DEADLINE: 16TH AUGUST, 2025
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS)
REQUESTS FOR APPLICATION FOR PROJECTS EXECUTION
STABILIZATION AND RECONCILIATION IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN (STAR) PROJECT PHASE III
NCB NO. CRS-STAR-NE-2025-001 (REFERENCE TO BMZ NO 2024 40 568)
Catholic Relief Services – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons based on need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS has operated in Nigeria since the year 2000 and has implemented different projects in 19 states of the federation.
For over nine years, the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) crisis – impacting Northeast (NE) Nigeria, the Lake Region of Chad, and the Region of Diffa in Niger, and the Far North Region of Cameroon – has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities, torn apart communities and families, constrained livelihood opportunities, destroyed infrastructure, and dismantled local government’s ability to respond to the needs of its citizens. To address the myriads of inter-related and chronic factors inhibiting the recovery of resilient, rebuilt communities in the LCB.
CRS was awarded the two-year three and half-month Stabilization and Reconciliation in the Lake Chad Region (STAR) Project Phase III, which is financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW (German Financial Cooperation) toward the cost STAR Project for infrastructure projects and intends to apply part of toward payments under the Construction Contract No. CRS-STAR-NE-2025-001.
CRS now invites Applications from interested applicants for the following type of construction activities:
1. Construction & Rehabilitation/Upgrade of Water facilities
2. Construction & Rehabilitation of Health facility including isolation facility
3. Construction or rehabilitation of block of two classrooms with an office, including sanitation facility
Application will be conducted by means of National competitive application) following procedures as specified in the Application Documents for Procurement of Contractor Services for the Construction and Rehabilitation of Community Educational, Health, and Water Infrastructure (the “Application Documents”), as approved by KfW.
The complete set of application documents are available for download at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hYEAWezAa4siyOlioVL8YfD7U6VjjiPf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117922430727993735423&rtpof=true&sd=true.
Interested Applicants should contact CRS at nigeriaprocurement@crs.org if they face any technical difficulties when downloading the application documents.
An application (Pre-quantification) opening meeting will be scheduled online on 18th August 2025 at 10am, subject to final confirmation. Kindly click the meeting link provided in NCB 7.4 of the application document to join Microsoft Teams online meeting on the scheduled date and time.
Application Submission:
All applications must be submitted in hard copy with a scanned soft copy in a flash drive in a sealed POLYETHYLENE TYPE ENVELOPE (Not a paper envelope) and addressed to:
CRS Nigeria Tender Review Committee for NCB No. CRS-STAR-NE-2025-001
CRS Yola Office
No.2 Umar Tanko Street,
Behind Duragi Hotel
off Gibson Jalo Army Barracks Road Yola,
Adamawa State
All completed Applications must be delivered by courier or hand-delivered to the above address on or before 5 pm Nigeria time on 16th August 2025. Applications received after this deadline will be rejected. When sending the application via post, the application should be placed in an outer polyethylene envelope that clearly states the following: “This envelope should only be opened by the evaluation committee.”
For enquiries, please write to nigeriaprocurement@crs.org.
A register of applicants will be available at the CRS office where candidates will be required to provide information and the date and time of submission. It is recommended that all applicants complete this register when submitting their offer before leaving the CRS offices. Courier deliveries MUST also communicate by filling in this register.
Complete guidance on the submission process and requirements is included in the application documents. Kindly Applications will be officially opened online. Kindly click the link provided in NCB 25.1 to join Microsoft Teams online meeting on the scheduled date and time.
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