The African Union Commission has reserved fund from the Member States to cover cost of acquisition of Supply and Delivery of sample collection, referral, and shipment for SARS-COV-2 sequencing for the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

The African Union Commission now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply and Delivery of sample collection, referral, and shipment for SARS-COV-2 sequencing whose specifications are detailed in the bid document for the following.

Lot # Description Quantity
Lot 1 Supply and Delivery of sample collection, referral, and shipment for SARS-COV-2 sequencing Assorted

Bidders are required to furnish the following:
- Valid registration documents.
- Duly signed bid form in the format attached to the bid document.
- Specify Delivery Time for the items.

Bidding will be conducted through Open Competition using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the African Union Procurement Manual, V.02, and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Manual.

Bids must be delivered by email on or before 24th September 2021, 3:00pm Addis Ababa time. The size of the attachment should not be above 20MB. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened online and the line for opening will be shared to Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend on 24th September 2021, 3:30pm Addis Ababa time. The link for online bidding may be requested by email one day before opening.

Both technical and financial offers should be in the same PDF file and should be password protected. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders.

The bidding document in English language is downloaded from the Africa Union web site address https://au.int/en/bids. Interested bidders can download the Solicitation Document and submit their bid as per the requirement in the bidding document.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from African Union Commission (AUC) at the address below from 8.00AM up to 5.00PM from Monday to Friday at the address given below.

The address (es) referred to above is
African Union Commission,
Attn: Head of Procurement Travel and Store Division
Building C, Room 327
P.O.Box 3243, Roosevelt Street
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700 – Ext 4305
Fax: +251 (0) 11 551 0442; +251 11-551-0430
E-mail: tender@africa-union.org and zemenua@africa-union.org (Please submit your bid to both email as per the instruction provided in the data sheet)