Commercial Bank of Ethiopia

Invitation for International & National Competitive Bid

1. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, invites interested and qualified bidders/suppliers for the purchase of the following goods and services;

S/N	Description of items/service	Bid Bond/EMD Amount	Method of Purchase	Bid No.	Bid Closing Date
1	Hardware Security Modules (HSM)	ETB 2,000,000.00 or equivalent in USD/EURO/POUND	International Competitive Bid	160/2025/26	July 20, 2026
2	Lot- Dell VxRail P670F Node Hardware & Software Support and Lot-ll VxRail P570F Node Software Support	ETB 1,000,000.00 for each Lots	National Competitive Bid	161/2025/26	July 10, 2026
3	Android Tablet (Qty. 150), Anti Theft Tablet (Qty. 150), Docking  Station(Qty. 150) and Large Format Display LCD LED Screen (Qty 50)	ETB 500,000.00 for all items	National Competitive Bid	159/2025/26	July 10, 2026

2. The Bid documents shall be obtained commencing from July 01, 2026 for Bid no. 160/2025/26 and June 29, 2026 for Bid. no.159 & 161/2025/26, from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement Department opposite to Vatican Embassy, next to Gibson Youth Academy. Facilities Management Building. 1st Floor, Room No. 101, against payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 500.00 (Birr Five Hundred only) for bid no. 160/2025/26 and ETB 200.00 for bid no. 159 & 161/2025/26 through Acct. No. 1000134998028, to CBE Finance Process. The bid document shall be collected during office hours (Monday to Friday 8:00-12:00 A.M., 1:00-4:15 P.M.; and Saturday 8:00-11:45 A.M.) by presenting the payment invoice. Presenting copy of renewed Trade License. Tax Clearance Certificate and VAT Registration Certificate is a must. And you can also access the bid document online from https://bids.extratenders.com/

3. Bidders shall be quite sure to state direct line phone number, cell phone number, and e-mail address of their organization correctly while collecting bid documents. Failure in receipt of bid communication due to incorrectness of the above will not be the responsibility of the bank.

4. Bid proposal shall be accompanied by the bid bond / Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) in the amount shown in the above table in the form of Unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee or Cash Payment Order (C.P.O.). Bid bond / EMD in any other form is not acceptable.

5. Earnest money deposit (EMD) Bid bond shall be presented with the Bid documents in a separate envelope on or before July 20, 2026, 2026, at 10:00 A.M for bid no. 160/2025/26 & July 10,2026 at 10:00A.M bid no. 159 & 161/2025/26 in the above mentioned address.

6. All bids must be deposited in the tender box prepared for this purpose at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Procurement Department, during office hours before on July 20, 2026, at 10:00 A.M Bid. no.160/2025/26 & July 10, 2026 at 10:00 A.M Bid. no. 159 & 161/2025/26, at the place mentioned under no. 2 above.

7. Bid opening shall be held in the presence of bidders and/or their legal agents who wish to attend, on July 20, 2026, at 10:30 A.M for bid no. 160/2025/26 & July 10, 2026 at 10:30 A.M bid no. 159 & 161/2025/26 on at CBE Facility Management building meeting hall at the place mentioned under no. 2 above.

8. Failure to comply any of the conditions from 2-6 above shall result in automatic rejection.

9. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Procurement Department, P. O. Box 255, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel. 251-11 113-0592, 251-11-13-0466.

10. The Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.