’s “Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing” and the project’s Disbursement and Financial Information Letter.

Lot 1: Improving the 2.4 Km airport to Pou Bay Bridge Road in Chuuk;

Lot 2: Replacing two short-span (6-meter-long) steel and concrete composite bridges (Road 0.316Km approaches to the Bridge) in Yap and

Lot 3: Replacing the 12-meter Awak Bridge in Pohnpei (Road 0.33Km approaches to the Bridge) .

1 The Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (DoTCI) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the following lots:

Sl. No. Contract Name Contract Description Contract Period

1

Lot 1: Improving the 2.4 Km airport to Pou Bay Bridge Road in Chuuk

Construction of 2.4 Km length and 6.4 meter wide Rigid Pavement Road, including 9 Nos. Concrete Box Structures, Lined Side Drains, and associated ancillaries works; and construction of temporary diversion road, cross drainage structures to facilitate traffic movement during construction with safety measures.

Construction Period: 365 days

Defect Notification Period: 365 days

2

Lot 2: Replacing two short-span (6-meter-long) steel and concrete composite bridges in Yap

Construction of 0.316 Km length and 7.16 Meter width flexible pavement road, including the complete replacement of two short-span (6 Meter long permanent steel and concrete composite bridges), construction of 2 Nos. pipe culverts, 2 Nos. concrete box structures (8 Meter x 9.65 Meter), lined side drains, and associated ancillary works, together with the construction of temporary diversion road, cross drainage structures including temporary Steel bridges ( 36.5 Meter x 6.4 Meter or approved equivalent structural bridges) to facilitate traffic movement during construction with safety measures.

Construction Period: 455 days

Defect Notification Period: 365 days

3

Lot 3: Replacing the 12-Meter Awak Bridge in Pohnpei

Construction of 0.330 Km length and 7 Meter width flexible pavement road, including the complete replacement of 12 Meter bridge which includes construction of 1 No. Bridge structure (18.2 Meter x 9.75 Meter), 2 Nos. concrete box structures, lined side drains, and associated ancillary works, together with construction of temporary diversion road, cross drainage structures including temporary Steel bridges (18.2 Meter x 6.4 Meter or approved equivalent structural bridges) to facilitate traffic movement during construction with safety measures.

Construction Period: 365 days

Defect Notification Period: 365 days

Only eligible bidders who meet the below key qualification criteria may participate in this bidding.

Item

Qualification Criteria (US$ million)

LOT 1 LOT 2 LOT 3

Minimum Average Annual Construction Turnover within last 5 years 9.2 3.75 4.1

Minimum Financial Resources 2.55 1.04 1.13

Contracts of Similar Size and Nature 6.12 3.12 2.72

Construction Experience in Key Activities

Construction of Minimum Cumulative length of 2.25 Km of Rigid Concrete Pavement Road Construction of at least One Concrete Bridge with a minimum clear length of 18.2 Meter Construction of at least One Concrete Bridge with a minimum clear length of 18.2 Meter

1. Bidders may download the Bid Documents from the DoTC&I website: https://tci.gov.fm 2. Bidders may bid for one, two or all three contracts, as further defined in the bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts, in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid. The bidder must demonstrate access to liquid assets, credit facilities, or other financial means sufficient to cover the combined lot qualification requirement. A bidder may qualify for one lot but fail to qualify for two or more lots if its financial resources are insufficient to support concurrent execution. 3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using 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. 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 70 % and Financial 30%. 5. A pre-bid conference will be held on November 02, 2026 at 11:00am (PNI local time) at the DoTC&I conference room in Palikir FSM. 6. The bidding document in English is available free upon request. Interested bidders can request it by email or letter using the contact details below. 7. Bids must be submitted by email to the address specified below on or before 11:00 a.m., on 07 December 2026 PNI local time. All bids must be encrypted with a password, the password for the Technical Part shall be submitted by separate email no earlier than 30 minutes and no later than 10 minutes befo