The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and installation of advance forecasting equipment


Ethiopian Herald(Oct 21, 2025)

ከስር የተቀመጠውን እያንዳንዱን መረጃ በጥንቃቄ ያንብቡ። Please read the detailed instructions below. 

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods
(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

  • Name of Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Name of Project: Ethiopia Flood Management Project
  • Contract Title: Supply and installation of advance forecasting equipment and facilities Grant No.: E124-ET
  • RFB Reference No: ET-EMI-516528-GO-RFB

The. Federal Government of Ethiopia- has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Flood Management Project (EFMP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the procurement of Supply and installation of advance forecasting equipment and facilities For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and installation of advance forecasting equipment and facilities as per the followings description of Goods.

Item No

 

Description of Goods

 

Physical Unit

 

Qty

 

period

 

Delivery, Margin Delivery Destination

Margin of preference

 

1

 

Supply and installation of advance forecasting equipment and facilities

Set

 

1(one)

 

90 days

 

At the Ethiopian Meteorology Institute, EMI Warehouse, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Not Applicable

 

The Bidding Document require bidders to have specific experience which includes the following:

1. Financial Capability: The Bidder shall submit audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last recent Five (5) years prior to bid submission deadline, & inonstrating the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. For a joint venture, this requirement shall be met by each member. Annual Revenue of the bidder for the last three consecutive years must be not less than $15M.

2. Specific Experience: The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least two (2) contracts within the last recent three (3) years prior to bid submission deadline, with a value of one million three hundred thousand USD that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the Goods and Related Services under the Contract. For a joint venture, this requirement must be met by all members. Bidding will be conducted using the National Competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrow Ners Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulation for IPF Borrower” World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF.

3. Borrowers” July 2016 updated in November 2020. Procurement will also comply with “Guide- lines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants” revised as of July 1, 2016, (“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 Ethiopian Meteorology Institute-Ethiopia Flood Management Project Coordinator Asaminew Teshome (Ph.D, Email: asmin2met@gmail.com,  cc to: getachewhtsegaw@gmail.com  or yoniber72@yahoo.com  and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09: 00 to 17:00 hours at the address given below.

5. The bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested Bidders on submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 300 amount in local currency or equivalent amount in freely convertible foreign currency .The meth- od of payment will be through commercial Bank of Ethiopia, direct deposit to EMI, Account No.1000007241295.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below: The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute, Building -1 floor, Room No.003, on or before November 19, 2025, at 10:00 am. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address be- low on November 19, 2025 at 10:30 am or immediately after the deadline for submission of bids. All envelopes marked “SECOND ENVELOPE: FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

7. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of Birr 1,200,000.00 (One Million two hundred Birr only) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of an Unconditional Bank Guarantee or CPO to the Ethiopian Meteorology Institute.

8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose Information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.

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

Near Tikur Anbesa Hospital
Procurement office, Building -1 floor, Room No.003, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia

Email: asmin2met@gmail.com  cc: getachewhtsegaw@gmail.com 

The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute(EMI)