Request For Quotation - Hosting UNFPA Results Based Management Training (Vanuatu)

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

RFQ Nº UNFPA/FIJI/RFQ/2021/002

Dear Sir/Madam,

UNFPA hereby solicits a quotation for the following service:

“Hosting UNFPA Results Based Management Training”

UNFPA PSRO office requires accommodation, catering service and conference facility for hosting of UNFPA PSRO Vanuatu Results Based Management Training for its Implementing Partner Staffs and Field Staffs from 15 -19 March 2021, in Luganville Santo. The training will facilitate an estimated 17 participants who will be engaged in virtual meetings with Program Advisers from PSRO, and also interact with IP colleagues at the training venue through group works.   

This Request for Quotation is open to all legally-constituted companies that can provide the requested services and have legal capacity to perform in the country, or through an authorized representative.

1. 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 a healthy sexual and reproductive lives. To read more about UNFPA, please go to: http://pacific.unfpa.org

2. Service Requirements/Terms of Reference (ToR)

Objectives and scope of the Services

• • • Background information

Under the Pacific Sub-Regional Office banner, 14 countries are covered in the Pacific region which includes Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, RMI, FSM, Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tokelau and Tuvalu. The Pacific Sub-Regional Office in Fiji supplies Reproductive Health Commodities in support of the activities it undertakes in these 14 countries.

• • • Development objective(s)

The key objectives of the workshop are to:

• Increase the knowledge of Implementing Partners on Results Based Management (RBM) and its application for effective implementation, monitoring and improved reporting of Vanuatu’s National SRHR, GBV and Population and Development Programme under the SRP6 and the DFAT funded Transformative Agenda.
• Increase knowledge of the concept of Theory of Change (ToC) and its application in programme design by linking activities and monitoring of results to achieve the desired goals
• Harmonize monitoring practices in UNFPA Country UNJP Offices and link UNFPA monitoring requirements and indicators to implementing partners (IP) reporting systems and Country Strategic Plan indicators
• Increase staff knowledge of the relationship or linkage and alignment of the 6th Regional Programme (SRPAP) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Pacific Strategy (UNPS), the Healthy Islands Framework and make relevant linkages and synergies to their internal M & E systems and processes
• Synchronize with a country’s national reporting requirements and minimize compliance burden identify specific country-based and other contextual factors that may inhibit effective use of monitoring systems and tools, and propose achievable strategies to address them

• • • Output/deliverable(s) and activities

The accommodation, catering and conference facility should be able to provide;

• Superior/ Deluxe room (double bed) with breakfast and Wi-Fi included
• Conference room with capacity to host 17 guests
• Full Day Conference package inclusive of:
  
  • Venue, Morning tea, Buffet lunch and Afternoon tea
  • White Board (s) with markers, Projector and a Wide Screen
  • Dedicated stable Internet access to host virtual online meetings and participants use on laptops.
  • Speakers and Mics
  • Refreshments on group tables (water)

3. Questions

Questions or requests for further clarifications should be submitted in writing to the contact person below:

The deadline for submission of questions is [Tuesday 2^nd March 2021, 5.30pm Fiji Time]. Questions will be answered in writing and shared with all parties as soon as possible after this deadline.

4. Content of quotations

Quotations should be submitted in a single email whenever possible, depending on file size. Quotations must contain:

1. Technical proposal, in response to the requirements outlined in the service requirements / ToRs.
2. Price Quotation, to be submitted strictly in accordance with the Price Quotation Form.

Both parts of the quotation must be signed by the bidding company’s relevant authority and submitted in PDF format.

5. Instructions for submission

Proposals should be prepared based on the guidelines set forth in Section IV above, along with a properly filled out and signed price quotation form, and are to be sent by email to the address indicated below no later than: Friday 5^th March 2021 at 5.30 pm

Please note the following guidelines for electronic submissions to UNFPA PSRO dedicated email address:

• Do not submit your proposal to any other e-mail address than psro.bidding@unfpa.org, or your proposal will be disqualified.
• The following reference must be included in the email subject line: RFQ Nº UNFPA/FIJI/RFQ/2021/002– “Hosting UNFPA PSRO Vanuatu RBM Training”. Proposals, including both technical and financial 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 Mr. 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.

6. Overview of Evaluation Process

Quotations will be evaluated based on the technical proposal and the total cost of the services (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.

7. Award Criteria

In case of a satisfactory result from the evaluation process, UNFPA intends to award a Purchase Order for the Accommodation, Catering and Conference Facility to the bidder that obtain the lowest-priced technically acceptable offer.

8. 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 services specified in this RFQ without any change in unit prices or other terms and conditions.

9. Payment Terms

UNFPA payment terms are net 30 days upon receipt of invoice and delivery/acceptance of the milestone deliverables linked to payment as specified in the contract.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 Dr. Jennifer Butler, UNFPA PSRO Director and Representative at butler@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.

13. 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

• Quoted rates must be exclusive of all taxes, since UNFPA is exempt from taxes.

Example Price Schedule below:

I hereby certify that the company mentioned above, which I am duly authorized to sign for, has reviewed RFQ UNFPA/FIJI/RFQ/2021/002 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.

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