Supply, Installation and Commissioning of ICT Equipment — Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Tanzania

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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Name of Project: Supply, Installation and Commissioning Of ICT Equipment To Existing Institutions Through DTI - (Phase 1)(DTP)

Contract Title: Supply, Installation and commissioning of ICT Equipment to Existing Institutions through DTI- (Phase 1)

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

Project Reference No.: P-160766

STEP Reference No.: 478638

RFB Reference No.: ME:006/WB-DTP/P160766/478638/2024- 2025/HQ/G/10/RFB

14/07/2025

• This Invitation for bid follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project which appeared in United Nations Development Business (UNDB) Issue No. OP001142857 datedAugust 2021and the National e- Procurement System of Tanzania (NeST) dated11/07/2024.

• The MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY has receivedCREDIT financing from the WORLD BANK towards the cost of the Supply, Installation and Commissioning Of ICT Equipment To Existing Institutions Through DTI - (Phase 1), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Installation and commissioning of ICT Equipment to Existing Institutions through DTI- (Phase 1). “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.”

• The MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY now invites sealed Bidsfrom eligible Bidders for Supply, Installation and commissioning of ICT Equipment to Existing Institutions through DTI- (Phase 1) for:

and commissioning of

DAR ES SALAAM

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ICT Equipment to

• ZANZIBAR

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Existing Institutions

AND MBEYA

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through DTI- (Phase

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• Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Tendering (Donor Funded) using Request fo Bids (RfB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” fourth edition, November2020 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 , 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 28/07/2025. 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 - Bank Guarantee in the currency of The Tanzanian Shilling or freely convertible currencies in case of foreign Tenderers worth 50,000,000.00.

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

Permanent Secretary

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