TENDERE, ACHIZIȚII ȘI CONTRACTĂRI ÎN MOLDOVA

Request for Quotation Information Technology Equipment (Procurement of IT RACK System, IT RACK-level Access Control System and Central Monitoring)

Purchaser: The Public Institution “Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank Competitiveness Enhancement Project”

Project: MSME Competitiveness Project

Project ID No. P177895

Loan/Credit No.: IBRD 9423-MD/ IDA 7174-MD

Ref. number: MD-CEP-527837-GO-RFQ

Issued on: December 16, 2025

1. You are invited to submit your price quotation(s) for the supply of the following equipment:

 
2. You must quote for all the items under this invitation. Price quotations will be evaluated for all the items together and contract awarded to the firm offering the lowest evaluated price. Incomplete or partial Quotes will not be considered. Alternative quotations/options are not allowed.

3. Your price quotation in the form provided in Annex 1 to the RFQ shall be submitted electronically by e-mail to the following email: piu@mded.gov.md.

4. The deadline for receipt of your quotation(s) by the Purchaser at the electronic address indicated above is: January 06, 2026, 11:00 (local time). Late quotations will be rejected.

5. Your quotation in English, should be accompanied by:

• General information about the Supplier (copy of registration certificate) and adequate technical documentation and catalogue(s) and other material or pertinent information for each item quoted, including names and addresses of firms providing service facilities in the Republic of Moldova.
• Copy of Manufacturer’s Authorization using the form included in Annex 2 to this ITQ (by Suppliers that do not manufacture or produce the Goods they offer to supply, to demonstrate that they have been duly authorized by the manufacturer or producer of the Goods to supply these Goods in the Purchaser’s Country). Note: the awarded Supplier shall be requested to submit the original MAF at the contract signing stage.

6. Procurement of the required goods and services is carried out in accordance with the Request for Quotations (RFQ) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”).

7. Your quotation shall be submitted as per the following instructions and in accordance with the attached Contract. The attached Terms and Conditions of Supply form an integral part of the Contract.

• PRICES: The prices shall be quoted for delivery DDP Chisinau MD-2033, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 1, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, Public Institution “Information Technology and Cyber Security Service” (STISC) for imported goods, per INCOTERMS, 2020. Prices can be quoted in any Bank member country currency, but no more than three currencies.
• EVALUATION OF QUOTATIONS: Quotation determined to be substantially responsive to the technical specifications will be evaluated by comparison of the total price, excluding local taxes, at destination as per para above, converting to Moldavan Leu based on the selling exchange rate offered by the National Bank of Moldova (as published by the bank on http://www.bnm.md) on the date specified in Paragraph 4 of this RFQ.
• AWARD OF CONTRACT: The award will be made to the Supplier offering the lowest evaluated substantially responsive quotation that meets the required technical specifications. The successful Supplier will sign a Contract as per attached form of contract and terms and conditions of supply.
• VALIDITY OF THE OFFER: Your quotation(s) shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the deadline for receipt of quotation(s) indicated in Paragraph 4 of this Request for Quotation.

8. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and request the tender document during office hours from 09:00 to 17:00 hours (Chisinau time) from:

Public Institution “Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank Competitiveness Enhancement Project” acting as Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank MSME Competitiveness Project 180, Stefan cel Mare, office 815, MD-2004, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Tel: (+373 22) 296 723
E-mail: piu@mded.gov.md, Web site: http://uipac.md

9. Inspections and Audits

• The Supplier shall carry out all instructions of the Purchaser which comply with the applicable laws where the destination is located.
• The Supplier shall permit, and shall cause its Subcontractors and consultants to permit, the Bank and/or persons appointed by the Bank to inspect the Supplier’s offices and all accounts and records relating to the performance of the Contract and the submission of the quotation, and to have such accounts and records audited by auditors appointed by the Bank if requested by the Bank. The Supplier’s and its Subcontractors and consultants’ attention is drawn to Clause 6. Fraud and Corruption of the Form of Contract, which provides, inter alia, that acts intended to materially impede the exercise of the Bank’s inspection and audit rights constitute a prohibited practice subject to contract termination (as well as to a determination of ineligibility pursuant to the Bank’s prevailing sanctions procedures).

10. A prospective Supplier requiring any clarification of the Invitation to Quote shall contact the Purchaser in writing at the Purchaser’s address specified in Paragraph 8. The Purchaser will respond in writing to any request for clarification, provided that such request is received no later than four (4) calendar days prior to the deadline for submission of quotations.