PLAN INTERNATIONAL ETHIOPIA, TIGRAY PROGRAM AREA

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR SUPPLY OF WASH-NFIS

THROUGH CASH VOUCHER

Tender ref. No: PIE/TPA-11/2024

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children's rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet an enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls.

Plan International's programs in Ethiopia focuses on Child Protection, Education, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food and Economic Security, Humanitarian Response and Resilience Building that we implement in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNP), Gambella, Afar and Benishangul-Gumuz Regional States and Addis Ababa City Administration. Common to these, issues of gender and disability are also integrated and mainstreamed in all programs.

Plan International Ethiopia-Tigray Program Area is seeking for competent and reliable Suppliers for the supply/provision of WASH-NFIS/None Food Items/ through voucher system/method to the program participants selected by our organization.

The selected suppliers will provide the WASH items in two rounds to the same program participants. There will be a two to three-month period between the first and second round distributions at the distribution points to be held in six woredas of two zones (Northwestern & Central zones) as stated in our tender documents categorized in two LOTS (North Westem Zone /LOT-1 includes Tahtay Adiyabo woreda at Ziban Gedena: Asgede woreda at Adimehameday and Adi Daero woreda at Adi Daero as well as Central Zone /Lot-2 includes Chila woreda at Chila, Axum woreda at Axum and Adwa woreda at Adwa.

Mandatory Requirement

1. Copy of Renewed & Relevant business license of 2015 EC or the latest

2. Evidence of settlement of Current Tax, Copy of TIN & VAT Certificate

3. Technical Proposal - Original and Copy Financial Proposal -Original and copy in a separate envelope CPO /Bid guarantee in a separate envelope clearly marking its Bid guarantee

4. Bid Security CPO or Unconditional Bank Guarantee 2% of the total cost before VAT

• Tenders submitted after the deadline will be automatically rejected.
• Plan International Ethiopia reserves the right to reject all or part of the bids.
• Bidders who did not obtain the Bidding Document directly from Plan International Ethiopia (PIE) will be rejected during evaluation
• Bid instruction documents and detail of the WASH-NFIS can be obtained from Plan International Ethiopia, Tigray Program Area Mekelle-Office and Shire Office in hardcopy form according to the details provided below:

Activity	Deadline Date
Date for Tender Document Collection from Mekelle Plan Office or Shire Plan sub-office	February 05, 2024 (8.30 AM) to February 19, 2024 (5.30 PM); Monday to Friday
Deadline for supplier submission of clarifications questions	February 14, 2024
Orientation date on delivery modality will be arranged given by plan International for bidders at Mekelle office in person and at Shire sub Office in Microsoft teams	February 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Deadline for Plan to respond to clarification questions	February 16, 2024
Tender Submission Deadline to Mekelle Plan Office	February 20, 2024, 12:00 AM
Tender Opening Date and Time in presence of bidders or legal representatives. Bid will be opened in the absence of bidders if not presented.	February 20, 2024, 2:00 PM (afternoon)
Address: Plan International Ethiopia, Tigray Program Area-Mekelle Office Supply Chain and Admin Unit Tigray, Mekelle/ Hadnet Sub City Near to MUMS for MUMS Office (Tel: +2519 04 31 56 79) and Shire Plan International Office- sub-office. Kebelle 03; near IOM Office (Tel: +2519 14 56 65 24)