The Ministry of Innovation and Technology now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Enterprise Resource Planning and project monitoring tools

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Non-Consulting Services

Employer: Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Project: East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP)

Contract title: Enterprise Resource Planning and project monitoring tools

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Grant No.: E256-ET

RFB No: ET-MINT-442549-NC-RFB

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract Enterprise Resource Planning and project monitoring tools:
2. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Enterprise Resource Planning and project monitoring tools.
3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers-" 5th Edition, September 2023 ("Procurement Regulations"), and is open to all eligible Bidders.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT), East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP), Project coordinator, D/ Project coordinator and/or Procurement management Specialist, tessedf@ gmail.com, wondwosseny@gmail.com and/or wbitew24@gmail.com and inspect the RFB document during office hours from 8:30 - 12:30 and 13:30-17:00 local time from Mondays to Thursdays; and 08:30 to 11:30 and 13:30 - 17:00 on Fridays 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 RFP 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 indicated below on or before January 20th, 2025 at 10:00 A.M local time (Addis Ababa Time) Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked "ORIGINAL BID", and the inner envelopes marked "TECHNICAL PART" will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders' designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address January 20th, 2025 at 10:30 A.M local time (Addis Ababa Time). All envelopes marked "FINANCIAL PART" shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 575,000.00 (Five Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand birr and 00/100) or USD 5,000.00 (Five Thousand American Dollars and 00/100) or equivalent in any convertible currency in the form of Bank Guarantee or CPO.
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, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
9. The address(es) referred to above is:

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP)

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

Anbesa Secondary School, Procurement Management Specialist,

Tel.+251911870477, Email address: wbitew24@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Innovation and Technology