The Supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority - ECA

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Request for Proposal (International)

For the Supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority (Without Prequalification)

Purchaser: Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Project: Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Contract title: The Supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority – ECA

Country: Ethiopia

Credit No. : IDA – 68560

RFP No: ET-MINT-381334-GO-RFP

Issued on: February 6, 2024

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project (EDFP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority – ECA.
2. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project /EDFP/now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority  that should be completed and handed over to the client within 240 days  from the date of opening of Letter of Credit.  The entire supply, Delivery, Installation, and commissioning of IT equipment and implementation of System for establishment of Government Certificate Authority will be done at the location Ethiopian Communication Authority/ECA/, in Addis Ababa.  

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” 5th 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 Innovation and Technology (MInT), Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project, Project Coordination Unit, Ato Habtamu Mekonnen (procurement specialist), tel. +251 913 050049, email: habtemek178@gmail.com  and inspect the RFP document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time at the address given below.

5.        The request for proposal 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 proposer should indicate the name of the company, contact/focal person, telephone number, workable email address and relevant information on his/her request email.

6.        Proposals must be delivered to the address below on or before 18th of March 2024 10:00 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa 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 18th of March 2024 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 Purchaser until the second public Proposals opening.

7.        All Proposals must be accompanied by a Proposal Security of ETB 1,500,000.00 /ETB One Million Five Hundred Thousand/ or USD 27,500.00 /USD Twenty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Us Dollars/ or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of Bank guarantee issued from Commercial Banks.  In the case of Bank guarantees issued from other countries other than Ethiopian Banks, the proposal security should be counter guaranteed by Ethiopian Commercial Banks.

8.      Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Proposer’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 (es) referred to above is (are):

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Attn: Focal Person, Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

Address: Arada Sub-city, Tracon Building 6th floor, in front of Black Lion Secondary School,

Habtamu Mekonnen (procurement specialist), tel.+251 913050049, Email address: habtemek178@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia