Request for Bids—-Procurement of pharmaceutical and laboratory health products

Job Description

Request for Bids

Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project (QEHSSSP)

Request for BIDS

Specific Procurement Notice

Procurement of pharmaceutical and laboratory health products

Purchaser: Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone (PIH-SL)

Project: Sierra Leone-Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project (QEHSSSP)

Contract title: Procurement of Pharmaceutical and laboratory Health Product.

Country: Sierra Leone

Grant No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: TF-B7267; TFB7266 and IDA-D9380

RFB Reference No: SL-PIH-SL-510519-GO-RFB

IFB Issued Date: October 29th, 2025

IFB Closing Date: November 25th, 2025, Time 2:30pm

1. Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sierra Leone-Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project (QEHSSSP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Health Products. The Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations.
2. Partner’s In Health Sierra Leone Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project (QEHSSSP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply of Pharmaceutical and laboratory Health Products to be delivered to Jojoima Facility in Kailahun District Sierra Leone within a delivery period of 120 days. Note that both domestic and International suppliers are preference. Suppliers must have experience in supplying Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Health Products.
3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
   
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from: The Procurement Specialist Supply Chain Office

Partner’s in Health 

1st Floor

1 Oliver Street, Sir Samuel Lewis Road, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone. 

Email: freetownprocurement@pih.org

and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given above.

Suppliers based outside Sierra Leone must submit their sealed bids at the above mentioned addresses on or before the cut off time as indicated via DHL, any other means of Courier services or via email to freetownprocurement@pih.org. 

1. The bidding document in English may be submitted by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the email address above. The bidding document may be sent by via email upon request.
2. Bids must be delivered to the address above on or before Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 by 2:30pm. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address above on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025.
3. Bids are allocated into two (2) Lots as follows:

Lot 1: Medicines and Consumables

Lot 2: Laboratory Reagents & Diagnostics 

Bidders has the right to bids for one or all of the lots that they are dealing with. Also note that all Medical Equipment should be “climate-smart equipment”.

• All Bids must be accompanied by: 

• Bid-Securities as follows

Lot 1- SLe 148,864.95 (One Hundred and Forty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Four Leones, Ninety Five Cent)

Lot 2- SLe 42,442.54 (Forty Two Thousand, Four and Forty Two Leones, Fifty Nine Cent)

• Business Registration Certificate
• National Social Security Insurance Certificate or applicable equivalent
• Valid Pharmacy Board Registration Certificate or applicable equivalent 
• Valid National Revenue Tax Clearance Certificate or applicable equivalent 
• The last three years audited Financial Statements 
• Evidence of experience in similar supplies