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The Federal democratic Republic of
Ethiopia
MINISTRY OF CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM PROJECT
Credit Number 3899 –ET
Procurement of
INFORMATION SYSTEMS & INSTALLATION
FOR DATA CENTERS
1. This
Invitation for Bids (IFB) flows the General Procurement Notice (GPN)
for this project that appeared in Development Business, issue No.
673 of 28 February
2006. The notice number is WB634 – 673 /06.
2. The
Federal Government of Ethiopia has received credit from the
International Development Association toward the cost of the
Public Sector Capacity Building Program Support Project (Cr.
3899-ET), the value of the credit being USD 100 million and it
intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit
to payment under the agreements(s) resulting from this IFB:
Information Systems & Installation for Data Centers.
3. The
Ministry of Capacity Building now invites sealed bids from eligible
and qualified bidders for
Design, site preparation, supply and
installation of systems for Data Centers (i.e. CCTV System,
Access Control System & ID Badging, Fire Alarm System, Uniterrupted
Power Systems, Raised Floor System, Wall-Cladding and Air
Conditioning), hereinafter referred to as the “Data Center
Security, Safety, and Automation Management Systems” as
indicated in Section VI (Technical Requirement) of the bid document.
For design, obtain approval of deign
from the client, site preparation, supply and installation of a
consolidated Storage, Backup and Archiving Systems for the
protection of applications, databases, systems, and user data and
content hereinafter referred to “Data Centre Storage, Backup,
Archive Management System” as indicated Section VI (Technical
Requirement) of the bid document.
For design, obtain approval of design
from the client, site preparation, supply and installation of a
consolidated Video Conferencing Systems including multi unit
conferencing, video conferencing endpoints and conference management
server and services hereinafter referred to “Turnkey Video
Conference System” as indicated Section VI (Technical
Requirement) of the bid document.
4. Bidding
will be conducted using the International Competitive Bidding (ICB)
procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement
under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and is open to all Bidders from
eligible source countries as defined in the Guidelines.
5. Interested
eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the EICTDA and
inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 09:00
to 12:00 A.M. and 02:00 to 05:00 OM Monday to
Friday.
6. Prospective
bidders shall meet the following minimum qualification
requirements/criteria.
Must have five years experience
involving hardware delivery, installation and support, software
installation and support, and the development / customization and
support for complex data centre, storage, and video conferencing
systems.
Must be able to provide in-country
support for the software and equipment being tendered. Bidders
entirely from outside Ethiopia must demonstrate their capabilities
for providing effective in-country support.
Must have undertaken at least two (2)
successful (i.e.signed offer and accepted as a fully operational
system) implementations of the proposed complex data center,
storage, and video conferencing systems with a similar nature
and complexity during the last 5 years. These implementations must
have involved the supply, installation and technical support of the
proposed complex data center, storage, and video conferencing
systems.
Must have proven domain knowledge in
security, safety, storage and backup systems etc.
The Bidder (and in the case of a
joint venture all partners) must have prior specific experience in
the key activities relevant (or directly related) to the component
it is designated to perform under the bid being submitted.
The systems by the Bidder in the bid
must have been in operation over the last three (3) years in at
least four (4) organizations.
The bidder must be financially
stable, with a minimum average annual turnover of twenty million
United States Dollars (US$20,000.00), calculated as total certified
payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the
last three (3) years, In case of Joint Venture, the turn over
requirement should be fulfilled jointly by the partners.
The Bidder (and in the case of a
joint venture all partners) must submit audited balance sheets or if
not required by law in the submit audited balance sheets or if not
requirements accepted by law in the party’s country, other financial
statements acceptable to the purchaser, for the past three (3) years
to demonstrate, the current soundness of their financial position.
For the Bidder (and in the case of a
joint venture for each of the partners in a submission) all pending
litigation shall not represent more than ten (10) percent of the
parties’ net worth.
For the Bidder (and in the case of a
joint venture for each of the partners in a submission), non
performance of a contract did not occur within the last (5) years
prior to the tender submission, based on all information on fully
settled disputes or litigation. A fully settled dispute or
litigation is one that has been resolved in accordance with the
dispute resolution mechanism under the respective contact, and where
all appeal instances to the applicant have been exhausted.
The bidder must have capacity to have
a cash flow amount of US$3.0 million or equivalent.
The bidder must submit Manufacturer
Authorized Certificate, Manufacturing ISO Quality Certificate or the
Equivalent.
7. A
complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by
interested Bidders as of JANUARY 15, 2008 from 09:00 to 12:00AM
and 02:00 to 05:00 P.M. Monday to Friday upon the submission of
a written application to the address below and upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of Ethiopian Birr 500 (Birr Five Hundred) or USD
50 (USD Fifty). The method of payment will be Bankers Cheque or
Cash. The document will be available for collection by an authorized
representative.
8. The
Bidding document will be sent by first class mail for overseas
bidders who send a Crossed bank Draft of Birr 300.00 (Three Hundred)
or USD35.00 (Thirty Five) in addition to the price of the document
to the address give below. However, the Ministry of Capacity
Building will not take any responsibility for a late/ non-delivery
of the bidding documents sent by mail. No extension in bid
submission date is permitted on this account.
9. Bids
must be delivered to the address below at or before
MARCH 17, 2008 at 10:00AM (Local
time). All bids must be
accompanied by a bid security of not less than US$200,000 (Two
Hundred Thousand) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible
currency. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the
presence of the Bidder/representatives who choose to attend at the
address below at MARCH 17,
2008 at 10:30 A.M. (Local time).
10. The
attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they
will be required to certify in their bids that all software is
either covered by a valid license or was produced by Bidder and (ii)
that violations by potential blacklisting from participation in
future World Bank-financed procurement.
MINISTRY OF CAPACITY BUILDING
GULELE SUB CITY, KEBELE 01
Tel No.: 251-011-124 03 07 OR 251-011-125 03 15
Or 251-011-123 99 11 Ext. 261Or 267 Or 278
Fax No.: 251-011-124 03 17 OR 251-011-123 98 89
E-mail: mocb-8@ethionet-et Or
mocb-31@ethionet.et
ADDIS ABABA
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