Enabling Digital Governance Project: Data Center Cloud Equipment

NOTICE AT-A-GLANCE

Project ID: P164824

Project Title: Enabling Digital Governance Project

Country: Serbia

Notice No: OP00336798

Notice Type: Invitation for Bids

Notice Status: Published

Borrower Bid Reference: SER-EDGE-RFB-G-24-45

Procurement Method: Request for Bids

Language of Notice: English

Submission Deadline Date/Time: Mar 18, 2025 12:00

Published Date: 31-Jan-2025

Description: Data Center Cloud Equipment

Details:

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Republic of Serbia

Name of Project: Enabling Digital Governance Project

Contract Title: Data Center Cloud Equipment

Loan No.: 8947-YF

RFB Reference No.: SER-EDGE-RFB-G-24-45

1. The Republic of Serbia has received from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enabling Digital Governance Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Data Center Cloud Equipment. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

2. The Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government (OITeG) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Data Center Cloud Equipment. The purpose of the Contract is:

• Creating of e government cloud environment for the new applications and services
• Enhancement of the ICT services availability
• Enhancement of the business continuity of Government ICT services

Delivery, installation and testing of the equipment are included in the scope of the work as well as support during the warranty period.

List of all hardware and software equipment.

1	Servers for applications in DC Cloud	8	pcs
2	Servers for network virtualization in DC Cloud	8	pcs
3	Servers for backup in DC Cloud	4	pcs
4	Production storage in DC Cloud	4	pcs
5	Storage for backup in DC Cloud	2	pcs
6	Backup software for DC Cloud	100	licenses
7	Storage area network license	48	licenses

All the necessary licenses needed for functioning and advanced functionality included.

No margin of preference is applicable.

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”([July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Central Fiduciary Unit of the Ministry of Finance and inspect the bidding documents from 09:00 to 15:00 hours at the address given below.

5. The bidding document in English only may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of EURO 30.00 or equivalent in Serbian Dinars (RSD) based on the selling exchange rate published by the National Bank of Serbia on the date of payment.

Domestic Bidders shall make payment to the Government Treasury Account no.:

840-745128843-36- Other budget revenues of the Republic, with reference to the model approval number 97 41601, with obligatory Purpose of payment: SER-EDGE-RFB-G-24-45, payment code 253.

Foreign bidders shall make payment according to following payment instructions:

FIELD 32A: VALUE DATE-EUR-AMOUNT

FIELD 50K: ORDERING CUSTOMER

FIELD 56A: DEUTDEFFXXX

(INTERMEDIARY) DEUTSCHE BANK AG., F/M

TAUNUSANLAGE 12

GERMANY

FIELD 57A:

(ACC.WITH BANK) NBSRRSBGXXX

NARODNA BANKA SRBIJE(NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA-NBS)

BEOGRAD,KRALJA PETRA 12

SERBIA

FIELD 59: /RS35840000000000273086

(BENEFICIARY) REPUBLIC OF SERBIA-BUDGET

KRALJA MILANA BR.14

BEOGRAD

SERBIA

FIELD 70: DETAILS OF PAYMENT Ref: SER-EDGE-RFB-G-24-45

Bank/transfer charges are on bidder's account. Kindly mark in instruction for payment.

The document will be sent by e-mail.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before March 18, 2025, Time: 12:00 Noon, local time. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on March 18, 2025, Time: 12:15 p.m., local time. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.

8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9. The addresses referred to above are:

Office for inquiry and issuance of the bidding document:

Ministry of Finance

Attn: Ljiljana Krejović, CFU

53 Balkanska St, ground floor

Room 009

Tel: +381 11 7652652

11000 Belgrade

To: ljiljana.krejovic@mfin.gov.rs

Cc: ljiljana.dzuver@mfin.gov.rs

Cc: edge@ite.gov.rs

Office for delivery of Bids:

Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government

Enabling Digital Governance Project (EDGE)

Attn: Ms. Ljiljana Krejović, Procurement Specialist

Street Address: Katiceva 14

City: Belgrade

ZIP/ Postal Code: 11000

Country: Republic of Serbia

Office for Bid opening:

Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government

Enabling Digital Governance Project (EDGE)

Street Address: Katiceva 14

Floor/Room number: Floor/ Room number: VIII/ 5

City: Belgrade

Country: Republic of Serbia

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization/Department: Central Fiduciary Unit

Name: Nenad Vlaketic

Address: Sremska 3-5 VII sprat, kanc. 710 Belgrade

City:

Province/State:

Postal Code:

Country: Serbia

Phone: 381 11 3618637

Email: nenad.vlaketic@mfin.gov.rs

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