Invitation for Bids [IFB]

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

IFB Number: ACDC/EPR/G/07
Purchaser: Africa CDC
Project: Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Project
Contract title: Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of various equipment, tools and items for the Douala Continental Logistics Base renovated warehouses
Country: Ethiopia
Loan No. / Grant No.: 5900155016362
Procurement Method: Open Competitive Bidding (International) OCBI
OCBI / LCB No: ACDC/EPR/G/06
Issued on: 1 September 2023

1. The Africa Union the Recipient has received financing from the African Development Bank hereinafter called the Bank toward the cost of the Africa CDC Covid-19 Response Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of various equipment, tools and items for the Douala Continental Logistics Base renovated warehouses. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines and procedures for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.
2. The Africa CDC now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of various equipment, tools and items for the Douala Continental Logistics Base renovated warehouses. The tender is divided into 7 lots as follows:

Lot 1: Storage and Safety equipment
Lot 2: Vehicle and Material Handling Equipment
Lot 3; Generators and other equipment
Lot 4: Cold Chain Equipment
Lot 5: IT and Electrical Equipment
Lot 6: Office furniture
Lot 7: Household Items
Each Lot is indivisible and bidders are allowed to bid for one or more Lots.

3. Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), (OCBI) method as specified in the Bank’s Procurement Framework dated October 2015, and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Framework.
4. The Solicitation document in English language and may be obtained by interested bidders from the Africa CDC upon request. Please send an email to africacdctender@africa-union.org and NemeyeA@africa– union.org to get the solicitation document.
5. Bids must be physically delivered to the address below on or before 20 October 2023 15h00 Addis Ababa Time. Bids should be properly bound and presented in four (4) copies one of which is the original. The Outer envelope should clearly indicate the tender title and reference No of the tender. 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 20 October 2023 at 15h30 Addis Ababa Time.
6. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Framework 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.

7. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention, Supply Chain Management Division Administration Directorate
Lafto Square, Haile Garment,

Africa CDC Office, A2 Tower, 7th floor, Room No. 708