Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids – Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process)
Country: African Union.
Name of Project: Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project (P178633)
Contract Title: Supply, Delivery, and Installation of Laboratory Equipment to the Africa CDC
Grant No.: IDA-E1110 and IDA – D5260
RFB Reference No.: ET-AUC-441389-GO-RFB
- 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 and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract Supply, Delivery, and Installation of Laboratory Equipment at the Africa CDC.
- The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for supply, delivery and installation of laboratory equipment in five lots, as noted below, details provided in the bidding document, at Africa CDC, in Addis Ababa within 90 calendar days after contract signing date. Margin of preference is not applicable for this contract. Details of the qualification criteria are presented in the bidding document.
| Lot No. | Description | Quantity |
| Lot 1 | Low and medium throughput short-read sequencing systems | Assorted |
| Lot 2 | Various laboratory equipment | Assorted |
| Lot 3 | Microbiology and serology equipment | Assorted |
| Lot 4 | Low and medium throughput long-read sequencing systems | Assorted |
| Lot 5 | Computers and servers for laboratory use and systems | Assorted |
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 July 2016 Revised September 2023 (“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 Request for Bid (RFB) document will be sent by email upon request.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 28 March 2025, 2:30PM Addis Ababa 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. 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.
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):
Mr. Michel Irie Bi
Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention,
Administration Directorate
Supply Chain Division
Lafto Square, Haile Garment,
Africa CDC Office, A2 Tower, 7th floor, Room No. 708
E-mail: Tender@africacdc.org and Zemenua@africacdc.org (Please submit your request for clarification to both email as per the instruction provided in the Bid Data Sheet)