Procurement of ICT Infrastructure for Regional Bureaus
Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Education and Skills for Employability Project
Specific Procurement Notice – Request for Proposals without Prequalification
Request for Proposals
Information Systems
Design, Supply and Installation
(Two-Envelope Procurement Process)
Purchaser: Ministry of Labor and Skills (Mols)
Project: Education and Skills for Employment Project (EASE)
Contract title: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructures for selected Regional TVET Bureaus under MoLS
Country: Ethiopia
Credit No.: IDA-74200-001
RFB No: ET-MOLS-419361-GO-RFP
Issued on: 28/03/2025
1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Education for Skills and Employment (EASE) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for procurement for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructures for selected Regional TVET Bureaus .
2. The Ministry of Labor and Skills now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructures for the Selected TVET Bureaus, which is intended to be delivered within six months. No margin of domestic preference shall apply. Proposers are required to meet the following criteria:
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Item/ No. |
Qualification Criteria |
Minimum Requirement |
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1 |
Average Annual Turnover for the last three years |
USD 4 Million or equivalent |
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2 |
Access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets / cash-flow requirement |
USD 2.5 Million or equivalent |
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3 |
General Experience |
Experience under Information System contracts in the role of prime supplier, management contractor, JV member, or subcontractor for at least the last 4(Four) years prior to the applications submission deadline. |
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4 |
Specific Project Experience
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Participation as a prime supplier, management contractor, JV member, sub-contractor, in at least two (2) contracts in the last 3 years each with a value of at least USD 2.5 million or one (1) contract within the last three (3) years, with a value of at least USD 5.0 million or equivalent, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Information System involving:
The successfully completed similar contracts shall be documented by a copy of an Operational acceptance certificate (or equivalent documentation satisfactory to the Purchaser) issued by the purchaser(s). |
The Purchaser’s evaluation of responsive Proposals will take into account the following technical factors, in addition to cost factors.
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No. |
Criteria |
Score % |
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1 |
Proposed Project Implementation & Staffing |
30 |
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2 |
Proposed Technical Solution, Hardware, Software & Service & Training |
70 |
The weight to be assigned for the technical factors is 50 % and cost is 50 %
3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Procurement in Investment Project Financing, Goods, Works, Non-consulting and Consulting Services’, Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations.”.
4. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS) Education and Skills for Employment (EASE), Haftom Gebregziabher /Bethlehem Melkie /, haftomease@gmail.com /melekiebethelhem@gmail.com and inspect the request for proposals document during office hours from 8:30AM - 12:30AM Ethiopian Time and 1:30PM - 5:00 PM Ethiopian Time from Monday to Friday at the address given below.
5. The request for proposals document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Proposers upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of 100 USD equivalent in ETB /Ethiopian Birr / or in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be in cash payment with CBE account 1000641723006 by the name Ministry of Labor and Skills-Education and Skills for Employability Project. The document will be sent by e-mail or proposers can collect it in person from the Ministry of Labor and Skills, EASE project office.
6. Proposals must be delivered to the address below on or before April 17,2025 at 10:00 AM Ethiopian Time. Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late Proposals will be rejected. The outer Proposal envelopes marked “ORIGINAL PROPOSAL”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Proposers’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on April 17,2025 at 10:00AM Ethiopian Time. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public Proposals opening.”.
7. All Proposals must be accompanied by a Proposal Security as appropriate of amount ETB 3,000,000.00(ETB three million) or USD 30,000.00 (USD thirty thousand only) 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 request for proposal document.
9. The address referred to above is:
Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS)
Education and Skills for Employment (EASE), National Project Coordination Unit
Attention: Haftom Gebregziabher/Bethlehem Melekie
Address: Around Lamberet Opposite to Ministry of Mines, Near to Federal Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute (Federal TVETI).
Floor/ Room number: NPCU Project Office 1st Floor, Room 210, Project office
City: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia
Telephone: +251-911-566555 or +251 960112530
Electronic mail address: haftomease@gmail.com or melekiebethelhem@gmail.com
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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