Tender No. ET-MOH-411992-GO-RFB

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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

Contract Title: Procurement of Glove visual leak tester, glassware washer, cell bank, pH meter, tube marker, and needle smelter

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

RFB Reference No.: ET-MOH-411992-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 Glove visual leak tester, glassware washer, cell bank, pH meter, tube marker, and needle smelter.
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 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 to11:30AM 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 equivalent in a convertible currency. Please note that we accept payment in the form of cash or deposit to the bank account provided below. Once the payment has been made, kindly send the pre-paid receipt to the email address indicated below.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 09, 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 09, 2024 at 2:30PM.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” as indicated in the
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
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, In front 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

Swift Code:  NBETETAA