Printing and Distribution of English Textbooks and Teachers Guide for Grade 1-8

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Project II

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

International Competitive Bid (ICB)

Country:                    The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Name of Project:       General Education Quality Improvement Project Phase Two (GEQIP-II)
Credit No:                  5315 – ET
Project ID:                 P129828
IFB Title: Printing and Distribution of Grade 1-8 English Textbooks and Teachers Guide

IFB No - MoE/GEQIP-2/ICB/G-142/16

1. This invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the program that appeared in UN Development Business online, issue no. WB3002-06/14 of June 6, 2014.

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing in the amount of USD 550 million equivalents from the World Bank and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under the Contract for procurement of Printing and Distribution of Textbooks and Teachers Guides listed below. This project will be jointly financed by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), UK Department of International Development (DFID), Italian Development Cooperation, Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Government of Norway.

1. The Ministry of Education (MoE) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for                              Printing and Distribution of Grade 1-8 English Textbooks and Teachers Guide

Following subject and grades:

     Bidders may bid for one lot or multiple lots.

1. Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank Guidelines: "Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits" dated January 2011; and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the Guidelines.

1. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Education, Procurement Service and Administration Directorate, MoE Head Office, Old Building, Room No. 107; and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5:30pm from Mondays to Thursdays, and on Fridays from 8:30am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 5:30pm local time.

1. Qualification requirements include:

1. The Bidder must have minimum of five years in printing business of educational materials prior to the Bid submission date.
2. Specific experience of successful completion of at least two similar contracts with a value of USD 5 Million for lot one, USD 3 Million for lot two, USD 2 Million for lot three and USD 1.5 Million for lot Four within the last five years, as specified in the Bidding Document. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Document.
3. The firm should have an average annual turnover of 1.5 times the bid price in the last three years.
4. The average annual volume of production of the firm for the last three years shall be at least 2 times the total volume of the prints under each lot.

1. A complete set of bidding documents in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee ETB 400 or USD 18. The method of payment shall be in cash or cashier’s cheque or CPO to the MoE.

1. Bids must be delivered to the address below at, or before, 10:00 AM, July 12, 2017. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at 10:30 AM July 12, 2017.
2. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 75,000.00 for lot 1, USD 60,000.00 for lot 2 USD 40,000.00 for lot 3 and USD 30,000.00 for lot 4 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency of eligible countries. The bid security shall be in the form of a certified cheque or unconditional bank guarantee from reputable banking institution submitted in its original form. Bid security in the form of an insurance bond, copy of the security and swift massages shall not be accepted.

1. The address (es) referred to above is (are):

Ministry of Education

Attention; Ato Tadesse Meressa

Procurement Service and Administration A/Directorate

Room No. 107 Old Building

P.O. Box: 1367

Tel: +251-11-1565558 or 553133 Ext. 247

Fax: +251-11-1570686

E-mail:tad.tesfa@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia