(One-Envelope Bidding Process)
Country: The Republic of Azerbaijan
Procuring Agency: Ministry of Labour and
Social Protection of Population
Name of
Project: Employment Support Project
Contract
Title: Procurement
of equipment for printing on fabric
Loan No.: 9044-AZ
RFB Reference No.: AZ-MLSPP-463550-GO-RFB
1.
The
Government of the Azerbaijan Republic has
received financing from the
World Bank toward the cost of the Employment Support Project and intends to
apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for procurement of the equipment for printing on fabric. 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.
2.
The
Ministry of Labour and Social
Protection of Population now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders
for procurement of
150 pcs of the equipment for printing on fabric (printers) including delivery, distribution to
beneficiaries and provision of related services.
The Goods
shall be transported to
(i) the State Employment Agency`s (SEA) warehouse located in Baku within 15 (fifteen)
weeks from the date of advance payment, (ii) to a specified place of final
destination within the Purchaser’s country, defined as the final destinations
within 4 (four) weeks after providing exact addresses by SEA. Transport to such
place of destination in the Purchaser’s country, including insurance, shall be
arranged by the Supplier, and related costs shall be included in the Contract
Price.
3.
Bidding
will be conducted through national competitive
procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as
specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF
Borrowers” July 2016, Revised
November 2017, August 2018, November 2020 and September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all
eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information
from Ministry of Labor and Social
Protection of Population / Employment Support Project, [email protected], with copy
to [email protected], Attn:
Fagan Asgarov, Project Coordinator and inspect the bidding document during office hours (09:00 am to 18:00
am) on the regular business days at the address given below.
5. The
bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the
submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a
nonrefundable fee of 340 AZN or 200 USD. The method of payment will be direct deposit or wire transfer to the
account below in favor of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of
Population / Employment Support Project. The bidding document at the bidder’s option may be either
collected by a bidder’s representative from the Project office at the address
below or will be forwarded in PDF format by e-mail/courier to those bidders who
paid the non-refundable fee.
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ACCOUNT
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AZN
ACCOUNT
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Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population
Tax ID 1700093011
IBAN: AZ49IBAZ38190048409330186120
International Bank of Azerbaijan
Baku Branch
Bank code (BIC): 805250
Corr acc: AZ03NABZ01350100000000002944
SWIFT: IBAZAZ2X
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Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population
Tax ID 1700093011
IBAN: AZ93IBAZ38090029449330186120
International Bank of Azerbaijan
Baku Branch
Bank code (BIC): 805250
Corr acc: AZ03NABZ01350100000000002944
SWIFT: IBAZAZ2X
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6. Bids
must be delivered to the address below on or before January 31, 2025 at 15:00 pm (Baku time).
Electronic Bidding will not be permitted.
Late Bids will be rejected. Only the bids of Bidders applied to the Procuring
Agency and officially registered will be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened
in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who
chooses to attend at the address below on January 31, 2025 at 15:00 pm (Baku time).
7. All
Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 20 000 (twenty thousand) USD.
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(es) referred to above is (are):
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of
Population / Employment Support Project
Mr. Fagan Asgarov, Project Coordinator
27, Nazim Hikmet str.,
Rich Plaza, 1st entrance, 2nd
floor
AZ1100, Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel: (99412) 5253449
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
