Upgrading the Ministry of Agricultural Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts and New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works).

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Lebanon

Name of Project: Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE)

Contract Title: Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts & New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works)

Loan No.: 9576-LB

RFB Reference No.: GC3G2A

1. The Lebanese Republic has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts and New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works) . For this contract, 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. 2. The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) acting as an implementing agency for and on behalf of the Republic of Lebanon now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories ( the Goods) . The successful Bidder shall complete the supply of the Goods, including delivery to the Final Destination as specified in the Bidding Documents, within 6 (six) months from the date of Contract Notification.

3. The Goods consist mainly of the following main elements

The pesticides residue analysis and formulations sections of the Kfarshima laboratory of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture play an instrumental role in analyzing samples of imported products, as well as products intended to export to the Gulf and European countries. These sections of the laboratory have been damaged during the previous years, and need minor rehabilitation works to ensure the proper and long term functioning of the equipment. The Ministry of Agriculture has included the equipping and rehabilitation of this facility in the list of its top priorities, during the early stages of the design of the GATE project. The goods requested through this RFB include: a. Procurement of laboratory equipment for the Kfarshima laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

• Part 1 consists of spare parts, consumables and maintenance of existing machines
• Part 2 consists of laboratory gases and accessories (regulators), a Gas Chromatography (GC) system with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and single quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS), and minor rehabilitation of the laboratory premises. The purpose of the minor rehabilitation works is to ensure the proper functioning of the procured items, in addition to the modification of the existing drainage system in a way to collect all discharge resulting from the analyses conducted in specific tanks for their proper disposal in an environmentally friendly manner, rather than discharging them into the sewage network, as it is being currently done.

b. All required items should be delivered and installed in the MoA Kfarshima laboratories, within a period extending from 1 month to 6 months, as specified in the “List of Goods and Delivery Schedule” sections of this document. 4. 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” February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 5. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. 6. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the CDR and inspect the bidding document during office hours (from 9:00 to 14:00 Beirut Local Time) at the address given below, or may download from CDR website and inspect the Bidding Documents . 7. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of One Hundred US Dollars (100 US$). The method of payment will be in cash (100 US$) , or a bank transfer (banking details will be provided upon request) in favor of the Council for Development and Reconstruction. The Bidding Document shall be picked up from CDR Tenders Department at the address below, and could be sent via e-mail upon request and after receipt of the above-mentioned nonrefundable fee excluding any additional transfer costs. 8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12 o’clock, noon, Beirut Local Time on Wednesday, November 25, 2026 . Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below at 12 o’clock, noon, Beirut Local Time on the specified Bid Submission Date. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening. 9. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 35,000 USD (Thirty-Five Thousands United States Dollars) valid for 28 days beyond the bid validity period. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after Bid opening date. 10. 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.

11. The address(es) referred to above is (are)

Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) Tenders Department Tallet Al-Serail, Beirut (Beirut Central District), Lebanon

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