Quotation are invited for Provision of Internet Services.
Dear Sir/Madam,
UNFPA hereby solicits a quotation for the following service:
“Provision of Internet Services”.
UNFPA requires the provision of [UNFPA requires an Internet Service Provider who
could provide service that meet its minimum requirement. The internet connection
will support office daily activities and used for VoIP communication and
videoconferences. Ability to burst beyond the dedicated capacity is required to a
maximum of the total capacity of the hosted virtual MAN, The ISP will be required to
provide internet service for the connection at UNFPA office located at AAIA, UNSOS,
Phase 6, Mogadishu, Somalia. The ISP will provide a framework for full TCP/IP
Internet and voice Service Provision.
1. About UNFPA
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is an international
development agency that works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted,
every child birth is safe and every young person-s potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA is the lead UN agency that expands the possibilities for women and young
people to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives. To read more about UNFPA,
please go to: UNFPA about us
Service Requirements/Terms of Reference (ToR)
Terms of Reference: Please refer to Annex II
Questions
Questions or requests for further clarifications should be submitted in writing to the
contact person below:
The deadline for submission of questions is [no later than 18th January 2023 at 10:00
am Mogadishu local time1]. Questions will be answered in writing and shared with
All parties as soon as possible after this deadline.
1. Eligible Bidders
This Request for Quotation is open to all eligible bidders; to be considered an eligible
bidder for this solicitation process you must comply with the following:
UNFPA/SCMU/Bids/Request for Quotation for Services/RFQ/ RFQ Complex Services
[0222 - Rev00]
A bidder must be a legally-constituted company that can provide the requested
services and have legal capacity to enter into a contract with UNFPA to deliver in the
country, or through an authorized representative.
A bidder must not have a conflict of interest regarding the solicitation process or
with the TORs / Technical Specifications. Bidders found to have a conflict of interest
shall be disqualified.
At the time of Bid submission, the bidder, including any JV/Consortium members, is
not under procurement prohibitions derived from the Compendium of United
Nations Security Council Sanctions Lists and has not been suspended, debarred,
sanctioned or otherwise identified as ineligible by any UN Organization or the World
Bank Group.
Bidders must adhere to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct, which may be found by
clicking on UN Supplier Code of Conduct.
Content of quotations
Quotations should be submitted via a TWO-envelope system. Interested Bidders are
requested to submit their Technical Bid separately from their Financial Bid
containing the price information. Each envelope shall consist of a single email
whenever possible, depending on file size.
1. Technical proposal, in response to the requirements outlined in the service
requirements / TORs.
2. Price quotation, to be submitted strictly in accordance with the price quotation form.
Both parts of the quotation must be signed by the bidding company-s relevant
authority and submitted in PDF format.
2. RFQ for Provision of Internet Services - [RFQ Nº UNFPA-SOM-RFQ-2023-002]
Complex Services -Template
Proposals should be prepared based on the guidelines set forth in Section III above, along
with a properly filled out and signed price quotation form, and are to be sent by email
to
[email protected]no later than: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023, at 5:00 PM Mogadishu time1.
Please note the following guidelines for electronic submissions:
The following reference must be included by the Bidder in the email subject line: o
UNFPA/SOM/RFQ/23/002 - [Company name], Technical Bid
o UNFPA/SOM/RFQ/23/002 - [Company name], Financial Bid
o Submissions without this text in the email subject line may be rejected or overlooked and
therefore not considered.
It is the Bidder-s responsibility to assure compliance with the submission process. If the
envelopes or emails are not marked / submitted per the instructions, UNFPA will neither
assume responsibility for the bid-s misplacement or premature opening nor guarantee the
confidentiality of the Bid process. Incorrect submissions might result in your Bid being
declared invalid.
The total email size may not exceed 20 MB (including email body, encoded attachments
and headers). Where the technical details are in large electronic files, it is recommended that
these be sent separately before the deadline.
Any quotation submitted will be regarded as an offer by the bidder and does not constitute or
imply the acceptance of any quotation by UNFPA. UNFPA is under no obligation to award a
contract to any bidder as a result of this RFQ .
UNFPA/SCMU/Bids/Request for Quotation for Services/RFQ/ RFQ Complex Services [0222
- Rev00]
When submitting electronic offers, Bidders will receive an auto-reply acknowledging receipt
of the first email. Should your offer require you to submit more than one email, in the body
of this first email, bidders are requested to list the number of messages, which make up their
technical offer and the number of messages, which make up their financial offer. If you do
not receive any auto-reply for the first email from UNFPA-s email system, please inform Mr.
Dahir Farah, Admin/Finance Associate at:
[email protected]
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