Signed Notification of Bid Clarification Responses and Bid Extension
To: ALL PARTICIPANTS
It is to be remembered that, Ethio telecom has launched National Competitive Bid (NCB) for the procurement Outdoor 2000Liter fuel tank with accessories with RFQ No. 4271607 with a floating period from January 23, 2025, and will be closed on February 10, 2025.
In connection with this, some of the bidders have requested us clarification on the technical issues. Following this, bidders’ clarification requests were thoroughly reviewed and appropriate clarification responses with Bid extension have been given as per the attached summary of responses.
Hence, this is kindly to notify you that 4-pages of clarification responses are attached with this cover letter for your consideration and to help you prepare a responsive bid offer. In addition, Ethio telecom has officially decided to extend the bid closing and opening dates for Seven (7) days to give sufficient time to prepare competitive offers and complete related processes as shown in the table below:
| Summary of Bid Closing & Opening dates | Time | ||
| 1 | Original Bid Closing Date | New Bid Closing Date | until 5:00 PM |
| February 10, 2025 | February 17, 2025 | ||
| 2 | Original Bid Opening Date | New Bid Opening Date | at 10:00 AM |
| February 11, 2025 | February 18, 2025 | ||
N.B: –Finally, all bid participants should bear in mind that these clarification responses are part of the bidding document issued with RFQ No. 4271607 and are binding.
- The bid bond validity period has to be also issued as per the new bid closing date.
Enclosed; 4-Pages Clarification responses attached for your reference