Bhutan Government Seeks Servers and Storage for Data Center Project

GovTech/ACCESS/PMU/2025-26/ January 8, 2026 Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids-Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Kingdom of Bhutan Name of Project: Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Bhutan Phase 2 Project (ACCESS); Contract Title: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Servers and Storage (Disk Drives) at GDC Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA 77560 (Credit)/IDAE4310 (grant) RFB Reference No.: ACCESS/GovTech/GD-10

• The Royal Government of Bhutan has received financial assistance in the form of Credit and Grant from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia (ACCESS)-Bhutan Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Servers and Storage (Disk Drives) at GDC.
• The Department of Digital Infrastructure (DDI), Government Technology (GovTech) Agency now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for (i) Servers -3 nos; (ii) Storage (Disk Drives)- 1 no; to be delivered to Government Data Center (GDC), Thimphu Tech Park Limited (TTPL), Serbithang, Thimphu. The period for delivery of goods is Sixty (60) days and margin of preference shall not apply.
• Bidding will be conducted through Request for Bids (RFB) following National market approach as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Government Technology Agency, Department of Digital Infrastructure, Cloud Service Division, Kinga Dorji at kingad@plantech.gov.bt and inspect the bidding document during office hours (0900 to 1700 hours ) at the address given below

Department of Digital Infrastructure (DDI) Government Technology Agency Post Box No.: 482 Thori Lam, Upper Chubachu , Thimphu: Bhutan

• The bidding document in English may be downloaded free of cost from the website www.tech.gov.bt.
• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before March 16, 2026 Time: 1400 Hours (Bhutan Time). Electronic Bidding will not be permitted . Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on Date: March 16, 2026 Time: 1430 Hours (Bhutan Time)
• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.
• The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Office of the Cloud Services Division Department of Digital Infrastructure (DDI), Government Technology Agency Street Address: Thori Lam, Upper Chubachu and City: Thimphu ZIP/Postal Code: 11001 Country: Bhutan Telephone: PABX No.: +975-2-323215 Email id and website: kingad@plantech.gov.bt and www.tech.gov.bt Agency: GovTech Agency Procurement method: Request for Bids Notice type: Invitation for Bids Status: Published Value: 198000.0 USD