Procurement of Software Licenses — SEASN Ethiopia Project

Request for Bids Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Name of Project: Strengthening Ethiopian Safety Net Program (SEASN) Contract Title: Different software, (Commvault Back up & recovery key, SoC Solution (SIEM & SOAR) key, Fortigate and GitHub Enterprise Cloud Key) Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-67980 RFB Reference No.: ET-MOA/FSCD-526250-GO-RFB The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Strengthening Ethiopian Adaptive Safety Net program and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for different software. The Food Security Coordination Office of the Ministry of Agriculture now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for: |

Lot |

Description |

No. of License keys |

Expiry/ duration |

Delivery time |

Lot 1 |

Fortigate 1100E license and support |

2 | |

20 |

Solar winds |

1 |

3 years |

20 |

Lot 2 |

SOC. Solution (SIEM & SOAR) |

2 (SIEM & SOAR) |

Perpetual license (no expiry) |

20 |

GitHub Enterprise Cloud |

10 users |

3 years |

20 |

Kemp Loadmaster x 40, NSA714-LM-NUS |

2 |

3 years |

20 |

Lot 3 |

Wordfence Premium for WordPress |

5 WordPress sites |

3 years |

20 |

BetterDocs for WordPress site |

Per-site subscription |

3 years |

20 |

Elementor Pro for WordPress site |

Per-site subscription |

3 years |

20 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” July 2016 revised November 2017, July 2018 and Nov. 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 Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Attention, Degayehu Desso, CEO, Executive for Procurement Email: degayehu@gmail.com; or wihibisenbet@yahoo.com, CMC Road, Behind CMC Road, Behind Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration,, Building A, 2nd Floor,, and inspect the bidding document during office hours i.e. 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM local time during official working days at the address given below. 5. The bidding document in English language may be obtained by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before February 26, 2026 at 10:00 Am. 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 February 26, 2026 at 10:30 Am. 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of Birr 1,000,000 for all items.. 8. The address referred to above is: The addressed referred to above is: Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Attention, Degayehu Desso, CEO, Executive for Procurement P.O. Box 62347, Email: degayehu@gmail.com; or wihibisenbet@yahoo.com CMC Road, Behind CMC Road, Behind Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration,, Building A, 2nd Floor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia