Procurement of Spectrum Management and Monitoring Tools — Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Sierra Leone Name of Project: Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project Contract Title: Procurement of Spectrum Management and Monitoring Tools Grant No.: E-1130-SL RFB Reference No.: SL-MOFED-454323-GO-RFB • The Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project (SLDTP) through the Ministry of Communication, Technology, and Innovation has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1]for the Procurement of Spectrum Management and Monitoring Tools. “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, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.” 2. The Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project through the Ministry of Communication, Technology, and Innovation now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for; | |

Delivery (as per Incoterms) Date |

SN |

Description of Goods |

Quantity |

Physical Unit |

Earliest Date of Delivery |

Latest Date of Delivery |

1 |

Mobile Spectrum Monitoring System |

1 |

1 |

120 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

210 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

2 |

Automated Spectrum Management System |

≥ 5 |

user licenses |

60 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

210 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

3 |

Mobile Quality of Service Measurement System |

≥12 terminals |

Set |

60 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

210 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

4 |

Portable Monitoring Tools & Accessories |

Lot |

Lot |

60 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

210 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

5 |

Four Wheel Drive |

1 |

1 |

60 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract |

210 days following the date of effectiveness of the Contract 3. 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” First published - July 2016 Second Edition - November 2017 Third Edition - July 2018, Fourth Edition - November 2020 and Fifth Edition – September 2023 (“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 Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project, Ministry of Communication, Technology, and Innovation, 8th Floor, Youyi Building, Freetown, email: procurement@sldtp.moic.gov.sl and inspect the bidding document during office hours (i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours) Mondays through Thursdays at the address given below. 5. The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Two Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars ($250.00) The method of payment will be direct payment into the following bank account below. The document will be sent by email upon receipt and evidence of credit advice to procurement@sldtp.moic.gov.sl CC: finance@sldtp.moic.gov.sl Bank: Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Account Name: Sierra Leone Digital Transformation Project Account Number: 003001127516112127 BBAN: 003001127516112127 SWIFT Code: SLCBSLFR 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 Noon on 18th December 2024. 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. 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. 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of $70,000.00 (Seventy Thousand United States Dollars. 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: Ministry of Communication, Technology, and Innovation Joe Gbouma-Alieu, MCIPS, Project Procurement Specialist 8th Floor, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone +232 76 369269 procurement@sldtp.moic.gov.sl [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 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.”