REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR BTS SECURITY SERVICE PROVISIONING TO SAFARICOM ETHIOPIA BTS SITES

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC (Safaricom Ethiopia) is seeking site security services with the necessary human resources and experience in the designated regions.

Under the supervision of Safaricom Ethiopia, the service provider/s are expected to provide security or guarding services to the Safaricom Ethiopia BTS sites and BTS security operations will be run by local security companies/agencies that have a presence and are based in the respective regions listed below.

1. Addis Ababa (city)
2. Oromia Region
3. Amhara Region
4. Tigray Region
5. Sidama Region
6. Dire Dawa
7. Somali Region
8. Harari Region
9. Afar Region
10. Southwest Ethiopia Peoples' Region
11. South Ethiopia Regional State
12. Central Ethiopia Regional State
13. Gambela Region
14. Benishangul-Gumuz Region

Please note that the Security guarding service provider/candidate will provide an all-inclusive security service with the required logistics/security equipment, and human resources.

EOI REQUIREMENTS

Interested and capable service providers or agency service providers must:

1. Have a legal working license to provide end-to-end services- Provide proof of working license in the Security guarding service sector together with a TIN certificate and the license must be renewed for the current year. Interested candidates shall provide all legal documents including a Commercial Registration
certificate, Memorandum of Association, Recognition certificate from the Regional police office, and Trade name registration certificate.

2. Have considerable experience providing similar services - Provide a corporate client reference where
you have provided similar services on security guarding services.

3. Provide a compliance document and proof of maintaining the health and safety of the work environment – provide a detailed method and procedures taken to maintain the health and safety of workers and the working environment.

4. Demonstrated experience of a minimum of 3 years in a Multicultural company.

Administrative Requirements

1. Provide a detailed company profile with a professional background.

2. Provide a detailed technical proposal for the required service.

3. Provide a signed health and safety compliance letter.

Provide a duly completed statement of compliance (that is whether you are fully compliant, partially compliant, or non-compliant) to each of the above items.

SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES

Interested suppliers should submit their responses, comprising the documents listed above and the statement of compliance with the following email addresses bids@safaricom.et no later than 14 October 2024, at 5 pm.

All submissions to email should be less than 20MB in size, and if larger should be shared on a Google Drive link. Please indicate the mail title as “Provision BTS sites security /guarding services for BTS sites, please list the regions “

NEXT STEPS

Once the responses are received the further process will follow the steps below.

1. Review of submitted Expressions of Interest

2. Prequalification of shortlisted suppliers

3. Issuing of 'Request for Proposals’ to prequalified suppliers.

NOTE the following:

• Only the suppliers that meet our minimum requirements will be considered for further discussions.
• No prices should be provided with this EOI.
• The receipt of the response shall not bind Safaricom to any contractual agreements with the prospective bidder. Such arrangements shall only come into place once a tender process has been completed and an award issued to a successful bidder after technical evaluation.
• Any costs associated with preparing and submitting the response to the EOI shall be borne by the respondent.

NOTE:

Safaricom Ethiopia reserves, at its sole discretion, the right to select or reject, either in totality or partially, any or all proposals made in the context of this EOI. Any such decisions will be final, and no correspondence will be engaged in, other than to inform the bidders of the outcome of the process. Safaricom Ethiopia and its authorized representatives are hereby authorized to conduct any inquiries or investigations to verify the documents and information submitted in connection with this application