Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project Additional Financing

Contract Title: Procurement of Burn and examination equipment

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D7910/IDA-E0640/IDA-D9550

RFB Reference No.: ET-MOH-400007-GO-RFB

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project Additional Financing, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Burn and examination equipment
2. The Ethiopian pharmaceutical supply service (EPSS) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for

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” September 2023 (“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 pharmaceutical supply service (EPSS), Mr. Tibebu Hailu and tibebu.hailu@epss.gov.et and inspect the bidding document during office hours 8:30AM to 12:30PM and from 1:30PM to 5:30PM from Monday to Thursday and from 8:30AM to 11:30AM and from 1:30PM to 5:30PM Friday at the address given below.

5.         The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Three Hundred Ethiopian Birr or in a convertible currency. Please note that we accept payment in the form of cash or deposit to the bank account provided below. If the payment is in the form of cash, the document will be sent by in person. Whereas if the payment is in the form of deposit; Once the payment has been made, kindly send the prepaid receipt to the email address indicated below and accordingly the document will be sent through the below email.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 11, 2024 at 2:00PM. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The Technical and Financial bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below July 11, 2024 at 2:30PM.

7.      All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” as indicated in the BDS.

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):

Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service (EPSS)

Mr. Tibebu Hailu, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Tender Management Director, First floor, Room number one

Arbegnoch Street, Infront of St. Paul Millennium Hospital

P.O. Box 21904, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Telephone: +251-11-275 1770 / 27763270/ 2763266

Facsmile: +251-11-2752555

tibebu.hailu@epss.gov.et

www.epss.gov.et

10. Bank Account Details

• ETB Bank Account Detail:

Account Name: Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS)

Account Number: 1000006574991

• Foreign Currency Bank Account Detail:

National Bank of Ethiopia

Account Name: Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS)

Account Number: 0100081300128 or 0100101300518