Selection Method – Request for Quotations (RFQ)

Date: April 17, 2026 Project Title: MSME Competitiveness Project Project ID No. P177895 Source of Funding: Loan No.: IBRD 9423-MD & Credit No.: IDA 7174-MD Ref. number: MD-CEP-521777-GO-RFQ

To: Potential Suppliers

Dear Supplier(s),

1. You are invited to submit your price quotation(s) for the supply of the following:

No. Component Item Quantity

1.  Component A: Hardware
   

   Hardware Security Modules 4

2.  Component B: Software Licenses	PKI software suite that will support at minimum 2 million active leaf certificates across hierarchies	Perpetual license or annual subscription, depending on the proposed solution 
   

3.  Component C: Implementation Support Services	Design, implementation, and compliance preparation of the PKI solution across both hierarchies	Bidder to indicate in man-days
    Training (Administrator, security officer, and key ceremony training)	Bidder to indicate in man-days
   

4.  Component D: Warranty, SLA, and Post-Implementation Support	Warranty services	12 months 
   

after go-live, including corrective maintenance, incident management, escalation procedures, knowledge transfer, and full documentation handover Information on technical specifications and required quantities is attached.

2. You must quote for all the items under this invitation. Price quotations will be evaluated for all the items together and contract awarded to the firm offering the lowest evaluated price. Incomplete or partial Quotes will not be considered. Alternative quotations/options are not allowed.

3. Your price quotation in the form provided in Annex 1 shall be submitted electronically. Your price quotation shall be submitted by e-mail to the following email: piu@mded.gov.md.

4. The deadline for receipt of your quotation (s) by the Purchaser at the electronic address indicated above is: May 04, 2026, 11:00 (local time). Late quotations will be rejected.

5. Your quotation in English, should be accompanied by:

• general information about the Supplier (copy of registration certificate) and adequate technical documentation and catalogue(s) and other material or pertinent information for each item quoted, including names and addresses of firms providing service facilities in the Republic of Moldova.
• Manufacturer’s Authorization using the form included in Annex 2 to this ITQ (by Suppliers that do not manufacture or produce the Goods they offer to supply, to demonstrate that they have been duly authorized by the manufacturer or producer of the Goods to supply these Goods in the Purchaser’s Country).

6. Procurement of the required goods and services is carried out in accordance with the Request for Quotations (RFQ) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”).

7. Your quotation(s) shall be submitted as per the following instructions and in accordance with the attached Contract. The attached Terms and Conditions of Supply form an integral part of the Contract.

(i) PRICES: The prices shall be quoted for delivery DDP Chisinau (MD-2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 180, Stefan cel Mare si Sfant ave., Public Institution “Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank Competitiveness Enhancement Project”) for imported goods, per INCOTERMS, 2020. Prices can be quoted in any Bank member country currency, but no more than three currencies.

(ii) EVALUATION OF QUOTATIONS: Quotation determined to be substantially responsive to the technical specifications will be evaluated by comparison of the total price, including recurrent costs, excluding local taxes, at destination as per para above, converting to Moldavan Leu based on the selling exchange rate offered by the National Bank of Moldova (as published by the bank on http://www.bnm.md) on the date specified in Paragraph 4 of this RFQ.

The Evaluated Bid Price (C) for each responsive quotation will be determined as the sum of the Adjusted Supply and Installation Costs (P) plus the Recurrent Costs (R).

1. The Adjusted Supply and Installation Costs (P) are determined as: (a) The price of the software offered; plus (b) The total price for integration environment, technical support, repair, and other Services; (c) with adjustments for: (i) Goods and Services that are required for the Information System but have been left out or are necessary to correct minor deviations of the quotation will be added to the total Supply and Installation Costs using costs taken from the highest prices from other responsive quotations for the same Goods and Services, or in the absence of such information, the cost will be estimated at prevailing list prices.
   (ii) Corrections to errors in arithmetic: (a) where there is a discrepancy between amounts in figures and in words, the amount in words will govern; (b) where there is a discrepancy between the unit rate and the line item total resulting from multiplying the unit rate by the quantity, the unit rate as quoted will govern; If a Supplier refuses to accept the correction, its quotation will be rejected.

2. The Recurrent Costs (R) are reduced to net present value and determined using the following formula:

where
N	=	number of years of evaluated recurrent costs
x	=	an index number 1, 2, 3, ... N
Rx	=	total Recurrent Costs for year “x,” as recorded in the Recurrent Cost Sub-Table.

I = discount rate to be used for the Net Present Value calculation is 10%.

(iii) AWARD OF CONTRACT: The award will be made to the bidder offering the lowest evaluated substantially responsive quotation that meets the required technical specifications. The successful bidder will sign a Contract as per attached form of contract and terms and conditions of supply.

Recurrent costs might be included in the contract subject to availability of funds.

(iv) VALIDITY OF THE OFFER: Your quotation(s) shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the deadline for receipt of quotation(s) indicated in Paragraph 4 of this Request for Quotation.

8. Further information can be obtained during office hours from 09:00 to 17:00 hours (Chisinau time) from:

Public Institution “Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank Competitiveness Enhancement Project” acting as Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank MSME Competitiveness Project 180, Stefan cel Mare, office 815, MD-2004, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova Tel: (+373 22) 296 723 E-mail: piu@mded.gov.md, Web site: http://uipac.md

9. Inspections and Audits

9.1 The Supplier shall carry out all instructions of the Purchaser which comply with the applicable laws where the destination is located. 9.2 The Supplier shall permit, and shall cause its SubSuppliers and consultants to permit, the Bank and/or persons appointed by the Bank to inspect the Supplier’s offices and all accounts and records relating to the performance of the Contract and the submission of the bid, and to have such accounts and records audited by auditors appointed by the Bank if requested by the Bank. The Supplier’s and its SubSuppliers and consultants’ attention is drawn to Clause 6. Fraud and Corruption of the Form of Contract, which provides, inter alia, that acts intended to materially impede the exercise of the Bank’s inspection and audit rights constitute a prohibited practice subject to contract termination (as well as to a determination of ineligibility pursuant to the Bank’s prevailing sanctions procedures). 10. A prospective bidder requiring any clarification of the Invitation to Quote shall contact the Purchaser in writing at the Purchaser’s address specified in the Paragraph 8. The Purchaser will respond in writing to any request for clarification, provided that such request is received no later than four (4) calendar days prior to the deadline for submission of quotations.

11. Please confirm by e-mail the receipt of this invitation and whether you will submit the price quotation(s).

Sincerely,

The Public Institution Project implementation Unit of the Competitiveness Enhancement Project