INVITATION TO BID

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID (NCB)

PROCUREMENT OF: ENTERPRISE ICT INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORKING & SUPPORT SERVICES

EthSwitch Share Company, which is the owner and operator of the National e-payment Switch of Ethiopia, invites this bid for interested and eligible bidders for the procurement of the below-mentioned Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Networking & Support Services.

Lot	Description	Amount of Bid Security in ETB	BID REF NO
1	Supply and Provision of Router Maintenance & Technical Support Services Statement of Requirement Networks OEM Support Services. Supply, Installation, Testing, and Support for Processor and Memory Capacity Expansion of Existing Enterprise Servers. Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of man trap/security vestibule system.	100,000.00	ETS/NCB/022/2026/27
2		100,000.00	ETS/NCB/023/2026/27
3		100,000.00	ETS/NCB/020/2026/27
4		100,000.00	ETS/NCB/021/2026/27
5	Supply, Installation, and Commissioning of Enterprise Out-of-Band (OOB) Management Switches. Supply, installation, and commissioning of OEM for data center spine switches, optical interconnects, professional services, and OEM support full-mesh spine-leaf expansion. Supply, Installation, and Configuration of Additional IP Phone Devices.	300,000.00	ETS/NCB/018/2026/27
6		200,000.00	ETS/NCB/019/2026/27
7		50,000.00	ETS/NCB/024/2026/27

2. Interested bidders can purchase a complete set of bidding document from the Company starting on Monday, September 14, 2026, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 300 (Birr Three Hundred Only) for each lot deposited to EthSwitch S.C. at A/C CBE 1000089578737 or Zemen Bank A/C 1035110049135018, in the name of the bidder’s organization, during the specified working hours.

Monday – Friday 8:30 AM-12:00 PM and 1:30-5:00 PM

3. The bid proposal shall be submitted & open as per the following schedule: –

Lot	Bid Submission Date & Time	Bid Opening Date & Time
1	On or Before September 24,2026 10:30 AM	September 24, 2026 10:45 AM
2	On or Before September 24, 2026 2:00 PM	September 24, 2026 2:15 PM
3	On or Before September 25, 2026 10:30 AM	September 25, 2026 10:45 AM
4	On or Before September 25, 2026 2:00 PM	September 25, 2026 2:15 PM
5	On or Before September 28, 2026 10:30 AM	September 28, 2026 10:45 AM
6	On or Before September 28, 2026 2:00 PM	September 28, 2026 2:15 PM
7	On or Before September 29, 2026 10:30 AM	September 29, 2026 10:45 PM

Late bidders will be rejected & technical proposals will be opened at the presence of the bidders or their representative.

4. EthSwitch Share Company is located on the 21st floor of Zemen Bank Head Office, in front of Addis Ababa University School of Commerce, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

5. The Bids shall be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes: technical proposal and financial proposal envelopes, each having one “original” and one “copy”, and marked with the title Bid Document for Procurement of the above-listed Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Networking & Support Services in the name of the bidding Company.

6. The bid must be delivered in person to EthSwitch S.C. on or before the date stated in number 3 above.

7. Bidders’ Proposal must be accompanied by the bid security, i.e, CPO or unconditional Bank

8. EthSwitch S.C. reserves the right to cancel the bid either partially or totally. For further information, please contact EthSwitch S.C. at the following

addresses:

ETHSWITCH S.C

Administration Department

Telephone: +251-11-557-12-04/05

Fax: +251-11-557-11-15

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia