(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Employer: Ministry of Finance

Project: Fiscal Performance Improvement Support Project (FSP)

Contract title: Complaint Hotline for ACD

Country: Afghanistan

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: IDA-D2630, TF-A6277

RFB No: FPIP/FSP/ACD/GO-152

Issued on: 9/15/2019

1.      The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Finance has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Fiscal Performance Improvement Support Project (FSP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procuring of Complaint Hotline for ACD.

2.      The Ministry of Finance now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for and qualified bidders for the above tender.

3.      Bidding will be conducted through Open National competitive (NCB) procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 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:

Wahidullah Afzali, Procurement Specialist, 2nd Floor, Procurement Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Pashtoonestan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan, email: wahidullah.afzali@yahoo.com/wahidullah.afzali@mof.gov.af and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:30 – 15:30 HRS Local Time on any working days from Saturday to Wednesday.

5.      Bids must be delivered to the address below: 2nd Floor, Procurement Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Pashtoonestan Watt, and Kabul, Afghanistan on or before October 14 2019 at 11:00 AM- Kabul Local Time. 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 given above.

7.      All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of as follow or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. The amount of bid security shall be; AFS 180000 (One hundred and eighty thousand Afghanis (Only Bank Guarantee required)

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 address referred to above is (are):

Ministry of Finance

Wahidullah Afzali, Procurement Specialist

2nd Floor, Procurement Directorate, Procurement Advisory Office, Ministry of Finance, Pashtoonestan Watt City: Kabul

+93(0202924292)

Wahidullah.afzali@yahoo.com, wahidullah.afzali@mof.gov.af