Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids
Non-Consulting Services
Employer: National ID Program
Project: Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project (P179040)
Contract title: Event Management and Documentation Firm
Country: Ethiopia
Credit No.: 7463-ET
RFB No: ET-NIDP-466738-NC-RFB
Issued on: February 2025
- 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 Selection of Service Providers to Serve as Event Management and Documentation Firm.
- The National ID Program, Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Service Providers that can provide the Event Management and Documentation Service.
Major Evaluation Requirement includes:
- The firm should have at least 10 years’ experience in event management, have a good reputation and well-staffed and organized
- Proven experience as event management in an International and National level events supported by the Client Reference from at least 5 clients
- The firm should have completed at least three contract each with a value of USD 200,000.00 (or Equivalent in freely convertible currencies) each in the last five years.
- 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” 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’/service providers 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/ PDF format bidding document will be sent to the requester. To facilitate further communication and correspondence, the bidder 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 6th of March 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” and “FINANCIAL 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 6th of March 2025 at 10:30 A.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time).
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 400,000.00 /ETB Four Hundred Thousand/ or USD 3,000.00 /USD Three 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: Project Management Unit (PMU),
Address: Welosefer Bole, Ethio-China St, INSA Building, 15th Floor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tele- +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