Legal Aid Botswana invites citizen contractors to bid for a design and build office project in Letlhakane.
Title: A WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE IN LETLHAKANE• Sealed Tender offers are invited for the provision of a works contract for the procurement of Design and Build Contractor for the construction of offices in LETLHAKANE. FIDIC Yellow Book shall be used in this contract.The Works Contract will include the following:a) Detailed Design and construction of offices in LETLHAKANE.b) The Period of Design and Build Contract is estimated to be 8 months.c) 2 months Period for Detailed Designd) 6 months Construction WorksThe Defects Liability Period is 12 months• The Procuring Entity is Legal Aid Botswana• Procurement Method is: Open Domestic Bidding• 100% Citizen Owned Companies domiciled in Botswana, must be registered with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) under the following categories for the main contractor:• Grade: C• Code: 01 Building Works & MaintenanceSub code(s): 01 Building ConstructionAnd• Grade C• Code: 02, Electrical Engineering Works and MaintenanceSub code(s): 01, Electrical Installations• Code: 08, Mechanical Engineering Works and MaintenanceSub code(s): 01, Airconditioning/Refrigeration systems100% Citizen Owned Companies domiciled in Botswana, must be registered with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) under the following categories for subcontractors:ICT subcontractor• Code: 120 ICT Technical Support servicesSub codes: 05 Network Management and maintenance ServicesThe Tenderer must have consultants for the designs and documents preparations. Such Consultant/s domiciled in Botswana, must be registered with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). The following registration codes shall apply to Consultant/s:• Code: 301 Architecture ServicesSub code: 01 Architecture Services• Code: 302 Quantity Surveying ServicesSub code: 01 Quantity Surveying Services• Code: 303 Civil Engineering ServicesSub code: 04Civil / Structural Engineering• Code 304: Electrical Engineering ServicesSub code: 01 Electrical design- general• Code 305: Mechanical Engineering ServicesSub code: 01 Mechanical design-general• This tender is reserved for Citizen Contractors in line with Section 76 of the Public Procurement Act.This tender is reserved for 100% Citizen – owned companies therefore Joint Ventures or Associations or Subcontracting with Non- Citizen companies are NOT allowed. Presidential Directive CAB 19 (B) 2013 of Local Procurement Scheme (LPS) will be applied at the Financial Evaluation stage.• Tenderers to purchase all their products from 100% Citizen locally based manufacturers and service providers, provided that the goods and services are locally available, competitively priced and meet tender specifications in terms of quality standard as certified or recognized by Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) or other recognized certifying bodies.• The physical address for collection of tender documents is:LEGAL AID BOTSWANA HEADQUATERSPLOT 29, QUEENS ROAD, GABORONEP O BOX 160 AAHGABORONE, BOTSWANATEL: (267) 38 11 300/318Email:
[email protected]• Documents may be collected during working days and hours from 0800 hours to 1300 hours and 1400 hours to 1630 hours from 16 March 2026 upon presentation of a receipt for a non-refundable deposit of P500.00 payable at Legal Aid Botswana account; ABSA, Branch Code 002, Account number; 1009644 Mall Branch. Youth owned companies are required to pay a non-refundable deposit of P250.00 as per Presidential Directive CAB (B)/2015.• Queries relating to the issue of these documents may be addressed in writing not later than five (5) days before the tender closure date to: The Procurement Office; Tel; 38 11 300/318; and email address;
[email protected].• A compulsory site visit and pre bid meeting will be held on 27 March 2026 from 0900 hours to 1100 hours at LETLHAKANE, Plot 33458, LETLHAKANE next to CID office (along the tarred road to Police). Location map is attached.NB: Companies should not share representatives; Each company must be represented by a single representative. A company representative should have a minimum of Diploma in any building construction or related field with a valid Practising Certificate.Representatives are to provide Certified hard copies of Academic Certificate, National identity card (Omang) and Practising Certificate (ARC, ERB or QSRC) during site visit. Non-complying representatives will not be eligible for registration.Failure to attend site visit will lead to disqualification of the bidder.• The closing date and time for receipt of sealed tender offers is 1000 hours on 10 April 2026Late submission of tender offers will not be accepted.The tender Evaluation will follow Quality and Cost Selection Evaluation Procedure• The Bid Submission Method is: Two Envelope Submission Method in which a tenderer submits sealed original and all the sealed copies of the Technical Offer in one separate sealed envelope, whilst the sealed original and all the sealed copies of the Financial Offer are enclosed in another separate sealed envelope. The two sealed envelopes are then placed in one outer securely sealed envelope.One (1) original tender document marked ORIGINAL, and 2 duplicate copies of the original document marked copy in one sealed envelope clearly marked“TENDER NO. LAB 2026/2027-0332 A WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE IN LETLHAKANE” shall be delivered to:LEGAL AID BOTSWANA HEADQUATERSPLOT 29, QUEENS ROAD, GABORONEP O BOX 160 AAHGABORONE, BOTSWANATEL: (267) 38 11 300/318• The name and address of the bidder should be clearly marked on the reverse side of the envelope.
