Procurement of office furniture and IT equipment; Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Republic of Tajikistan

Name of Project: Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project (SRASP)

Contract Title: Procurement of office furniture and IT equipment for the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) institutes and SI “Plant protection and Agricultural Chemicals”.

Grant No.: D8600-TJ

RFB Reference No.: TJ-SRASP-RFB-G06

The Government of Tajikistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project (SRASP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for office furniture and IT equipment for the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) institutes and SI “Plant protection and Agricultural Chemicals”.

2. The State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for: Lot #1 - Procurement of office furniture for Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) and Tajik Agrarian University, Lot#2 - Procurement of IT equipment for Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) and SI “Plant protection and Agricultural Chemicals”.

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8:00 AM to 17:00 PM at the address given below.

5. The full package of bidding document in Russian may be obtained by interested Bidders upon the submission of an official letter to the address below. The document will be sent by the AED PMU procurement email.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below by January 30, 2025 10:30 hrs. 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 January 30, 2025 10:40 hrs.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Securityin the form of a bank guarantee in the amount of Lot 1 – TJS 17,500.00 (Seventeen thousand and five hundred) Tajik somoni, Lot 2 – TJS 31,000.00 (Thirty-one thousand) Tajik somoni.

8. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

For the purpose of inquiries and receipt of tender documents:

To: Satori D.A. PMU Director

Address: 17 Bokhtar street, I.Somoni district, Dushanbe city

Office / Floor: 12th Floor

City: Dushanbe

Country: Tajikistan

E-mail: procurement.srasp@gmail.com

For the purpose of Bid submission and opening of the Bids:

State Committee on Investment and State Property Management of Republic of Tajikistan

Address: 27 Shohtemur street

Office / Floor: Office No. 9, 1st floor