Rehabilitation and/ or Installation of Water Tender in USA - 42900148

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Rehabilitation and/ or Installation of Water Points and Latrines in Informal Refugee Settlements

Deadline: 01 Jun 2020

Posting Date: 16 May 2020

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 42900148

Document Ref. No.: T450

Competition: ICB

Financier: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

45211310 - Bathrooms construction work

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Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Rehabilitation and/ or Installation of Water Points and Latrines in Informal Refugee Settlements in Various Locations around Lebanon.
1. Invitation to Tender
Tender Name: Rehabilitation and Installation of Latrines and Water Points in Bekaa and South
Tender No: T450
Potential Locations (but not limited to):
South Lebanon: Hasbaya, Jezzine, Tyre and surrounding areas
Bekaa: West Bekaa, Zahle, Baalbeck and surrounding areas
Correspondence Language(s): English
Brief Summary Description of Project: By funding from BPRM, Mercy Corps is inviting interested firms for the Rehabilitation and/ or installation of water points and latrines in Informal Refugee Settlements in various locations around Lebanon
Tender Package Available from:
15 May 2020
Tender Package Pickup Location:
Tenders can be accessed on www.mercycorps.org/tenders And on Daleel Madani Website www.daleel-madani.org
Deadline for Offer Submission: 1 June 2020
Soft copy tenders Submit Offers to: [email protected]
Email subject should include: Lebanon - T450 - Rehabilitation/Installation of water points and latrines
Questions and Answers (Q&A)
If any, Submit Questions in writing to: [email protected]
Last Day for Questions:
22 May 2020
Questions will be answered through: All Queries and Replies will be uploaded on Mercy Corps Website on May 24, 2020
Documentation Checklist
These documents are contained within this tender package:
1- Invitation to Tender
2- General Conditions for Tender
3- Criteria and Submittals
4- Notes to Bidders
5- Offer Form
6- Technical Specifications, Bill of Quantities, Drawings, and List of Sites
7- Attachments to Tender Documents (Bidder Information Form, Declaration of Eligibility, Price Offer Form, Schedule of Deliveries)
8- Contract Template
Tender Package

Request for Bids (RFB)

Tender No: T450

2. General Conditions for Tender

Mercy Corps invites offers for the 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

Works 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

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 bidders from obtaining, confidential information

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

competing offers, etc. Any information provided to one bidder must be provided to all other bidders.

● Collusion between/among bidders

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

bids can be owned or controlled by the same individual(s). Companies 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:

[email protected]

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

companies 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.

Tender Package

Request for Bids (RFB)

Tender No: T450

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) bidder-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 bidders have any additional requests and conditions, these shall be stipulated in an exception sheet.

● Each bidder 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.

● Prices must include the registration fees in the Ministry of Finance in case of contract award.

● In case the payment terms require MC to pay an Advance Payment/Down Payment, the bidder must issue an

Advance Payment Guarantee to MC for the same amount.

● Prices must include the provisions of all necessary guarantees such as but not limited to Performance Bond,

Advance Payment Guarantees (if applicable)

● Bidders 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 bidder will be issued to

that bidder. In some cases Mercy Corps may choose to issue clarifications to all bidders. 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.

● Mercy Corps reserves the right to award this tender in part or full and to split the work amongst multiple

bidders.

● 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 bids. Furthermore, Mercy Corps reserves the right to reject

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

2.3 Bidder Eligibility

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

● Are not registered companies

● Are bankrupt or in the process of going bankrupt

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

Tender Package

Request for Bids (RFB)

Tender No: T450

● Have been guilty of grave professional misconduct

● Have not fulfilled obligations related to payment of social security and taxes

● Are guilty of serious misinterpretation in supplying information

● Are in violation of the policies outlined in Mercy Corps Anti-Bribery or Anti-Corruption Statement

● Were declared at serious fault of implementation owing to a breach of their contractual obligations.

● Supplier (or supplier-s principals) are on any list of sanctioned parties issued by; or are presently excluded or

disqualified from participation in this transaction by: the United States Government or United Nations by the

United States Government, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United Nations, other national

governments, or public international organizations.

Additional eligibility criteria, if applicable, are stated in section 7 Attachment 2 (Declaration of Eligibility) of this tender

package.

2.4 Bid Delivery

All bids and tender documents shall be submitted via email to [email protected] on or before 1 June 2020.

2.5 Response Documents

Bidders must submit an offer in their own format and ensure it contains all the required documents and information

specified in this tender. Where an itemized Price Offer Sheet is included in the tender package, the bidder must

complete and submit it with the rest of their offer.

2.6 Acceptance of Successful Bid

Taking into consideration the recommendation of the Selection Committee, Mercy Corps will make the final choice of

the awarded bidder/s. Mercy Corps will then inform the successful bidder. The Documentation submitted by bidders will

be verified by Mercy Corps. The successful bidder will be required to sign a contract for the stated, agreed upon amount.

Any amendment to the awarded tender and consented between Mercy Corps and the successful bidder will be

documented as an “Annex” to the Contract. In case and for any reason the winning bidder refuses/fails to enter into a

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Documents

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