Invitation for Bids
SIERRA LEONE AGRI-BUSINESS RICE VALUE CHAIN SUPPORT PROJECT (SLARIS)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Supply IT Equipment, Office Furniture and standby Generator
Issue Date : 30 March 2020.
GRANT No : 21001555040116
- The Government of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has received a Grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) in various currencies towards the cost of the Sierra Leone Agri-Business Rice Value Chain Support Project (SLARIS) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the contract for which this invitation for bid (IFB) is issued ;
- The Sierra Leone Agri-Business Rice Value Chain Support Project (SLARIS), acting on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of IT Equipment, Office Furniture and Electric Generator as listed below :
LOT 1 : IT EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SUPPLIS
Item | Item Description and Technical | Unit | Qty. | Delivery | |
No | Specification | Schedule | |||
1 | Desktop Computers with UPS | each | 9 | 8 weeks | |
2 | Laptop Computers | each | 17 | 8 weeks | |
3 | Multi-Purpose Printers Black | and | each | 4 | 8 weeks |
White | |||||
4 | Desktop Photo Copiers | each | 2 | 8 Weeks | |
5 | Multi Media Projector | each | 3 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
6 | Desktop Colour Printer | each | 2 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
7 | Digital Camera | each | 2 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
LOT 2: OFFICE FURNITURE AND RELATED SUPPLIES | |||||||||||
1 | Conference table for ten (10) | set | 2 | 8 weeks | |||||||
persons | |||||||||||
2 | Conference chairs | Each | 26 | 8 weeks | |||||||
3 | Executive office tables | Each | 11 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
4 | Executive swivel chairs | Each | 11 | 8 weeks | |||||||
5 | Ordinary office table | Each | 25 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
6 | Metal Cabinet with four shelves | Each | 10 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
7 | Metal Filing cupboard, two doors and | Each | 2 | 8 weeks | |||||||
four shelves | |||||||||||
8 | Ordinary Office Chairs | each | 21 | 8 weeks | |||||||
9 | Director’s Conference Table | Each | 1 | 8 Weeks | |||||||
LOT 3: 20KVA STNANDBY GENERATOR | |||||||||||
1 | 20kva quiet Generator | set | 1 | 8 weeks |
To be eligible to bid for this contract, the following qualifications requirements must be met :
- Must be legally registered in country of operations as a business ;
- Must have met all tax obligations in country of doing business ;
- Must be registered with the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (for firms registered in Sierra Leone) ;
- Must have successfully executed two similar contracts in the last five years.
- Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the Sierra Leone Public Procurement Act 2016 ;
- Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Procurement Unit, Sierra Leone Agri-Business Rice Value Chain Support Project (SLARis) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 09:00 to 17:00 GMT hours on week days ;
- A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee of SLL250, 000.00. The method of payment will be by cashier’s check or cash ;
- Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 00 hours GMT, on Friday 15 May 2020. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of SLL10, 000,000 for lot 1 and SLL5,000,000.00 for each of Lots 2 and 3 , issued by a bank acceptable to the purchaser in the format provided in the appendix of the bidding document. Bids without the required securities will be declared non-responsive and rejected ;
- Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 15 hours on Friday 15 May 2020 at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 1st Floor, Youyi Building, Brookfileds , Freetown, Sierra Leone. Late bids will be rejected.
The Address is :
The Project Manager
Sierra Leone Agri-Business Rice Value Chain Support Project (SLARIS) 1st Floor, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown,
Sierra Leone
Tel : 232 76979859
Email : fonigay@yahoo.com