TENDER FOR THE PRINTING AND DELIVERY OF BALLOT PAPERS, BALLOT PAPER POSTERS, BLIND VOTER TEMPLATES AND ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA ON A THREE YEAR RUNNING CONTRACT

IFB No:         ECZ/OIB/001/2023                               Issued date: 5th May, 2023

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has made budgetary provisions towards the cost of procurement for the printing of ballot papers, ballot paper posters, blind voter templates and announcement forms for a period of three years.

The Electoral Commission of Zambia invites bids for the printing and delivery of Ballot papers, ballot paper posters, Blind Voter templates and Announcement forms for a period of three years from experienced and reputable security printing firms as follows:

NO. DESCRIPTION QTY
SEM 1 Ballot Paper Booklets: Presidential, National Assembly, Mayoral/Chairperson and Councilor 720,000
SEM 2 Ballot Paper Posters: Presidential, National Assembly, Mayoral/Chairperson and Councilor 422,400
SEM 3 Blind Voter templates: Presidential, National Assembly, Mayoral/Chairperson and Councilor 15,000
SEM 4 Announcement Form Booklets (Booklets of four self-carbonated forms): Presidential, National Assembly, Mayoral/Chairperson and Councilor (Sets) 440,000

A bidding document may be obtained from the Procurement Department, Electoral Commission of Zambia Head office, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of K1, 000.00 or (USD its equivalent).

This tender is open to all eligible bidders, both local and international, and will be administered following the rules under Open International Competitive bidding procedures as provided for in the Zambia Public Procurement Act. No. 8 of 2020 and Procurement Regulations, 2022.

Further information may be obtained from the Head of Procurement, Electoral Commission of Zambia, Elections House, Haile Selassie Avenue, and P.O Box 50274, LUSAKA.  The telephone number is 260-1-253157/250081 and the Telefax number is 260-1-257274.

Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after Bid closing and must be accompanied by a bid security of not less than 2% of the Bid sum duly signed by the Guarantor(s), and delivered together with the bidding documents.

Submission of bids for this tender is by electronic means ONLY on the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) e-Government Procurement platform. Full information regarding this tender can be found on the e-government procurement website eprocure.zppa.org.zm/epps. For assistance on how to submit the tender kindly get in touch with the Zambia Public Procurement Authority on the following:

[email protected] or call: +260 211 377 415, +260 211 377 416, +260 970 412 200, +260 968 006 707, +260 957 091 050

The closing date for the receipt of bids is 10:00 hours local time on Friday, 23rd June, 2023, and any bids received after the time and date stipulated above will not be accepted.

 

Issued by

Acting Chief Electoral Officer

Electoral Commission of Zambia

 

Download the Invitation For Bids Here.

Download the Solicitation Document  Here.