Notice of Invitation for Early Market engagement

Date of Event: May 28, 2026   

Sector: HealthCare

Country: Ethiopia

Title of Event: Early Market Engagement for the Procurement of Diagnostic and Operating Room Equipment

Project ID: P175167 Region: East Africa

Project Name: Ethiopia Program for Results (hybrid) for Strengthening primary Health Care Service.

Link to Information: www.epss.gov.et

Event Arrangement: Hybrid (In-person and hybrid)

Registration Email: awol.jemal@epss.

Client: Ministry of Health (MOH) & Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS)

We, Ministry of Health (MOH) /Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS), are reaching out to invite you to participate in an Early Market Engagement (EME) session for our upcoming high value procurement package financed by World Bank under Ethiopia Program for Results (hybrid) for Strengthening primary. Health Care Service Project to enhance the healthcare delivery in Primary Hospital, Health Center and Comprehensive Health Post in the conflict affected regions Ethiopia. This session is designed to collaborate and gather your valuable insight and feedback for best outcome of the bidding process as we develop our package and bidding documents.

The Project aims developing a resilient health service delivery system and improve patient care, enhance efficiency, and support healthcare workers to perform their duties effectively and efficiently, equip new facilities and upgrade existing facilities with modern equipment to meet current healthcare standards.

The EME will be led by Mr Awol Jemal, EPSS Procurement management directorate director.

1. Objectives of the Early Market Engagement

• To get the international market insight on the procurement and improve the attractiveness of the procurement process.
• To enhance the diversity of the market and encourage new potential suppliers to participate on the procurement process.
• To improve the technical requirement, technical specifications, contract terms, risk allocation, remuneration/ costing, bid evaluation approach/weightings.
• Identify any current or potentially innovative developments or new technologies in the market.
• Receive feedback on the proposed procurement approach and adjust to attract qualified and experienced bidders.
• Receive feedback Current prices, pricing methods and other factors influence price.
• Receive feedback on Availability of alternative goods and services (product differentiation).
• Identify the risks, incentives and opportunities.
• Identify common or prevalent risks within the supply chain(s).

2. Approaches of Early Market Engagement

The Early Market Engagement will be conducted on May 28, 2026, allowing for virtual participation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Official Announcement: Final event details will be confirmed and published by May 14, 2026, on the official website: www.epss.gov.et and Registered suppliers will also receive notification via email.
• Registration: Interested suppliers are kindly requested to confirm their participation (specifying in-person or virtual attendance) by May 22, 2026, at 4:00 PM EAT. Requests should be submitted to the registration email provided above.

The EME process will be conducted in an open and transparent manner. Please note the following

• Record Keeping: All collective discussions will be recorded to ensure a fair process.
• Confidentiality: The MoH/EPSS acknowledge that suppliers may share commercially sensitive information such as Commercially sensitive information and data will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to other participants or individuals not officially involved in the EME process.

3. Shared Documents for Early Market Engagement

The document shared for early market engagement listed below which is published and obtained from our website: www.epss.gov.et, or https://epss.gov.et/epss/tenders, under Procurement Directory on the link given or can be requested via the email addresses by awol.jemal@epss.gov.et

• List of files uploaded in website: –
• Standard Procurement Document
• Invitation for Early Market Engagement

4. Planned Activities to be Procured 

Selection of suppliers will be conducted through competitive international procurement in line with the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers Procurement in Investment Projects Financing. The proposed packages/contracts along with respective estimated cost are listed below. The information provided is only indicative and is subject to change.

Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS)

Contract-1: Procurement of Diagnostic and Operating Room Equipment

Lot Description	Item description	Unit	Qty	Category	Estimated Budget (USD)
Lot 1: Procurement of Furniture	Bed – Patient, Fowler, Adult	Each	2877	Goods	$3,459,656.76
	Screen – Patient, Four Section	Each	1182
	Stretcher-Army type	Each	660
Lot 2: Procurement of Centrifuge and Microscopes	Centrifuge – General Purpose, Electrical	Each	552	Goods	$1,969,921.14
	Centrifuges-General Purpose, Manual	Each	330
	Microscope – Binocular, LED	Each	852
Lot 3: Procurement of Operating, Light and Tables	Light- Operating Mobile	Each	49	Goods	$1,346,731.68
	Table Operating, Electro-hydraulic	Each	49
Lot 4: Procurement Procurement Sterilization Equipment’s	Sterilizer- Drum, 240 x 290mm	Each	330	Goods	$6,608,556.14
	Sterilizer- Instrument, Hot Air, 25L	Each	330
	Sterilizer- Instrument, Hot Air, 40L	Each	261
	Sterilizer – Steam, 120 L	Each	37
	Sterilizer – Steam, 25 L	Each	330
	Sterilizer – Steam, 300 L	Each	12
	Sterilizer – Steam, 40 L	Each	261
Lot 5: Procurement of Radiography, X ray System	X Ray- Radiography, Digital, General Hospital	Each	12	Goods	$5,210,796.9
	X Ray- Radiography, Digital, primary Hospital	Each	37
Lot 6: Procurement of General Medical Instrument	Dish – Kidney, 475 ml	Each	1965	Goods	$87,697.77
	Enema Can	Each	261
	Fetoscope – Wooden	Each	1182
	Forceps – Pick Up, With Jar	Each	1512
	Hammer – Reflex	Each	330
Lot 7: Procurement of Medical Surgical Instruments	Set – Delivery	Set	1182	Goods	$3,459,854..22
	Set- Diagnostic, EENT	Set	591
	Set – Dialation And Curettage	Set	261
	Set – Episiotomy	Each	330
	Set – Instrument, Dressing	Set	852
	Set – Instrument, Splint	Set	330
	Set – Instrument, surgery Minor	Set	1182
	Set – Instrument, Suture	Set	990
	Set-Midwifery	Set	1965
Lot 8: Procurement of Sphygmomometers  and Stethoscope –	Sphygmomometers – Aneroid, Adult	Each	1443	Goods	$249,797.73
	Stethoscope Adult and Pediatric	Each	1443
Lot 9: Procurement of Suction machines	Suction Machine – Surgical, Electrical	Each	881	Goods	$855,434.03
	Suction Machine, Manual	Each	330
Lot 10:Procurement of Weighing Scale	Scales Weight, Digital, Adult, with Height	Each	783	Goods	$206,482.23
	Scale – Weight, Mechanical with Height Measurement, Adult	Each	660

 5. Timeline for Procurement Process

The activities timeline for early market engagement and procurement process is given hereafter, where the procurement process is subjected to some amendments.

Activity	Timeline
Deadline for expression of interest to attend the EME Session	May 22, 2026, 5:30 PM EAT
EME virtual Date	May 28, 2026, 2:00-4:00 PM EAT
Estimated date of publication for Bid Invitation on Client & WB website	June 17. 2026
Deadline for bid/proposals submission	August 5, 2026
Anticipated Award Date	October 5, 2026
Due Diligences and contract signing process	November5, 2026

The submittal should be presented in English. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from Monday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM & 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM local time and Friday, 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM local time.

Addresses

Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service

Attention: Mr. Awol Jemal,

Director of Procurement Management Directorate

In front of St. Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ketema K/K, Woreda 05, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service, Block Number 04, First Floor,

Office Number 10.

P.O Box 251904

Tel: +251-933603735

E-mail: awol.jemal@epss.gov.et

Copy to: Mr. Aknaw Kawza,

Deputy Director General, Inbound Logistics, EPSS

Email: aknaw.kawza@epss.gov.et

Tel: +251-11-275 1770/27763270/2763266

Website: www.epss.gov.et

Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service