Maldives
INVITATION FOR BIDS
(Project Number: TES/2025/G-004)
Supply, Upgrade, Installation, Configuration, Migration, and Commission of HPE Disaggregated Hyper-Converged Infrastructure in the Existing Production and Disaster Recovery Datacentre, Including 24/7 Local Support and On-The-Job Training (Package 7)
1. The Government of the Republic of Maldives has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of South Asia Sub-regional Economic Co-orporation National Single Window Project. Part of this financing will be used for payment under the Contract Package named above. Bidding is open to Bidders from eligible source countries of ADB.
2. The Ministry of Finance and Planning, on behalf of Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the “Supply, Upgrade, Installation, Configuration, Migration, and Commission of HPE Disaggregated Hyper-Converged Infrastructure in the Existing Production and Disaster Recovery Datacenter, Including 24/7 Local Support and On-The-Job Training. (Package 7)”.
3. Open Competitive Bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single Stage: One-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document.
4. Only eligible Bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding:
- Minimum average annual turnover of MVR 40 million calculated as total payments received by the Bidder for contracts completed or under execution over the last three (5) years.
- Successful completion as a main supplier within the last eight (08) years of at least ten (10) contracts, each valued at MVR 2,000,000.00 or above, with a nature and complexity similar to the scope (such as HPE Composable Infrastructure; HPE Disaggregation Hyperconverged Infrastructure; HPE Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) of supply described in Section 6 (Schedule of Supply).
- Successful completion as a main supplier within the last five (05) years of at least three (03) contracts, each valued at MVR 3,000,000.00 or above with a nature and complexity similar to the scope (such as Fortinet or Cisco Network/Security Infrastructure) of supply described in Section 6 (Schedule of Supply).
- Successful completion as a main supplier within the last five (05) years of at least two (02) contracts, each valued at MVR 2,000,000.00 or above with a nature and complexity similar to the scope (such as VMware Server Virtualization) of supply described in Section 6 (Schedule of Supply).
For the complete eligibility and qualification requirements, Bidders should refer to the Bidding Document.
5. To obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Documents, Bidders should contact:
Ms. Fathimath Rishfa Ahmed
Chief Procurement Executive
Tender Meeting Room (Ground Floor)
National Tender
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Ameenee Magu, Malé,
20379
Republic of Maldives,
Tel: (960) 3349115, (960) 3349106, (960) 3349147
E-Mail: [email protected]
6. Interested Bidders shall register with the Ministry of Finance, from 3rd June 2025 to 6th July 2025between 8:30 hours and 14:00 hours on all working days by:
a) payment of a non-refundable Registration fee of MVR 500.00 (Maldivian Rufiyaa Five Hundred), through our online payment portal - Ban'deyri Pay (https://bandeyripay.finance.gov.mv/), or by electronic transfer to a designated bank account, information of which can be requested through email to above given email addresses, and;
b) Once the payment has been confirmed, the Bidder shall be registered upon submitting in person or by electronic mail, the following information:
- Name and Address of the Bidder
- Name, Email address and contact number of the Contact Person(s)
- Copy of the Payment/Transaction Receipt.
7. A complete set of Bidding documents and related documentation shall be available from 3rd June 2025 on the Ministry of Finance and Planning website www.finance.gov.mv for downloading. The Ministry of Finance and Planning shall not be held liable for any information not received by the Bidder, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to verify the website for the latest information related to this invitation for bid.
Deliver your bid:
- to the address above
- on or before 11:00:00 hours Maldivian Time on 8th July 2025
- together with Bid Security as described in the Bidding Document
Late bids will be rejected.
Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for bid submission in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.
8. This Invitation for Bid is also published in the following websites.
