Procurement of exercise books, pens and pencils for Regional Education Bureaus

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia: COVID-19 Education Response Project

Invitation for Bid

Ministry of Education

Procurement of exercise books, pens and pencils

Country: FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

Name of Project: COVID-19 Education Response Project (CERP)

Contract Title: Procurement of exercise books, pens and pencils for Regional Education Bureaus

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.:TF-B3228

RFB Reference No.:ET-MOE-310786-GO-RFB

1. The FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA, Ministry of Education has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the COVID-19 Education Response Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of exercise books, pens and Pencil.

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 exercise books, pens and Pencil with the above Lots

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 1000.00 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 October 21, 2022, 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 October 21, 2022, at 10: 30AM

NON-RETURNABLE SAPMPLE OF AN  ITEM SHOULD BE SUBMITTED WITH THE BID DOCUMENT

7. All Bids must be accompanied by bid Securing Declaration as per the format provided in the bidding document or alternatively a Bid Security for each lot as described above.

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