Supply, Delivery and Installation of Laboratory equipment for MBS, DARS & DAHLD

The Government of Malawi

Ministry of Transport and Public Works

Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP)

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Malawi

Name of Project: Southern Africa Trade Connectivity Project (SATCP)

Contract Title: Procurement of Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commission of Laboratory Equipment for the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Ministry of Agriculture Departments of Agriculture and Research Services (DARS) and Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development (DALHD) . Project No. P164847 Credit No. IDA 68700

Grant No.: IDA D8040

RFB Reference No.: MW-MTPW-573677-GO-RFB

Date Issued: 9th October, 2026

The Ministry of Transport and Public Works has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP) , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commission of Laboratory Equipment for the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Ministry of Agriculture Departments of Agriculture and Research Services (DARS) and Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development (DALHD). “For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.” The Ministry of Transport and Public Works now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:

Lot Item

Line Item Description of Goods Quantity Physical unit Final Destination (Project Site) as specified in BDS

Latest Delivery Date

(Physical units )

LOT 1 1 LC- Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (LC-MSMS) 1 each MBS 8 Weeks

2 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 2 each DARS 1no. DAHLD 1no. 8 Weeks

3 Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) 1 each DALHD 8 Weeks

4 Spectrophotometer 2 each DALHD 1no. DARS 1no. 8 Weeks

LOT2 1 MALDI TOF Mass Analyzer 1 each DALHD 8 Weeks

2 Drying oven 2 each DARS 1no. DALHD 1no. 8 Weeks

3 Water Distiller 2 each DARS 1 no. DALHD 1 no. 8 Weeks

4 Hawksley Haematocrit Centrifuge 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

5 Cooled incubator 4 each DARS 2 no. DALHD 2no. 8 Weeks

6 Incubators (incl. double door) 3 each MBS/DARS/DALHD 8 Weeks

LOT 3 1 Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Machine 3 each DARS 1 no. DALHD 1 no. MBS 1no. 8 Weeks

2 Digital Droplet PCR (ddPCR) System 2 each DARS 1no. DALHD 1no. 8 Weeks

3 Thermo cycler-Electrophoresis Machine 5 each DARS 1no. DALHD 2no. MBS 2 no. 8 Weeks

4 ELISA Reader 3 each DARS 1no. DALHD 2no. 8 Weeks

5 Magnifying Floor Lamp 5 each DARS 4 no. DALHD 1 no. 8 Weeks

6 Advanced Confocal Microscope 3 each DARS 1 no. DALHD 1 no. MBS 1no. 8 Weeks

7 Automated Plate Reader 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

8 Gel Electrophoresis 5 each DARS 1no. DALHD 2 no. MBS 2 no. 8 Weeks

9 Compound Microscope 2 each DARS 1no. DALHD 1no. 8 Weeks

10 Digital Imaging System 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

11 DNA Sequencer 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

12 Fluorescent microscope 1 each DALHD 8 Weeks

LOT 4 1 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 1 each MBS 8 Weeks

2 Weighing Balance (200g capacity) 3 each DARS 2 no. DALHD 1 no. 8 Weeks

3 Weighing Balance (2kg capacity) 4 each DARS 2no. DALHD 2no. 8 Weeks

4 Upright Fridge 2 each DARS 1 no. DALHD 1 no. 8 Weeks

5 Automatic colony counter 1 each DALHD 8 Weeks

6 Data Logger 5 each DARS 3 no. DALHD 2 no. 8 Weeks

7 Ultra Low Freezer 2 each DARS 1no DALHD 1 no. 8 Weeks

LOT 5 1 Moisture meter 2 each DARS 2 no 8 Weeks

2 Field Moisture Meter 2 each DARS 2 no. 8 Weeks

3 “Magnetic Stirrer with Heating Plate (Hot-Plate Magnetic Stirrer)” 2 each DARS 2 no. 8 Weeks

4 Plant growth Chamber 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

5 Soil Analyzer 1 each DARS 8 Weeks

6 Flow Cytometer 2 each DALHD 1no. DARS 1no. 8 Weeks

7 Laminar Flow Cabinet 2 each DALHD 1 no. DARS 1 no. 8 Weeks

8 Ultra-Cool Field Metrology Well 1 each MBS 8 Weeks

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated February, 2025, and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from The Ministry of Transport and Public Works, The IPDC Chairperson, email: procurement@satcp.mw and inspect the bidding document during office hours i.e. 09:30 to 15:30 hours at the address given below. 5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Twenty Thousand Malawi Kwacha (MK20,000) or equivalent in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be direct deposit or transfer to a designated project account number Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Ecobank. Account Number 5460000004752 swift code ECOCMWMW The document will be sent by physical/courier or electronic mail. Bidders will be responsible for shipping by courier. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below; on or before 9th November, 2026 at 10:00am . Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. All bidders are requested to submit an original, 4 hardcopies and an electronic copy on a flash drive in a searchable pdf format . 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 below; The Ministry of Transport and Public Works Capital Hill , 1st Floor Conference Room Private Bag 322 Lilongwe 3

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration,”

8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Con