Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Ethiopia Digital Foundation Project (DFP)

Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of the Biometric Registration Kits for National ID Program

Loan No./ Credit No./: IDA-68560

RFB Reference No.: ET-MINT-393693-GO-RFB

1 The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia hat received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project (EDFP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Delivery of the Biometric Registration Kits for National ID Program

2. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project /EDPP/ now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply and Delivery of the Biometric Registration Kits for National ID Program.

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers"5^th Edition, September 2023 ("Procurement Regulations"), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MinT), Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project, Project Coordination Unit, Ato Habtamu Mekonnen (procurement specialist), tel. +251 913 050049, email:habtemek178@gmail.com and inspect the RFB document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30-5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time at the address given below

5. The bidding document in English language may be freely accessed by interested eligible Proposers upon submission of a written application/request to the email addresses indicated below (email should be sent for both addresses indicated below): Once email request has been sent to the designated email addresses, the softcopy of the RFF document will be sent to the requester. To facilitate further communication and correspondence, the bidder should indicate the name of the company, contact/focal person, telephone number, workable email address and relevant information on his/her request email

6 Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before March 22, 2024 10:00 AM Local Time

(Addis Ababa Time) Electronic Bidding will not be permitted Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked "ORIGINAL BILD", and the inner envelopes marked "TECHNICAL PART will be publicly opened in the presence of the Biddern designated representatives and anyone who chooses le attend, at the address below on March 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM local time (Addis Ababa Time). All envelopes marked "SECOND ENVELOPE FINANCIAL PART shall remain unopened and will be held to safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 1,820,000 00 (ТВ О Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand USD 35.000.00 /USD Thirty-Five Thousand /or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency/ in the form of Bank guarantee issued from Commercial Banks. In  the case of Bank guarantees issued from other countries other than Ethiopian Banks, the bud security should be counter guaranteed by Ethiopian Commercial Banka

8. 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, wing the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

 9 The address referred to above is

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Atta: Focal Person, Project Implementation Unit (PSU)

Address: Arada Sub-city, Tracon Building 6^th floor, in front of Black

Lion Secondary School,

Habtamu Mekansen (procurement specialist), tel. +251 913050049, Email address:

habtemek.17@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Invitation for Bid (Re-bid)