Procurement of office furniture for ECA

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Request for Bids

National Competitive Bidding (NCB)

For the Supply and Fixing of Office Furniture and Fixtures

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Ethiopia

Project: Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Project ID: P171034

Credit No.  IDA – 68560

Contract Title: The Supply and Fixing of Office Furniture and Fixtures

RFB Reference No.: ET-MINT-253622-GO-RFB

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Finance (MoF), has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital Foundation Project (“Digital Foundations”).  The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) is one of the beneficiaries of the project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Fixing of Office Furniture and Fixtures.

2.      The Ministry of Innovation and Technology under Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project /EDFP/now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply and Fixing of different types of Office Furniture and Fixtures for 11 floor office building located in Addis Ababa, Bole Sub-city, Woreda 03, House Number 2483 Robel Plaza Building, Near Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa.

3.      Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing, Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated November 2020; the Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants, revised July 1, 2016. (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.      Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT), Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project, Project Coordination Unit   Telephone: +251-911-446582 or +251 911-791462 and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30AM and 1:30- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time.

5.      The bidding document in English language 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 Birr 500.00 /Five Hundred Birr/ or in an easily convertible currency. The method of payment will be in cash or cash payment order /CPO/ by the name of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology.  The document will be sent by e-mail or bidders can collect it in person from the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project Office.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 25th January 2022, 10:00 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time). 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 25th January 2022, 10:30 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time).

7.      All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 12,500.00 /USD Twelve Thousand Five Hundred/ or the 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 bid 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 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 (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, off Churchill Road, behind Lycée Guebre-Mariam School,

E-mail: digital.foundation@mint.gov.et or zelalem.tadesse@mint.gov.et or mesfin.belachew@mint.gov.et

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia