INVITATION FOR BID (IFB): BID FOR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PURCHASE, Garowe, Puntland

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB): BID FOR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PURCHASE

Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), Garowe, Puntland

SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND

As the fear of the coronavirus pandemic escalated across the globe, education authorities have ordered schools and universities to stop teaching for a while. But not every school or university was prepared to help students to get access to online education and continue studying during the closure period.

With over 300,000 students enrolled in the primary and secondary schools across Puntland getting their education disrupted by the virus coupled with the lack of educational technology infrastructures in the school system, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) of Puntland Government in partnership with UNICEF launched the Puntland Learning Passport and its equivalent Android mobile app, Cilmi. The Learning Passport is an Online, Mobile, and Offline digital platform enabling high quality, flexible learning designed to close the learning poverty gap. MoEHE has to date recorded over 2,800 short video lessons covering the entire primary and secondary education curriculum which are freely available for students and adult learners on Puntland Learning Passport website and mobile app Cilmi available on Google Play Store.

MoEHE is seeking quotations from qualified vendors and suppliers to supply technology equipment to further strengthen the efforts it made thus far in providing free education to all citizens and residents in Puntland and beyond. The equipment sought includes tablets, computers, and other technology equipment used for recording and disseminating audiovisual contents.

This document establishes the deliverables required in response to the IFB. Bids will be evaluated based on quantitative and qualitative scoring criteria developed for the job. Bids will also be evaluated for the compatibilities of the proposed equipment with current and future technology infrastructures, as well as warranty coverage length, brand reputation, model, year, durability, ease of use, and delivery lead time. The delivery location is the headquarter of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) of Puntland in Garowe.

Bidders are advised to read this invitation carefully and identify all costs associated with the acquisition of the equipment, including, necessary software, installations, configurations, and taxes. All research costs for the responses are at the bidder’s cost. MoEHE will evaluate the responses to determine which bidder’s offer meets its requirements.

Instructions to Prospective Bidders:

1. To be considered for short listing, every supplier is required to fill out Section Two of this IFB document.
2. Every supplier is also required to submit company profile, valid registration certificates from relevant government bodies, and bank statement (transaction histories of the last 3 months) with company name.
3. Please use the table at the end of the document (Section Two) to quote item prices.
4. Fill out item prices in the UNIT PRICE column.
5. Write down total calculated amount for each item in the corresponding cell at the rightmost AMOUNT column.
6. Write down total amount for all items at the last TOTAL AMOUNT row.
7. All quoted prices should in USA Dollars.
8. To save space for handwriting, you can leave out the dollar symbol.
9. Please write legibly as illegibility can lead to disqualification.
10. Apart from technical specifications—which are very important—bids will also be evaluated the delivery lead time.
11. The bid documents must be enclosed in a properly sealed envelope marked with Bid for Technology Equipment Purchase and placed in the tender boxes of MoEHE headquarters in Garowe no later than 3:00 PM on Thursday, 21 September 2021.

SECTION TWO: DETAILS OF THE EQUIPMENT SOUGHT TO PURCHASE

CERTIFICATION:

I, the undersigned, warrant that the information provided in this form, including individual and collective prices quoted, is correct.

Name: ……………………………………………………………….  Title/Position: ………………………………………

Signature: ……………………………………………………………  Date: /…………/………………

Only suppliers that are considered to have met minimum requirements will be contacted. For more information, please send your questions to procurement.moehe@gmail.com (copy to: maxamuda@gmail.com and puntland.lp@gmail.com) or call +252-907-790243.

Application deadline: 21 September 2021 at 3:00 pm. Any application later that date and time will not be accepted.