Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Furniture for Zonal Centers and FabLabs — Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Tanzania

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Name of Project: Supply, Installation and commissioning of Furniture and Fittings for Zonal centres and Fablabs(DTP) Contract Title: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Furniture and Fittings for Zonal Centers and Fablabs Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: 68930 Project Reference No.: P160766 STEP Reference No.: 483083 RFB Reference No.: ME.006/WB-DTP/P-160766/515332/2025-2026/G/03 02/02/2026 1. This Invitation for bid follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project which appeared in United Nations Development Business (UNDB) Issue No.

0P00142857 datedAugust 2021and the National e- Procurement System of Tanzania (NeST) dated27/06/2025. 2. The MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY has received CREDIT from the World Bank towards the cost of the Supply, Installation and commissioning of Furniture and Fittings for Zonal centres and Fablabs, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Furniture and Fittings for Zonal Centers and Fablabs.

• Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Tendering using Request for 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. 4.

Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Godbless Mtei P.O.BOX 677 Dodoma and inspect the bidding document through NeST. 5. 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/nest- tenderer/wallet/tender-charges) to be able to participate in this Bidding process. 6. NeST payment user guide is made available in the NeST dashboard.

• Bids must be submitted electronically through NeST on or before 2:00 PM hours local time on 23/02/2026. Bid(s) will be opened promptly thereafter through NeST. Bid opening details will be available through NeST.

• All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Securing Declaration in the format provided in the Bidding Documents. 9. Bids not received or opened through NeST shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances.

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