Procurement of IT equipment for school computer labs — Mozambique Digital Acceleration Project (MDAP)

REPÚBLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE

MINISTÉRIO DAS COMUNICAÇÕES E TRANSFORMAÇÃO DIGITAL

Mozambique Digital Acceleration Project (MDAP)

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Mozambique

Name of Project: Mozambique Digital Acceleration Project (MDAP)

Contract Title: IT Equipment for computer labs in schools

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-71820-MZ

RFB Reference No.: 115/MDAP/MEC/G-RFB/25

• The Government of Mozambique has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Mozambique Digital Acceleration Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for IT Equipment for computer labs in schools.

• 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.

• The Ministry of Communications and Digital Transformation now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for IT Equipment for computer labs in schools composed for (i) Lot 1 – North Zone; (ii) Lot 2 – Central Zone; (iii) Lot 3 – South Zone.

• 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” - September 2023 edition (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 60%. and for Bid cost: 40%.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Communications and Digital Transformation - Procurement Sector Att: [email protected] inspect the bidding document during office hours 8.00 to 14.00 hours at the address given below.

• The bidding document in English may be obtained, free of cost, by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. The Bidding Documents will be sent by email as requested by the bidder.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below, on or before 10:00 a.m. local time of 24 March 2026. 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 on 10:00 a.m. local time of 24 March 2026. 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.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.

• 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):

Ministry of Transport and Logistic (MTL) – Procurement Sector

336, Martires de Inhaminga Avenue,

3 floor, left

[email protected]

Maputo / Mozambique