Tender Announcement for National Instant Payment System Project (NIPS)

Central Bank of Sudan announces a public tender to specialized and qualified companies in the field of development and implementation of financial technologies and payment system solutions to execute the National Instant Payment System (NIPS) project.

First: General Conditions for Application:

Applicants for the tender must meet the following requirements:

1. Initial Guarantee: Initial guarantee of (2%) of the total tender value (cheque, bank guarantee letter, or guarantee letter issued by an insurance company) in favor of the Central Bank of Sudan (personal cheques or cash payments are not accepted), to be completed to 10% for the awarded tender as a performance guarantee.
2. legal Required documents:
   
   1. Commercial registration certificate and ORNIC (Form 7).
   2. B- Tax clearance certificate.
   3. C- Zakat clearance certificate.
   4. D- Value-added tax registration certificate.
   5. E- Tax Identification Number.
3. Company profile:
   
   1. Company profile including technical and administrative staff, client reference list for similar projects executed related to the tender project, with contact information.
   2. The company's latest audited financial statements.
4. Scope of the tender and product review:
   
   1. The scope of the tender is limited to providing software solutions, as the Central Bank of Sudan will provide the hardware according to the technical specifications recommended by the winning company in its offer.
   2. The company is committed to providing a live demo of the system, or proof of concept of the system, whenever requested to do so.
      • Foreign companies must attach all the documents mentioned in the announcement or their equivalent, notarized by the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and approved by the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in the country of origin.

Secondly: Submission of Bids:

1. The announcement period will be 15 days, commencing on 20. April.2026 and ending on 4. May.2026 at 11:59 pm Sudan time.
2. Companies wishing to apply may obtain the tender documents and project specifications by clicking on the link (https://cbos.gov.sd/ar/node/24595).
3.  Bids (technical and financial) and all supporting documents must be sent to the designated email address (NIPS.Tender@cbos.gov.sd) during the period from 20. April.2026 up to 14. May.2026 11:59 PM Sudan time. The subject title of the email must be: ‘Tender for the National Instant Payment System Project’, and the original documents should be sent in a sealed envelope by mail to the address of Central bank of Sudan (Central Bank of Sudan Branch – Omdurman – General Administration of Payment Systems).   
4.  Each participant must use a single official email address linked to the company’s domain when making enquiries or submitting bids. The use of public email services (such as Gmail, Hotmail or similar) is prohibited, bids and enquiries that do not comply with this condition will be excluded.
5. The committee will send a confirmation message acknowledging receipt of the bid within a maximum of 12 hours from the time of submission.
6. If no confirmation message is received within the aforementioned period, the bidder must contact immediately via the email address specified in paragraph (h) below to ensure the bid has been received by the specified deadline.
7. Bids submitted or sent after the deadline specified above will not be considered.
8. For further inquiries, please contact us via the email InfoNIPS@CBOS.GOV.SD.
9. Central Bank of Sudan is not obliged to accept the lowest bid or any other bid.

Date: 20.May.2026