Supply and Installation of Laboratory Equipment — Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Name of Project: HEET PROJECT(HEET) Contract Title: Supply and installation of Laboratory equipment Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: P166415 Project Reference No.: P166415 STEP Reference No.: 457896 RFB Reference No.: TR48/HEET/P166415/2024/2025/G/01 10/02/2025 1. This Invitation for bid follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project which appeared in United Nations Development Business (UNDB) Issue No.

0 dated0and the National e-Procurement System of Tanzania (NeST) dated07/08/2024. 2. The NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY has received LOAN from the World Bank towards the cost of the HEET PROJECT, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for Supply and installation of Laboratory equipment.

• The NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and installation of Laboratory equipment. 4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Tendering using Request fo Bids (RfB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” fourth edition, November 2020 as well as the Public Procurement Act, CAP 410, and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Mr. Japhet Laizer 447 Arusha and inspect the bidding document through NeST.

• A complete set of bidding document(s) in English may be accessed through NeST freely. Bidders are required to register through NeST and pay the bid participation fees indicated in the NeST (https://nest.go.tz/nesttenderer/wallet/tender-charges) to be able to participate in this Bidding process.

• NeST payment user guide is made available in the NeST dashboard. 8. Bids must be submitted electronically through NeST on or before 10:00 AM hours local time on 07/03/2025. Bid(s) will be opened promptly thereafter through NeST.

Bid opening details will be available through NeST. 9. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of Tender Security - Bank Guarantee in the currency of The Tanzanian Shilling or freely convertible currencies in case of foreign Tenderers worth 45,000,000.00.

• Bids not received or opened through NeST shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances VICE CHANCELLOR {PE_ADDRESS