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We kindly request you to submit your Proposal To carry out geotechnical inspection, survey, and investigation for the construction of the Jetty (substructure) for a Ship-in-a-Box (SIAB) for Maritime Law Enforcement Agencies at NAVTRAC (Ghana) for ECOWAS Zone F Countries Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal. Proposals may be submitted on or before date as indicated in the quantum system. Your proposal shall be submitted ONLY on the Quantum Platform. Your Proposal must be expressed in the English, and valid for a minimum period of 60 days In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline. Proposals that are received by UNDP after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation.
Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of the RFP and all other annexes providing details of UNDP requirements. The Proposal that complies with all of the requirements, meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract. Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected. Any discrepancy between the unit price and the total price shall be re-computed by UNDP, and the unit price shall prevail, and the total price shall be corrected. If the Service Provider does not accept the final price based on UNDP’s re-computation and correction of errors, its Proposal will be rejected.
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 Proposal. 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 Contract or Purchase Order that will be issued as a result of this RFP shall be subject to the General Terms and Conditions attached hereto. The mere act of submission of a Proposal implies that the Service Provider accepts without question the General Terms and Conditions of UNDP, herein attached as Annex 3. Please be advised that UNDP is not bound to accept any Proposal, nor award a contract or Purchase Order, nor be responsible for any costs associated with a Service Providers preparation and submission of a Proposal, regardless of the outcome or the manner of conducting the selection process. 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/business/protest-and-sanctions.html UNDP encourages every prospective Service Provider to prevent and avoid 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, cost estimates, and other information used in this RFP. UNDP implements a zero tolerance on fraud and other proscribed practices, and is committed to preventing, identifying and addressing all such acts and practices against UNDP, as well as third parties involved in UNDP activities. UNDP expects its Service Providers to adhere to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct found in this link : https://www.un.org/Depts/ptd/sites/www.un.org.Depts.ptd/files/files/attachment/page/pdf/unscc/conduct_english.pdf Thank you and we look forward to receiving your Proposal.
SCOPE OF TENDER
a. Carrying out soil investigations (both Machine boring, Hand auger boring), hydrological investigations, etc as IS code provisions and suggest sequence of excavation if necessary. b. Recommend soil stabilization methodology, soil protection systems if required. c. Recommendation of economical type of foundation to be adopted and its depth to transfer the design loads (will be provided by Structural designer). d. The selected firm should have latest technologies; software and Laboratory facilities (provide the details of Laboratory owned/hired with equipment details). Soil strata analysis includes modelling using appropriate software is preferred. e. The selected firm should be capable of providing soil reports with necessary supporting data regarding soil parameters and reduced levels of concern boreholes for finalizing the design criteria. f. All necessary Soil parameters including but not limited to SPT, Particle size Analysis, Atterberg limits, Water content, Shear parameters (Direct Shear Test, Triaxial Shear Test Unconfined compression test), Specific gravity, Modulus of sub grade reaction,‘k’ value, modulus of soil reaction, E', influence factor for raft foundation, RQD details with uniaxial compression test results, depth of ground water. g. Required No’s of Geotechnical investigation reports with proof calculation sheets shall be submitted in hard copy as mentioned in RFP. The soft copy of the same shall also be submitted. h. The selected firm will have to visit the site, attend the meetings with the Client / stakeholders and to work in relation with Ghana Navy/UNODC design team. i. All deliverables shall be as per the RFP for each project. Drawings, geotechnical investigation reports including geo technical interpretative reports, analysis model etc all in digital & hard copies (as required). j. The selected firm shall aid/expertise if required, to analyse and advise remedies for any problems / test results as per norms arising during foundation construction at site.
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