Procurement of different IT equipment's for Water Supply Lead Executive Office(CWA-II PIU), by MoWE.

Source: World Bank — One WASH—Consolidated Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Account Project (One WASH—CWA)

Invitation for Bids

National Competitive Bid (NCB) Re-bid

Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: One Wash National Program, CWA-II

Contract Title: Procurement of different IT equipment's

Credit No.: IDA-64450

Reference No. ET-MoWE-386817-GO-RFB-Rebid

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of implementation of the water supply, sanitation, and hygiene project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for procurement of the below-listed IT equipment.

1. The Ministry of Water and Energy now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the following items.

1. The bidders shall furnish the following documents to fulfill the eligibility criteria:
   • Renewed trade license for the year 2015 EFY, TIN number, VAT registration, and a valid tax clearance certificate issued by the tax authority. This documentation is required only for locally registered bidders, Audited Financial Report of the Past Three Years (2012-2014 EFY), Technical brochures/ catalogs, and detailed technical specifications for goods to be supplied, Letter of Authorized Signature (Power of Attorney),  Joint venture agreement, if applicable and Supplier Authorization Letter as a main dealer/distributor of the items is required for Lot 1
2. The bidders shall furnish the following documents to satisfy the post-evaluation criteria:

Financial Capability: The bidder shall submit audited financial statements for the last three years (2012 E/C to 2014 E/C) to show the current soundness of the bidder’s financial position. The required Liquid asset (Cash flow requirement) for each lot is to be as follows:

• • For lot one, 331,250.00 Birr; b) for lot two, 31,250.00 Birr, and c) for lot three, 50,000.00 Birr

Specific Experience: Bidders shall submit one or two similar contract certificates for each lot, and the value of each contract shall be as indicated as follows:

1. 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" (July, 2016, revised November, 2017, August, 2018 and November 2020"Procurement Regulations"), which can be found at the following website: worldbank.org. The bid is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the procurement regulations.
2. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Ministry of Water and Energy's Procurement Executive during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the morning and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon at the address given below.
3. The scanned copy of the bidding document in English can be obtained free of charge by downloading it from the Ministry of Water and Energy Web site, https://www.mowe.gov.et/en/resource_types/procurement-files-; however, you must complete the registration sending bidder representative to the Ministry in person during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the First floor & room no. 112.
4. Bids must be delivered in person to the address below on or before January 16, 2023, at 2:30 PM. Electronic and postal bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on January 16, 2023, at 3:00 PM.
5. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security for Lot-1 Birr 26,500.00(Twenty Six Thousand Five Hundred Birr), for Lot-2 ETB 2,750.00 (Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Birr), and for Lot-3 ETB 4,000.00 (Four Thousand Birr) or equivalent in freely convertible currency in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee or CPO in the name of the Ministry of Water and Energy. The bid security shall be valid for twenty-eight days (28) beyond the end of the validity period of the bid. Finally, the client reserves the right to accept or reject the bid partially or totally.
6. The address referred to above is: Ministry of Water and Energy

Attn: Mr. Tesfaye Lule, A/CWA-II National PMU Coordinator

Postal address: 5744

Street address: Haile Gebresilasie Street

Ministry of Water & Energy, First Floor, and Room number 136

Telephone: +251912506122,

Email: tesfayelulie.ownp@gmail.com

Country: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.