Ethio Telecom invites all interested and eligible bidders by this National Competitive Bid (NCB) for the pro.curement of "Open National Bid for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License"

INVITATION TO NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID

FLOATING DATE: AS OF AUGUST 12, 2024

RFQ NO. 4269386

1. Ethio Telecom, invites all interested and eligible bidders by this National Competitive Bid (NCB) for the procurement of "Open National Bid for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License" with RFQ No. 4269386. The Bid remains floating from August 12, 2024, to September 02, 2024.

Bid documents can be obtained from ethio Telecom's websites www.2merkato.com, www.afrotender.com, www.extratenders.com and www.2merkato.com upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 100.00 (Birr One hundred only) by using tele birr payment platform.

In addition, If you are interested in being on the supplier list of Ethio Telecom please register using the following link or copy and paste the link on a browser " https://erp.ethiotelecom.et/OAHTML/iso/pos/supprec/SupplierRegister.isp?ouid=0EED8A04B8857259C"

2. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from ethio's website (i.e. https://www.ethiotelecom.et/tender/www.afrotender.com, www.2merkato.com,www.extratenders.com and  Sealed bids marked as: "Tender for the Supply of "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License

2.1." with RFQ No. 4269386 and be addressed to:

Ethio telecom,

Head Quarter 2009 amb

Supply Chain Division

2nd Floor, Room No.211B,

P. O. Box 1047,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The bid proposal will be received at Ethio Telecom, Head Quarter 2nd Floor,

Room No.211B, Before or on Sep 2, 2024, 5:00 PM. Bids presented by any bidder after the closing date shall not be accepted.

3. Bids received in time and fulfilling the other formalities shall be opened in the presence of interested bidders or their legal representatives on September 03, 2024, at 10:00 A.M, at Ethio Telecom, Head Quarter 2nd Floor, Room No.210.

4. Partial bid is allowed.

5. Ethio Telecom reserves the right to reject all or parts of this bid.