Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

Office of the Prime Minister - National ID Program      Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

Request for Proposals

Procurement Ref.No. ET-NIDP-441314-GO-RFB

LOT.1 Supply, Implementation, and Commissioning of Unified Endpoint Management Solution and Supply and Integration of 7,000 GPS Devices

LOT.2  Supply of 2 Perimeter Firewall hardware and  Software 

Procurement Process:  (Single Stage - Two Envelope)

October  2024

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Proposal

LOT.1 Supply, Implementation, and Commissioning of Unified Endpoint Management Solution and Supply and Integration of 7,000 GPS Devices

LOT.2  Supply of 2 Perimeter Firewall hardware and  Software 

 (Without Prequalification)

Employer: National ID Program

Project: Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project (P179040)

Contract title: LOT.1 Supply, Implementation, and Commissioning of Unified Endpoint Management                                  Solution and Supply and Integration of 7,000 GPS Devices

                         LOT.2  Supply of 2 Perimeter Firewall hardware and Software 

Country: Ethiopia

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: 7463-ET

RFB No: ET-NIDP-441314-GO-RFB

Issued on: October, 2024

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the LOT.1 Supply, Implementation, and Commissioning of Unified Endpoint Management Solution and Supply and Integration of 7,000 GPS Devices LOT.2  Supply of 2 Perimeter Firewall hardware and Software

2. The National ID Program now invites sealed Bids from eligible Proposers for the LOT 1. Supply, Implementation, and Commissioning of Unified Endpoint Management Solution and Supply and Integration of GPS Devices Lot 2- Perimeter Firewall, the project implementation site will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia     

3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 5th edition September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible bidders’/service providers as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from National ID Program, Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project Management Unit, Email address: mesfin@id.gov.et and inspect the request for proposals document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time.

5. The request for proposals document in English language may be freely accessed by interested eligible proposers upon submission of a written application/request to the email addresses indicated below (email should be sent for both addresses indicated below).  Once email request has been sent to the designated email addresses, the softcopy of RFP document will be sent to the requester. To facilitate further communication and correspondence, the proposer should indicate the name of the company, contact/focal person, telephone number, workable email address and relevant information on his/her request email.   

6. Proposals must be delivered to the address below on or before the 10th of December 2024 10:00 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time). Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late Proposals will be rejected. The outer Proposal envelopes marked “ORIGINAL PROPOSAL”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Proposers’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 10th of December 2024 10:30 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public Proposals opening.

7. All Proposals must be accompanied by a Proposal Security of

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

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

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,

National ID Program (NIDP)

Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

Attn: Project Management Unit (PMU),

Address: Welosefer Bole, Ethio-China St, INSA Building, 14th Floor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tele- +251 911 791462   

E-mail: mesfin@id.gov.et & nejmedin@id.gov.et

Website: https://id.gov.et/

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia