Building Institutions And Systems to Harness And Realize Agenda 2063 Project ( - Тендер #66721707)

• Project ID

P180117

• Project Title

Building Institutions And Systems to Harness And Realize Agenda 2063 Project

• Country

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Notice No

OP00376402

• Notice Type

Invitation for Bids

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

ET-AUC-501807-GO-RFB

• Procurement Method

Request for Bids

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Sep 26, 2025 12:30

• Published Date

Sep 02, 2025

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Africa Union Commission

• Name

Kaputo Chenga -Bwalya

• Address

Africa Union HeadquartersP.O.BOX 3243Tel: 251-11-5-517700webmaster: webmaster@africa-union.orgAddis

• City

• Province/State

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Postal Code

• Country

Eastern and Southern Africa

• Phone

+251982168552

• Email

Chenga-Bwalyak@AfricanUnion.org

• Website

THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Issuing date of the IFB: 21 August 2025

Name of Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda (BIASHARA) 2063 Project

Brief Description of the Information System: The scope of the assignment include design, deploy, and integrate an advanced Enterprise Observability Solution within African Union’s Network Operations Center (NOC) to provide a centralized monitoring platform covering servers, applications, networks, cloud workloads, and databases.

Grant Number: IDA-E2020-001

IFB Title: Supply and Installation of Enterprise Observability Solution for Network Operations Center (NOC) at the African Union Commission

IFB Number: ET-AUC-501807-GO-RFB

1. This Invitation for Bids (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in UNDB online on 01 June 2023

2. The African Union has received a Grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / International Development Association] toward the cost of Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda (BIASHARA) 2063 Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the agreement resulting from this IFB: Supply and Installation of Enterprise Observability Solution for Network Operations Center (NOC) at the African Union Commission.

3. The African Union Commission serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Installation of Enterprise Observability Solution for Network Operations Center (NOC). The scope of the assignment include design, deploy, and integrate an advanced Enterprise Observability Solution within African Union’s Network Operations Center (NOC) to provide a centralized monitoring platform covering servers, applications, networks, cloud workloads, and databases. The contract duration is 6 weeks.

4. Bidding will be conducted using the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition of September 2023 and is open to all Bidders eligible as defined in these Guidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria

The supplier shall demonstrate proven expertise and capacity to deliver Network Operations Center (NOC) services and implement enterprise observability solutions for large, complex, and mission-critical IT environments. The following minimum qualifications and experience are required:

• Minimum Experience – At least 5 years delivering enterprise-grade NOC and observability solutions.
• Relevant Projects: At least 3 similar implementations for large-scale, intergovernmental, or multinational organizations (3,000+ users), each with a value of at least USD 150,000, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Information System. These shall be documented by a copy of an Operational acceptance certificate (or equivalent documentation satisfactory to the Purchaser) issued by the purchaser(s).
• Technical Expertise – Certified staff in ITIL v4, network/security (e.g., CCNP/CCIE, CISSP), and observability tools (e.g. Elastic, Dynatrace, Splunk).
• Integrated Operations – Proven NOC–SOC integration, 24×7 monitoring, and automation/AIOps capabilities.
• Compliance – Adherence to ISO 27001, ISO 20000, cybersecurity, and data protection standard frameworks.
• Minimum average annual turnover of USD 350,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last 3 years

5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from African Union Commission (AUC) Offices and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 0900Hrs to 1700 Hrs. East African Time at the address given below.

6. A complete set of bidding documents in English Language may be downloaded from https://au.int/en/bids free of charge. The downloadable version of the bidding documents, and any addenda to it, will be the binding one.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 26 September 2025 at 12:30Hrs (East African Time). Bids need to be secured by Bid Security, The amount of Bid Security required is USD 2,000.00. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at the African Union Commission (AUC) Offices, Third Floor, Building C, on 26 September 2025 at 12:30Hrs (East African Time).

8. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.

African Union Commission,

Attn: Head of Supply Chain Management Division

Building C, 3rd Floor,

P.O Box 3243, Roosevelt Street

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700

E-mail: Tender@AfricanUnion.org

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