Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Internal Network Infrastructure and Databases for ECA

Request for Bid (International Competitive Bid)

Information Systems

(For the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructure and Datacenter for ECA) 

(Without Prequalification) 

Purchaser: Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Project: Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Contract title: The Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructure and Datacenter for ECA

Country: Ethiopia

Credit No. : IDA – 68560

RFB No: ET-MINT-253630-GO-RFB

Issued on: March 21, 2022

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project (EDFP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the procurement for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructure and Datacenter for ECA.  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.
2. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project /EDFP/now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Infrastructure and Datacenter for ECA.  The following requirement has expected for the company’s participated in the bid;

1. Must have five years' experience involving in Supply and Installation of ICT Infrastructure and Datacenter or similar nature projects.
2. Compliance to the technical specification
3. Must have a Minimum average annual turnover of USD 2 million or equivalent amount in other currencies, calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years
4. The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following cash-flow requirement: USD 1.5 million or equivalent in a freely convertible currency
5. The bidder must have completed at least three (3) contracts within the last five (5) years, each with a value of at least USD 1,000,000.00 or equivalent that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed procurement. The successfully completed similar contracts shall be documented by a copy of an Operational acceptance certificate (or) equivalent documentation satisfactory to the Purchaser) issued by the purchaser(s).
6. The project will be expected to be completed within 120 days. 

3.        Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing, Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated November 2020; the Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants, revised July 1, 2016. (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.        Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT), Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project, Project Coordination Unit Telephone: +251-911-446582 or +251 911-791462 and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30AM and 1:30- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time.

5.        The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Birr 500.00 /Five Hundred Birr/ or in an easily convertible currency. The method of payment will be in cash transfer through the Bank Account No. 1000263705916 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia by the name of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology.  Once payment has transferred to the account and copy of the payment send to us through email or in person to our address indicated below, the document will be sent by e-mail or bidders can collect it in person from the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopian Digital Foundations Project Office.

6.        Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 6th of May 2022, 10:00 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time). 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 6th of May 2022, 10:30 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time).

7.        All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 25,000.00 /USD Twenty-Five Thousand/ or the equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of Bank guarantee issued from commercial banks.  In the case of Bank guarantees issued from other countries other than Ethiopian Banks, the bid security should be counter guaranteed by Ethiopian Commercial Banks.

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

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,

Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT)

Ethiopia Digital Foundations Project

Attn: Focal Person, Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

Address: Arada Sub-city, off Churchill Road, behind Lycée Guebre-Mariam School,

E-mail: digital.foundation@mint.gov.et or zelalem.tadesse@mint.gov.et

or mesfin.belachew@mint.gov.et

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia