Procurement of Digital Radio Communication System — Türkiye Climate Resilient Forests Project

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Türkiye Name of Project: Türkiye Climate Resilient Forests Projects Contract Title: Procurement of Digital Radio Communication System Loan No.: 9556-TR RFB Reference No.: TR-OGM-581401-GO-RFB 1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has received financing from the World Bank through Ministry of Treasury and Finance toward the cost of the “Türkiye Climate Resilient Forests Projects”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for “ Procurement of Digital Radio Communication System ”. 2. The General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for “Procurement of Digital Radio Communication System ” . 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” November 2020 version of the “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 50% and for Bid cost: 50% 5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Mehmet AK (mehmetak@ogm.gov.tr), General Directorate of Forestry and inspect the bidding document during office hours 10:00-17:00 at the address given below: General Directorate of Forestry, Department Combating with Forest Fires. Betepe Mahallesi, Söütözü Cd. 8/1, 06560 Yenimahalle /Ankara / TÜRKYE 6. 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 US$ 300 (Three hundred US Dollars) or TRY 15.000,00 (fifteen thousand Turkish Lira). Copy of the payment receipt should be submitted with the application. The method of payment will be direct deposit to the Bank account given below: For remittance in US dollars: For remittance in Turkish Lira: Account Name: General Directorate of Forestry Special Budget Central Accounting Unit (Orman Genel Müdürlüü Özel Bütçe Merkez Muhasebe Birimi) Bank Name: T.C. Ziraat Bankas A. Branch Name: Ankara Kamu Kurumsal ube IBAN No: TR 0700 0100 1745 4704 3033 6162 SWIFT: TCZBTR2AXXX, CHIPS CODE: 409993 Account Name: General Directorate of Forestry Special Budget Central Accounting Unit (Orman Genel Müdürlüü Özel Bütçe Merkez Muhasebe Birimi) Bank Name: T.C. Ziraat Bankas A. Branch Name: Ankara Kamu Kurumsal ube IBAN No: TR 3400 0100 1745 4704 3033 6161 Upon payment of the fee and at the choice of the applicant, the Bidding Documents may either (a) be collected by the applicant from the Purchaser’s address stated below, or (b) be delivered by the Purchaser to the applicant through courier service, or (c) be sent by the Purchaser to the applicant through email as an attachment file in PDF format. In the written application the applicant should explicitly specify its selected option for obtaining the bidding documents, and also attach a copy of the bank transfer payment receipt. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 28/12/2026 at 16:00 (Ankara time) . Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 28/12/2026 at 16:10 (Ankara time). All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening. Bid Opening Address: General Directorate of Forestry, Department Combating with Forest Fires. Betepe Mahallesi, Söütözü Cd. 8/1, 06560 Yenimahalle /Ankara / TÜRKYE Floor No: 3 Room: Goknar Meeting Room 8. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of USD 800,000 or equivalent. The bid security should be enclosed in the envelope containing the Technical Part of the Bid in accordance with the provisions of the Request for Bids. The exchange rate to be applied in conversion of the Bid Security Amount shall be the Selling Exchange rates officially published by the Central Bank of Turkey (Döviz Sat) at 15:30 (Ankara Time) on the applicable date. The applicable date for the exchange rates to shall be the date twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening except when the date of Bid Opening falls one day after the end of official holiday (s) including Saturdays and Sundays in which case the applicable date shall be the last working day before twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening. Exchange rates can be obtained from http://www.tcmb.gov.tr . 9. 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. 10. The address(es) referred to above is (are): General Directorate of Forestry, Department Combating with Forest Fires. Betepe Mahallesi, Söütözü Cd. 8/1, 06560 Yenimahalle /Ankara / TÜRKYE Tel: +90 312 296 41 66- +90 312 296 41 19 E-mail: mehmetak@ogm.gov.tr Web: www.ogm.gov.tr