Ministry of Education and Sports

1. The Government of the Republic of Uganda has mobilized funds towards the purchase of ICT Equipment for Muni University and intends to apply proportion of the proceeds of the funds to cover eligible payments under the contracts for which this invitation is issued.

2. The Ministry of Education and Sports now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders to bid for supplies as indicated below:

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic bidding procedures contained in the Government of Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act 2003 and open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Regulations.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Ministry of Education and Sports and inspect the bidding document at the address below (see paragraph 6) during working days with effect from 20th December 2012 between 9.00am to 5.00pm.

5. A Complete set of Bidding documents in English may be purchased at a non-refundable fee of Ug. Shs. 100,000 (Uganda Shillings, One Hundred Thousand Only) for all Lots. Interested bidders should obtain Bank Payment Advice Forms from the Office of the Cashier, 5th Floor Embassy House and pay at the designated Bank. 

6. Bids must be delivered on or before 23rd January, 2013 to the address below on or before 11:00a.m. Each of the Lots will constitute a separate bid clearly marked;

i) LOT 1- BIDS FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES FOR MUNI UNIVERSITY MoES/ Supp/12-13/0153

ii) LOT 2- BIDS FOR SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF LOCAL AREA NETWORK - MoES/ Supp/12-13/0156 

These will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who will choose to attend in the Boardroom of Embassy House, 7th Floor, Room 7.7 at 11:30am Local Time on the same day.

Late bids will be rejected and returned to bidders.

Address for Inspection, Issue and delivery of documents:

Procurement and Disposal Unit,

Ministry of Education and Sports,

Plot 9/11, King George VI Way,

7th Floor, Embassy House, Room 7.2

P.O. Box 7063,

Kampala, Uganda.

Tel: 256-414-252063/Fax: 256-414-340685

7. All bids must be accompanied with Bid Security in form of a Bank guarantee as follows

8. There will be a Pre-bid meeting on 3rd January, 2013 in the Ministry Boardroom of Embassy House, 7th floor and room 7.7 starting at 11:00 am Local time.

9. The Ministry of Education and Sports is not bound by the highest or lowest bidder.

 F. X. K. Lubanga,

PERMANENT SECRETARY