Procurement of ICT Infrastructure — Bank of South Sudan

BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN STRENGTHENING SOUTH SUDAN’S FINANCIAL SECTOR PROJECT Request for Bids - Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) RFB No: SS-BOSS-480693-NC-RFB Project: Strengthening South Sudan’s Financial Sector (3SF Project) Purchaser: Bank of South Sudan Country: Republic of South Sudan Issued on: September 1, 2025 The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GoSS), represented by the Central Bank of South Sudan also referred to as Bank of South Sudan (BoSS), is implementing the Strengthening South Sudan’s Financial Sector (3SF) Project, which is being financed with a grant from the International Development Association of the World Bank. The objective of the project is to strengthen the institutional and supervisory capacity of the central bank and improve the efficiency of core financial sector infrastructure. This objective will be achieved by strengthening and modernizing the central bank, which is critical for financial stability and key for transforming the banking sector and driving private-sector growth. The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the following: |

Item No. |

Brief Description |

Unit |

Qty. |

Earliest Delivery Date (CIP Juba) |

Latest Delivery Date (CIP Juba) | |

1. |

Servers & storage | | | | |

a |

Application and Database Servers (to be clustered) |

Pc |

2 |

30 |

45 Days |

b |

Active Directory Server |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

c |

8 Port Active SAN Switches |

Pc |

2 |

30 |

45 Days |

d |

Storage Server 20TB Usable |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

e |

Backup Appliance |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

2. |

Network & security | | | | |

a |

Edge Firewall |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

b |

Web Firewall Virtual |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

c |

Data center Firewall |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

d |

Internet Cisco Router |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

e |

Core Switch |

Pc |

2 |

30 |

45 Days |

f |

48th Port Switch (one for each floor and 2 Data Centre) |

Pc |

3 |

30 |

45 Days |

g |

Wireless access Points |

Pc |

4 |

30 |

45 Days |

h |

Wireless access Point Controllers |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

i |

Next Generation NAC Solution: (Cisco Identity Services Engine) |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

3 |

Software | | | | |

a |

VCF-VSP-STD-8 VMware vSphere Standard 8 72 cores |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

b |

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 16 Core |

Pc |

6 |

30 |

45 Days |

c |

Microsoft SQL Server 2022 24 Core |

Pc |

2 |

30 |

45 Days |

d |

Wildcard Certificate SSL Certificate |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

e |

Antivirus for Servers and End Points 50 User |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

f |

Siem Solution |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

g |

Office 365 |

Pc |

40 |

30 |

45 Days |

4 |

Data Center – Smart row 2 | | | | |

a |

Pre-engineered 42U 3 IT /Usable racks Data Centre Complete with Power Cooling, fire suppression and management. • Redundancy power N+1 UPS 40KVA • N+1 Cooling Unit 12kw • Centralized IT & Infrastructure Management System with intelligent monitoring • Fire suppression system • Intelligent Lock • IP Camera • Emergency Ventilation • Intelligent PDU • 3 Year Warrantee and Support |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

5 |

Power | | | | |

a |

Clean Power UPS |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

b |

AVS | | | | |

c |

PDU | | | | |

6 |

Physical Security Control | | | | | |

CCTV |

Pc |

12 |

30 |

45 Days | |

Access Control |

Pc |

6 |

30 |

45 Days |

7 |

Communication | | | | |

a |

Cisco IP Phones Four – Executive, One – Reception Fifteen – Standard |

Pc |

20 |

30 |

45 Days |

b |

ISR Router with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, with module NTE Connectivity |

Pc |

1 |

30 |

45 Days |

7 |

Desktop Computers |

Pc |

25 |

30 |

45 Days Detailed descriptions of the goods and related services have been provided in the schedule of requirements in the bidding document. 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 November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Project Coordinator, Project Implementation Unit, Bank of South Sudan (BoSS), Juba, South Sudan. Email: procurement@boss.gov.ss Copy batalijs01@gmail.com Cc: atembulmalang@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM South Sudan local time at the address given below. 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 non-refundable fee of United States Dollars One Hundred (US$100) or equivalent in South Sudanese Pounds. The method of payment will be by Bank Transfer. The details of the bank will be provided upon receipt of the application letter. The document will be sent by electronic email. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM South Sudan local 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 in the Meeting Room at 2:00 PM South Sudan local time on September 16 2025. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in the safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amounts indicated below |

S/N |

Brief Description |

Amount of Bid Security Required (USD) |

1. |

All ICT Hardware and Software |

30,000 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 referred to above is: Project Coordinator Bank of South Sudan, New Head Quarter Building, Jondoru Area, Juba, South Sudan. E-mail: atembulmalang@gmail.com Copy: procurement@boss.gov.ss and batalijs01@gmail.com