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Request For Proposals Amendment No. 2
Request For Proposals Amendment No. 2
Request For Proposals Amendment No. 2
We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Development of Climate Change Information and Knowledge Management Portal
of Moldova.
Negotiation ID: UNDP-MDA-00015
United Nations Development Programme, hereinafter referred to as UNDP hereby invites prospective proposers to submit a proposal in
accordance with the General Conditions of Contract and the Terms of Reference as set out in this Request for Proposal (RFP).
To enable you to submit a proposal, please read the following attached documents carefully.
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If you are interested in submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, please prepare your proposal in accordance with the requirements
and procedure as set out in this RFP and submit it by the deadline for submission of proposals set out in Section 3: Data Sheet.
Should you be interested to submit a proposal, please log in to the online portal and subscribe to this tender following the instructions in the
system user guide. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate through the system as indicated in Section 3: Data Sheet.
Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable
the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly
communicate using the messaging functionality in the system.
Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org/ using the profile you may
have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, follow the Supplier Portal Registration Link to register a profile in the system.
Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the
username from previous registration.
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Tender Overview RfP22/02492: Development of Climate Change Information and Knowledge Management Portal of Moldova
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Table of Contents
1 Overview.....................................................................................................................................................5
1.1 General Information............................................................................................................................5
1.2 Tender Timeline..................................................................................................................................6
1.3 Response Rules..................................................................................................................................6
1.4 Terms..................................................................................................................................................7
1.5 Attachments........................................................................................................................................7
2 Requirements.............................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Section 1. General Provisions.............................................................................................................8
2.2 Section 2. Documents to be submitted - Preliminary Examination......................................................9
2.3 Section 3. Minimum Eligibility and Qualification Criteria ..................................................................11
2.4 Section 4. Evaluation Criteria - Qualifications...................................................................................12
2.5 Section 5. Technical evaluation Criteria (for evaluators)...................................................................13
2.6 Section 6. Financial Evaluation.........................................................................................................17
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3.1 Line Information................................................................................................................................18
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1 Overview
1.1 General Information
Proposals may be submitted on or before the deadline indicated in the system directly in the portal. It is your
responsibility to ensure that your quotation is submitted before the deadline. Offers received after the
submission deadline outside the online portal, for whatever reason, will not be considered for evaluation.
Offers must be submitted directly in NextGenERP supplier portal following this link: http://supplier.nextgenerp.
partneragencies.org/ using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before,
follow this link to register a profile:
https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000127715297&_adf.
ctrl-
state=azywmctp_1&_afrLoop=6329722925931702&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null&_afrFS=16&_afr
MT=screen&_afrMFW=1042&_afrMFH=575&_afrMFDW=1280&_afrMFDH=720&_afrMFC=8&_afrMFCI=0&_af
rMFM=0&_afrMFR=144&_afrMFG=0&_afrMFS=0&_afrMFO=0 Do not create a new profile if you already have
one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from
previous registration.
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
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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 quantity of services and/or goods, by up to a
maximum twenty-five per cent (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.
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 afford an opportunity to appeal for persons or firms not
awarded a Purchase Order or Contract in a competitive procurement process. In the event that 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/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/protest-and-
sanctions.html
UNDP encourages every prospective supplier 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: https://www.un.org/Depts/ptd/sites/www.un.org.Depts.
ptd/files/files/attachment/page/pdf/unscc/conduct_english.pdf
Contact person: Pavel Gavrilita pavel.gavrilita@undp.org;Maria Nicolaev maria.nicolaev@undp.org
This is a two stage negotiation and all responses will be evaluated in two stages.
Preview Date
Open Date 18-Jul-2022 09.13.34
Close Date 27-Jul-2022 09.30.00
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
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1.4 Terms
Negotiation Currency USD (US Dollar)
1.5 Attachments
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2 Requirements
*Response is required
Please read the questions carefully and answer the questions by selecting an appropriate response. kindly
also upload relevant documents where necessary.
Kindly upload financial proposal documents in financial section (Financial Evaluation - Commercial)
only. If your financial proposal is visible in any part of the technical section, your proposal will be
disqualified.
3. Highest Combined Score (based on the 70% technical offer and 30% price weight distribution)
Full acceptance of the UNDP Contract General Terms and Conditions (GTC). This is a mandatory criterion
and cannot be deleted regardless of the nature of services required. Non-acceptance of the GTC may be
grounds for the rejection of the Proposal.
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7. Quality Certificates
Please provide legal documents including company registration certificate, legal representation, etc.Quality
Certificates, if any
Response attachments are optional.
*12. CVs
Please provide CVs (signed by the envisaged personnel), clearly stipulating the relevant experience which
meets the listed requirements, of the Key personnel (mentioned in Section 5: Terms of Reference).
Weight: 0.00
Target: CVs provided
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*4. Bankruptcy
Do you confirm that you have not declared bankruptcy or not involved in bankruptcy or receivership
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proceedings and there is no judgment or pending legal action against the company that could impair
operations in the foreseable future.
Weight: 0.00
Select one of the following:-
a. Not involved in bankruptcy or similar proceedings(Response attachments are optional)
b. Involved in bankruptcy or other similar proceedings(Response attachments are optional)
*2. Litigations
No Consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the proposer for the last 3 years
Select one of the following:-
a. No Litigations
b. Litigation history provided(Response attachments are optional)
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• 1 Project Manager
• 1 Senior Developer
• 1 Developer
• 1 Tester
• 1 Designer
Please note: The above listed roles can be cumulated by certain team members, but not more than two
roles per team member, clarifying in the Methodology the reasoning for such approach and distribution of
tasks.
(For JV/Consortium/Association, all Parties cumulatively should meet requirement). Please indicate the
number of key experts proposed, as per requirement.
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*2. 1.1. Reputation of the Organization and Staff Credibility / Reliability / Industry Standing:
- A company is a well-known market player, based on reference letters – up to 10 pts.;
- Financial standing ($200 000 – $700 000 of average annual turnover for last three years –10 pts.; between
$700 000 and $1 5000 000 – 20 pts.; more than $1 500 000 – 35 pts.).
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*3. 1.2. General Organizational Capability which is likely to affect implementation: management
structure, financial stability and project financing capacity, project management controls, extent to
which any work would be subcontracted:
- Age/size of the firm (<5 years – 0 pts., 5 years – 10 pts., > 5 years – 2 pts. for each additional year, up to
max. 20 pts.);
-Project management controls (organigram) - up to 10 pts.;
- Extend to which any work would be subcontracted. Only secondary tasks (administrative, backstopping,
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maintenance) can be subcontracted. (The company subcontracts main tasks – 0 pts.; the company
subcontracts only secondary tasks – 5 pts; the company doesn't subcontract any work – 15 pts.).
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*4. 1.3. Relevance of specialized knowledge and experience on similar engagements done in the region/
country:
- Minimum 5 (five) years of relevant experience in developing IT systems (< 5 years – pts., 5 years – 10 pts.,
> 5 years – 5 pts. for each additional year up to max. of 45 pts.);
- At least 3 (three) IT projects of similar complexity, developed in the past 5 (five) years and their brief
description in ECIS and European countries (3 contracts – 10 pts., > 3 contracts – 5 pts. for each additional
contract, up to max. of 50 pts.);
- Experience of integration of Application Interface of government e-services. Experience in Moldova will be
a strong advantage (no – 0 pts., yes – 10 pts., including experience in Moldova – 20 pts.);
-Demonstrated experience of working with Central Public Authorities. Experience of working with Central
Public Authorities in Moldova will be a strong advantage (no – 0 pts., yes – 10 pts., including experience in
Moldova – 20 pts);
- Working experience with UN Agencies and/or other international organizations will be an asset (no – 0
pts., yes – 10 pts.).
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
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*7. 2.1. To what degree does the Proposer understand the assignment?
-The Proposer has full understanding of the assignment. The proposed approach and methodology fully
demonstrate responsiveness to the ToR – up to 60 pts.;
-The Proposer has satisfactory understanding of the assignment. The proposed approach and methodology
correspond to the TOR but require some adjustments to properly address all the tasks – up to 40 pts.;
-The Proposer has limited understanding of the assignment. The proposed approach and methodology don't
correspond to the TOR and require major adjustments to properly address the tasks – up to 20 pts.
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*8. 2.2. Is the conceptual framework adopted appropriate for the assignment?
- The presented conceptual framework is appropriate for the assignment, all important aspects being fully
described, and requirements addressed – up to 50 pts.;
- The presented conceptual framework requires some adjustments to fully incorporate all aspects and
requirements of the assignment – up to 30 pts.;
- The presented conceptual framework requires major adjustments to address all the aspects and
requirements of the assignment – up to 10 pts.
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*9. 2.3. The preliminary implementation plan is clear, the sequence of project phases, activities,
milestones and the planning is logical, realistic and the needed human and material resources
promise an efficient implementation of the project:
- The proposed plan is clear, well-structured with a defined and realistic sequence of activities, all needed
human and material resources to be allocated by the bidder promise an efficient implementation of the
project – up to 60 pts;
- The proposed plan is clear, well-structured with a defined but lowly realistic sequence of activities and the
needed human and material resources to be allocated by the bidder certainly are not sufficient – up to 40
pts;
- The proposed plan is not well structured and doesn't present a clear sequence of activities and the needed
human and material resources to be allocated by the bidder are missing – up to 20 pts.
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
*10. 2.4. The proposed technical solution is adequate and is compliant with the System's technical
requirements (functional and non-functional):
- The proposed detailed technical offer is relevant and fully responds to functional and non-functional
requirements – up to 80 pts.;
- The proposed detailed technical offer requires clarifications to ensure its adequacy, it has some non-critical
gaps and uncertainties which require clarifications – up to 50 pts.;
- The proposed detailed technical offer is not adequate and doesn't detail on functional and non-functional
requirements – up to 20 pts.
Weight: 0.00
Response attachments are optional.
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