Ministry Of Health
Invitation for BIDS
BID REF: MOH/S/001/2024/25
Provision of Catering Services to Maseru District Hospital.
- The Government of Kingdom of Lesotho intends to utilize its funds towards the cost of improving Health Services to eligible catering services.
- The Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Health now invites sealed bids from suitably qualified bidders for provision of catering services at Ministry of Health, Maseru District hospital (Eligible bidders are defined as those licensed food/catering traders in the Kingdom of Lesotho) and bidding will be conducted through Procurement Public Procurement Act, 2023.
- Bid documents are obtainable from Procurement Office of the Ministry of Health, Corner Constitutional Road and Linare Road, Maseru, Lesotho from 22ndApril 2024 to 23rd May, 2024 at a non-refundable fee of M2,000.00(Two Thousand Maloti only). The Government Hospitalis as follow:
Table 1
| Lot | Name of Hospital | District | Estimated Capacity | Site Visit Date & Time | Bid Security Amount |
| 1 | Maseru District Hospital | Maseru | 200 | 25-04-2024 @ 09:00 Hrs. | 100,000.00 |
- Bids must beaccompanied by sites visit certificates and bid securities.
- There shall be mandatory site visits as stated in the table 1 above and bidders are requested to participate and be on time to the stated location of the Maseru DistrictHospital they are intending to bid. Late arrival by participants will not be accepted.
- Bidders must submit Bid forms and Activity Price Schedules for the above named hospital.
- Bid evaluation will becarried out as per the requirements stated and bidders must submit one envelope that will compose of financial and technical bids
- Qualifications requirements include amongst others:
- Specific and similar business experience of not less than five years in food/catering service with work volume of not less than 20 million
- A qualified Nutritionist of not less than five (5) years’ experience.
- Annual volume of relevant work in any of the last recent five (5) years (from 2019-2023/24) of not less than 5 million
- Liquidity or credit lines of not less LsM10,000,000.00
- Bidders may obtain further information from the following address from 0800a.m to 1630p.m.The Procurement Manager, Procurement Unit, Ministry of Health- Headquarters, Ground Floor, Corner Constitution & Linare Roads,
- Bidding will be conducted through Public Procurement Act, 2023.
- Bids must be delivered to the 4th Floor Auditorium Ministry of Health on or before 23-05-2024 10:30hour.Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders and their authorized representatives who choose to attend at 11:00hrs on 23-05-2024 at the above given address.
- During Bid Opening the following will be announced from the bidders:Bid amount, Valid Copies of Traders License, Tax Clearance Certificate, bid security.Bidders must be aware that non-compliance with this requirement may invalidate their bids.
- Bidders will not be awarded Maseru District Hospital if they are currently in catering contract with the Ministry of Health in other Government Hospitals.
- Disclaimer:The Ministry also reserves the right to cancel the tenders before the submission or opening of tenders, postpone the tender submission/opening date and to accept or reject any or all tenders. The Ministry is not bound to accept the lowest or any bid.
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‘ManeoNtene (PS HEALTH)