Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids Goods
(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)
Country: Ethiopia
Name of Project: Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project (P179040)
Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of Biometric Registration Kits
Credit No: 7463-ET
RFB Reference No.: ET-NIDP-452700-GO-RFB
- 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[1]for the Supply and Delivery of Biometric Registration Kits.
- The National ID Program, through Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project now invites sealed Bids from the eligible Bidders for the Supply and Delivery of 3,000 sets of Biometric Registration Kit with accessories to be delivered within the maximum period of 90 days from the date of LC opening.
The qualification Requirement includes:
- Financial Capability: The Bidder shall submit audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last three (3) years prior to bid submission deadline, demonstrating the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. For a joint venture, this requirement shall be met by each member.
- Specific Experience: The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least one (1) contract with the value of USD 8 Million or two (2) contracts each with a value of USD 4.5 million or three (3) contracts each with a value of USD 3.5 million within the last five (5) years prior to bid submission deadline, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the Goods and Related Services under the Contract (i.e. an integrated biometric kit that will enable the collection and archiving of demographic and biometric data of registrants that will be used to verify uniqueness and generate a unique ID for registrants). For a joint venture, this requirement may be met by all members combined.
- No margin of preference is applicable for this bid
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” 5th edition September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible bidders’/service providers as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from National ID Program, Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project Management Unit, from the date of bid advertisement through an Email address: mesfin@id.gov.et or zelalem@id.gov.et and inspect the bidding 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 bidding document in English language may be freely accessed by interested eligible bidders 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/ searchable PDF format bidding 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. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 24th of January 2025 10:00 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time). Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Proposal envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’/Service Provider designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 24th of January 2025 at 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 Bid opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 11,500,000.00 /ETB Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand/ or USD 100,000.00 /USD One Hundred Thousand/ or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of Bank guarantee issued from Commercial Banks.
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 (are):
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
National ID Program (NIDP)
Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project
Attn: Dr. Mesfin Belachew - Project Management Unit (PMU) Director
Attn: Project Management Unit (PMU),
Address: Welosefer Bole, Ethio-China St, INSA Building, 15th Floor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tele- +251 911 791462 or +251-911-446582 or +251-912-200295
E-mail: mesfin@id.gov.et or zelalem@id.gov.et or nejmedin@id.et
Website: https://id.gov.et/
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia