Floating Date: As of August 12, 2024

RFQ No. 4269386

Requirements Ethio telecom invites all interested and eligible bidders by this national Competitive Bid (NCB) for the procurement of “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License.
  1. ” With RFQ No. 4269386 as described in the table below. The Bid remains floating from August 12, 2024, to September 02, 2024.
No. Descriptions of the Items Bid security Floating Period RFQ No.
1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License ETB 50,000.00. August 12, 2024, to September 02, 2024. 4269386
Bid documents can be obtained from web sites www.afrotender.com, www.extratenders.com and www.2merkato.com upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 100.00 (Birr One hundred only) by using tele birr payment platform. In addition, If you are interested to be on the supplier list of ethio telecom please register using the following link or copy and paste the link on a browser “https://erp.ethiotelecom.et/OA_HTML/jsp/pos/suppreg/SupplierRegister.jsp?ouid=0EED8A04B857259C”. 2.Interested bidders are expected to fulfill the Requirements stated here below:
    • Availability of Bid Security
    • Availability of Letter of Authorization to sign the bid offers
    • Anti-bribery pledge form
    • Bidders should have a valid and renewed trade license for the year
    • VAT Registration Certificate
    • Availability of Compliance Statement
3. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of 50,000.00 (Birr Fifty Thousand only) or with equivalent Foreign Currency.

3.1. The bid bond shall be furnished in one of the following forms: –

a. Certified Cheque /CPO issued by a recognized domestic bank or

b. Bond issued by and/or confirmed through a recognized /reputable  Domestic bank.

3.2 The Bank that issues the bond as per 3.1 (b) here above shall unequivocally guarantee to pay the purchaser immediately upon the first written demand of payment. The Purchaser’s written demand of payment shall not be subject to any condition what so ever.

3.3 The bond issuing bank shall clearly incorporate the content stated under Clause here above on the issued bond.

3.4 The Bid Security shall be issued in the name of the bidder’s/Agent’s company as appropriate that participated in the bid;

3.5 Sealed bids marked as: “Tender for the Supply of “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription License and VMWare ESX18.X Enterprise Subscription License” With RFQ No. 4269386 and be addressed to:

                     Ethio telecom, Head Quarter Churchill Road Supply Chain Division 2nd Floor, Room No.211B,

 P. O. Box 1047, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

4. Bid proposal will be received at ethio telecom, Head Quarter 2nd Floor, Room 211B, before or on September 02, 2024 5:00 P.M. Bids presented by any bidder after the closing date shall not be accepted.                                        5. Bids received in time and fulfilling the other formalities shall be opened in the presence of interested bidders or their legal representatives on September 03, 2024, at 10:00 A.M, at ethio telecom, Head Quarter 2nd Floor, Room No.210. 6.Partial bid is allowed 7.No one is allowed to duplicate or transfer the bidding document that she/he acquired to participate under this invitation. 8.Bidders are seriously advised to read and comply with the instructions provided in this   bidding document. 9.Ethio telecom reserves the right to reject all or parts of this bid.