INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) The Government of Pakistan has received a Financial Contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany through German Development Bank (hereinafter referred to as “KfW”), to support the improvement of blood transfusion services in Pakistan - Safe Blood Transfusion Project – for the supply of equipment for regional blood centres (hereinafter referred to as “RBC”). 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. 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 Pakistan. The bidding is open to all companies, either national or international establishments. The Bidding comprises the following Lots and equipment: Lot No.1: Blood transfusion 1) mixer/ scale for blood collection 2) view box rhesus 3) connection device sterile 4) couch donation 5) couch collapsible 6) extractor plasma manual 7) extractor plasma automatic 8) incubator and agitator platelet 9) lens magnifying with light 10) sealer tube portable 11) sealer tube electric tabletop 12) stand blood bag 13) trolley instrument blood donation total Lot No.2: Refrigerator / Freezer 1) box transport red blood cell with ice packs 2) box transport whole blood 20 bags 3) box transport FFP 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) freezer plasma upright -50 to -86 degC (1000 bags) freezer ice pack refrigerator blood bag 360 bags refrigerator domestic 16cft refrigerator domestic 12cft refrigerator reagent kits with glass door 18cft total Lot No.3: Laboratory items 1) autoclave front loading 100L 2) balance analytical 1/10,000 3) balance electronic with 5 kg loading capacity 4) incubator laboratory 240L 5) microscope laboratory binocular 6) micropipettes adjustable set (5ul-1ml) 7) micropipette 8-channel 50-200ul 8) mixer tube 9) water bath 20L total Qty 200 10 20 100 100 20 10 20 10 50 15 30 100 685 75 Lot No.4: Analyser 1) analyser hematology 3 part differentials total Lot No.5: Analyser ELISA 1) analyser ELISA automatic total Lot No.6: Apheresis 1) apheresis total Lot No.7: Centrifuge 1) centrifuge blood bag refrigerated 2) centrifuge bench top 3) centrifuge cross matching total Lot No.8: Meter hemoglobin 1) meter hemoglobin total 15 Lot No.9: General items 1) screen projector wall/ceiling mounted 8x8' 2) oven microwave 10 20 10 10 20 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 245 8) 60 25 9) 3 10 10 10 25 45 45 20 20 188 projector LCD multimedia sphygmomanometer mobile stand sphygmomanometer desk table plastic foldable television colour 40" w wall mounting bracket television 36" LCD screen w wall mounting bracket balance weighing portable total 10 10 20 20 5 5 25 10 20 55 40 40 10 10 10 100 100 100 40 10 40 420 Bidders have the option to bid for any of the nine lots or for all nine lots. However, Bidders must offer for all items in full quantity in any lot selected. A partial bid is not acceptable. Bids shall be submitted separately sealed by lot. The Planning and Development Division, Planning Commission of Pakistan on behalf of the Project Executing Agencies (provincial/state Departments of Health) of Safe Blood Transfusion Project, now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of equipment. Interested eligible bidders may collect a complete set of Bidding Documents from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during working days from Monday to Friday following the day of advertisement and obtain further information in respect of the bidding documents from the office of: Safe Blood Transfusion Project (SBTP) House No. 4-B, Street No. 17, F-8/3, Islamabad, Pakistan Telephone: +92 (0) 15 926 3239 Fax: +92 (0) 51926 3240 A complete set of Bidding Document in English may be purchased by any interested eligible bidder upon the submission of a written application to: the Chief Health (at the address given above) and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Euro 100.00 or PKR 13,000.00. The bidding document will be dispatched by registered mail, but under no circumstances will the Purchaser be held responsible for any delivery or loss of the document mailed. All the bids must be accompanied by a bid security of at least 2% of the bid amount and be delivered to the SBTP office at the address mentioned above on or before 10.00am on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representative, who choose to attend, on the same day (Tuesday, May 13, 2014) at 10:30 am at the office of Safe Blood Transfusion Project. 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 the KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW), Federal Republic of Germany. Chief Health Planning Commission, Planning and Development Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad