Supply and Delivery of Man-Up Lift Electric Swing Reach Truck with Charger

October 11, 2023

INVITATION FOR BIDS

NATIONAL DRUG SERVICE ORGANIZATION

TENDER FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MAN- UP LIFT ELECTRIC SWING REACH TRUCK WITH CHARGER TO NDSO IN MAFETENG

TENDER NO: NDSO/REACHTRUCK/2023/09

Date: 08th September, 2023

The National Drug Service Organisation (NDSO) is a Trading Account for the Ministry of Health in Lesotho. It is mandated to procure, store and distribute Medicines, Medical Supplies and Laboratory Consumables for the Health Institutions in Lesotho. NDSO was legally established through a gazette Supplement No.4 to Gazette No.19 of the 2nd March 2007. The Government Hospitals use their allocated funds for drugs, dressings and other allocations to buy the supplies from NDSO. These funds are used by NDSO to Procure Medicines, Medical Supplies and other Health Sector Goods from eligible Suppliers using the tendering method of procurements.

The National Drug Service Organisation has made a special budget towards procurement of Man-Up Lift Electric Swing Reach Truck with Charger for the distribution of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Consumables and for its Administrative purposes and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this budget towards payments under contract for the Supply and Delivery of Man-Up Lift Electric Swing Reach Truck with Charger under Tender number NDSO/REACHTRUCK/2023/09.

The National Drug Service Organisation now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the supply and delivery Man-Up Lift Electric Swing Reach Truck with Charger as per specifications under Section V of the bidding document. For the purposes of this Bid invitation, eligible Bidders are defined as those Bidders who are registered in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa. Your bid must include costs for delivery to NDSO, Mafeteng, Lesotho.

It is expected that the Bidders shall be notified about the outcome of the tender on or before 27th November, 2023.

Bidding shall be conducted through the International Competitive Tendering procedures based on the current Public Procurement Act, 2023 of Lesotho.

Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at:

National Drug Service Organisation

Main South One Road

Mafeteng Lesotho

Tel: +266 22215300

Fax : +266 22701385

E-mail: [email protected]

A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee of M1000.00 “One Thousand Maloti only which is equivalent to South African Rand) on or before Thursday 09th November, 2023 for Bidders who prefer the hard copy of the bidding document. The bidding document will be provided free of charge when shared electronically to the interested Bidders.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 2% (Two Percent) of the total bid amount for the Bidder. The Bid Security must be in form of a Bank Guarantee issued by a reputable bank. The Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 1400hours on Thursday 09 November, 2023. Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 1430 hours on Thursday 09th November, 2023. NDSO shall not be liable for any bid not deposited in the tender box.

Please note Site visit is mandatory before bidding before submission of the Bid to learn the area intended for the use of the Reach Truck.

The address for inspection, purchase, collection, submission and opening of bids is:

NDSO Procurement Committee

National Drug Service Organisation

Main South One Road

Mafeteng 900

Lesotho

Telephone: +266 22215300

Account number: 9080001845574

Account name: National Drug Service Organisation

Bank name: Standard Lesotho Bank

Branch name: Mafeteng Branch

Branch code: 060667

Swift Code: SBICLSMX

Please address your acknowledgement or interest to participate and questions related to this tender in writing to the Procurement Manager ([email protected]) or the Assistant Procurement Manager ([email protected]) at your earliest opportunity.

M.G. Sefali (Mr)

Chairperson

NDSO Procurement Committee

National Drug Service Organisation