| Overview : Dear Sir / Madam:
We kindly request you to submit your Proposal to implement Strengthening the potential of handicraft producers of Tajikistan.
Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal.
Proposals may be submitted on or before Thursday, April 15, 2021, by 12:00 local time via email via
email or courier mail to the address below:
United Nations Development Programme
39 Ayni str., Dushanbe, Tajikistan
elbids.tj@undp.org (for offers only)
All queries for the proposal should be sent to the attention of Procurement Unit at procurement.tj@undp.org
Your Proposal must be expressed in Russian or 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. If you are submitting your Proposal by email, kindly
ensure that it is signed and in PDF format, and free from any virus or corrupted files.
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 number of services and/or goods, by up to a maximum of
twenty‐five percent (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 allow appealing for persons or firms not awarded a
Purchase Order or Contract in a competitive procurement process. If 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/procurement/protest.shtml.
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:
http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/conduct_english.pdf
Thank you and we look forward to receiving your Proposal.
Sincerely yours,
Firuz Khamidov
Operations Manager/ARR
01/04/2021 |
