OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, IMO STATE.
IMO STATE SPECIAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING ZONES PROGRAM
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
DESIGN, BUILD, AND OPERATION (DBO) OF AGRO – INDUSTRIAL HUB AND AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION CENTER IN IMO STATE SAPZ

EMPLOYER: IMO STATE GOVERNMENT
PROJECT: SPECIAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING ZONES
CONTRACT TITLE: DESIGN, BUILD, AND OPERATION (DBO) OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL HUB AND AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION CENTER (ATC) IN IMO STATE.
COUNTRY: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
LOAN NO.: 2000200005159/5050200001351
RFP NO: IM/SAPZ-1/DBO/01/1
ISSUED ON: 19 JANUARY 2026

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program Phase I being implemented in the five (5) participating states of Kaduna, Oyo, Cross River, Imo and Ogun, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design and Build of an Agro-Industrial Hub (AIH) and Agricultural Transformation Center (ATC) in Imo State. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.

2. The Imo State Project Implementation Unit now invites sealed Proposals from interested eligible applicants for the Design, Build, and Operation of the AIH and ATC located in Oloshi, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. The scope of work includes the Design, Build, and operation, using a site-and-services model, of a 150 Ha AIH and 20 Ha ATC. The facilities to be provided include fencing; administrative block, quality control and social buildings, roads, drainage, power supply and water, sewage/wastewater treatment and solid waste management.

3. The procurement will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), OCBI procedures as specified in the Procurement Policy for the Bank Group Funded Operation (October 2015), which is available on the Banks website at http://www.afdb.org/en/projectsandoperations/procurements/new-procure-policy, and is open to all eligible Proposers.

4. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from State Project Coordinator, Imo State Project Implementation Unit, and inspect the RFP Document during office hours i.e. 09:00 to 17:00 hours local time at the address given below.

5. The RFP Document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Proposers upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of N250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand Naira). The method of payment will be Bank Draft payable to ImoSpecial Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Counter-Part Fund. The document will not be sent by delivery procedure.

6. A single-stage, two envelope RFP process will be used, and the Proposal will consist of (i) the Technical Part, without any reference to prices; and (ii) the Financial Part, as detailed in the RFP Document. The Technical and Financial Parts of the Proposals shall be submitted simultaneously in two separate sealed envelopes.