COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA

INVITATION TO NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID

1. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)invites interested & Potential bidders for the under listed Items/Goods:

   S.N	Description	EMD (Bid Bond) Amount in ETB		Bid No.	Contract Type	Bid Opening Date
   1.	Various Laboratory & Reagents	Lot-1	64,000.00	102	Long-Term	November 20,2026
   		Lot-2	138,000.00

2. The Bid document shall be obtained commencing from November 01,2026 from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement Sub-Process, opposite to Vatican Embassy, next to Gibson Youth Academy, Facilities Management Building, 2nd Floor, Room No. 205 against payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 200.00 (Two Hundred birr only) through Acct. No. 1000134998028, to the account of CBE Finance Process for each Bid. The bid document shall be collected during office hours (Monday to Friday 8:00-12:00A.M. 1:00-4:15P.M.; and Saturday 8:00-11:45A.M.) by presenting the payment advice. Presenting copy of renewed Trade License, Tax Clearance Certificate and VAT Registration Certificate is a must. And you can also access the Bid document online from https://bids.extratenders.com/.
3. Bidders shall be quite sure to state direct line phone number, cell phone number, fax number and e-mail address of their organization correctly while collecting bid documents. Failure in receipt of bid communication due to incorrectness of the above will not be the responsibility of the bank.
4. Bid proposal shall be accompanied by the bid bond/ Earnest Money Deposit in the amount as stated above in the table in the form of Unconditional Bank Guarantee or Cash Payment Order (C.P.O.). Bid bond/ EMD in any other form is not acceptable.
5. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)/Bid Bond shall be submitted in separate envelope on or before November 20,2026 for Bid No.102/2026/27at 12:00 A.M (06:00 Local Time)
6. All bids must be deposited in the tender box prepared for this purpose at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement Sub-Process, during office hours on/ before November 20,2026 for Bid No.102/2026/27 at 2:00 P.M. the place mentioned under no. 2 above.
7. Bid opening shall be held in the presence of bidders and/or their legal agents who wish to attend, on November 20,2026 for Bid No.102/2026/27 at 2:30 P.M at CBE Facility Management hall the place mentioned under no. 2 above.
8. Failure to comply any of the conditions from 2-6 above shall result in automatic rejection.
9. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Procurement Sub-Process, P. O. Box 255, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 0113-69-26-56 / 0113-72-28-58/47/26/36/74/78, Fax251-11-372-28-89, or visit: CBE website

CBE reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.