Interested Firms / Consortia were invited to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Design and Construction of this Bridge on the 30th December, 2011 with a closing date of 30th January, 2012. The following five (5) consortia earlier shortlisted were issued Request for Proposal (RFP); i. ARM Consortium; ii. Bouygues Consortium; iii. China Harbour; iv. Johnson - Matere Consortium, and v. Julius Berger - AIIM Consortium. At the bid opening on the 24th December, 2012, only three consortia, Bouygues, Johnson - Matiere, and Julius Berger - AIIM made submissions while ARM and China Harbour failed to submit detailed proposals. It was also discovered that Bouygues bids were not compliant with the RFP requirements. The evaluation of bids was as follows: i. Julius Berger - AIIM Consortium - Option I - 7.09 ii. Julius Berger - AIIM Consortium - Option I I - 7.14 iii. Johnson - Matiere Consortium - 4.99 Julius Berger- African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) Consortiums' bid emerged as the best. AIIM is an infrastructure fund of Macquarie and Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa)