Invitation for Bids

Date: September 13, 2023
Name of Country: Ethiopia
Name of Project: Restoration and Public Opening of Addis Ababa National Palace
IFB No: FDREPA/IFB/002/2023

1. The FDRE, Palace Administration has received funds from the Agence Française de Développement (the French Development Agency) towards the cost of Restoration and Public Opening of Addis Ababa National Palace. It is intended that part of the proceeds of these funds will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Procurement of Museography/Mediation Tools.
2. The FDRE, Palace Administration now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of Items Listed in Table below (“the Goods”). :
LOT – 1: Supply and Installation of Carpets
LOT – 2: Production, Supply and Installation of Scenography Elements
II-1) Furniture II-2) Showcases II-3) Signage Furniture II-4) Prototype Options
 Barriers pedestals
 Rope with its accessories
 Glass barrier
 Throne Wall
 Mediation table chronology & library
 Mediation screen panel
 Carpet boxes
 Benches  Showcases  Text panel palace
 Directional signage panel palace
 Wall support palace
 Label panel supports for rope barrier
 Outdoor panels  prototype  Glass barriers
 Showcases
Lot - 3: Production, Supply and Installation of Signage
III-1) Signage Inside the Palace III-2) Signage in the Garden
 Text Panel
 Directional Panel
 Label Panel  Picto Panel
 Mediation Table  Plan Panel
 Signage Panels
Lot - 4: Supply and Installation of Multimedia Screens
 Screens
 Players
 Wiring, sound and accessories
Lot - 5: Production, Supply and Installation of UV Filters

3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Documents at the office of FDRE Palace Administration (FDREPA), Procurement and Property Administration Directorate At:
 Address: National Palace compound bordered by & between Menelik II Avenue and Yohannes Street (Entrance through Gate 5 on Yohannes Street - adjacent to Finfinne Restaurant) - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 Telephone: +251-115-157-885/+251-115-159-669
 Electronic mail address:
- Birhanu Mosissa : birhanumast@yahoo.com
- Mulunesh Bekele : rmulunesh@gmail.com
- Letibelu Motuma : letibelum@gmail.com
- Shimelis Tilahun : shimetilahun@gmail.com
And inspect the Bidding Documents between 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EAT)
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 1000 ETB (One Thousand Birr) or equivalent amount in any other easily convertible currency applying the National Bank of Ethiopia Conversion rate at bid issuance date.
5. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the Agence Française de Développement’s Bidding Documents for Procurement of Goods.
6. Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before 2:30 PM (EAT) on November 10, 2023 and must be accompanied by a bid security shown in table below or equivalent amount in any other easily convertible currency applying the National Bank of Ethiopia Conversion rate at bid issuance date, for each lot.
S/N Amount of Bid Security (Euro)
For Lot - 1 € 1,400
For Lot – 2 € 5,300
For Lot – 3 € 400
For Lot – 4 € 1,500
For Lot - 5 € 500

Note: The Bid Security must be submitted as per the Instruction to Bidders, Clause 19.
7. Bids will be opened in public and in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 2:45 PM (EAT) on November 10, 2023, at the office of FDRE, Palace Administration (FDREPA), Finance and Procurement Executive, inside National Palace compound bordered by & between Menelik II Avenue and Yohannes Street (Entrance through Gate 5 on Yohannes Street - adjacent to Finfinne Restaurant) - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

8. Qualification criteria are as follows:
 Technical: Company references, Staff experience (CV), Material and equipment required for the assigned task (depending on the Lots),
 Financial: financial annual turn-over and others
 Legal: renewed Business Licenses and others
 Other qualification criteria: samples or prototype as deemed necessary in the bidding document.
 The bidder shall have a minimum average annual turnover of:
S/N Minimum Average Annual Turnover (Euro)
For Lot - 1 € 70,000
For Lot – 2 € 265,000
For Lot – 3 € 20,000
For Lot – 4 € 70,000
For Lot - 5 € 25,000

 Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.
9. The FDRE Palace Administration (FDREPA), reserves the right to reject any bid and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to Bidders.
10. Alternatively, for the advertisement details of the referred procurement, the bidder can access to websites: http://www.ppa.gov.et and http://afd.dgmarket.com