REQUEST FOR QUOTATION RFQ Nº UNFPA/FJI/RFQ/22/023 Dear Sir/Madam, We hereby solicit your quotation for the supply of MFAT promotional items, containing below list of specification. Item N° Product Specifications Quantity 1. T-shirts - 100% cotton round neck - Colors (UNFPA Orange and UNFPA Blue). Refer to annex for numbers required in each size and color. - MFAT logo on one sleeve and UNFPA on the other 420 2. Fan - Length = 17cm; Width= 14cm – top, 16cm – middle, 11cm- bottom - UNFPA blue with motifs - MFAT logo on one side and UNFPA on the flip side. Rounded trapezoid-shaped - As per the artwork 1100 3. Bag packs - Laptop bags - Bag size – 36 cm x 27 cm - Artwork- 30cm x 30cm - Color – Black - MFAT and UNFPA logos on the front pocket and message: LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND. 350 This Request for Quotation is open to all legally constituted companies that can provide the requested promotional items and have legal capacity to deliver in the country, or through an authorized representative. Note: 1. Refer to attached Artwork – Annex 2. 2. Samples will be requested during the time of evaluating the quotations to check quality and UNFPA branding. 3. State production timeline. I. About UNFPA UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is an international development agency that works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every child birth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA is the lead UN agency that expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives. To read more about UNFPA, please go to: http://pacific.unfpa.org Objective: The object of the RFQ is to identify a supplier who can provide UNFPA PSRO with all the above-mentioned promotional items. The selected vendor is expected to provide such products, based on the specific Purchase Orders submitted to the vendor. II. Questions Questions or requests for further clarifications should be submitted in writing to the contact person below: Name of contact person at UNFPA: Ashika Mishra Tel Nº: +679 3230739 Fax Nº: +679 3312785 Email address of contact person: amishra@unfpa.org The deadline for submission of questions is Monday 22nd August 2022, 5.00pm, Fiji Time. Questions will be answered in writing and shared with all parties as soon as possible after this deadline. III. Content of quotations Quotations should be submitted in a single email whenever possible, depending on file size. Quotations must contain: a) Technical proposal, in response to the requirements outlined in the specifications should comply with: b) Price quotation, to be submitted strictly in accordance with Price Quotation Form. Both parts of the quotation must be signed by the company’s relevant authority and submitted in PDF format. IV. Instructions for submission Proposals should be prepared based on the guidelines set forth in Section III above, along with a properly filled out and signed price quotation form and are to be sent by email to the contact person indicated below no later than: Monday 22nd August 2022, 5.00pm, Fiji Time. Secure Email address : psro.bidding@unfpa.org Please note the following guidelines for electronic submissions: • The following reference must be included in the email subject line: RFQ Nº UNFPA/FJI/RFQ/22/023 – MFAT Promotional Items. Proposals that do not contain the correct email subject line may be overlooked by the procurement officer and therefore not considered. • The total email size may not exceed 20 MB (including email body, encoded attachments and headers). Where the technical details are in large electronic files, it is recommended that these be sent separately before the deadline. • When submitting electronic offers, Bidders will receive an auto-reply acknowledging receipt of the first email. Should you offer require to submit more than one email, in the body of this first email, bidders are requested to list the number of messages, which make up their technical offer and the number of messages, which make up their financial offer. If you do not receive any auto-reply for the first email from UNFPA’s email system, please inform Ram Dahal, Operations and Quality Assurance Analyst at: dahal@unfpa.org • Any quotation submitted will be regarded as an offer by the bidder and does not constitute or imply the acceptance of any quotation by UNFPA. UNFPA is under no obligation to award a contract to any bidder as a result of this RFQ. V. Overview of Evaluation Process Quotations will be evaluated based on the compliance with the technical specifications and the total cost of the goods (price quote). The evaluation will be carried out in a two-step process by an ad-hoc evaluation panel. Technical proposals will be evaluated for technical compliance prior to the comparison of price quotes. VI. Award In case of a satisfactory result from the evaluation process, UNFPA shall award a Purchase Order to the lowest priced bidder whose bid has been determined to be substantially compliant with the bidding documents. VII. Right to Vary Requirements at Time of Award UNFPA reserves the right at the time of award of Contract to increase or decrease, by up to 20%, the volume of goods specified in this RFQ without any change in unit prices or other terms and conditions. VIII. Payment Terms UNFPA payment terms are net 30 days upon receipt of shipping documents, invoice and other documentation required by the contract. IX. Fraud and Corruption UNFPA is committed to preventing, identifying, and addressing all acts of fraud against UNFPA, as well as against third parties involved in UNFPA activities. UNFPA’s Policy regarding fraud and corruption is available here: Fraud Policy. Submission of a proposal implies that the Bidder is aware of this policy. Suppliers, their subsidiaries, agents, intermediaries and principals must cooperate with the UNFPA Office of Audit and Investigations Services as well as with any other oversight entity authorized by the Executive Director and with the UNFPA Ethics Advisor as and when required. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, the following: access to all employees, representatives agents and assignees of the vendor; as well as production of all documents requested, including financial records. Failure to fully cooperate with investigations will be considered sufficient grounds to allow UNFPA to repudiate and terminate the Agreement, and to debar and remove the supplier from UNFPA's list of registered suppliers. A confidential Anti-Fraud Hotline is available to any Bidder to report suspicious fraudulent activities at UNFPA Investigation Hotline. X. Zero Tolerance UNFPA has adopted a zero-tolerance policy on gifts and hospitality. Suppliers are therefore requested not to send gifts or offer hospitality to UNFPA personnel. Further details on this policy are available here: Zero Tolerance Policy. XI. RFQ Protest Bidder(s) perceiving that they have been unjustly or unfairly treated in connection with a solicitation, evaluation, or award of a contract may submit a complaint to the UNFPA Head of the Business Unit Saira Shameem, UNFPA PSRO Deputy Director and Deputy Representative at shameem@unfpa.org. Should the supplier be unsatisfied with the reply provided by the UNFPA Head of the Business Unit, the supplier may contact the Chief, Procurement Services Branch at procurement@unfpa.org. XII. Disclaimer Should any of the links in this RFQ document be unavailable or inaccessible for any reason, bidders can contact the Procurement Officer in charge of the procurement to request for them to share a PDF version of such document(s). PRICE QUOTATION FORM Name of Bidder: Date of the quotation: Click here to enter a date. Request for quotation Nº: UNFPA/FJI/RFQ/22/023 Currency of quotation: FJD Validity of quotation: (The quotation shall be valid for a period of at least 3 months after the submission deadline.) Price Quotation Form Item Product Name & Description UOM Unit Price Number of Units Total (FJD) 1 T-shirts - 100% cotton round neck - Colors (UNFPA Orange and UNFPA Blue). Refer to numbers required for each size and color. - MFAT logo on one sleeve and UNFPA on the other ea 420 2 Fan - Length = 17cm; Width= 14cm – top, 16cm – middle, 11cm- bottom - UNFPA blue with motifs - MFAT logo on one side and UNFPA on the flip side. Rounded trapezoid-shaped - As per the artwork ea 1100 3 Bag packs - Laptop bags - Bag size – 36 cm x 27 cm - Artwork- 30cm x 30cm - Color – Black - MFAT and UNFPA logos on the front pocket and message: LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND. ea 350 TOTAL COST FJD I hereby certify that the company mentioned above, which I am duly authorized to sign for, has reviewed RFQ UNFPA/FJI/RFQ/22/023 including all annexes, amendments to the RFQ document (if applicable) and the responses provided by UNFPA on clarification questions from the prospective service providers. Further, the company accepts the General Conditions of Contract for UNFPA and we will abide by this quotation until it expires. Click here to enter a date. Name and title Date and place ANNEX I: General Conditions of Contracts: De Minimis Contracts This Request for Quotation is subject to UNFPA’s General Conditions of Contract: De Minimis Contracts, which are available in: English, Spanish and French
15 August 2022