1. The Africa Union has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project (P178633) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract [1] for Supply and Delivery of Essential Laboratory Supplies and Consumables.
2. The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevision (Africa CDC) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Delivery of Essential Laboratory Supplies and Consumables to support the operational needs of the Africa CDC Reference Laboratory, under four (4) lots, details provided in the bidding document, within 90 calendar days after contract signing date. Margin of preference is not applicable for this contract.
| Lot # | Description | Location | Quantity |
| Lot 1 | Supply and delivery of Laboratory Plastic Consumables & Disposables | Africa CDC Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Assorted |
| Lot 2 | Supply and delivery of Laboratory Glassware & Reusable Labware | Africa CDC Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Assorted |
| Lot 3 | Supply and delivery of Laboratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and safety items | Africa CDC Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Assorted |
| Lot 4 | Supply and delivery of Laboratory Plastic Tubes and Others | Africa CDC Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Assorted |
3. Bidding will be conducted through competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016 Revised February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from African CDC and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8.00AM to 5.00PM from Monday to Friday at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English may be requested by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. The solicitation document will be sent by email upon request.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 8 June 2026, 3: 00 P.M Addis Ababa 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 8 June 2026, 3:00 P.M Local Time.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration,”
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 document.
9. The address(es) referred to above is (are):
Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention,
Supply Chain Division
Administration Directorate
Lafto Square, Haile Garment,
Africa CDC Office, John Nkengasong Building Tower, 4th floor, Room No. 408
For clarification and requesting bidding / solicitation documents: E-mail: Tender@africacdc.org and selamg@africacdc.org (Please submit your request for the bidding document and clarification to BOTH emails).
[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.”