Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Equipment for Zonal Centers and FabLabs — Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Unit…

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANI

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Name of Project: Supply, Installation And Commissioning Of Ict Equipment For Zonal Centers And Fablabs(DTP)

Contract Title: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT equipment for Zonal Centers and Fablabs

Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: 68930

Project Reference No.: 68930

STEP Reference No.: 515326

RFB Reference No.: ME.006/WB-DTP/P-160766/515326/2025-2026/G/02

22/01/2026

• 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.

• The MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY has received CREDIT financing from the WORLD BANK towards the cost of the Supply, Installation And Commissioning Of Ict Equipment For Zonal Centers And Fablabs, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT equipment for Zonal Centers and Fablabs. “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.”

• 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.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY , Kijoli Said P.O.Box 677, DODOMA 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/nest- tenderer/wallet/tender-charges) to be able to participate in this Bidding process.

• 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 06/02/2026. 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 Security in the form of Tender Security - Insurance Bond in the currency of The Tanzanian Shilling or freely convertible currencies in case of foreign Tenderers worth 300,000,000.00.

• Bids not received or opened through NeST shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances.

Permanent Secretary

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