Enhancing Public Financial Management through Information and Communication Technology and Skills (E

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LAO PEOPLE ’ S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PEACE INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRATIC UNITY PROSPERITY Ministry of Finance No: 0854/PSO Permanent Secretariat Office Date: 04 March 2026 Project : E - FITS Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Lao PDR Name of Project: Enhancing Public Finance Management through Information and Communication Technology and Skills Project Contract Title: Supply and Installation of IT infrastructure for IFMIS implementation Credit No.: 7932-LA RFB Reference No.: E-FITS-GO-RFB-G-09 The Ministry of Finance, Lao PDR has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enhancing Public Finance Management through Information and Communication Technology and Skills Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply and Installation of IT infrastructure for IFMIS implementation. “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.” The Ministry of Finance, Lao PDR now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Installation of IT infrastructure for IFMIS implementation . Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 30% and for Bid cost: 70% . Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Project Implementation Unit, Permanent Secretary Office , Ministry of Finance and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below . The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of USD 50. The method of payment will be cash. The document will be sent by email . Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 24 April 2026. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 24 April 2026 . All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration”. 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. 10. The address(es) referred to above is: Project Implementation Unit Mr. Chittakone Savathdy, Deputy Head of Project Implementation Unit Ministry of Finance 23 Singha Road, P.O Box 46, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR chit-svd@hotmail.com, procurement.piu@gmail.com

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• Source notice P510862 on worldbank.
• Notice published 28 Apr 2026; Tenqual indexed it 30 Apr 2026.
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