Invitation to Tender
Supply and Delivery of a Bulk Medical Liquid Oxygen Transportation Equipment Unit to Lesotho
Reference: ITB/CHAI/LES01/25
Closing Date: 31 October 2025
Background
The Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health, through the National Medical Oxygen Strategy and Scale-up Plan 2023–2028, is committed to ensuring affordable and sustainable access to quality medical oxygen at all levels of care. This includes multi-partner efforts to operationalize the National Medical Oxygen Value Chain, with a focus on sustainable sourcing of Medical Liquid Oxygen (mLOX).
The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, funded by the U.S. Government, supports this initiative. In Lesotho, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is implementing the EpiC Market Shaping Activity, aimed at enabling the Ministry of Health to sustainably improve the affordability and availability of mLOX.
Tender Invitation
The Ministry of Health, with support from CHAI under the EpiC Lesotho Market Shaping Activity, invites interested and capable vendors to submit bids for the supply of a bulk medical liquid oxygen transportation equipment unit, as detailed in the specification package of this Invitation to Bid (ITB).
Bid Preparation Guidelines
When preparing your bid, please refer to:
- Annex A & B: Product quantities, delivery location, and technical specifications
- Annex C: CHAI Code of Conduct and Ethics for Suppliers
Clarifications
Requests for additional information or clarifications must be submitted via email to:
[email protected]
Subject Line: “ITB/CHAI/LES01/25”
Deadline for Clarifications: 24 October 2025, 1:00 PM SAST
Submission Instructions
- Deadline: On or before 12 midnight, 31 October 2025
- Submission Email: [email protected]
- Subject Line: “ITB/CHAI/LES01/25”
If your submission is too large to send via email:
- Send an email with the subject “Requesting upload link” to [email protected]
- Deadline to request upload link: On or before 29 October 2025, 1:00 PM SAST
Note: Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.