Tender for Procurement and Installation of Technical Equipment for the Coordination Unit of the Niger Smart Villages Project

Project Name: Niger: Smart Villages for Rural Growth and Digital Inclusion Project (PVI)

Tender Reference: NE-PCU-SV-525222-GO-RFB (Local Reference: 003/2026/FOURN/ANSI/PVI)

Loan/Grant Number: Credit: N°6688-NE; Grant: N°D656-NE; Project ID: 167543

Tender Type: International Competitive Bidding (Invitation for Bids)

Procurement Method: Request for Bids, following the Direct Payment withdrawal method as stipulated in the World Bank's Guidelines for Financing Investment Projects

Client: National Agency for the Information Society (ANSI)

Contract Subject: Procurement and installation of technical equipment for the modernization of administrative office environments

Lot Division: Divided into 5 independent lots

Lot 1: Data Center Infrastructure and Network

Lot 2: Desktop Workstations

Lot 3: Mobile Workstations

Lot 4: Peripherals and Digitalization Equipment

Lot 5: Collaboration and Meeting Room Equipment

Procurement Rules: Follows the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" (July 2016 edition, subsequently revised up to September 2025), open to bidders from all eligible source countries

Evaluation Method: Combined Scoring Method (Quality-Cost Based Selection)

Technical Score Weight: 60% (including technical factors and other non-price factors)

Price Score Weight: 40%

Bid Language: French

Bid Document Acquisition: Requires submission of a written request and payment of a non-refundable fee via bank transfer

Bid Document Fee: 150,000 CFA Francs (or equivalent in freely convertible currency)

Payment Account Details:

Bank Name: BSIC – NIGER

Account Number: 00100118682

SWIFT Code: BSAHENENI

Bank Code: NE110

RIB Key: 51

Bid Document Delivery: After payment, the documents will be sent electronically to the bidder's email, or can be collected on-site upon presentation of proof of payment

Bid Submission Method: Both sealed paper bids and electronic bids are accepted

Electronic Bid Rules:

Technical and Financial Bids: Must be submitted separately, each protected with a different password

File Format: Must provide a non-editable PDF original and an editable Excel/Word copy

Password Submission: The financial bid password will only be provided during the financial bid opening stage

Bid Opening Process:

Stage One: Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM local time, public opening of technical bids

Opening Location: At the aforementioned project office address

Participation Method: Bidder representatives may attend in person or virtually via video/audio conference (requires prior application)

Financial Bid Opening: Will be conducted publicly and separately, notified only to qualified bidders after the technical bid evaluation is completed

Bid Security: All bids must be accompanied by a bid security declaration

Beneficial Ownership Disclosure: According to World Bank procurement regulations, the winning bidder must disclose beneficial ownership information at the award notification stage, using the "Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form" provided in the bid documents

Late Bids: Bids received after the deadline will be rejected