Procurement Notices

INSTITUTIONAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

RFQ Issued by UNDP on behalf of Global Affairs Canada

Re-Advertised

Consultancy:   Renovation of Care Spaces in Courts under the Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST) Project

Project Title:  Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST) Project

Country: Jamaica

Type of Goods/Services: Civil Works Consultancy

Site Visit:  

Date: November 26, 2019 9:00 AM

Venue: Clarendon Parish Court, Sevens Road, May Pen

NOTE: Interested bidders must register prior to attending the Site visit. Failure to register will result in persons being unable to participate in same.

Register via e-mail: procurement.jamaica@undp.org)

Deadline for Submission of Quotations: 9 December 2019 (please observe the time in e-tendering)

Expected start date: December 2019

Period of assignment/services: Maximum Four months

Background:

Global Affairs Canada is helping the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to support justice sector reforms through an initiative called the “Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST)” Program. The project is currently being implemented by the Government of Jamaica (Ministry of Justice with the Justice Reform Implementation Unit (JRIU) with support from Canada’s Department of Justice (Justice Canada) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Non-state implementing partners have been integrated into the structure of the JUST in the 2018/19 Fiscal year.

The JUST Project can be divided into three components, as follows:

A)      Technical Assistance

B)       Institutional Strengthening

C)       Social Order

information, advice and services, as well as improving the capacity of citizens, civil society representatives (including women’s rights organization) and legal professionals to participate in the justice reform process.

A tour was conducted of selected courts throughout Jamaica to assess existing infrastructure and determine service and accessibility gaps.  The visits to the courts sought to determine the logistics and procedure for entrance to court, accommodation within the waiting/holding areas within courts, departure from courts and interfacing with court personnel, by victims and vulnerable witnesses with special reference to boys and girls.

The court spaces identified will require different levels of internal and external remodeling to conform to the description proposed.  Internal work includes demolition and erection of  semi-permanent walls, installation of doors and partitions, minor plumbing and painting.  The external work also involves the improvement to access for the physically challenged.

To fulfill this mandate, UNDP on behalf of Global Affairs Canada, is seeking the services of a one or two contractors to undertake renovation of two courts namely, St. Mary Parish Court and Clarendon Parish Court.

Summary of Services:

Painting to be done at the St. Mary Parish Court which is situated at Port Maria, St. Mary

Renovation and Installation of fixtures at the Clarendon Parish Court which is situated at Sevens Road, May Pen

For the detailed TOR and RFQ please visit our website at www.jm.undp.org/procurement

Application Procedure:

Proposals should be submitted through the online e-Tendering system https://etendering.partneragencies.org (search for Event ID: Jam10-18-2019) as per the deadline indicated in the system itself. Detailed user guide on how to register in the system can be accessed using the following link:-

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/