Procurement of Equipment for Upgrading Data Centre and Local Area Network Infrastructure — Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project, Ta…

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: The United Republic of Tanzania

Name of Project: Higher Education for Economic Transformation

Contract Title: PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR UPGRADING DATA CENTRE AND EQUIPMENT FOR UPGRADING LOCAL AREA NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE WITH INSTALLATION

Credit No.: P. 166415

RFB Reference No.: TZ-SUZ-451843-GO-RFB

• The United Republic of Tanzania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Higher Education for Economic Transformation, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1] for Procurement of Equipment for Upgrading Data Centre and Equipment for Upgrading Local Area Network Infrastructure with Installation

• The State University of Zanzibar now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Equipment for Upgrading Data Centre and Equipment for Upgrading Local Area Network Infrastructure with Installation and delivery period will be within Ten (10) weeks from the date of signing contract.

• 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” Fourth Edition, November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Secretary of Tender Board, The State University of Zanzibar, Transled Building, TR-05-PMU office, [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1600 hours at the address given below Secretary of Tender Board, The State University of Zanzibar, Transled Building, TR-05-PMU office state address at the end of this RFB].

• The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee[2] of Tanzania shillings Two Hundred Thousand only (Tsh. 200,000). The method of payment will be by Bank through control number by requesting it from this email [email protected].

• Bids must be delivered to the address below

Secretary of the Tender Board,

The State University of Zanzibar,

Translead Building, TR-05- PMU,

Tunguu Campus.

on or before 10:30, 07 November 2024. 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

Secretary of the Tender Board,

The State University of Zanzibar,

Translead Building, TR-05- PMU,

Tunguu Campus.

11:00 am

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee or Banker’s Cheque of Five Million Tanzania Shillings only (Tsh.5,000,000) each LOT For Procurement of Equipment for Upgrading Data Centre LOT 1 and Equipment for Upgrading Local Area Network Infrastructure with Installation LOT 2. 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(es) referred to above is (are):

The State University of Zanzibar

Vice Chancellor

P.O.Box 146, Tunguu Zanzibar

[email protected]

www.suza.ac.tz

[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 request for bids 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.”

[2] The fee chargeable should only be nominal to defray reproduction and mailing costs. An amount between US$50 and US$300 or equivalent is deemed appropriate.