Promoting Sustainable Partnership for Economic Tender - 48970171

Procurement Summary

Country: Liberia

Summary: Promoting Sustainable Partnership for Economic Transformation (PROSPECTS III)

Deadline: 12 Jan 2021

Posting Date: 02 Jan 2021

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 48970171

Document Ref. No.: G116

Competition: ICB

Financier: Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

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Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for Promoting Sustainable Partnership for Economic Transformation (PROSPECTS III).
1. Invitation to Tender
Tender Name: Promoting Sustainable Partnership for Economic Transformation (PROSPECTS III)
Tender No: G116
Location: Correspondence Language(s): English
Brief Summary Description of Project:
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by building secure, productive, and just communities.
Mercy Corps has been operational in Liberia since 2002, implementing programs in food security, peacebuilding, and youth empowerment, and over the last year, engaging in social mobilization and economic development in response to the impacts of the Ebola outbreak. Mercy Corps Liberia has been implementing the PROSPECTS (Promoting Sustainable Partnership for Economic Transformation) urban youth livelihoods program since 2012 with support from the Embassy of Sweden in Liberia and Chevron. Mercy Corps Liberia received more funding support from the Embassy of Sweden and was able to continue with implementing the program in a second (2014-2017) and third phase. The third phase implementation started on 1st September 2017 and ends on 31st December 2020 and is implemented in Montserrado, Bong, and Nimba Counties, where the final evaluation will also take place.
PROSPECTS III is an urban youth livelihood program with a goal of empowering young Liberians to find meaningful, market-driven employment or self-employment through increased skills, self-confidence, and economic opportunity. The program seeks to address constraints to both labor demand and labor supply. It accomplishes this by building the selfconfidence of youth and training them to succeed as employees or entrepreneurs. Mercy Corps then connects youth to market opportunities, either by placing them in the workforce or supporting them as they develop micro-ventures. Mercy Corps also supports the private-sector through the competitive provision of financing and business advisory support to firms poised to create youth employment opportunities or resolve labor market failures. PROSPECTS III was designed to reach over 19, 000 youth in three counties (Bong, Montserrado, and Nimba) through three sub-programs, described briefly below:
1. Employment and Entrepreneurship: Demand-driven provision of business skills and work-readiness training, apprenticeships, and business start-up grants to youth through three Youth Opportunity Centers, TVETs, and partners.
2. Social Business for Youth Employment: Competitive provision of financial and business advisory support to private-sector firms piloting innovative solutions to labor market failures and/or creating youth-focused employment opportunities.
3. Results, Learning, and Studies that advance Mercy Corps and partner understanding of Liberian youth livelihoods and constraints to youth employment and self-employment.
The program has three objectives:
1. Young Liberians, both women, and men have the confidence, skills, and opportunities to seek out sustainable employment or self-employment.
2. Liberians private sector creates meaningful employment for young women and men and corrects labor market failures.
3. Liberia-s institutions promote economic opportunity for young Liberians through increased access to information

and policy options.

Tender Package Available from:

31st December 2020 1PM PST

Tender Package Pickup Location:

https://www.mercycorps.org/tenders

Deadline for Offer Submission:

12th January 2021 5pm PST

Submit Offers to:

[email protected]

Mercy Corps reserves the right to accept or reject any late offers

Questions and Answers (Q&A)

If any, Submit Questions in writing to: [email protected]

Last Day for Questions:

7

th January 2021 5PM PST

Questions will be answered by:

8

th January 2021 5PM PST

Questions will be answered through: https/www./mercycorps.org/tenders

Documentation Checklist

These documents are contained within this

tender package:

? Invitation to Tender

? General Conditions for Tender

? Criteria and Submittals

? Price Offer Sheet

? Sample Contract & Supplier Information Form

? Scope of Work/Technical Specifications

2. General Conditions for Tender

Mercy Corps invites proposals for the goods, services and/or works described and summarized in these documents, and in

accordance with procedures, conditions and contract terms presented herein. Mercy Corps reserves the right to vary the

quantity of work/materials specified in the Tender Package without any changes in unit price or other terms and conditions

and to accept or reject any, all, or part of submitted offers.

2.1 Mercy Corps- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Statement

Mercy Corps strictly prohibits:

? Any form of bribe or kickback in relation to its activities

Tender Package — Request for Proposal (RFP)

Tender No: G116 Page 3 of 14

This prohibition includes any request from any Mercy Corps employee, consultant or agent for anything of value

from any company or individual in exchange for the employee, consultant or agents taking or not taking any action

related to the award of a contract or the contract once awarded. It also applies to any offer from any company or

individual to provide anything of value to any Mercy Corps employee, consultant or agent in exchange for that

person taking or not taking any action related to the award of the contract or the contract.

? Conflicts of interests in the awarding or management of contracts

If a company is owned by, whether directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Mercy Corps employee or any

person who is related to a Mercy Corps employee, the company must ensure that it and the employee disclose the

relationship as part of or prior to submitting the offer.

? The sharing or obtaining of confidential information

Mercy Corps prohibits its employees from sharing, and any offerors from obtaining, confidential information related

to this solicitation, including information regarding Mercy Corps- price estimates, competing offerors or competing

offers, etc. Any information provided to one offeror must be provided to all other offerors.

? Collusion between/among offerors

Mercy Corps requires fair and open competition for this solicitation. No two (or more) organizations submitting

proposals can be owned or controlled by the same individual(s). Organizations submitting offers cannot share prices

or other offer information or take any other action intended to pre-determine which company will win the

solicitation and what price will be paid.

Violations of these prohibitions, along with all evidence of such violations, should be reported to:

http://mercycorps.org/integrityhotline

Mercy Corps will investigate allegations fully and will take appropriate action. Any company, or individual that participates

in any of the above prohibited conduct, will have its actions reported to the appropriate authorities, will be investigated

fully, will have its offer rejected and/or contract terminated, and will not be eligible for future contracts with Mercy Corps.

Employees participating in such conduct will have his/her employment terminated.

Violations will also be reported to Mercy Corps- donors, who may also choose to investigate and debar or suspend

organizations and their owners from receiving any contract that is funded in part by the donor, whether the contract is with

Mercy Corps or any other entity.

2.2 Tender Basis:

? All offers shall be made in accordance with these instructions, and all documents requested should be furnished,

including any required (but not limited to) supplier-specific information, technical specifications, drawings, bill of

quantities, and/or delivery schedule. If any requested document is not furnished, a reason should be given for its

omission in an exception sheet.

? No respondent should add, omit or change any item, term or condition herein.

? If suppliers have any additional requests and conditions, these shall be stipulated in an exception sheet.

? Each offeror may make one response only.

? Each offer shall be valid for the period of 180 days from its date of submission.

? All offers should indicate whether they include taxes, compulsory payments, levies and/or duties, including VAT,

if applicable.

Tender Package — Request for Proposal (RFP)

Tender No: G116 Page 4 of 14

? Suppliers should ensure that financial offers are devoid of calculation errors. If errors are identified during the

evaluation process, the unit price will prevail. If there is ambiguity on the unit price, the Selection Committee may

decide to disqualify the offer.

? Any requests for clarifications regarding the project that are not addressed in written documents must be presented

to Mercy Corps in writing. The answer to any question raised in writing by any offeror will be issued to that offeror.

In some cases Mercy Corps may choose to issue clarifications to all offerors. It is a condition of this tender that no

clarification shall be deemed to supersede, contradict, add to or detract from the conditions hereof, unless made in

writing as an Addendum to Tender and signed by Mercy Corps or its designated representative.

? This Tender does not obligate Mercy Corps to execute a contract nor does it commit Mercy Corps to pay any costs

incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals. Furthermore, Mercy Corps reserves the right to reject any

and all proposals, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Mercy Corps.

2.3 Supplier Eligibility

Suppliers may not apply, and will be rejected as ineligible, if they:

? Are not registered organizations

? Are bankrupt or in the process of going bankrupt

? Have been convicted of illegal/corrupt activities, and/or unprofessional conduct

? Have been guilty of grave professional misconduct

? Have not fulfilled obligations related to labor laws and tax obligations

Documents

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