Commercial Bank of Ethiopia invites interested and qualified bidders for the purchase of the following Item

INVITATION TO

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID

1. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia invites interested and qualified bidders for the purchase of the following Item:

2. The Bid document shall be obtained commencing from September 25 2025, from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement department, opposite to Vatican Embassy, next to Gibson Youth Academy, Facilities Management Building, 1" Floor, Room No. 101, against payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 200.00 (Birr Two Hundred) through Acct. No. 1000134998028, to the account of CBE Finance Process. The bid document shall be collected during office hours (Monday to Friday 8:00 12:00A.M., 1:00 4:15P.M.; and Saturday 8:00-11:45A.M.) by presenting the payment invoice. Presenting copy of renewed Trade License, Tax Clearance Certificate and VAT Registration Certificate is a must. And you can also access the bid document online from https://bids.extratenders.com/.
3. Bidders shall be quite sure to state, their direct line phone number, cell phone number, and e-mail address of their organization correctly while collecting bid documents. Failure in receipt of bid communication due to incorrectness of the above will not be the responsibility of the Bank.
4. Bid proposal shall be accompanied by the bid bond /Earnest Money Deposit/ in the amount as stated above in the table in the form of Unconditional Bank Guarantee or Cash Payment Order (C.P.O.). Bid bond /EMD in any other form is not acceptable.
5. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) /Bid Bond shall be submitted within the bidding document in a separate envelope on or before October 14, 2025 at 10:00 A.M for Openshift Bare metal compute (24 Node) and October 15, 2025 at 10:00 A.M for IT rack with PDU for New Head Quarter respectively in the above-mentioned address.
6. All bids must be deposited in the tender box prepared for this purpose at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement department, during office hours on/before October 14, 2025 at 10:00 A.M for Openshift Bare metal compute (24 Node) and October 15, 2025 at 10:00 A.M for IT rack with PDU for New Head Quarter respectively.
7. Bid opening shall be held in the presence of bidders and/or their legal agents who wish to attend, on October 14, 2025 at 10:30 A.M for Openshift Bare metal compute (24 Node) and October 15, 2025 at 10:30 A.M for IT rack with PDU for New Head Quarter respectively on/before at CBE Facility Management meeting hall at the place mentioned under no. 2 above.
8. Failure to comply any of the conditions from 2-6 above shall result in automatic rejection.
9. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Procurement department, P. O. Box 255, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel. 251-11-372-2872 /011 369-2656/26/74/78,
10. The Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.