procurement of Apiculture accessory and equipment ( Protective Cloth ,Smokers, Knife Wax ,, Beehive Shade ). — Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, Phase Two (LLRP II)

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids – Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Name of Project: Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II) Credit No.: IDA-7519-ET Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of Apiculture Accessories and Equipment (Protective Clothing, Smokers, Hive Knives, Wax and Beehive Shades--) RFB Reference No.: ET-AFR-RPCU-569111-GO-RFB The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Delivery of Apiculture Accessories and Equipment. The Afar National Regional State, Office of the President, Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (LLRP-II) Regional Project Coordination Unit now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the supply and delivery of apiculture accessories and equipment (protective clothing, smokers, hive knives, wax and beehive shades) in the quantities specified in Section VII, Schedule of Requirements in described in the bidding document . The goods shall be delivered to The Project Warehouse , Semera , Afar , Ethiopia. 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”, Seventh Edition, 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (LLRP-II), Afar Regional Project Coordination Unit, via e-mail at: afarllp@gmail.com, with copy to: aidahishassen@gmail.com, and inspect the bidding document during office hours, 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (East Africa Time) on working days, at the address given below. The bidding document in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. The document will be issued in hard copy at the address below or sent by e-mail upon request. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 16 November , 2026, 9:30 A.M. (East Africa Time). Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 16 November, 2026, At 10:30 A.M. (East Africa Time). All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Birr) in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee or a CPO issued by a recognized bank, as specified in the bidding document, made out in the name of the Afar Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, Regional Project Coordination Unit (LLRP-II). 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 referred to above is: Afar National Regional State, Office of the President, Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project (LLRP-II), Afar Regional Project Coordination Unit (RPCU) Attn: Procurement Office, Room No. 7 Tel: +251 33 666 0188 E-mail: afarllp@gmail.com ; aidahishassen@gmail.com Semera, Afar, Ethiopia