Competitive BID for Procurement of Stationary Materials

Introduction

The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) is a non-profit women’s advocacy group founded by Ethiopian women lawyers. It was legally registered in 1995 and began operation in 1996. EWLA is headquartered in Addis Ababa and has six branches in Bahir Dar, Assosa, Hawassa, Adama/Nazareth, Diredawa and Gambella. The branch/regional offices are supported by 53 trained voluntary committee members organized at woreda and zonal levels; these offices provide structures to reach women at grass root level in Ethiopia.

EWLA’s vision is to see a country where women are equal to men and articulates its mission as promoting the economic, political, social and legal rights of women and assist them to secure full protection of their rights under the Constitution of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and other international human rights conventions.

The Association, to achieve its mission, works through three core programs:

Under its Legal Aid Program EWLA assists women, particularly disadvantaged women, who are victims of gender-based violence free of charge. The service includes legal advice/counseling, writing court briefs (court charges and affidavits) as well as representing clients in courts.

The second program, Public Education and Capacity Building Program works on raising awareness on women’s rights. This program conducts training and advocacy workshops on the legal, social and political rights of women for students, government, and civil society organization (CSO) employees.

Through the third program, Research and Law Reform Advocacy, EWLA conducts various researches on women’s rights issues and findings are used as a major resource for law reform advocacy and public education.

Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association wants to purchase stationary Materials for committee members at the grassroot level. Therefore, interested suppliers of stationary materials can participate on this open bid. The over all criteria’s are listed as follows:

 

Name of the organization: Ethiopian Woman Lawyers Association (EWLA)

Bid Reference Number: EWLA/9420/2025

Opening Date: May 19, 2025

Closing Date; May 27, 2025

About BID Please Refer This Link:-

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/12z2vTvA2acHsolcNGSl1nsL63N7Bi5cz/edit

About BID

• Interested eligible bidders can purchase a complete set of bidding document by depositing a non-refundable payment amount ETB 100 (One Hundred Birr) on CBE, Kirkos Kebele Branch Account Number 1000066328965 in the name of Ethiopian Woman Lawyers Association, & collect the bidding document from EWLA Finance and Admin office, which located around Bulgaria Mazoria behind St. Micheal Church, Addis Ababa.
• Bidders shall present copy of their renewed trade license for the year 2017 E.C., Business registration certificate, Tax Identification & VAT Registration Certificates and other necessary documents.
• All tenders must be submitted to Ethiopian Woman Lawyers Association along with a bid security (bid bond) in acceptable forms CPO only specified in the bidding data sheet amounting 2% of the bid offer, on separate envelope. The bid security shall be valid for 10 consecutive days beyond the end of the validity period of the bid.
• FINANCIAL OFFER shall be produced in separate sealed envelopes labelled as ORIGINAL and COPY. TECHNICAL OFFER shall be made in a separate third sealed envelope clearly labelled as ORIGINAL and COPY. The four envelopes including the CPO shall then be sealed and stamped in and signed outer envelope, addressed to Ethiopian Woman Lawyers Association whose address is mentioned below.
• Bid will be closed on May 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm and will be opened on the same date at 2:30 pm in the presence of those bidders or their authorized representatives who are willing to attend the event at EWLA Conference Room, Addis Ababa.
• Bidders are advised to read bidding document thoroughly in order to fill all the necessary details requested in the bidding document.
• Failure to comply with the conditions from No.2 to 7 above may result in an automatic rejection.
• The Ethiopian Woman Lawyers Association reserves the right to reject any bid and to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to Bidders.