Procurement of It infrastructure for strengthening DHIS 2 Implementation and data ware house

Specific Procurement Notice – Request for Proposals without Prequalification

Request for Proposal Information Systems (Design, Supply and Installation) (Without Prequalification)

Purchaser: Federal Ministry of Health

Project: AFE Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, And Resilience MPA Project

Contract title: Procurement of IT infrastructure for strengthening DHIS 2 Implementation and data warehouse

Country: Ethiopia

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: E229-ET

RFP No: ET-MOH-480615-GO-RFB

Issued on: November 16, 2026

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Health Emergency Preparedness, Response & resilience program MPA , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of IT infrastructure for strengthening DHIS 2 Implementation g(Supply, installation, Testing, commissioning of information system, including technical support & Training service) The Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the Procurement of ITS infrastructure for strengthening DHIS 2 Implementation and data warehouse.

S/N Items (Category) Description (measurable) Unit Quantity Note / Remark (Acceptance criteria & measurables)

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1 General technical requirements English UI/docs; UTF-8 support; operate on Ethiopian power (220–240V single / 380–415V three-phase, 50Hz); firmware/software latest stable at install set 1 Acceptance: Verify UTF-8 display, sample English strings; power compatibility test; firmware/software version list; docs in English. Warranty: 3 yrs on-site. MAF if bidder ≠ OEM.

2 Environmental & Safety Operate at 18–27°C, 40–60% RH non-condensing; ISO 14644-1 Class 8 air quality; noise ≤70 dBA aggregated set 1

Acceptance: Environmental log (48-hr) within range; noise reading in aisle ≤70 dBA. EMC certificates (CE/FCC/EN) required.

STORAGE — SCALE-OUT / BACKUP

3 NVMe SAN (performance tier) Usable NVMe SAN capacity 150 TiB , SAN protocol, RDMA capable TiB 150

Acceptance: Usable capacity verified; SAN connectivity test; RDMA handshake test; performance baseline (IOPS/latency) as vendor data.

4 Distributed NVMe NAS / Object / HDFS Usable NVMe NAS/object capacity 400 TiB , support NFS/CIFS/HDFS/S3 TiB 400

Acceptance: Multi-protocol read/write tests; object multipart & versioning tests; throughput baseline.

5 HDD Tiering (capacity layer) Usable HDD capacity 1.0 PiB , tiering with SSD cache PiB 1

Acceptance: Tier migration test; capacity & performance after tiering; SSD cache hit ratio report.

6 Centralized backup () Physical capacity 200 TiB , active-active controllers, RAID-6 or equivalent TiB 200 Acceptance: Backup speed ≥72 TB/hr system; restore ≤36 TB/hr; dedupe ratio evidence; RAID resilience test (tolerate 3 disk failure in RAID group where specified). Gartner leader vendor evidence required.

STORAGE NODE HARDWARE (minima)

7 All-flash NVMe SAN node (per node minima) ≥512 GB RAM; ≥96 CPU cores (48×2); 2×480 GB system disks; NVMe disks ~7.68 TB; 2×25GbE + 2×GE mgmt node as proposed

Acceptance: BOM check; boot & perf test; NIC throughput test.

8 All-flash NVMe NAS node (per node minima) ≥512 GB RAM; ≥96 cores; usable capacity guidance per vendor; 4×25GbE node as proposed

Acceptance: Multi-protocol access & concurrency tests.

9 HDD Tiering node (per node minima) ≥256 GB RAM (or spec), SSD cache 4×3.2 TB, ≥96 cores node as proposed

Acceptance: Cache eviction & rebuild tests.

COMPUTE / VIRTUALIZATION

10 Compute servers

Virtualization Computing Resource Pool: Rack servers: 2×x86 CPUs

CPU Cores 616

11 Compute servers

Virtualization Computing Resource Pool: Rack servers: 2×x86 CPUs

RAM GB 5376

SDN / DATA-WAREHOUSE FABRIC

15 SDN Controller cluster 1-node cluster; manage ≥1.8K NVEs per 1-node cluster; OpenFlow/NETCONF southbound; REST northbound; intent orchestration, dry-run & rollback unit 1 Acceptance: Controller cluster failover test; scale test report (1.8K NVEs); API call set; dry-run configuration and rollback validated. Third-party test reports required. MAF required.

POWER, COOLING & DISTRIBUTION

16 Aisle containment (cold containment) Dual-row cold aisle module 7200×3600×2410 mm; double revolving doors; max IT load 235 kW module 1

Acceptance: Physical dimensions check; containment pressure test; IT load capacity verification.

17 Server cabinets / racks 42U racks 600×1200×2000 mm; ≥75% perforation; rPDU mount; load ≥1500 kg/m² unit 20

Acceptance: Rack assembly check; PDU mounting & earth continuity test.

18 In-row cooling units Air in-row units, 46 kW each, horizontal flow, dual power unit 4

Acceptance: Cooling capacity test at design load; redundancy & failover test; condensate & piping inspection. MAF required.

19 Power room AC 60 kW sensible cooling, downflow, RS485/Modbus/SNMP unit 1

Acceptance: Power room temp/humidity control test; communications integration test. MAF required.

20 UPS systems 200 kVA (extendable to 300 kVA), 30-minute runtime at full load, hot-swappable bypass, SNMP/Modbus monitoring unit 4

Acceptance: Runtime test at 100% load for 30 min; bypass maintenance test; battery health report. MAF required.

21 Main Distribution Board (MDB) Prefab panel, 1000A busbars, digital metering, TCP/IP or RS485 comms unit 2

Acceptance: Single-line drawings; functional metering test; protection/relays verification.

22 Power Distribution Frame (PDF) & PDB

PDF: 400A MCCB input, modular outputs; PDB wall-mounted 250A

PDF / PDB PDF 2 / PDB 2

Acceptance: Overcurrent protection & SPD test; wiring inspection.

DCIM & OPERATIONS

23 DCIM system Monitoring server (64GB RAM, SSDs), PoE switches, temp/humidity/smoke/water sensors, SMS alarm, 2×2 NOC displays, 8 workstations, browser/server software set 1

Acceptance: Sensor calibration; SMS alarm test; PUE reporting capability; user role & report generation demo. MAF required.

PHYSICAL SECURITY

24 Dome cameras (analytics) 2MP, IP66, IR 30m