ARCT: Acquisition of equipment, applications, hardware and software for the national CERT to enable threat intelligence, prevention, mitigation, defense, and response capabilities

Specific Open Invitation to Bid Notice (AA0)

Invitation to Bid for Goods

(One-Envelope Process)

Invitation to Bid No.: BI-PAFEN-PIU-1.1.3.11-GO-RFB

Project: Project to Support Digital Economy Foundations (PAFEN)

Buyer: PAFEN

Country: Burundi

Market Title: Supply and installation of equipment, applications, hardware and software for the national CERT to enable threat intelligence, prevention, mitigation, defense, and response capabilities

Grant No.: E0930-BI

Issued on: November 6, 2026

1. The Government of the Republic of Burundi has received a grant of 92 million US dollars from the World Bank to finance the cost of the Project to Support Digital Economy Foundations, whose development objective is to increase access to broadband internet, particularly for underserved communities, and to improve the government's capacity to manage resources more effectively and provide public services digitally.

The Ministry of Finance, Budget and Digital Economy of the Republic of Burundi, through the Project to Support Digital Economy Foundations (PAFEN), financed by the World Bank, plans to establish the CERT/SOC by equipping it with national equipment, applications, hardware, and software to enable threat intelligence, prevention, mitigation, defense, and response capabilities.

2. The Project Management Unit for the Project to Support Digital Economy Foundations (PAFEN) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders who meet the required qualifications for the supply and installation of equipment, applications, hardware, and software for the national CERT to enable threat intelligence, prevention, mitigation, defense, and response capabilities (in 3 lots), as described in Section VII of this Bidding Document:

• Lots 1: Supply, delivery, and installation of technological infrastructure and equipment, Service provision, and support for operationalization
• Lot 2: Supply of office equipment
• Lot 3: Refurbishment of infrastructure and strengthening of the electrical system

3. The supplies, installations, and related services must be delivered within a period not exceeding:

• Lot 1: three (3) calendar months for Component 1 (Supply, delivery, and installation of technological infrastructure and equipment) and 5 years for Component 2 (Deployment of SOC/CERT platforms, operationalization, and skills transfer)
• Lot 2: 3 calendar months
• Lot 3: 3 calendar months

4. The qualification requirements are:

1. For all Lots: Financial Capacity: The Bidder must submit audited financial statements or, if the Bidder's country law does not require it, other financial statements acceptable to the Buyer, for the last five (5) years prior to the bid submission deadline, demonstrating the Bidder's current financial soundness. In the case of a JV, this requirement must be met by each member.
2. The bidder must demonstrate that it has liquid assets or access to unencumbered assets or credit lines, etc., other than any potential advance payment, in amounts sufficient to cover the cash flow needs for the execution of the contract subject to this Invitation to Bid, amounting to at least four hundred thousand (400,000) US dollars, or the equivalent in Burundian Francs (BIF) or in another freely convertible currency for Lot 1, One Hundred Thousand (100,000) US Dollars for Lot 2, and One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) US Dollars for Lot 3. Justification shall be provided by appropriate statements from authorized banks or financial institutions.
3. Have, within the last five (05) years, an average annual turnover of at least one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) US dollars, or the eq...