Ministry of Education ( September 21, 2008 Bid Description) Published by Ethiopian Herald

INVITATION TO BID

Bid No.	T & G&D/ICB/003/08

Issued By	Ministry of Education

Bid Doc. Price	Birr 200.00

Published Date	December 21, 2008

Opening Date	March 16, 2009

Remarks

Bid Category	Tools, Machines, Equipment, Vehicles & Related

Description
	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 tools, machines, equipment, vehicles and related Installation and training services for Tegebareid and Gen. Wingate TVET Colleges in Addis Ababa “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 tools, machines, equipment, vehicles and related installation and training services for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College of Tegebareid and General Wingate in Addis Ababa as follows: LOT. 1: School vehicles for General Wingate and Tegebaried TVET Colleges. LOT. 2: Tools, Equipment, Machinery and Related Services for Building Construction –Addis Ababa General Wingate TVET Colleges LOT 3: Tools, Equipment, Machinery and Related Services for Building Construction –Addis Ababa General Wingage TVET Colleges LOT 4: Tools, Equipment and Related Services for Surveying –Addis Ababa General Wingate TVET Colleges. LOT 5: Equipment and Related Services for Surveying –Addis Ababa Tegebareid TVET Colleges 2. The Ministry of Education (MOE) of Ethiopia, on behalf of Addis Ababa Tegbareied and General Wingate TVET Colleges, 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 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 March 10^th, 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 120 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 (4^th Floor, Room No416, New Building) Arat Kilo Square Addis Ababa Ethiopia Before the closure of Bidding on March 16^th, 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 (mac.50 points), followed by (ii) opening of financial 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.