EthSwitch Share Company invites bids for the procurement of various license renewals including SIEM, FortiGate Firewall, FS WAF, Arcon PAM, Thales HSM, and Trend Micro EDR, as well as the implementation of an enterprise-grade vulnerability management plat

INVITATION TO BID

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID (NCB)

PROCUREMENT OF DIFFERENT LICENSE RENEWALS AND ENTERPRISE-GRADE VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

BID REF NO ETS/NCB/005/2026/27

1. EthSwitch Share Company, which is the owner and operator of the National e-payment Switch of Ethiopia. invites this bid for interested and eligible bidders for the procurement of the below-mentioned different license renewals and enterprise-grade vulnerability management platform

2. Interested bidders can purchase a complete set of bidding document in English from the Company starting on Monday, July 20, 2026, upon payment of a non- refundable fee of ETB 300 (Birr Three Hundred Only) deposited to EthSwitch S.C. at A/C CBE 1000089578737 or Zemen Bank A/C 1035110049135018. in the name of the bidder's organization, during the specified working hours. Monday - Friday 8:30 AM -12:00 PM and 1:30-5:00PM Saturday 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

3. Bidders' Technical and Financial proposals should be delivered to the Company on or before July 29, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Address provided below. The bid submission will be closed on July 29, 2026, at 10:00 AM. Late bidders will be rejected.

4. Bidders' Technical proposals should be opened on July 29, 2026, at 10:30 AM (i.e, same date as the bid closing) at the head office of the Company in the presence of the bidders or a representative who chooses to attend.

5. EthSwitch Share Company is located on the 21st floor of Zemen Bank Head Office, in front of Addis Ababa University School of Commerce, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

6. The Bids shall be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes: technical proposal and financial proposal envelopes, each having one "original" and one "copy", and marked with the title Bid Document for Procurement of the above-listed solutions in the name of the bidding Company.

7. The bid must be delivered in person to EthSwitch S.C. on or before the date stated in number 3 above.

8. Bidders' Proposal must be accompanied by the bid security, i.e, CPO or unconditional Bank Guarantee in the amount mentioned above.

9. EthSwitch S.C. reserves the right to cancel the bid either partially or totally.

For further information, please contact EthSwitch S.C. at the following addresses:

ETHSWITCH S.C

Administration Department

Telephone: +251-11-557-12-04/05

Fax: +251-11-557-11-15

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-07-29
• Bid closing time: 10:00
• Bid opening: 2026-07-29 10:30
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: EthSwitch S.C.
• Bid bond: Different for the various lots
• Bid document price: 300.00 Birr
• Published: Jul 19, 2026
• Posted at: 2026-07-20T13:44:39.000Z