Procurement of assistive devices for children with hearing & visual impairment in IERCs( Audiometer, Otoscopes, Hearing Aids and related device and accessories)

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity

Invitation for Bid

Ministry of Education

Procurement of assistive devices for children with hearing & visual impairment ( Audiometer, Otoscopes, Hearing Aids, Printer and related accessories)

Country: FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

Name of Project: General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity(GEQIP-E)

Contract Title: Procurement of Assistive devices for children with hearing & visual impairment in IERCs        ( Audiometer, Otoscopes,Hearing Aids, Printer and related accessories)

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: D808-ET

RFB Reference No.:ET-MOE-367051-GO-RFB

1.The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Education has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity (GEQIP-E), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Assistive devices for children with hearing & visual impairment in IERCs( Audiometer, Otoscopes,Hearing Aids, Printer  and related accessories.

Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s Procurement Regulation.

2. The Ministry of Education now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply of Assistive devices for children with hearing & visual impairment in IERCs( Audiometer, Otoscopes,Hearing Aids,Printer  and related accessories

3. 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 and August 2018 and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Education, (Mr. Adisu Tesfaye, e-mail : adis9805moe@gmail.com, and inspect the bidding document during office hours i.e. 9AM  to 5:00 PM at the address given below Ministry of Education, Addis Ababa

5. The bidding document( Scanned copy of the Original and soft copy) in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 300.00 The method of payment will be in Cash or transfer to the purchasers account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               6.Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before August 29, 2023, at 10:00 AM. 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 August 29, 2023, at 10: 30am

7.All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of: ETB 100,000.00 or equivalent amount in 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 bidding document.

9. The address referred to above is:

Ministry of Education

Adisu Tesfaye , Procurement Executive

Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

e-mail : adis9805moe@gmail.com