Procurement of Furniture for Districts.

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Zambia

Name of Project: Girls Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods – GEWEL Project – Social Cash Transfer (SCT)

Contract Title: Supply and Delivery of 40 Executive Tables, 100 Executive Chairs and 100 Executive visitors Chairs for the Social Cash Transfer (SCT).

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: P181391

RFB Reference No.: MCDSS/SCT/007/25

• The Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Girls Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods (GEWEL) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Delivery of 40 Executive Tables, 100 Executive Chairs and 100 Executive visitors Chairs for the Social Cash Transfer (SCT). “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 Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) now invites eligible Bidders for the Supply and Delivery 40 Executive Tables, 100 Executive Chairs and 100 Executive visitors Chairs for the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) to be delivered in Lusaka at the Ministry headquarters with a maximum delivery period of 4 to 10 Weeks.

• Bidding will be conducted through the Open National Bidding ( e – GP system) using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (August 2018). (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (website) and through e-GP System and inspect the bidding document.

• Non - refundable fee of K1,000.00 can be paid online through ZPPA.

• Bids must be submitted on or before Friday 26th September 2025 at 10:00 hour’s local time through e – GP system.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration Form.

• “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):

• For Inspection, Purchase and clarifications through E-GP.

Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS)

Henry Malikyama

HEAD – PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLIES UNIT

Attention: Theresa Phiri

Procurement Specialist - SCT

Community House, Sadzu Road

P/Bag W252

Lusaka

Email: [email protected]