EthSwitch Share Company, which is the owner and operator of the National e-payment Switch of Ethiopia, invites this bid for interested and eligible bidders for the procurement of the below-mentioned Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Networking & Support Services.

PROCUREMENT OF: ENTERPRISE ICT INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORKING & SUPPORT SERVICES • EthSwitch Share Company, which is the owner and operator of the National e-payment Switch of Ethiopia, invites this bid for interested and eligible bidders for the procurement of the below-mentioned Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Networking & Support Services. • Lot: 1 · Description: Supply and Provision of Router Maintenance & Technical Support Services Statement of Requirement. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 100,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/022/2026/27 • Lot: 2 · Description: Networks OEM Support Services. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 100,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/023/2026/27 • Lot: 3 · Description: Supply, Installation, Testing, and Support for Processor and Memory Capacity Expansion of Existing Enterprise Servers. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 100,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/020/2026/27 • Lot: 4 · Description: Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of man trap / security vestibule system. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 100,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/021/2026/27 • Lot: 5 · Description: Supply, Installation, and Commissioning of Enterprise Out-of-Band (OOB) Management Switches. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 300,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/018/2026/27 • Lot: 6 · Description: Supply, installation, and commissioning of OEM for data center spine switches, optical interconnects, professional services, and OEM support full-mesh spine-leaf expansion. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 200,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/019/2026/27 • Lot: 7 · Description: Supply, Installation, and Coconfinfiguration of Additional IP Phone Devices. · Amount of Bid Security in ETB: 50,000.00 · BID REF NO: ETS/NCB/024/2026/27 • Interested bidders can purchase a complete set of bidding document from the Company starting on Monday, September 14, 2026, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 300 (Birr Three Hundred Only) for each lot deposited to EthSwitch S.C. at A/C CBE 1000089578737 or Zemen Bank A/C 1035110049135018, in the name of the bidder’s organization, during the specified working hours. • Monday – Friday 8:30 AM -12:00 PM and 1:30 -5:00 PM • The bid proposal shall be submitted & open as per the following schedule: – • Lot: 1 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 24, 2026 10:30 AM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 24, 2026 10:45 AM • Lot: 2 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 24, 2026 2:00 PM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 24, 2026 2:15 PM • Lot: 3 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 25, 2026 10:30 AM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 25, 2026 10:45 AM • Lot: 4 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 25, 2026 2:00 PM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 25, 2026 2:15 PM • Lot: 5 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 28, 2026 10:30 AM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 28, 2026 10:45 AM • Lot: 6 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 28, 2026 2:00 PM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 28, 2026 2:15 PM • Lot: 7 · Bid Submission Date & Time: On or Before September 29, 2026 10:30 AM · Bid Opening Date & Time: September 29, 2026 10:45 PM • Late bidders will be rejected & technical proposals will be opened at the presence of the bidders or their representative. • EthSwitch Share Company is located on the 21st floor of Zemen Bank Head Office, in front of Addis Ababa University School of Commerce, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. • The Bids shall be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes: technical proposal and financial proposal envelopes, each having one “original” and one “copy”, and marked with the title Bid Document for Procurement of the above-listed Enterprise ICT Infrastructure, Networking & Support Services in the name of the bidding Company. • The bid must be delivered in person to EthSwitch S.C. on or before the date stated in number 3 above. • Bidders’ Proposal must be accompanied by the bid security, i.e, CPO or unconditional Bank • EthSwitch S.C. reserves the right to cancel the bid either partially or totally. For further information, please contact EthSwitch S.C. at the following addresses:

Telephone: +251-11-557-12-04/05 Fax: +251-11-557-11-15