Subject: RFP to select a service provider to design and conduct a pre- and post-population survey study of a representative sample of residents within target Local Public Administrations
Request for Proposals (RfP) No.: FY24-CM-PSS (01)
Date of launch: August 10, 2023, 17:00 (Chisinau local time)
Closing Date for Questions: September 06, 2023, 10:00 (Chisinau local time)
Closing Date for Submission of Proposal: August 18, 2022, 10:00 (Chisinau local time)
Summary of the Comunitatea Mea (CM) Program
The Comunitatea Mea Program aims to strengthen local government to become more effective, transparent and accountable to citizens and to build local government’s capacity in meeting citizens’ needs. Details are available at https://www.irex.org/project/comunitatea-mea-my-community.
The aim: The Comunitatea Mea (CM) program, administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), design, conduct and analyze a pre- and post-population survey study of a representative sample of residents within target Local Public Administrations (selected under Cohort 4), as well as qualitative data collected from CM stakeholder.
Timeline:
- If the Applicants have questions or clarifications, they can submit the questions or clarifications to tender.cm.md@irex.org until 10:00 on August 18, 2022 (Chisinau local time).
- Deadline for Submission of Proposal: September 06, 2023, 10:00 (Chisinau local time). Proposals received after 10:00 on September 06, 2023 (Chisinau local time) shall be considered late and shall not be evaluated.
Estimated timeline of service delivery: October 2023 – August 2025
Instructions:
- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RfP) FY24-CM-PSS (01);
- RFP Instructions and Data;
- Mandatory Technical Specifications and Requirements (Terms of Reference).
For all Bidders (Bidders legally registered in Moldova and international Bidders):
☒ Annex I: Proposal Submission Form duly completed and signed
☒ Annex II: Technical Proposal Form duly completed and signed and in accordance with the Mandatory Technical Specifications and Requirements (Terms of Reference) from Section 3 of this RFP
☒ Annex III: Financial Proposal Form duly completed and signed and in accordance with the Mandatory Technical Specifications and Requirements (Terms of Reference) from Section 3 of this RFP
☒ Annex IV: Experience and Past Performance Form duly completed and signed
☒ Company Profile (general information about the Bidder’s profile/company description) up to 2 pages . Please provide the company profile, if available, as required under Experience and Past Performance Form (Annex IV)
☒ Recommendations letters for at least two (2) contracts for services of similar size and nature, completed successfully and on time. Please provide a copy of the recommendation letters as required under Experience and Past Performance Form (Annex IV)
For Bidders legally registered in Moldova:
☒ the documents before mentioned in the Section For all Bidders above
☒ and the Registration Certificate (if available) or the Decision of the Registration of the company or Extras from the State Register of Legal Entities issued by the Public Services Agency.
For international Bidders:
☒ the documents before mentioned in the Section For all Bidders above
☒ and the Copy of registration certificate of the company or extract of Charter/Bylaws or document that substitute it that discloses the information about the founder (s) and current director/administrator of the company;
☒ Copy of the Charter of the company or that substitute this document that discloses the information about the founder (s) and current director/administrator of the company.
- Please scan, sign, and submit your proposal via e-mail to: tender.cm.md@irex.org
- The Subject line of the email should read: “RFP No.: FY24-CM-PSS (01), Company Name.”
- Proposals received after 10:00 on September 06, 2023 (Chisinau local time) shall be considered late and shall not be evaluated.
Comunitatea Mea project is registered under number 8721138910631 in the LIST of ongoing technical assistance projects covered by international treaties for the application of exemptions from income tax, excise duties, customs duties, duties on customs procedures, taxes on goods which, in the process use, causes environmental pollution, as well as the application of the VAT exemption with the right of deduction for the goods and services intended for them (Annex no. 1 to the Government Decision no. 246 of 08.04.2010 on how to apply the related fiscal and customs facilities implementation of ongoing technical and investment assistance projects, which fall under the international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova is a party).
IMPORTANT !
The Bidder must ensure that the procurement did not originate in the USAID prohibited source countries. ADS 310 - https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/300/310 - states the following: No services may be procured from suppliers with a nationality from countries designated by USAID as “prohibited sources.” Additionally, no goods may be procured from source countries that are designated as prohibited sources. The list of countries designated as prohibited sourcescan be found here - https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/300/310mac under List of Prohibited Source Countries and here https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/sanctions-programs-and-country-information.
If IREX determines that the Bidder has procured any commodities or services under the award related to this RfP contrary to the requirements of this provision, and has received payment for such purposes, IREX may require the Applicant to refund the entire amount of the purchase.
The RfP is issued in English and Romanian languages. In the event of inconsistency between the content of the RfP and the translation into Romanian, the English meaning will prevail.
IREX Moldova does not discriminate against any Applicant or potential Applicant, such as, but not limited to, by withholding, adversely impacting, or denying equitable access to benefits or services on the basis of any non-merit factor. A non-merit factor includes race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, or veteran’s status.
Please go to https://tender.md.irex.org/ro/info for more information
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