The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Proposers for Establish computer labs with internet access at refugee and host community schools and provide access to locally cached resources and digital content.

Request for Bids for Procurement Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP)

Contract Title: Establish computer labs with internet access at refugee and host community schools and provide access to locally cached resources and digital content

Loan No./Credit No./: E256-ET

RFB Reference No.: ET-MINT-458277-GO-RFP

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 for the Establish computer labs with internet access at refugee and host community schools and provide access to locally cached resources and digital content.
2. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, East African Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Proposers for Establish computer labs with internet access at refugee and host community schools and provide access to locally cached resources and digital content.
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Proposals (RFP) 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 as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
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 zayedemoint@gmail.com and inspect the RFP document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30PM and 13:30PM-17:00PM local time from Mondays to Thursdays; and 08:30AM to 11:30AM and 13:30PM to 17:00PM 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 below on or before February 6, 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 below on February 6th, 2025 at 10:30 A.M local time (Addis Ababa Time). All envelopes marked "Second Envelope: Financial Part" shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 2,000,000.00/Two Million Ethiopian birr/ or USD 20,000.00/ Twenty Thousand Us dollar / or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.
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 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.+251913603899, Email address:

zayedemoint@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MINT)