Service Provision for National ID Enrollment Campaign for Microfinance Borrowers
Source: World Bank — Ethiopia: SME Finance Project
Request for Bids (Amendment)
Non-Consulting Services
Employer: Ethiopian Enterprise Development (EED)
Project: Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Project
Contract title: Service Provision for National ID Enrollment Campaign for Microfinance Borrowers
Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Credit No.: IDA-68640
RFB No: ET-MOI-359137-NC-RFB
Issued on: July, 2023
1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Project (SMEFP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Service Provision for National ID Enrollment Campaign for Microfinance Borrowers.
2. The Ethiopian Enterprise Development (EED) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Service Provision for National ID Enrollment Campaign for Microfinance Borrowers.
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing, Goods, Works, Non-consulting and Consulting Services’, dated July 1, 2016, revised November 2017 and August 1, 2018, and Updated in November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations that meet the following qualification criteria.
Item/ No. | Qualification Criteria | Minimum Requirement |
1 | Average Annual Turnover for the Last Five Years | USD 0.5 Million or equivalent |
2 | Liquid Asset/ Cashflow Requirement | USD 100,000 or equivalent |
3 | General Experience | Bidders shall demonstrate experience in Operation of Mass customer Registration for Financial, Telecom or Other Industries for at least three (3) years prior to the submission deadline. |
4 | Specific Project Experience
| Bidders shall demonstrate that they have successfully completed at least the following during the last 5 years:
OR
For a joint venture, this requirement may be met by all members combined. |
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from FDRE Ethiopian Enterprise Development (EED), Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Project (SEMFP) and inspect the bidding document during office hours (9:00AM to 12:30PM and 2:00PM to 5:00PM local time Monday through Friday) at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 1,000.00 or USD 20.00.The method of payment will be in cash or direct deposit to EED’s account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Senga Tera Branch, and Account No. 1000170639662, Swift Code - CBETETAA. The document will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 08, 2023 at 2:30 P.M. Electronic 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 September 08, 2023 at 2:30 P.M.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 6,000 or ETB 350,000 or equivalent.
9. The address referred to above is:
Ethiopian Enterprises Development
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance Project,
Attention: W/roYemenzwork Girefie
P.O. Box 1463 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Street Address: Mozambique Street (On the Road from Mexico to Bulgaria Mazoria), Johanny Abreha Building (4th Floor) Located next to Total Energies on the Road before the Bulgaria Mazorya Traffic Light.
Telephone Number: +251-115-51-11-22/ +251-115-58-50-55
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail address: smefp2023@gmail.com
