Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing in the amount of US$ 300 million credit and US$ 50 million grant equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project (P179040), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following components:-

Component 1: - Building institutions and trust,

Component 2: - Establishing scalable and secure Fayda ICT infrastructure,

Component 3: - Inclusive ID issuance, and

Component 4: - Improving service delivery.

In this project goods, consulting services, and non-consulting services are planned to be procured through open international competitive procurement.

Some of the main planned goods are: -

• Supply and Installation of End-to-End Systems Integration for Fayda and associated Services (including data center equipment)
• Procurement of 35 million pre-personalized cards,
• Supply and installation of ABIS software and License, plus tech support, training,
• Supply of Digital ID Registration kits,
• Supply and installation of FAYDA Encode v.2 and License, plus tech support, training.

Some of the main planned consulting services are: -

• Consultancy service that provides technical assistance to NIDP and have expertise on the Civil registration process,
• Consultancy service for call center management,
• Communications firm contract for market research, planning, and development of content for TV/Radio/Digital content communications.

Some of the main planned non-consulting services are: -

• Registration: Service to carry out digital ID registration across the country: 4 Super Agents registering 2.5M (4 Lots)

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2023) (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.

Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and https://id.gov.et/worldbank and the Ethiopian Herald.