NDIDS System Integrator

Specific Procurement Notice – Request for Proposals without Prequalification Request for Proposal Information Systems (Design, Supply and Installation) (Without Prequalification) Purchaser: Government of Samoa, acting through the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) Project : Samoa Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project, World Bank Project P181456 Contract title : Supply and Installation of the National Digital Identification System (NDIDS) Country : Samoa Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: Credit No. IDA-E3780 RFP No: WS-SBS-570867-NC-RFP Issued on: 28 October 2026 1. The Government of Samoa has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Samoa Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply and Installation of the National Digital Identification System . 2. The Samoa Bureau of Statistics now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the supply and installation of the National Digital Identification System, covering the enrolment of the population, biometric deduplication and identity management, identity verification services for relying parties, the national identity card production chain, a civil registration platform, the supporting infrastructure and trust services, together with the associated services, training and skills transfer; the installation period runs from the Effective Date to the last milestone of the Implementation Schedule: about 16 months to Operational Acceptance of Version 2 (week 70), and up to 24 months (week 104) if the civil registration option is exercised, as stated in the Implementation Schedule of the request for proposals document; the sites are in Apia and on Savai'i, Samoa . 3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the request for proposals document. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): seventy percent (70 %) and for Proposal price: thirty percent (30 %). 5. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from Samoa Bureau o