Supply and Delivery of Printed Materials for ECCDE Learning Materials

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids - Open National

Goods

(Single Stage - One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Eswatini

Name of Project: Strengthening Basic Education System Support to Human Capital Development in Eswatini Project (P173151)

Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of Printed Materials for ECCDE Learning Materials. GPE Grant No: TF-B7467

RFB Reference No.: SZ-MOET-532834-GO-RFB

• The Ministry of Education and Training - World Bank Project in Eswatini has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the project Strengthening Basic Education System Support to Human Capital Development in Eswatini Project (P173151) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1]forSupply and Delivery of Printed Materials for ECCDE Learning Materials.

• The Ministry of Education and Training - World Bank Project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Delivery of Printed Materials for ECCDE Learning Materials to be submitted at the Ministry of Education & Training, 6th Floor, Office 614, in the Tender box

• Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”(Thirteenth Edition, July 2023) (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations..

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Education and Training - World Bank Project, Procurement Unit. Contact person: Lomakhosi Magagula, email address: [email protected][2] and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours at the address given below. [3]

• The Bidding Document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon submission of a written application to the email address [email protected] or to the address below, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of E500.00 (Five Hundred Emalangeni only). The method of payment shall be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to the account indicated below

Strengthening Basic Education

Standard Bank

Account number: 9110006401581

Branch Name: Mbabane

Branch code: 66-31-64

SWIFT/BIC: SBICSZMX

• Bids must be delivered to the address below [4] on or before the 06 March 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bidders shall submit one sealed envelope clearly marked “ORIGINAL BID”, containing the complete Bid. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the Ministry of Education and Training, 6th floor, Conference Room at 09:10am on 06thMarch 2026

• All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of E10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Emalangeni only. From a reputable Banking Institution.

• 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(es) referred to above is (are):

The Tender Panel

Ministry of Education & Training – World Bank Project

P.O. Box 39 Mbabane H100

Mhlambanyatsi Road, Mbabane

Tel (+268) 7606 3412

Email: [email protected]

[1] Substitute “contracts” where Bids are called concurrently for multiple contracts. Add a new para. 3 and renumber paras 3 - 8 as follows: “Bidders may Bid for one or several contracts, as further defined in the Bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid.”

[2] If electronic procurement will be used, insert link or web site address and any additional relevant information, as appropriate

[3] Ministry of Education and Training, Mhlambanyatsi Road, Mbabane, 6th Floor, Office 614.

[4] Ministry of Education and Training, Mhlambanyatsi Road, Mbabane