Procurement Notices

Dear Sir / Madam:

We kindly request you to submit your quotation for LTA for Laboratory equipment maintenance and supply of consumables as detailed in Annex 1 of this RFQ.  When preparing your quotation, please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2. 

Quotations may be submitted on or before June 13, 2019 by 2:00 p.m. and via (choose appropriate box) ☒e-mail, ☒courier mail or ☐facsimile to the address below:

United Nations Development Programme

Procurement Unit

Hard copy to the Procurement bi box in UNDP Office Compound.

By email to bids.juba@undp.org

Or Hard copy to the Procurement bid box in UNDP Office Compound.

NB. Proposals submitted by hand/courier must be recorded in the bid receipt records form and drop in the bid box. Proposal not recorded shall automatically be disqualified.

More than (indicate the number) email transmissions. They must be free from any

                Quotations submitted by email must be limited to a maximum of 2MB, virus-free and no more than [indicate number]email transmissions.  They must be free from any form of virus or corrupted contents, or the quotations shall be rejected. 

It shall remain your responsibility to ensure that your quotation will reach the address above on or before the deadline.  Quotations that are received by UNDP after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation.  If you are submitting your quotation by email, kindly ensure that they are signed and in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files.

Please take note of the following requirements and conditions pertaining to the supply of the abovementioned good/s:  [check the condition that applies to this RFQ, delete the entire row if condition is not applicable to the goods being procured]

Goods offered shall be reviewed based on completeness and compliance of the quotation with the minimum specifications described above and any other annexes providing details of UNDP requirements.

The quotation that complies with all of the specifications, requirements and offers the lowest price, as well as all other evaluation criteria indicated, shall be selected.  Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected.

Any discrepancy between the unit price and the total price (obtained by multiplying the unit price and quantity) shall be re-computed by UNDP.  The unit price shall prevail and the total price shall be corrected.  If the supplier does not accept the final price based on UNDP’s re-computation and correction of errors, its quotation will be rejected. 

After UNDP has identified the lowest price offer, UNDP reserves the right to award the contract based only on the prices of the goods in the event that the transportation cost (freight and insurance) is found to be higher than UNDP’s own estimated cost if sourced from its own freight forwarder and insurance provider. 

At any time during the validity of the quotation, no price variation due to escalation, inflation, fluctuation in exchange rates, or any other market factors shall be accepted by UNDP after it has received the quotation.At the time of award of Contract or Purchase Order, UNDP reserves the right to vary (increase or decrease) the quantity of services and/or goods, by up to a maximum twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total offer, without any change in the unit price or other terms and conditions. 

Any Purchase Order that will be issued as a result of this RFQ shall be subject to the General Terms and Conditions attached hereto.  The mere act of submission of a quotation implies that the vendor accepts without question the General Terms and Conditions of UNDP indicated above - http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/procurement/business/how-we-buy.html .

UNDP is not bound to accept any quotation, nor award a contract/Purchase Order, nor be responsible for any costs associated with a Supplier’s preparation and submission of a quotation, regardless of the outcome or the manner of conducting the selection process.

                Please be advised that UNDP’s vendor protest procedure is intended to afford an opportunity to appeal for persons or firms not awarded a purchase order or contract in a competitive procurement process.  In the event that you believe you have not been fairly treated, you can find detailed information about vendor protest procedures in the following link:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/protestandsanctions/

UNDP encourages every prospective Vendor to avoid and prevent conflicts of interest, by disclosing to UNDP if you, or any of your affiliates or personnel, were involved in the preparation of the requirements, design, specifications, cost estimates, and other information used in this RFQ. 

UNDP implements a zero tolerance on fraud and other proscribed practices, and is committed to identifying and addressing all such acts and practices against UNDP, as well as third parties involved in UNDP activities.  UNDP expects its suppliers to adhere to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct found in this link : http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/conduct_english.pdf

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your quotation.

Sincerely yours,

Aicha Cherif

Head of Procurement Unit

May, 30/05/2019

[1] Must be linked to INCO Terms chosen.

[2]Depends on INCO Terms. The suggestion to use a UNDP preferred courier is only for purposes of familiarity with procedures and documentary requirements applicable to the UNDP when clearing with customs.

[3] Local vendors must comply with any applicable laws regarding doing business in other currencies.  Conversion of  currency into the UNDP preferred currency, if the offer is quoted differently from what is required, shall be based only on UN Operational Exchange Rate prevailing at the time of UNDP’s issuance of Purchase Order.

[4] This must be reconciled with the INCO Terms required by the RFQ.  Furthermore, VAT exemption status varies from one country to another.  Pls. tick whatever is applicable to the UNDP CO/BU requiring the goods.

[5] First 2 items in this list are mandatory for the supply of imported goods

[6] UNDP preference is not to pay advanced amount upon signing of contract.  If vendor strictly requires advanced payment, it will be limited only up to 20% of the total price quoted.  For any higher percentage, or advanced payment of $30,000 or higher, UNDP shall require the vendor to submit a bank guarantee or bank checque payable to UNDP, in the same amount as the advanced payment made by UNDP to the vendor.

[7]  Where the information is available in the web, a URL for the information may simply be provided.

[8] This contact person and address is officially designated by UNDP.  If inquiries are sent to other person/s or address/es, even if they are UNDP staff, UNDP shall have no obligation to respond nor can UNDP confirm that the query was received.