GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN THE SUPPORT TO EQUIPPING STATE SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SUPERVISION CENTERS (SSESCs) WITH LABORATORY EQUIPMENT PROJECT PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SECTOR GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Mode of Financing: Mode of Shari’ah Financing Financing No.: Installment Sale Agreement (UZB-0073) The Goverment of the Republic of Uzbekistan has received financing in the amount of USD 17 440 000.00 (United States Dollars Seventeen Million Four Hundred and Forty Thousand) (approximately equivalent to ID 11 400 000/- (Eleven Million Four Hundred Thousand Islamic Dinar) from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the “Support to Equipping State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision Centers (SSESCs) with Laboratory Equipment Project in the Republic of Uzbekistan”, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following main components: I. Provision of Laboratory Equipment and related Training: Modern laboratory equipment and related training shall be procured on the basis of International Competitive Bidding (ICB); II. Consultancy Services for Laboratory Equipment: The consultancy services for the laboratory equipment (for procurement related activities and contract administration) shall be procured on the basis of ICB Limited to the IDB Members Countries (ICB/MC); III: Support to Project Management: A Project Management Unit (PMU) will be set to coordinate, supervise and monitor the implementation of the project; IV. Project start-up workshop and familiarization visit: A start-up workshop will be organized in Uzbekistan for the PMU staff and other related entities and PMU staff will visit IDB Head office in Jeddah for familiarization on project implementation rules and regulations. IV. Financial Auditing: In order to conduct revision of financial records of the project on annual basis, the financial auditor shall be selected on the basis of National Competitive Bidding; Procurement of contracts financed by the Islamic Development Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Works under Islamic Development Bank Financing (current edition), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the Guidelines for the Use of Consultants under Islamic Development Bank Financing (current edition). Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the Islamic Development Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) or international competitive bidding – member countries (ICB/MC) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in IsDB website (www.isdb.org) and website of Ministry of Health of Republic of Uzbekistan (www.minzdrav.uz). Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to prequalify/bid under ICB procedure, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below. Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan Department for Coordination of Investment Projects 100011, 12 Navoi str.,Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tel. / Fax: +998712394410 E-mail: idb.ses@gmail.com