Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(Pakistan Program)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Planned Timetable
Issue Request for Proposal 4 January 2023
Suppliers return signed Intent to Bid forms due date 6 January 2023
Questions from Suppliers due date 9 January 2023
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Table of Content
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I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 3
1. The International Rescue committee ............................................................................. 3
2. The Purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) ......................................................... 3
3. Cost of Bidding ................................................................................................................ 3
II. THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS: ................................................................................................ 3
4. The Bidding Documents ................................................................................................. 3
5. Clarification of Bidding Documents............................................................................... 4
III. PREPARATION OF BIDS: .................................................................................................. 4
6. Language of Bid .............................................................................................................. 4
7. Documents Comprising the Bid ..................................................................................... 4
9. Bid Currencies ................................................................................................................. 5
10. Document Establishing Goods Eligibility and Conformity to Bidding Documents ... 5
11. Bid Security ..................................................................................................................... 5
12. Period of Validity of Bids ................................................................................................ 6
13. Format and Signing ......................................................................................................... 6
IV. SUBMISSION OF BIDS ....................................................................................................... 6
14. Submission and Marking of Bids: .................................................................................. 6
15. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids ............................................................................. 7
V. BID OPENING AND EVALUATION ........................................................................................ 7
16. Preliminary Examination................................................................................................. 7
17. Evaluation and Comparison of Bids .............................................................................. 7
18. Contacting the Purchaser ............................................................................................... 8
19. Notification of Award ...................................................................................................... 8
VI. CONTRACTING ................................................................................................................... 8
20. Contract award and notification ..................................................................................... 8
21. Warranty ................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
22. Inspection ........................................................................................................................ 8
23. Price Schedules and Location........................................................................................ 8
24. Service or consultant agreements ................................................................................. 9
25. Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................ 9
26. Ethical Operating Standards ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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A. INTRODUCTION
The winning Bidder will enter into a ‘’Master Service Agreement’’ for period of two (02) years,
may be extended for one (01) more year subject to satisfactory performance. Bidder shall be
domiciled in and shall comply with all Government Regulations to operate in (Pakistan). Bidder
shall be regular tax-payers and shall furnish a copy of their operating license/certificate of
registration valid for the fiscal year (2023-2024). Bidder shall not be under a declaration of
ineligibility for corrupt or fraudulent practices.
3. Cost of Bidding
The Bidder shall be responsible for all costs associated with the preparation and submission of
its bid, and IRC hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, will in no case be responsible or
liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process.
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5. Clarification of Bidding Documents
A prospective Bidder requiring clarification of the Bidding Documents may notify the Purchaser
in writing at CO-Procurement@resuce.org. The request for clarification must reach the
purchaser not later than January 9 2023. The Purchaser shall respond by e-mail providing
clarification on the bid documents no later than January 13, 2023. Written copies of the
Purchaser’s response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source
of inquiry) shall be communicated to all prospective Bidders which express an intention to
submit bids.
C. PREPARATION OF BIDS:
6. Language of Bid
The Bid and all related correspondence and documents exchanged between the Bidders and
the Purchaser shall be written in (English Language). Any printed literature furnished by the
Bidder and written in another language shall be accompanied by a (English Language)
translation of its pertinent passages, in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the bid, the
English translation shall prevail. Any translations must be performed by a licensed translator as
recognized and notarized by the Courts and Government of Pakistan.
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Minimum Eligibility/ Proof to be submitted for fulfilling List
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Eligibility/Qualification Criteria
Qualification Criteria Yes (√)
No (X)
1. A Certificate of Business Registration or Certificate of Business Registration /Trading
Trading License in (Pakistan)Company license.
account-maintained letter (bank letter) Company profile
along with company profile Bank Letter with account details
2. Registration of the bidder with Sales Tax Certificate of Registration (if applicable)
Department/Provincial Revenue Authority
3. Bidder should NOT be: a) Bidder will Provide an undertaking on
a) blacklisted by any of the stamp paper that the firm is not
Provincial/Federal Government or blacklisted or defaulter in any private
organizations of the State/ Federal and public sector procurement in the
Government in Pakistan last 3 years.
defaulter of any scheduled bank b) Each bidder will provide undertaking
that firm is not defaulter of any
scheduled bank.
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separate undertaking for “a” and “b”
8. Bid Prices.
The Bidder shall clearly indicate the unit price of the goods/items/services it proposes to supply.
All unit prices shall be clearly indicated in the space provided in the price schedule, and all unit
prices quoted in the RFP response shall be agreed to be in effect for a minimum of 2 (Two) years
beginning on the date when the contract is executed. The Bidder shall sign and stamp the price
schedule with the Bidding Company’s seal where feasible.
9. Bid Currencies
All financial rates and amounts entered in the Bid Form and Price Schedule and used in
documents, correspondence, or operations pertaining to this tender shall be expressed in (PKR OF
CURRENCY)
The Documentary evidence of the goods’ and services’ conformity to the Bidding Documents
may be in the form of technical specifications, literature, drawings, data (tables, graphs etc.),
and shall furnish:
The Bidder may propose alternate standards, brand-names and/or catalogue numbers in its
bid, provided that it demonstrates to the Purchaser’s satisfaction that the substitutions are
substantially equivalent or superior to those designated in the Technical Specifications.
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12. Period of Validity of Bids
Bids shall remain valid for 90 working days after the date of bid opening prescribed by the
Purchaser. A bid valid for a shorter period may be rejected by the Purchaser as non-
responsive.
In exceptional circumstances, the Purchaser may request the Bidders to extend the period of
validity. The request and the responses thereto shall be made in writing by letter or e-mail. A
bidder agreeing to the request will not be required nor permitted to modify his bid.
Interlineations, erasures, annotations, or overwriting shall be valid only if they are initialed by
the person or persons signing the bid.
Please note: A single bidder may not bid on the same tender via more than one company
under his or her ownership. In addition, bidders having close relationships with other bidders
(members of the same family, subsidiary, or daughter companies, etc.) may not bid on the
same tender. This type of action, or any other action judged by the Purchaser to constitute
collusive behavior, will lead to the bidder(s) being automatically eliminated from this tender and
disqualified from participating in future IRC tenders. On the other hand, one bidder may submit
more than one offer in response to the same tender only if the offers demonstrate clear
differences in specifications, quality, lead time, and other characteristic of the goods and
services offered.
D. SUBMISSION OF BIDS
Bidders shall sign the bid register form at the reception of the IRC office indicating their
company name, telephone number, and date of submission.
Format
The Bidder’s proposal shall include a technical proposal and a financial proposal, in
separate sealed envelopes.
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15. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids
The Bidder may modify or withdraw its Bid after submission, provided that written notice of the
modification, including substitution or withdrawal of the Bids, is received by the Purchaser prior
to the deadline prescribed for submission of Bids.
The Bidder’s modification or withdrawal notice shall be prepared, sealed, marked, and
dispatched. No Bid may be modified after the deadline for submission of bids.
01 satisfactory reference 5
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Financial proposals will be opened for the firms who will qualify technical evaluation (45 marks or
above). Financial proposal from the vendors do not qualify technically qualify will be returned un-
opened.
Total Score and award of contract
Total score will be calculated as follows:
Total Score = (60% of Technical Score + 40% Financial Score)
NOTE: IRC may conduct physical verification of legitimate business addresses and call
reference check authenticating past performance of bidder. IRC reserve the rights to
disqualify the bidders who failed to secure satisfactory performance check.
F. CONTRACTING
21. Inspection
The Purchaser shall have the right to inspect the services to confirm their conformity to the
specification The inspection will be conducted by assigned staff of the Purchaser or a reputed
relevant consultant selected by the Purchaser.
In the future business relation, should any inspected goods fail to conform to the specification,
the Purchaser may reject them, and the Bidder shall replace the rejected goods without
extension of time except at the Purchaser’s sole discretion.
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List of Services for Master Service Agreement as per below Categories is attached.
24. Disclaimer
The Purchaser reserves the right to alter the dates of the timetable.
The Purchaser does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any proposal.
The IRC Way: Standards for Professional Conduct (“The IRC Way”), the IRC’s code of conduct,
which can be found at: https://www.rescue.org/page/our-code-conduct and IRC’s combating
Trafficking in Persons Policy, which can be found at:
https://rescue.app.box.com/s/h6dv915b72o1rnapxg3vczbqxjtboyel. The IRC Way provides three
(3) core values - Integrity, Service, and Accountability – and twenty-two (22) specific undertakings.
The IRC Way provides, inter alia, that IRC does “not engage in theft, corrupt practices, nepotism,
bribery, or trade in illicit substances.” IRC’s procurement systems and policies are designed to
maximize transparency and minimize the risk of corruption in IRC’s operations.
a) Members of the same family submit separate bids for the same tender.
b) Separate companies owned by the same person submit separate bids for the same tender.
c) Employees of a bidding company submitting separate bids through companies they own
for the same tender.
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d) Partners in a bidder submitting separate bids under their own names/ companies they own
for the same tender.
It is collusion for a person to be involved in more than companies/ businesses submitting a bid
to the same tender. Collusion will lead to IRC disqualifying the involved Individuals or
companies from that tender as well as disqualify them from submitting bids for future tenders.
In addition, IRC may share information relating to this collusion with other international aid
organizations operating in the region leading to loss of business opportunities for the colluders.
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Request for Proposal (RFP) (Rented Vehicle Services)
ANNEXURE A
The Provider
1. The Provider will be fully responsible for all sort of damages/theft happened to vehicle/s inside
or outside of the IRC office including damages or losses, on account of failure of performance
by the defaulting party if the failure is the result of an Act of God (e.g. fire, flood, inclement
weather, epidemic, or earthquake); war or act of terrorism, including chemical or biological
warfare, embargo; governmental acts, orders, accidents, theft/ stolen or restrictions. IRC will
not be held responsible for anything happened to vehicle.
2. The Provider is responsible for genuine vehicle documents and driver with the valid driving
license. Any problems regarding police or other government departments regarding the rented
vehicle or the driver will be sole responsibility of the Provider.
3. IRC will not be responsible for any injury, death or damage to the vehicle and/or its passengers
(including the driver) passengers of other vehicles, pedestrians or a third party involved in an
accident when the vehicle is driven by the driver assigned by the Provider. In other term,
required vehicles must be third party insured with the reputed insurance company. IRC will
require the substantial arrangement record at the time of vehicle possession.
4. The Provider will be responsible for any maintenance and repair of the vehicle and if this
maintenance/repair prevents from rendering services to IRC, then the Provider will provide a
substitute vehicle which will be equally good or better in condition than the originally rented.
5. The Provider is responsible to equip the vehicle with fire extinguisher and first aid box while
providing the vehicle/s to IRC. The Supply Chain department will verify the quality of the items
before accepting the vehicle/s. The Provider will be responsible to bear the cost of these items,
i-e. Fire extinguisher, first aid box. Spare tyre, Toe Chain, Umbrella, Sunshades, Torch, Battery
Jumper, Jack, Wheel wrench, Tool Kit.
6. The Provider will be responsible for replacement of driver in case the deputed driver is unable
to function due to any reason or his performance is not satisfactory. The driver so assigned
shall be security cleared, preferably with a police clearance certificate.
7. The IRC reserves the right to reject the assigned driver, if he is not tidy and properly dressed,
is under the influence of medication, drugs or alcohol, if he is ill or if he does not follow the IRC
regulations. In such circumstances the provider agrees to replace the driver immediately.
8. The vehicle will serve 6-days week, round the clock if needed, but the driver will perform duty,
Monday to Saturday from 07:00 AM to 7:00 PM or on revised time during the month of
Ramadan, with a relaxation of one hour for lunch and prayers. The vehicle is completely
restricted to IRC official duty only in the rental period and will never be used for personnel
tasks. Any personal use of this vehicle during the rental period will be considered as violation
of this agreement and may result in cancellation of this agreement. The vehicle, if is not out-
station, must be parked in IRC premises during night or at provider premises as agreed.
9. The provider will ensure the periodic / all sort of repair and maintenance upto IRC satisfaction
not limited to general services change of Oil, Diesel and Air Filter.
10. All the repairs will be carried out after the normal working hours.
11. The Provider will be responsible and pay all cost for the renewal of the registration (Excise and
Taxation department) or any other documents related to the rented vehicle.
12. The Provider shall pay monthly salary to the drivers as describe by Govt. of Pakistan Time by
time, IRC will not be responsible for any accident happened because of driver’s mistakes or
other vehicles mistake. The drivers provided will be considered as employee of the Provider
and will not be entitled for any benefits, allowances except those mentioned in this agreement.
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Request for Proposal (RFP) (Rented Vehicle Services)
13. The Provider will pay Rs. 3,000/= travel advance to the rental drivers for repair and
maintenance of the vehicles. Any other expenses associated with toll tax/parking fee will be
anticipated by the provider.
14. The Provider should provide suitable accommodation for the rental drivers at their duty stations.
15. Filling up and submission of log sheets is mandatory for drivers for processing the rent
payment.
16. The provider will moreover guarantee the intermittent disinfectant of vehicle at least once in a month
or as required by IRC.
17. Drivers will follow IRC Covid-19 SOPs for all the provided vehicles (copy attached).
B. IRC:
1. IRC will pay monthly rent according to the duty station and specific vehicles for the contracted
period on monthly basis upon submission of invoice along with logbook.
2. IRC will not be held responsible to pay rented vehicle driver’s per diem, and overtime:
a) In case the driver is assigned for the duty on Sunday or official holidays IRC will
pay Rs.300 per day as overtime through vendor invoice.
b) The IRC person, who will accompany the driver, will be responsible for the
signature on log sheet to be filled by the driver on daily basis, which is to be
submitted to Supply Chain department along with transporters invoice for
monthly payment.
3. In the event of unforeseen and/or minor technical problems IRC will permit the Provider to
make emergency repairs when required.
4. Solutions for any unforeseen problems and or constraints on the part of IRC and the Provider
will jointly negotiated in the spirit of cooperation and partnership.
5. Both parties agree to make every effort to give 7 days’ notice to terminate the contract. If the
Provider draws his vehicle without prior notice, he will not be paid any outstanding dues.
6. The Parties agree to carry out the terms and conditions of this contract in good faith and to the
best of their abilities.
7. Out of city Night Stay: IRC will provide boarding and lodging charges Rs.1,500/- per night
through vendor invoice.
8. Driver usage after duty hours or on Religious, Gazetted holidays or off days – IRC will
compensate to drivers in lieu of overtime / Gazetted Holiday or Off days, IRC compensate
through vendor invoice for overtime @ Rs.150.00 per hour.
Requirement of Vehicles:
The rental vehicles provided to IRC must be in excellent condition. The rental vehicles will be required on
monthly basis. The vehicle provided shall be registered preferably in the same province/area for which it is
being hired. The complete toolkit, including but not limited to spare wheel, wheel change kit, battery jumper
cable, vehicle tow cable etc. In case of visit to remote area must carry a jerry can for extra fuel.
Tracker System:
All vehicles must have a real time vehicle tracking system installed (Please include any proof to this with
your proposal). It may be copy of contract duly signed with vehicle tracking company and details of
customized service may offer to IRC in terms of vehicle tracking system.
Drivers:
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Request for Proposal (RFP) (Rented Vehicle Services)
Following should be observed about the driver at the time of providing the rental vehicle:
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Annex- B "Rent a Car Service for Sindh "
Quantity / Per Month cost with Per day cost with Per day cost with tax
S.No Units
Months tax (Without fuel) tax (Without fuel) (Per KM)
The information provided will be used to evaluate the Company before contracting with the IRC.
Please complete all fields.
Fields marked (*) are mandatory.
Vendor Information
*Company\Organization
Name
*Address
*Website
*Number of Staff
Number of Locations
*Parent companies, if
any
*Subsidiary or affiliate
companies, if any
Financial Information
Swift code (if This field is to be completed upon notification of awarding of order\contract
applicable)
Product/Service Information
List Range of
Products/Services
Offered
Documentations as applicable:
*Registration
Provided ____
References (optional)
10. They are not debarred, suspended, or otherwise precluded from participating in major donor (e.g.
European Union, European and United States Government, United Nations) competitive bid
opportunities.
2. They are not bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have
entered into arrangements with creditors, have suspended business activities, are the subject of
proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure
provided for in national legislation or regulations.
3. They have not been convicted of an offense concerning their professional conduct.
4. They have not been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means that the contracting
authority can justify, or been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with their
contractual obligations towards any contracts awarded in the normal course of business.
5. They have fulfilled obligations related to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of
taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established or with those of
the country where the contract is to be performed.
6. They have not been the subject of a judgment for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal
organization or any other illegal activity.
8. Company warrants that, to the best of its knowledge, no IRC employee, officer, consultant or other
party related to IRC has a financial interest in the Company’s business activities, nor is any IRC employee
related to principals or owners of the company. Discovery of an undisclosed Conflict of Interest situation
will result in immediate revocation of the Company’s Authorized Vendor status and disqualification of
Company from participation in future IRC procurement.
9. Vendor hereby confirms that the organization is not conducting business under other names or alias’s
that have not been declared to IRC.
10. Vendor herby confirms it does not engage in theft, corrupt practices, collusion, nepotism, bribery, or
trade in illicit substances.
By signing the Vendor Information Form you certify that your Company is eligible to supply goods and
services to major donor funded organizations and that all of the above statements are accurate and
factual.
Disclosures of conflict of interest shall be made in writing to the IRC Supply Chain Coordinator or
Deputy Director of Operations in your country. For global procurement, please write to GSCQA. Email:
GSCQA@rescue.org.
P42 – Vendor Information Form Vendor’s Initial ______
These IRC officials shall then determine whether a conflict exists and is material, and whether the
contemplated transaction may be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable. If conflict exists, then the vendor
with such a conflict shall be prohibited from participating in the transaction.
If you believe that any IRC employee, volunteer or intern is acting in a manner that is inconsistent with
these Standards, please notify a supervisor or the confidential helpline Ethicspoint, irc.ethicspoint.com or
call Ethicspoint toll-free (866) 654-6461 in the U.S./call collect (503) 352-8177 outside the U.S. There
will be no retaliation against any person who raises concerns that are based on good faith belief of
improper conduct. An intentionally false report or a failure to report conduct that is known to violate these
standards may result in disciplinary action.
By signing this statement vendor acknowledges any violation of the above IRC policies will
result in immediate termination of any agreement in place and disqualification from participation
in future IRC activities.
Vendor Name:
Signature:
Title:
Print Name:
Date:
Please provide a name and email address for the person within your company that
should receive notices, amendments, etc. that are related to this RFP:
Name ______________________________
Phone ______________________________
Email ______________________________
Date ______________________________
We realize that this is an intent to bid and in no way obligates this company to participate
in this process.
Date ______________________________
Please fax or email this form at your earliest convenience to the attention of:
Fax ______________________________
Email ______________________________