1. Context:

The Lao Microfinance Association (LMFA) is promoting financial inclusion for low-income populations through consolidation and professionalization of the Lao’s inclusive finance sector. It works under the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), Financial Institutions Supervision Department (FISD).

ADA, a Luxembourg-based microfinance NGO, in partnership with LMFA has been mandated by LuxDev to manage the implementation of village credit schemes (VCS) in three provinces (Bokeo, Vientiane and Bolikhamxay). To establish the organizational and technical conditions to ensure their adequate management and sustainability the registration of the Network Support Organization (NSO) of the VCS as a Savings and Credit Union (SCU) with the Bank of Lao PDR has already been done at Bolikhamxay province.

Part of the projects focus is to leverage the use of digital technology to address the issue of costs and efficiency, thus in this regard the LMFA is seeking to procure from qualified office equipment suppliers that can meet the following requirements:

• To supply 63 units of printers with the specifications below

2. Specification for Printers:

Printer Type: All In One (Print, Scan, Copy)

Printing Technology:

Print Method: On-demand inkjet (Piezoelectric)

Printer Language: ESC/P-R, ESC/P Raster

Nozzle Configuration: 180 x 1 nozzles Black, 59 x 1 nozzles per Colour (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)

Maximum Resolution: 5760 x 1440 dpi

Print Speed:

Photo Default – 10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 ” *1: Approx. 69 sec per photo (Border) / 90 sec per photo (Borderless)*2

Draft, A4 (Black /Colour): Up to 33.0 ppm / 15.0 ppm*2

ISO 24734, A4 Simplex (Black /Colour): Up to 10.0 ipm / 5.0 ipm*2

First Page Out Time from Ready Mode (Black /Colour): Approx. 10 sec / 16 sec*2

Copying:

Maximum Copies from Standalone: 20 copies

Maximum Copy Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi

Maximum Copy Size: A4, Letter

ISO 29183, A4 Simplex (Black /Colour): Up to 7.0 ipm / 1.7 ipm

Scanning:

Scanner Type: Flatbed colour image scanner

Sensor Type: CIS

Optical Resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi

Maximum Scan Area: 216 x 297 mm

Scanner Bit Depth (Colour): 48-bit input, 24-bit output

Scanner Bit Depth (Grayscale): 16-bit input, 8-bit output

Scanner Bit Depth (Black & White): 16-bit input, 1-bit output

Scan Speed:

Flatbed (Black / Colour): 200dpi: Up to 11 sec / Up to 32 sec

Paper Handling:

“Standard Paper Input Capacity:

Up to 100 sheets of Plain Paper (80 g/m2)

Up to 20 sheets of Premium Glossy Photo Paper”

“Output Capacity:

Up to 30 sheets of Plain Paper (80 g/m2)

Up to 20 sheets of Premium Glossy Photo Paper”

Maximum Paper Size: 215.9 x 1200 mm

“Paper Sizes:

Legal (8.5 x 14″”), Indian-Legal (215 x 345 mm), 8.5 x 13″”, Letter, A4, 16K (195 x 270 mm), B5, A5, B6, A6, Hagaki (100 x 148 mm), 5 x 7″”, 5 x 8″”, 4 x 6″”, Envelopes: #10, DL, C6″

Operating System Compatibility:

“Windows XP / XP Professional / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10

Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019

Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later”

Warranty: 3 years

After Service: Onsite service – Paksan District, Bolikhamxay Province

4. Expected date to receive the bidding: 27^th May 2022 at 3pm.

5. Qualifications of the supplier:

Please adhere to the following conditions: 

• Your quotation should take the form of your company with signature, stamp and validate, giving unit and total prices for each individual item.
• The total price should be broken down as follows: Cost of packing; Transport costs; Total Price
• Terms of delivery: Free to the office of LMFA
• Delivery address: Unit 14, Amon Village, Xaysetha District, P.O. Box: 4030, Vientiane Capital, Lao P D R
• Date of delivery: within 30 days after PO signed
• Terms of payment: Within two weeks after delivery to LMFA

6. Further conditions:

• Quotation shall be submitted with all items as requested, partial items are rejected
• Late submission will be rejected
• Quotation shall be valid at least 45 days after the submission date
• The price for all items shall be quoted in US Dollars $
• The quotation shall be submitted and delivered in sealed envelope with a label ” Inquiry No: 002/2022″ not later than 15:00 hours on 27^th May 2022 to LMFA office, Unit 14, Amon Village, Xaysetha District, P.O.Box: 4030, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
• Email: mfa@laomfa.org, Web: laomfa.org, Office Tel: +856 30 9481265
• For more information regarding to the specification, please contact: Ms. Savana Phothilath, Tel: 020 99626456