Reporter Sunday March 22, 2026
Call
for National Competitive Bid (NCB)
Bid
Reference Number: DBOT13825/26 Re-bid
1. Dashen Bank S.C.
invites all interested, eligible, experienced, and qualified bidders to submit a
sealed and substantially responsive bid for
the following procurement:
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S.No.
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Procurement
Description
|
UM |
Qty
|
Bld Bond Security in ETB
|
|
LOT - 1
|
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1 |
Imperva End-of-Support
WAF Refresh
and Infrastructure Upgrade incorporating
Supply, Installation, Commissioning,
Maintenance & Training of Web
Application Firewall, API Protection
|
set
|
1 |
1,500,000.00
|
|
LOT-2
|
||||
|
1 |
Supply, Installation.
Commissioning, Maintenance
& Training of Enterprise-grade Data
Access Management & Database Activity Monitoring
Solution
|
set
|
1 |
1,500,000.00
|
2. The bidding will be
conducted using the Bank's open bidding procedures.
3. Interested and
eligible bidders are invited to purchase and download the bidding document via https://extratenders.net/ and https://dashen.afrotender.com/ to
access the biding document for by having paid
non-refundable fee of ETB 500.00 (Five Hundred Birr)
for each lot starting from March 23, 2026 up to April 13,2026 at 5:00 PM.
4. All bidder are
required to complete the supplier registration
by visiting our official website at www.dashenbanksc.com or by clicking on the
direct link to the supplier registration page: https://dashenbanksc.com/sap-ariba-supplier-registration/.
5. Interested eligible
Bidders may obtain further information from Dashen Bank S.C and check the bidding documents at the
address given below during the office hours
(Monday to Friday 8:00-12:00 AM, 1:00-5:00 PM.
and Saturday 8:00-12:00 A.M.), excluding public holiday.
6. Bidders must provide
a bid security for the specified amount as indicated in the above table. This security must be in the
form of an irrevocable and unconditional bank
guarantee, cashier's payment order (CPO), or
irrevocable and unconditional counter bank guarantee
for each lot, issued by an eligible Commercial Bank in Ethiopia. The bid security must be valid for at least 150
days upon submission of the offer, while the
bid validity itself shall be 120 days.
7. Bidders must submit
their Technical and Financial proposals in separate, sealed envelopes. In addition to the originals,
duplicate copies labeled "Original"
and "Copy" are required as per the bidding
document instructions. A soft copy of the technical proposal should also be included. The original bid bond security
must be in an acceptable form, reference the
specified bid and lot numbers, and be
submitted together with the separate technical proposal.
8. The sealed bid
document for each lot shall be placed in the box
prepared for this purpose on April 13,2026, up to
5:00 PM EAT afternoon at the Supply Chain
Management Department, Dashen Bank New Head
Quarter Building, 7th floor, in front of the National Bank of Ethiopia. Electronic submission is not allowed, and
late bids will automatically result in
rejection.
9. Bids shall be opened
in the presence of the bidder's or their legal
representative at Dashen Bank Head Quarter Building,
7th floor, Supply Chain Management Department
meeting hall Head Quarter Building, 7th floor,
in front of the National Bank of Ethiopia meeting hall on April 14, 2026 starting 2:00 PM Afternoon.
10. Bidders are strongly
encouraged to thoroughly follow and adhere to the instructions and requirements outlined within the
RFP bidding document for each lot.
11. The Bank reserves
the right to accept or reject the bid, either partially or fully.
12. Interested eligible
bidders can obtain information from Bank's the Supply Chain Management Department office line at +25111-518-0356, Ext. 3156, or via corporate
email at Masho.Negash@dashenbanksc.com, copy to: Asnake.Chemeda@dashenbanksc.com
Dashen
Bank S.C
Supply
Chain Management Department, 7th Floor
Sudan
Street, In front of National Bank Ethiopia
P.O.BOX;
12752
Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Dashen Bank Always One Step Ahead!
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Dashen Bank was founded by eleven visionary shareholders and veteran bankers with initial capital of Birr 14.9 million in September 1995. Upon securing license from the National Bank of Ethiopia, Dashen opened its doors for service on the 1st of January 1996 with eleven fully-fledged branches. Dashen Bank coined its name from the highest peak in Ethiopia, mount Dashen, and aspires to be ‘’Best in class Bank in Africa’’. The Bank aimed to be among the leading banks in Africa and it will extend its reach across Africa both for competitive benchmarking and business. Ras Dashen is Part of the Simien Mountains National Park, an exotic setting with unique wildlife and breath-taking views on a landscape shaped by nature and traditional agriculture. The Simien Mountains is home to endemic wild life including the Walia Ibex, Simien Fox or Ethiopian Wolf and the Gelada Baboon. Dashen aspires to set new heights in banking services through the delivery of unique value propositions second to none. Headquartered in Addis Ababa, the Bank is among the biggest private Banks in Ethiopia. Dashen is the most reputable brand in the domestic banking market; a reputation earned Ethiopia. It operates through a network of more than 442 Branches, nine dedicated Forex Bureaus, 389 ATMs and 1,283 plus Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals spread across the length and breadth of the nation. Wherever business takes customers around the world, Dashen Bank is already there. The Bank also works in partnership with leading brands in the electronic payments industry (AMEX, VISA, MasterCard &UnionPay) and prominent money transfer operators (Western Union, MoneyGram, Express Money, Dahabshiil, EzRemit, Kahh, Transfast, and Ria, World Remit). Dashen Bank is the first bank in Ethiopia to provide a full-fledged payment card service as a principal plus member of AMEX, VISA, MasterCard and Union Pay (as the first African Bank to sign such agreement). The Bank issues AMEX branded debit cards that give clients the added convenience of round-the-clock banking through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and conduct purchases at a growing number of merchant locations via point of sale terminals (POS). Dashen is exclusively acquires and issues American Express cards in Ethiopia. Dashen provides Salary Card for staff of institutions who opt to relieve themselves of the hassle related to handling salary payment. The Bank also provides SharikCard to all Sharik account holder to operate accounts 24/7 on ATM and merchant POS and An-NissaCard to all women’s having An-nissa account to operate accounts 24/7 on ATM and merchant POS. It is Dashen Banks’ Omni channel banking service which offers digital payment capability and access to aggregated digital products and services from Retailers, the Entertainment Industry, Airtime Dealers, Bill Payment Points, Airlines, Social Media Players and third-party service providers.