(EXTENSION) Request for Bids for Supply and Distribution of Android Smartphones and Tablets

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (EXTENSION OF SUBMISSION OF BIDS)
Request for Bids: Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process)
Country: Federal Republic of Somalia
Name of Project: Somalia Recurrent Cost & Reform Financing (RCRF) Project (Phase III)
Contract Title: Supply and Distribution of Android Smartphones and Tablets
Project ID: P173731
Grant No: IDA-E3120
RFB Reference No. SO-MOF-535212-GO-RFB
The Federal Government of Somalia, through the Ministry of Finance, has received financing
from the World Bank toward the cost of the Somalia Recurrent Cost & Reform Financing
(RCRF) Project (Phase III), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the
Contract for Supply and Distribution of Smart Phones and Tablets

1. 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.

Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using Request
for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF
Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017 revised August 2018, November
2020, 2023 and 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy
on conflict of interest and eligibility.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from RCRF Project
Coordinator, PIU Office, Ministry of Finance HQ, Shingani, Mogadishu,
Somalia Email: [email protected] and inspect the bidding documents during
office hours 09:00 to 16:30 hours, Mogadishu local time, from Saturday to Thursday,
exclusive of public holidays, at the address given below.
5. A complete set of bidding documents in English may be obtained by interested eligible
bidders upon the submission of a written application to the email address prescribed. The
document shall be delivered in hard copy.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below, the office of the from RCRF Project
Coordinator, PIU Office, Ministry of Finance HQ, Shingani, Mogadishu, Somalia ,
on or before 12:00 Hrs. Mogadishu time on October 19th 2026. Electronic Bidding
will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the
Conference Room, Ministry of Finance in the presence of the Bidders’ designated
representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at 12:00 Hrs. Mogadishu time,
October 19th, 2026 at the address below.
(Note: due to time limits as the year is ending, the procurement Notice deadline is reduced to
accommodate the remaining days of the year)
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.
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:
RCRF Project Coordinator
PIU Office, Ministry of Finance HQ, Shingani, Mogadishu, Somalia
Ministry of Finance
Floor number: 4th floor
Email: [email protected]
City: Mogadishu
Country: Somalia