Supply and Delivery of IT Infrastructures (Existing Expansion of Infrastructure) — Ethiopia Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Single Stage, One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Ethiopia Name of Project: Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project (P179040) Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of IT Infrastructures (Existing Expansion of Data Center Infrastructure) Credit No: 7463-ET RFB Reference No.: ET-NIDP-502637-GO-RFB The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1]for the Supply and Delivery of IT Infrastructures (Existing Expansion of Data Center Infrastructure). The National ID Program, through Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project now invites sealed Bids from the eligible Bidders for the Supply and Delivery of IT Infrastructures (Existing Expansion of Data Center Infrastructure). This tender will have only one lot: Lot No. Description of the Procurement Planned Contract Completion Period I Supply and Delivery of IT Infrastructures (Existing Expansion of Data Centre Infrastructure) Item 1. Computer Server ……………………..… 7 set Item 2. Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) ….… 2 set Item 3. Core Switch (10 GbE Top-of-Rack) …… 4 set Item 4. Access + Perimeter + ICU Switch (1 GbE Top-of-Rack) …………………………… 4 set Three Months after contract signing Minimum qualification requirement Financial Capability : The Bidder shall submit audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last three (3) years prior to bid submission deadline, demonstrating the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. For a joint venture, this requirement shall be met by each member. Specific Experience : The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least one (1) contract with the value of USD 1 Million or two (2) contracts each with a value of USD 500,000.00 within the last three (3) years prior to bid submission deadline, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the Goods and Related Services under the Contract. No margin of preference is applicable for this bid Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 5th edition September 2023, Revised February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible bidders’/service providers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from National ID Program, Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project Management Unit, from the date of bid advertisement through an Email address: mesfin@id.gov.et or zelalem@id.gov.et and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30- 5:00 PM local time from Monday to Friday before the deadline date and time. The bidding document in English language may be freely obtained by interested eligible bidders’/service providers upon submission of a written application/request to the email addresses indicated below (email should be sent for both addresses indicated below). Once email request has been sent to the designated email addresses, the softcopy/PDF format of the bidding document will be sent to the bidders’/service providers. If bidders’/service providers want to have a hard copy document, they can receive the document from the NIDP Project office as per the location indicated under #10. To facilitate further communication and correspondence, the bidder/service provider should indicate the name of the company, contact/focal person, telephone number, workable email address and relevant information on his/her request email. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 2nd of September 2026 2:00 P.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time) . Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Both Technical and Financial Proposals shall be opened and read out at Bid opening in the presence of the Bidders’/Service Provider designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 2nd of September 2026 at 2:30 P.M Local Time (Addis Ababa Time) or immediately after bid submission deadline. The Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Security ETB 1,500,000.00 /ETB One Million Five Hundred Thousand/ or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency (based on the applicable exchange rate on the deadline for bid submission date) in the form of Bank guarantee issued from reputable Banks. 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. The address(es) referred to above is (are): Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, National ID Program (NIDP) Digital ID for Inclusion and Services Project Attn: Dr. Mesfin Belachew - Project Management Unit (PMU) Director Attn: Project Management Unit (PMU), Address: Welosefer Bole, Ethio-China St, INSA Building, 15th Floor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tele- +251 911 791462 or +251-911-446582 or +251-912-200295 E-mail: mesfin@id.gov.et and zelalem@id.gov.et and nejmedin@id.et Website: https://id.gov.et/ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [1] Substitute “contracts” where Bids are called concurrently for multiple contracts. Add a new para. 3 and renumber paras 3 - 8 as follows: “Bidders may Bid for one or several contracts, as further defined in the Bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid.”