Tender Detail

Source: World Bank — Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services

Request for Bid

Information Systems

Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services (ESPES)

Contract Title: Supply, delivery and installation of Cisco Firewall and Barracuda Web Application Firewall license renewal (including related vmware.  software)

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D2290

RFB Reference No.: ET-CSA-321502-GO-RFB

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply, delivery and installation of Cisco Firewall and Barracuda Web Application Firewall license renewal (including related vmware.  software)
2. The Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply, delivery and installation of Cisco Firewall and Barracuda Web Application Firewall license renewal (including related vmware.  software)

3.      Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” October 2017 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.      Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS) Ato Ayalew Dejene with the electronic address ayalewdejene1@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours from Monday- Friday during office hours (8:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M) at the address given below Paragraph 9

5.      A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested eligible bidders upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 100.00 in Cash.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address below paragraph 9 on or before 07th November 2023 at 2:30 pm. 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 paragraph 9 on 07th November 2023 at 3:00 PM.

7.      Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 10,000.00 Ethiopian Birr (ETB).

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 address(es) referred to above is:

Attention: Ato Ayalew Dejene

          Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS), Head office;

Piassa, behind or about 200 meters to the South-East of Tayitu Hotel;

Procurement and Property Administration Directorate;

New Building, Block # 2, 2nd Floor;

Tel. +25111 111 8495, Fax: +25111 111 54 70;

Email: ayalewdejene1@gmail.com,

Web site: www.csa.gov.et

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia