12.07.2011

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Republic of Serbia
Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project
Credit No YF3908
Procurement of IT Equipment:

Workstations, Monitors, Scanners, Printers and UPS

IFB No: SAM-RECRP-YF3908-ICB-G-11-237

1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business, issue no. 636 of August 16, 2004.

2. The Republic of Serbia - Republic Geodetic Authority (RGZ) has received a credit from the International Development Association toward the cost of Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the Contract for Procurement of IT Equipment, Bid No. SAM-RECRP-YF3908-ICB-G-11-237.

3. The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of Republic Geodetic Authority now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for Procurement of IT Equipment:

4. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Project Implementation Unit of Republic Geodetic Authority and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 09:00 to 15:00 hours.

6. Qualifications requirements include:

1. The bidder (Manufacturer and the Agent if the latter submits the bid under manufacturer’s authorization as per form 6) must demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least three contracts for goods offered involving not less than 70% of requested quantities during past 3 years.

2. The successful bidder must have, at the time of contract signature, the following support capabilities, during the warranty period:

   Help-Desk telephone service with automatic problems application must be active 24 hours, every day.

   For problems that cannot be resolved by telephone that are notified within 8:00am-8:00pm Monday through Sunday, qualified service personnel must be able to arrive on-site within 24 hours of problem escalation.

   The maximum acceptable delay for the repair (or replacement) and restoration to full operational use is 30 working days from notification, provided that the Bidder temporarily provides adequate unit or equipment and puts it into operation within 1 working day.

3. Authorization certificate from the manufacturer of the equipment for the qualified person who will be performing the servicing of the equipment.

A margin of preference for certain goods manufactured domestically shall not be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee Euro 100 or in Serbian Dinars based on the selling exchange rate published by the National Bank of Serbia on the date of payment. The method of payment will be:

The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery.

8. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at 12:15 local time on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011, in the PIU office. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of EUR 8,000.00 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

9. The address referred to above is: