Invitation for Bids – Supply of Medical Supplies, Pharmaceuticals and Equipment for the N’zatonse Project

Invitation for Bids
Supply of Medical Supplies, Pharmaceuticals and Equipment for the N’zatonse Project

The Government of Malawi has received a Financial Contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany through German Development Bank (hereinafter referred to as “KfW”), to increase access to quality sexual and reproductive health services through the Programme for Reproductive Health. It is intended that parts of the proceeds of this Contribution will be applied to eligible payments under contract for procurement of Goods and Services for which this invitation for bids is issued.

Bidding will be conducted by means of the National Competitive Bidding procedure with qualification as specified in KfW’s Procurement Guidelines (“2021 KfW Guidelines”).The bidding will be conducted in accordance to the KfW’s “Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Services” and the relevant regulations of the Government of Malawi. The bidding is open to all, either national or international establishments.

The Bidding is for the following lots:

Bidders have the option to bid for any of Lot of their choice. Contracts will be issued per number of items per lot. . Note: all bidders are required to submit samples together with bid documents.

The Chairman of the Internal Procurement Committee of FHS now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the above quoted three lots. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information in respect of the bidding documents from the office of:

The Internal Procurement Committee
Family Health Services
Head Office & Main Warehouse, Kanengo, Area 28 Plot 198
P.O. Box 30132, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi.
Telephone Telephone : +265 (0) 1 711 484/487 : +265 (0) 1 711 484/487
Fax:+265 (0) 1711 486
Email: procurementbids@fhs.org.mw

A complete set of Bidding Document may be requested from 29th November 2024 to 18th December 2024 by any interested eligible bidder upon the submission of a written application or email to:

The Internal Procurement Committee
Family Health Services
Head Office & Main Warehouse, Kanengo, Area 28 Plot 198
P.O. Box 30132, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi.
Telephone Telephone : +265 (0) 1 711 484/487 : +265 (0) 1 711 484/487
Fax:+265 (0) 1711 486
Email: procurementbids@fhs.org.mw

The bidding document will be dispatched by email, but under no circumstances will the Purchaser be held responsible for any delivery or loss of the document mailed.

The bidding documents received from the Purchaser are not transferable.

The tender should be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes containing the technical proposal as well as the financial proposal in the form of an original and a copy.

All the bids must be delivered in the tender box at or be posted by registered courier to the office of the address below, on or before 10.30am on 15th January 2025.

The Internal Procurement Committee
Family Health Services
Head Office & Main Warehouse, Kanengo, Area 28 Plot 198
P.O. Box 30132, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi.

Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representative, who choose to attend, on the same day, 15th January 2025 by 10:30 am at FHS Office in Kanengo in Malawi.

In the first public session, only the Qualification Documents will be opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives.

In the second public session only the Bids of those Bidders who have fulfilled the qualification criteria will be opened.

As the Authority competent to accept the tender, the tender committee on behalf of the Project Execution Agencies reserve the right to accept or reject one or all the Bids without assigning any reason thereof. Award of the Contract will be subject to approval by PSI or KFW.

Summary of main bidding conditions

Post expires at 10:28am on Wednesday January 15th, 2025