You are kindly invited to submit a technical and financial proposal relating to ARD Inc. NRWMP Request for Proposal No. 005.
- ARD Inc. intends to issue one or more Fixed Unit Price subcontract(s) for this work. Any resulting subcontract will contain standard ARD terms and conditions, inclusive of mandatory clauses noted in Attachment E.
- Costs incurred by respondents for the preparation of a proposal and the negotiation of contract are not reimbursable.
- ARD reserves the right to accept an offeror’s proposal without further discussion.
- ARD will only evaluate proposals from registered, qualified firms to execute and implement the work under this project.
- Offerors are required to obtain DBA insurance prior to commencement of any services. See the Financial Proposal Section for more information.
- If awarded, the subcontractor must have or be able to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). See the Financial Proposal Section for more information.
- - ARD Inc. reserves the right to order in phases or by activities that are most advantageous to ARD ARD Inc. is not bound to accept any of the proposals submitted.
- The Offers must be able to complete all the items stated in the Statement of Work in Attachment A.
Authorized USAID Geographic Code- All goods and services offered under this solicitation or supplied under any resulting award must meet
USAID Geographic Code 937 in accordance with the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
22 CFR §228.
- Code 937 includes the United States, West Bank and Gaza, and developing countries other than advanced developing countries, but excluding any country that is a prohibited A list of current “developing countries other than advanced developing countries” can be found here:
310maa.pdf (usaid.gov)To be considered 937 compliant, Offerors would be legally organized and
locally incorporated in a 937 country. Offerors may not offer or supply any
commodities or services that are manufactured or assembled in, shipped from, transported through, or otherwise involving any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, (North) Sudan, Syria.
Offerors MUST NOT provide any goods and/or services that utilize telecommunications and video surveillance products from the following companies: Kaspersky Labs, Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, in compliance with FAR 52.204-25.
Please note that in submitting a response to this RFP, the Offeror understands that USAID is not a party to this solicitation and the Offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented – in writing with full explanation – to ARD Inc. for consideration as USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. ARD Inc., at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.
Pre-bid meeting:
ARD Inc. intends to conduct a pre-bid meeting on the date indicated above. Potential bidders interested in attending either online or in person should contact [email protected] for details.
Questions:
All questions and inquiries related to this request must be submitted prior to the Closing Date for questions shown above for this RFP. All “Offerors” must submit their questions to ARD Inc. via the below email address:
[email protected]
The subject line should have: “Questions for NRWMP RFP No. 005”
In compliance with standard procedure, all inquiries and comments will be shared with the rest of the Offerors along with ARD Inc.’s response. Questions received after the closing date for questions may not be answered.
Proposal Submittal requirements:
- The Offeror shall submit its best price offer/proposal to complete all or part of the Statement of Work (SOW) in Attachment A.
- The Subject line of the email should read: “Proposal for NRWMP RFP 005”
· All bids must have a validity period of a minimum of 60 days, as the selected Offeror will require Mission Order 21 Vetting and USAID approvals.
- It is requested that Offerors organize their Proposals as noted below. This request is made to facilitate ARD Inc.’s review of the submitted material thus enabling a rapid decision and contracting Proposals should be sent as 5 separate attachments
named as follows, see the next section for explanation of what items are to be included in each attachment:
- Proposal Cover Letter
- Technical Eligibility Proposal
- Technical Proposal
- Financial Proposal
- Required Certifications and Acknowledgements
- Proposals received after the exact time specified for receipts of offer shall be considered late and will be considered only at the discretion of ARD Inc.
Respondents shall receive an email acknowledging that their Proposal has been received upon its submission.
Attachment(s): Documents , Q&A
Location
Hebron
Deadline
02, Dec, 2024
