Tender Details

PROCURING NEXT GENERATION FIREWALL APPLIANCE

Tender Number: 644/2024/BTB (CA/TCS/01/2023)

PA Ref Number: CA/TCS/01/2023

Tender Description

Customs Affairs would like to contract with a company, in order to replacing the current system Cisco ASA 5550 firewall systems to protect Customs Affairs systems from penetration and to confront electronic attacks that may disrupt customs clearance work at ports or delay the administrative work of offices.

Issued by
Customs Affairs - Ministry of Interior
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (LOCAL GCC)
Initial Bond
BD 500
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 15
Contract Duration
3 Year
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
No
Publish Date
Sunday, 11 August 2024
Purchase Before
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Closing Date
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Opening Date
Thursday, 29 August 2024

Additional Notes

All bidders should meet the following Eligibility Criteria requirements 

Bidder must be an authorized distributer

The bidder must have a local office in Bahrain with a businesscall center along with an escalation engineer available 24/7.

Bidder must have an active certified technical engineersemployed in Bahrain at any point of time.

  
,the mandatory requirement as the following :

Bidder must be an authorized distributer
(Direct Partnership certificate must be submitted)
The bidder must have a local office in Bahrain with a business call center along with an escalation engineer available 24/7.
Bidder must have a minimum of 3 active certified technical engineers employed in Bahrain at any point of time. (Three CVs are required to be attached)
Bidder must provide at least 3 similar project references
(Reference letters must be submitted)
 

How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Sunday, 11 August 2024
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, or Insurance Policy.(or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Small and Medium Enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
  • Vendors who are not registered in the Tender Board's e-tendering system shall be required to register through the below-mentioned link, and for assistance please contact the Tender Board through email helpdesk@tenderboard.gov.bh or call on Tel No. +97317566617.
  • For Registration

Inquiries

For further inquiries please contact on:

Customs Affairs - Ministry of Interior
  17359999