Supply of Furniture for Furnishing New Buildings at Ardhi University — Higher Education Economic Transformation Project (HEET), Tanzania

Request for Bids Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: United Republic of Tanzania Name of Project: Higher Education Economic for Transformation Project (HEET) Contract Title: Supply of Furniture for Furnishing New Buildings at Ardhi University Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-68870-TZ RFB Reference No.: TZ-ARU-527253-GO-RFB 1. This request for Bid follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in United Nations Development Business (UNDB) Issue No. WB-0P0015674 of 28.11.2021. 2. The Government of United Republic of Tanzania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Higher Education for Economic Transformation (HEET) Project through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply of Furniture to Furnish New Buildings at Ardhi University 3. The Ardhi University (ARU) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply of Furniture to Furnish New Buildings at Ardhi University Main Campus. Table 1: List of Goods to be Supplied | |

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Supply of Furniture to Furnish New Buildings at Ardhi University 4. Bidders have the option to Bid for any one or more lots. Bids will be evaluated lot-wise, taking into account discounts offered, if any, for combined lots. The contract(s) will be awarded to the Bidder or Bidders offering the lowest evaluated cost to the Employer for combined lots, subject to the selected Bidder(s) meeting the required qualification criteria for lot or combination of lots as the case may be. 5. Bidding will be conducted through National competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” [November, 2020, Fourth Edition] (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 6. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Secretary Tender Board, Ardhi University, and attention: Procurement Specialist– HEET Project during office hours Administration Block, 3rd Floor, Room No. 304 at 0900 to 1500 hours at the address given below. 7. A complete set of bidding Document(s) in English language and additional sets may be obtained by interested Tenderers online through NeST system www.nest.go.tz. 8. Replies to clarifications requested by bidders will not be emailed directly to bidders. All responses to clarifications will be posted in the above link on NeST system and bidders are solely responsible for monitoring the system during the bidding process for all clarifications/amendments with respect to this IFB. 9. All bids should be submitted online through NeST at or before 2:00 PM, Monday 26th January, 2026. Tender will be opened promptly thereafter online. The tenderer will receive the notification of the tender opening results through their NeST Account. Bids not submitted online through NeST shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances 10. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” in the form of “Unconditional Bank Guarantee” amounting to TZS 20,000,000 (Tanzanian Shillings Twenty Million Only) or its equivalent from a reputable commercial bank or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a commercial bank or Banker’s Cheque issued by a commercial bank. The Bid Security shall be clearly addressed to the Vice Chancellor and shall be valid for twenty eight (28) calendar days beyond the bid validity period. i.e. 148 calendar days after the bid’s submission deadline. 11. 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. 12. The address (es) referred to above is, Administration Block, 3rd Floor, Room No. 304, Secretary ARU Tender Board, Box 35176, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, Telephone No. +255 738357310, Email address: stb@aru.ac.tz,Web site address: www.aru.ac.tz. VICE CHANCELLOR ARDHI UNIVERSITY