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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME (ESDP)
Invitation for Bids
International Competitive Bidding
Supply of
Furniture for Classrooms, Workshops, Libraries, Administration
blocks and Warehouses for Addis Ababa Tegebareid, Addis Ababa Gen.
Wingate and Dire Dawa TVET Colleges.
Italian
Contribution to ESDP Program”
1. The
Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has
received a grant from the Government of Italy in the framework of
the Italian Contribution to Education Sector Development Program
(ESDP) towards investment and technical assistance costs for
primary, tertiary and post graduate education. Among other purposes
this grant will be used to pay the successful bidder under the
contract for the supply of Furniture for Classrooms, Workshops,
Libraries, Administration blocks and Warehouses for the Technical
and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges of Tegebareid
and General Wingate in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa TVET College as
follows.
LOT. 1:
Furniture for Addis Ababa Tegebareid TVET
Colleges.
LOT. 2:
Furniture for Addis Ababa
General Wingate
TVET Colleges
LOT. 3:
Furniture for Dire Dawa TVET College.
2. The
Ministry of Education (MOE of Ethiopia, on behalf of Addis Ababa
Tegbareid and General Wingate TVET Colleges and Dire Dawa TVET
College, now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders under the
World Bank Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits.
The tender is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as
defined in the WB Guidelines.
3. Interested
eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the
bidding document at the address below, from 09:00 A.M. to 17:00 P.M. Addis Ababa time,
except weekend and holidays, starting from the day of the
advertisement of the present Invitation for Bids.
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Education Sector Development Planning and
Policy Analysis Department
Arat Kilo Square, Arada Sub-City
Tel. 00251-11-155 31 33 Or 156 40 42
Fax: 00251-11-55 10 93
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
4. A
complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by the
representative of Bidders, from 09:00 A.M. of the day of the
advertisement of the present Invitation for Bids until January 19th,
2009, 10:00 A.M. Addis Ababa time, by interested Bidders on the
submission of a written application to the mentioned address, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee of Euro 17 or 200 ETB. The method of
payment will be in cash or bank transfer (National Bank of Ethiopia,
Account No. 0160101011300, swift code NBE-TETAA
5. All
Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 5,000.00 Euro (Five
Thousand Euro) valid for 90 calendar days in the form of either a
certified check, letter of credit or bank guarantee form banking
institution counter guaranteed by local banks and must be delivered
to:
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Education Sector Development Planning and
Policy Analysis Department
(4th Floor, Room No.416, New Building)
Arat Kilo Square
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Before the
closure of Bidding on January 26th, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. (Addis Ababa time). Bids will be
open in public at 10:30 A.M. (Addis Ababa time) of the same
day. If a bidder is interested to participate in two or more Lots,
the bidder shall submit separate envelopes for each Lot. Bidders
have not the option of submitting their Bids electronically. The
Education Sector Development Planning and Policy Analysis Department
invites the representatives of the Bidders to attend at the
Purchaser’s address and time above mentioned. Late bids will be
rejected.
6. With
reference to Section VI, Schedule of Requirements, and in accordance
with Section III, Evaluation and Qualification Criteria of the
Bidding Documents, the evaluation of the offer will be given though
(i) technical evaluation (max. 50 points), followed by (ii) opening
of finical envelope and price evaluation (max. 50 points). The
compound indicator shall be the sum of the two. Domestic preference
will not be a bid evaluation factor. |
