Upgrade the Information System of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development to serve the whole SIPs.

Request for Bid

Information Systems

(Design, Supply and Installation)

(Without Prequalification)

Purchaser: Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)

Project: The Sudan Social Safety Net project

Contract title: SDN-SPIS Mobile Application

Country: The Republic of the Sudan

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: TF-B2691

RFB No: SD-MOWSS-206396-GO-DIR

Issued on: 2nd May, 2021

• The Government of Sudan GOS has received a grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD toward the cost of the Sudan Social Safety Net Project (SSN Project), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to payments under the agreement(s) resulting from this RFB: Procurement of Sudan Social Protection Information System (SDN-SPIS) Mobile Application. 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, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

• The Sudan Social Safety Net project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Sudan Social Protection Information System (SDN-SPIS) Mobile Application. The SSN program seeks to enable MoSD to operate in areas where there is no or limited connectivity. This would be achieved by developing and operationalizing a feature-rich mobile application solution optimized to work in both offline and online environments and has all functionalities for the social protection delivery system. The new mobile application solution would be an add-on to the current information systems and integrate with the existing SDN-SPIS using CAPI. The Mobile Application will provide all the core component of social protection delivery system (Targeting, recertification, case management, payments, grievance redressal, etc.) that can work in the field by working offline and downloading all necessary data needed for delivering payments, processing cases through case management, recording grievance using grievance redressal and registering household using Targeting.

• Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from The Sudan Social Safety Net Project (SSN Project) PCU Office and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours at the address given below.

• The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of $100. The method of payment will be, cashier’s check. The document will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 noon on 6 June, 2021. Electronic Bidding will be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on12:00 noon local time.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of $ 6000 only six thousand Dollars.

• 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.

• The address referred to above is:

Republic of the Sudan

Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)

The Sudan Social Safety Net Project (SSN Project)

Khartoum State – Khartoum City – Jibra North - Doha district, north of Khatam Al-Mrusallain mosque.

Att. Mr. Ahmed Hashim Hassan - Project Coordinator

P,O Box : 12661 - Khartoum - Sudan

Cell Phone: 0121587171 – 0123870617