DG Baluwa Koroma Emerges As African Regulator For 2025
Congratulations Director General, National Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) Brima Baluwa Koroma for winning the most competitive and prestigious African Regulator Award 2025 hosted by the African Business Leadership Awards in London, one of the leading and fair awarding bodies in the African Continent.
This award is a testament to your outstanding leadership and your unflinching commitment in rebranding and building an effective Downstream Petroleum Industry in Sierra Leone in the last six years.
This award is very crucial and timely given the fact you had been formally given new mandates as the First Director General of NPRA. Winning African Regulator Award 2025 is an inspiring and motivating to your astute and acumen stewardship and it’s an open challenge for you to compete with others Regulators in Africa.
This is a very huge achievement and victory for not only the National Petroleum Regulatory Authority but Sierra Leone as a whole. Thank you, for making a very.
Invitation for Bids
NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND INSURANCE TRUST
Procurement Number: NASSIT/ICT/ICTN/NCB /2025 /GOO7
Date of First Issue: 26TH MAY, 2025
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust has allocated funds for the procurement of ICT Needs for the 2025 financial year.
The Trust now invites sealed bids from eligible suppliers for the supply of ICT Needs as in the table below:
Lot No Description of Goods Delivery
Not later than Bid Security (NLe)
01 Desktop Computers, Laptops and Printers 25-Jul-25 20,000.00
02 Network Equipment and Devices 25-Jul-25 10,000.00
03 Supply and Installation of Inverter Systems 25-Jul-25 5,000.00
04 General Working Tools 25-Jul-25 5,000.00
05 Supply and Installation of Cisco IP Telephony System 25-Jul-25 10,000.00
GST eligible bidders are required to clearly state the 15% GST before giving the final total to the bid price.
Bidding will be conducted through a National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedure in accordance with the Sierra Leone Public Procurement Act 2016 and open to all eligible suppliers who can demonstrate the eligibility requirement as stated in the bid document
Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document at the Trust between 9am to 4pm, from Monday to Friday except on public holidays.
A complete set of Bidding documents may be purchased upon payment of anon-refundable fee of NLe500.00 (Five Hundred New Leones). Payment should be made by cash into the National Social Security Account No 1433403 at the Rokel Commercial Bank,Siaka Steven Street, Freetown. The pay-in slip must be submitted at the Finance Office 2nd Floor and submission of receipt issued by NASSIT Finance Office to the Procurement Office on the 1st floor before a bid document is issued to the bidder.
Interested bidders may download the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) from the Trust’s website www.nassit.org.slYou can also download Bidding Document from the NPPA Website – nppa.gov.slor collect hard copy from same and submit their bids along with evidence of payment of non-refundable fee of NLe500.00(Five Hundred Leones Only) being the cost of the Bidding Document. Submission deadline is Wednesday, 25thJune, 2025 at 12noon Local Time.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Submission deadline is 25th June, 2025 not later than 12noon local time. All bids must be accompanied by:
A valid Business registration certificate
Original Bid Securitymust be submittedfrom a reputable Commercial Bank in the following sums:
Lot Description of Goods Bid Security (NLe)
01 Desktop Computers, Laptops and Printers 20,000.00
02 Network Equipment and Devices 10,000.00
03 Supply and Installation of Inverter Systems 5,000.00
04 General Working Tools 5,000.00
05 Supply and Installation of Cisco IP Telephony System 10,000.00
A valid tax clearance certificate
A valid NASSIT clearance certificate
Municipality Council License
Manufacturer’s Authorization for lots 01, 02, 03 & 05
Coloured Brochure with specifications
A signed Integrity Pact; [see attached] to the tender document
Bids will be publicly opened on 25th June, 2025 at12noon Local Time in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders.
The Trust reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the bids without incurring any obligation to inform the affected bidder(s).
No liability will be accepted by the Trust for downloading incomplete documents.
NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND INSURANCE TRUST
P. O. Box 29
Contact name: Procurement Office
First Floor
NASSIT HOUSE 32 Walpole Street;
Freetown, Sierra Leone
