Loan Management system — Lebanon Green Agrifood Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE)

Special Procurement Notice (SPN) Information Systems (Design, Supply and Installation of Loan Management System for Kafalat) (Without Prequalification) Purchaser : KAFALAT S.A.L . Project : Lebanon: Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) - P180334 Contract title : Supply, Configuration, and Installation of a Loan Management System (LMS) for Kafalat SAL Country : Republic of Lebanon ] Loan No.: Loan No. 9576-LB RFP No: LB-KAFALAT-543899-GO-RFP Issued on: July13th, 2026 1. The Government of Lebanon (the “Borrower”) has received a financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lebanon Green Agrifood Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) . Kafalat SAL serves as the implementing entity for Subcomponent 1.2 under a Subsidiary Agreement. Kafalat SAL intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing toward payments under the contract for the Supply, Configuration, Installation and Commissioning of a Loan Management System (LMS). 2. KAFALAT S.A.L. now invites sealed/encrypted Proposals from eligible Proposers for the Supply, Configuration, Installation and Commissioning of a Loan Management System (LMS). The LMS is a turnkey System that shall automate the full loan lifecycle of Kafalat's direct SME lending operations under Subcomponent 1.2 of the GATE Project, covering loan origination, credit assessment, disbursement, repayment tracking, early warning, environmental and social compliance, portfolio monitoring, and reporting. The system shall be designed for a portfolio of up to 400 active loans, installed and commissioned at Kafalat's offices in Beirut, Lebanon, and shall achieve Operational Acceptance within Fourteen (14) weeks of the Contract effective date. The Contract includes the supply of all software licenses, implementation services, testing, training, documentation, warranty services, and annual support and maintenance services necessary to deliver a fully operational Loan Management System in accordance with the Employer's Requirements. 3. The procurement process will be conducted through national competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (November 2020, as amended) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation methodology set out in the Request for Proposals. The evaluation shall be conducted in two stages comprising Technical Evaluation and Financial Evaluation. Only Proposals achieving the minimum technical qualifying score specified in the Request for Proposals shall proceed to the Financial Evaluation. The final evaluation shall be based on a weighted scoring methodology comprising: Technical Proposal: 75% Financial Proposal: 25% 5. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from KAFALAT S.A.L. by contacting Kafalat SAL GATE Project Management Unit at the email address provided in paragraph 10 below, during working hours from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. 6. The RFP document is available in English only. It will be provided free of charge in electronic format by email within two (2) working days of receipt of a written request submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 above. Kafalat SAL bears no responsibility for the completeness of RFP documents obtained from any source other than directly from the GATE Project Management Unit at the address in paragraph 10 below. 7. Proposals must be delivered to the address below on or before August 13th , 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Beirut time . Electronic procurement will be permitted. Late Proposals will be rejected. The outer Proposal envelopes marked “ORIGINAL PROPOSAL”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Proposers’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on August 13th , 2026 at 1:00 p.m . All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened/encrypted and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public Proposals opening. 8. All Proposals must be accompanied by a “ Proposal-Security" 9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Proposer’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the request for proposal document. 10. The address referred to above is : KAFALAT S.A.L. Yolla Sarieddine – Executive Manager – Procurement officer 5th floor Piccadilly BLDG- Hamra- Main street Beirut, Lebanon 01341300-301-302 yolla@kafalat.com.lb