SUPPLY TENDER NOTICE
“Procurement of Kitchen appliances and IT equipment”
- Publication reference
KCF/KOS/200008/G/2025/001
- Procedure
National competitive bidding
- Project title and description
The Ministry of Education, Technology, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Kosovo (hereinafter called “Recipient”) has received financing from KfW Development Bank (“KfW") in the form of a financial contribution (hereinafter called grant) toward the cost of the Kosovo Challenge Fund project. The Kosovo Challenge Fund (the “KCF”) is a distinct facility set up to strengthen the labour market relevance of vocational training (VET) particularly through support to VET projects that are jointly implemented by vocational training institutes and partner enterprises (cooperative training approach) in the Republic of Kosovo.
The Recipient now intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this grant to eligible payments under the contract for which this Tender Notice is issued.
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A complete set of bidding documents is available for download free of charge to interested Bidders from the website: http://kcf-kosovo.org/. |
Western Balkan 6 Chamber Investment Forum, with its address at Piazza dell Borsa 14, 34121 Trieste, Italy, represented by IPC, Internationale Project Consult GmbH (on behalf of the Consortium IPC-PLANCO-swisscontact-KPMG) as the Implementation Consultant.
CONTRACT SPECIFICATION
unit-price
The purpose of this contract is procurement of kitchen equipment and IT Equipment to increase the labour market relevance and practical orientation of vocational education and training in Kosovo, specifically by promoting cooperative vocational training courses offered jointly by schools and companies (Cooperative Training - CT). The final beneficiary of the equipment is the Economic Secondary School Hasan Prishtina, Address: UCK Str. No. 4, Mitrovica 40000, Kosovo. The equipment should be unpacked, installed, commissioned, and handed over to the client representative, and user training provided for relevant staff of the institutions.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Consulting Services, Works, Goods, Plant and Non-Consulting Services are eligible for KfW financing regardless of the country of origin of the Contractors (including Subcontractors and suppliers for the execution of the Contract), except where an international embargo or sanction by the United Nations, the European Union or the German Government applies.
Applicants/Bidders shall not be awarded a KfW-financed Contract if, on the date of submission of their Application/Offer or on the intended date of Award of Contract, they are in any of situations described in Declaration of Undertaking (ref. KfW’s “Guidelines for Procurement”, Document version January 2019 1st update as of January 2021)
Applicants/Bidders shall be disqualified in a procurement process if they are given under point 1.3.3 of KfW Guidelines for Procurement.
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
October 2026
BID SUBMISSION
The bidders’ attention is drawn to the fact that there are two different systems for sending bids: one is by post or private mail service, the other is by hand delivery.
In both cases, the bids must be received before the date and time limit for submission.
Bids must be duly completed and received by the PEA on or before 10 July 2026 at 14:00h CET.
Any bid received to the PEA after this deadline will not be considered.
The PEA may, for reasons of administrative efficiency, reject any bid submitted on time to the postal service but received, for any reason beyond the PEA’s control, after the effective date of approval of the Offers Evaluation Report, if accepting bids that were submitted on time but arrived late would considerably delay the evaluation procedure or jeopardise decisions already taken and notified.
The bidder shall prepare the package containing the original bid in a sealed envelope marked “ORIGINAL”, and one copy in sealed envelopes each marked “COPY”, stating the reference number of the tender notice, name and address of the PEA and the words “Not to be opened before the official public session for the opening of bids” and equivalent in local language “Ne otvarati prije zvaničnog sastanka za javno otvaranje ponuda”.
Fund Management Unit of the Kosovo Challenge Fund
Dalmatinska Street No. 14
1st Floor, Apartment No. 2
81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
representing
The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of the Republic of Kosovo
Fund Management Unit of the Kosovo Challenge Fund
Dalmatinska Street No. 14
1st Floor, Apartment No. 2
81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Please note that opening hours of the FMU are 08:00-14:00h.
Representing:
The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of the Republic of Kosovo
The contract title and the publication reference (see item 1 above) must be clearly marked on the envelope containing the bid and must always be mentioned in all subsequent correspondence with the PEA.
Bids submitted by any other means or to any other addresses will not be considered. Bids which are not sealed or are incomplete shall not be considered.
By submitting a bid, candidates accept notification of the outcome of the procedure by electronic means. Such notification shall be deemed to have been received on the date upon which the PEA sends it to the electronic address referred to in the bid.
Candidates may alter or withdraw their bids by written notification prior to the deadline for submission of bids. No bid may be altered after this deadline.
The outer envelope (and the relevant inner envelope if used) must be marked ‘Alteration’ or ‘Withdrawal’ as appropriate.
Tenders will be opened in a public session on 10 July 2026 at 14:15h CET, at the address Dalmatinska Street No. 14, 1st Floor, Apartment No. 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro in the presence of tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend. Written authorizations must be enclosed.
120 days after submission deadline.
No bid security is required.
All written communications for this procurement procedure and contract must be in English.
Clarifications may be sought from PEA at the following e-mail address procurement@rcf-wb6.org at the latest 21 calendar days before the deadline for submission of bids.
Clarifications will be published on the Kosovo Challenge Fund website www.kcf-kosovo.org at the latest 10 calendar days before the deadline for submission of bids.
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