Supply and Installation of Infrastructure to Host the SDID Core Module — Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Rwanda

Name of Project: Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project (RDAP)

Contract Title: Supply and installation of the infrastructure to host the Government Single Digital Identity (SDID).

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: 7000-RW

RFB Reference No.: RW-RISA-530946-GO-RFB (2.1)

• The Government of Rwanda has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project (RDAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply and installation of the infrastructure to host the Government Single Digital Identity (SDID) in four lots as follows;

• Lot 1: Network Infrastructure including Servers and Storage, Licenses, Cables

• Lot 2: Management Server, Image Processing Server, Matching Server, Gateway Server, Backup Server, GPU Nodes

• Lot 3: Biometric Verification Servers, Core SDID API Gateway, Session Management Cluster, Load Balancer / WAF (32 cores etc

• Lot 4: Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Nodes, APM Database Servers, Elasticsearch Data Nodes, Logstash Nodes, Kibana Nodes, Elasticsearch Master Nodes,etc

• The Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and installation of the infrastructure to host the Government Single Digital Identity (SDID).

• 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” 5th Edition of September 2023 (“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 Rwanda Information Society Authority(RISA), Francine UWANYIRIGIRA, Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Email: [email protected] and copy [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1700 hours at the address given below

• The bidding document in English language can be viewed and obtained free of charge on RISA website.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 17th April 2026 at 02:00pm. 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 17th April 2026 at 02:00pm. 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 Security of Fifty Thousand United States Dollar (US$ 50,000) for each LOT or its equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

• 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):

Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)

Francine UWANYIRIGIRA

Chief Finance Officer

P.O. Box: 6603 Kigali, Rwanda

8 KG 7St, Kacyiru, Kigali, Telecom House, 3rd Floor, Wing C, Room Muhazi

Website: www.risa.gov.rw