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Procurement of goods; core-end-of-life government data hosting solutions with new energy-efficient hardware, development of business continuity solution for whole-of-government.

 

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Kingdom of Lesotho

Name of Project: Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery Project

Contract Title:  Procurement of goods; core-end-of-life government data hosting solutions with new energy-efficient hardware, development of business continuity solution for whole-of-government.

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: 07492

FB Reference No.: LS-MOFDP-436388-GO-RFB

 

  1. The Kingdom of Lesotho has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lesotho Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for core-end-of-life government data hosting solutions with new energy-efficient hardware, development of business continuity solution for whole-of-government.
  2. “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.”
  3. The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning  now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for The required equipment that comprises of Fortigate equipment, accessories and training. The equipment will be used by the Ministry of Information Communications Science Technology and Innovation (MICSTI) of the Government of Lesotho Ministries.
  4. 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” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
  5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Keneng Motjamela, keneng.motjamela@gov.ls and Masingoaneng Sekete, Masingoaneng.sekete@gov.ls and inspect the bidding document during office hours from. 0900 to 1500 hours at the address given below.
  6. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of M2000,00. The method of payment will be Cash that will be paid to the Financial Management Specialist office (Africa House, Office No. 263). The document will be collected in hard copy from the Procurement Specialist Office, Finance House, Office no: 2010 from 8:00hrs to 14:00hrs.
  7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 21st March 2025 at 14:00hrs  Electronic Bidding will not 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 on the 21st March 2025 at 14:30hrs.
  8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Three Hundred and Sixty-Thousand Maloti. (M360,000.00).
  9. 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.
  10. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

 

Address:

Ministry of Information Communications Science Technology and Innovation, Tender Box

Post Office Building-Floor 3

P.O. Box 36

City:  Maseru

Country: Lesotho

Tel: +266 22321357

E-mail: keneng.motjamela@gov.ls; masingoaneng.sekete@gov.ls