Bid for the Printing and Distribution of Grades 1–2 Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide

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

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

InternationalCompetitive 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:                   Bid for the Printing and Distribution of Grades 1–2Mother Tongue

Textbooks and Teachers Guide

IFB No.: MoE/GEQIP-2/ICB/G-11/13

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

2. 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 underthe Contract for procurement of Re-printing and Distribution of Textbooks 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, and US Agency for International Development (USAID).

3. The Ministry of Education (MoE) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Printing and Distribution of Textbooks and Teachers Guide for the following subjectand grades:

*Lot*	*Subject*	*Language*	*Grade*	*Quantity*
1	Amharic Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Amharic	1
	Oromifa Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Oromifa
	Somali Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Somali		*4,644,556*
	SNNPR Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Hadiyisa, Sidamu & Wolayita
	Tigrigna Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Tigrigna
2	Amharic Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Amharic	2
	Oromifa Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Oromifa
	Somali Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Somali
	SNNPR Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Hadiyisa, Sidamu & Wolayita		*3,673,215*
	Tigrigna Mother Tongue Textbooks and Teachers Guide	Tigrigna

Bidders may bid for one lot or multiple lots.

4. 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.

5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further informationfrom Ministry of Education, Procurement and Property 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.

6. Qualification requirements include: minimum five years general experience in Printing and Distribution of textbooks and specificexperience of successful completion of at least two similar contractswithin the last five years, as specified in the Bidding Document. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Document.

7. 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 500 or USD 26. The method of payment shall be in cash or cashier'scheque or CPO to the MoE.

8. Bids must be delivered to the address below at, or before, 10:00 AM, October 22, 2014. Electronic bidding will notbe 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 at10:30 AM October 22, 2014.

9. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 50,000.00 for lot one and USD 40,000.00 for lot two 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. Bid security in the form of an insurance bond shall not be accepted.

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

Ministry of Education

Attention; Ato Ghebreyesus Ghebremicheal

Procurement and Property Administration Directorate

Room No. 107 Old Building

P.O. Box: 1367

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

Fax: +251-11-1570686

E-mail: jeyesuss@yahoo.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Education

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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