Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project: School kits for vulnerable schoolgirls

NOTICE AT-A-GLANCE

Project ID: P176693

Project Title: Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project

Country: Western and Central Africa

Notice No: OP00401640

Notice Type: Invitation for Bids

Notice Status: Published

Borrower Bid Reference: GM-SWEDD-GM-478551-GO-RFB

Procurement Method: Request for Bids

Language of Notice: English

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

Published Date: 16-Oct-2025

Description: School kits for vulnerable schoolgirls

Details:

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: The Gambia

Name of Project: Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693)

Contract Title: School Kits for Vulnerable School Girls

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No: IDA-E2410

RFB Reference No.: GM-SWEDD-GM-478551-GO-RFB

1. The Government of the Gambia Represented by the Ministry of Health has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1] for the procurement of School Kits for Vulnerable School Girls: “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 Ministry of Health -Project Coordination Unit now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the supplying of materials for uniforms, school-bags, shoes, books, calculators, and bicycles to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education Office at Kanifing by 26th February 2026.

List of Goods and Delivery Schedule Lot 1

Line Item N°	Description of Goods	Quantity	Physical unit	Final Destination (Project Site) as specified in BDS	Latest Delivery Date
1	Material for Uniforms	44,194	Meters	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing

List of Goods and Delivery Schedule Lot 2

Line Item N°	Description of Goods	Quantity	Physical unit	Final Destination (Project Site) as specified in BDS	Latest Delivery Date
1	School Bags	5627	Pcs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
2	Calculators	5627	Pcs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
3	Pens	378	Packets of 10	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
4	Books (120 pages)	5627	Packets	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
5	Set- Boxes	5627	pcs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
6	Water Bottle	5627	Pcs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing
7	Shoes	5627	pairs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing

List of Goods and Delivery Schedule Lot 3

Line Item N°	Description of Goods	Quantity	Physical unit	Final Destination (Project Site) as specified in BDS	Latest Delivery Date
1	Bicycle	1000	Pcs	Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education Head Office in Kanifing.	90 days after contract signing

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” Procurement Sixth Edition February 2025 Regulations https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120102072534901/pdf/SECBOS-a43bff5f-35cb-48e0-9609-10773aaa8d12.pdf (“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 Ministry of Health -Project Coordinator, Fatou Sagarr Jagne, Email: fatou.sagarr@gmail.com (cc) mohpcuprocurement@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours i.e. 08:00 to 16:00 GMT from Mondays to Thursdays at the address given below.

5. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 PM by November 18, 2025. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 13:00 GMT November 18, 2025.

6. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of $ 5,000.00 per lot.

7. 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.

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

Fatou Sagarr Jagne

Coordinator

Projects Coordination Unit (PCU)

Ministry of Health

Kairaba Avenue, Opposite GIEPA House

Tel: +220 7962011

E-mail: fatou.sagarr@gmail.com/mohpcuprocurement@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization/Department: MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Name: Fatou Sagarr Jagne

Address: Quadrangle Banjul The Gambia

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Province/State:

Postal Code:

Country: Gambia, The

Phone: 2207962011

Email: fatou.sagarr@gmail.com

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