Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project
Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
ETHIOPIA DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS PROJECT
DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Credit No. IDA-68560_
Project ID No. P171034
The government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia represented by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology has received financing in the amount of US$ 200 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project, 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: Digital Economy, enabling legal and regulatory environment
Component 2: Digital Government and Connectivity
Component 3: Digital Business and Entrepreneurship
Component 4: Project Management
Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response (CERC)
Below is a brief description of the goods and consulting services planned to be procured under the project
Goods
No. | Description |
1. | Acquisition of office furniture and IT equipment and others for assisting ECA to become established physically. |
2. | Acquisition of basic spectrum monitoring equipment for assisting ECA in its role of managing spectrum -- |
3. | Procurement of End Devices for implementation of portal and transaction systems |
4. | Supply & Installation of IT equipment for Transitioning existing systems to the unified portal |
5 | Supply & Installation of IT equipment for integrating the national data bases |
6 | Supply and installation of Cloud based national data center |
7 | Supply and installation of Improved facilities for remote working, and the installation of communications rooms for selected Ministries |
8. | Provision of Campus wide Wi-Fi networks to reach university departments, libraries, dormitories etc |
9. | Procurement of Network equipment to support points of presence, and data caches, around Ethiopia, for EthERNet. Last mile connectivity (30 Universities) |
10 | Procurement of Network equipment to support points of presence, and data caches, around Ethiopia, for EthERNet. Last mile connectivity (40 TVETs) |
11. | Procurement of Network equipment to support points of presence, and data caches, around Ethiopia, for EthERNet. Data center and aggregation center upgrades. |
12. | Supply of Registration Kits for Digital ID |
13. | Acquisition of IT equipment for assisting EthERNet to become a fully operational NREN physically |
Consultancy Services
No. | Description |
1. | Recruitment of Transaction Advisor for Ethio telecom |
2. | Support to the government through technical assistance for establishing an internet Exchange |
3. | Assisting ECA to issue further class licenses and authorizations in specific market segments, including broadcasting |
4. | Assisting ECA with ensuring that Ethio Telecom implements a functional separation |
5. | Assisting ECA in its role of managing spectrum –to advise on allocation of spectrum for new operators and acquisition of spectrum monitoring equipment (IC) |
6. | Assistance to ECA in Conducting a Determination of Significant Market Power (SMP), international expert with expertise in telecom law and regulation |
7. | Assistance to ECA in Conducting a Determination of Significant Market Power (SMP), international expert with expertise in the economics of telecommunications |
8. | Assistance to ECA on Advisory Services on Analysis of Wholesale and Retail Tariffs, Potential Application of Price Caps and Establishment of a Market Analysis Unit |
9. | Consultancy Services for Developing Universal Service Fund (USF) |
10. | Developing a communications plan, for the wider telecoms reform process and especially for the privatization |
11. | Transferring responsibility for the .et domain name management from Ethio Tel to ECA, and managing the .gov.et sub-domain (by MInT). Later, establishing an IXP |
12. | Consultancy Services for Portal Design |
13. | Consultancy Services for Developing online transaction systems for Ministry-1 |
14. | Consultancy Services for Developing online transaction systems for Ministry-2 |
15. | Consultancy Services for Developing online transaction systems for Ministry-3 |
16. | Consultancy Services for Gap Analysis study of government bandwidth needs |
17. | Consultancy Service of Audit Firm for matching grants |
18. | Consultancy service for independent Procurement Audit |
19 | Review of legal portfolio relating to Digital Business and Entrepreneurship |
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 dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 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 The Ethiopian Herald Newspaper.
Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods and consulting services for the above mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:
Project Implementation Unit (PIU),
Digital Foundation Project
Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT),
Arada Subcity, off Churchill Road, behind Lycée Guebre-Mariam,
Phone: +251 11265737
E-mail: digital.foundation@mint.gov.et
Webpage: www.mint.gov.et,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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