SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF SERVERS & UPGRADING OF SAN STORAGE

SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF SERVERS & UPGRADING OF SAN STORAGE

CONTRACT NO: MPA 557/2022

e-Procurement Reference No.: MPA/IFB/2022/145

The Mauritius Ports Authority is inviting bids from local bidders through the Government e-Procurement System for the Contract MPA 557/2022 – Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Servers & Upgrading of San Storage as more fully described in the bidding document.

Bidding exercise shall be conducted through Open National Bidding method according to the rules and regulations of Mauritius.

Submission of bids

Bidding documents may be downloaded from the Government e-Procurement System https://eproc.publicprocurement.govmu.org. Reference Number on the system:  MPA/IFB/2022/145

Bids for the above must be submitted online on the e-Procurement System at latest by Tuesday 18 October 2022 at 15.00 hours.

Bidders who have submitted bids online by the closing date and time shall decrypt and re-encrypt their bids on Tuesday 18 October 2022 as from 16.01 hours up to Thursday 20 October 2022 at 14.00 hours.

Bids will be opened online at the Mauritius Ports Authority on Thursday 20 October 2022 as from 14.05 hours in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

The Mauritius Ports Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to award of the Contract, without thereby incurring any liability to any Bidder.

Registration of bidders on the e-Procurement System

All potential bidders are kindly requested to register their companies on the e-Procurement System, as registration is mandatory for a supplier to submit a bid online. You may wish to refer to the manual and video available on the “How to?” menu of the e-PS website for information about registration.

Furthermore, it is mandatory for bidders to use a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) for encryption/decryption of their bid data and for digital signing of bids. A DSC for the e-Procurement Class can be purchased from the Certification Authority as follows:

• eMudhra through Mauritius Post Ltd by applying online on the website https://www.emudhra.mu/ or
• MauSign by applying online on the website https://mausign.govmu.org/.

The Procurement Policy Office also provides support to the users of e-PS through its dedicated Help Desk operating during business hours. You may contact them for assistance or for requests for training via email eprocdesk@govmu.org.

Mauritius Ports Authority

H. Ramnarain Building

Mer Rouge

Port Louis

Republic of Mauritius

Tel: +230 2065400

Fax: +230 2400856

Date: 16 September 2022