Procurement of Mobile Phones — Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment Project

RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR LIBERIAN INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT (REALISE) PROJECT Capitol Bye Pass, Old Maternity Center, 1st Floor Monrovia- Liberia Request for Bids Goods Country: Liberia Name of Project: Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment Contract Title: Mobile Phones Grant No.: COFN-C2450 RFB Reference No.: LR-LACE-480233-GO-RFB • The Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) has received financing from the Agence Francaise De Developpement (AFD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Mobile Phones. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing. 2. LACE now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the goods as briefly described below. |

No. |

Description of goods |

Qty required |

Delivery period |

1 |

Mobile Phone |

8019 Pcs |

Within two weeks following receipt of purchase order 3. 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” dated July 2016, revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the REALISE Project by contacting Koiyan Mawolo, kmawolo@liberiasp.gov.lr and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the address given below. 5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$30.00. The method of payment is direct cash payment in the Finance Office of the Project. Bidders requesting for and receiving bidding document through email will not have to pay the US$30.00. The bidding document will be emailed free of charge. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 a.m. on April 18, 2025. 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 on April 18, 2025, at 10:02 a.m. 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): REALISE Project Finance Office 1st Floor of the old Maternity Center Building on the Capitol Bye Pass Monrovia, Liberia +231880191859 dgardiner@liberiasp.gov.lr