Supply and Install Solar Pay Tender, Liberia - 34673416

Procurement Summary

Country : Liberia

Summary : Supply and Install Solar Pay

Deadline : 22 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34673416

Document Ref. No. : LR01-RFP-3856

Competition : ICB

Financier : Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MERCY CORPS
Opposite flash Vehicles, Monrovia Tel : +231 77 801 2623
Liberia
Email :tenders@mercycorps.org
URL :www.mercycorps.org

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for Supply and Install Solar Pay

Tender Name: Supply and install Solar Pay As You Go
(PAYG) Systems in Liberia.
Tender No:LR01-RFP-3856
Location: Monrovia, Liberia Correspondence Language(s): English
Brief Summary Description of Project:
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (PROSPECTS) 3 is a youth employment and entrepreneurship program implemented by Mercy Corps across multiple counties in Liberia and funded by SIDA. Since 2012, Prospects has engaged 21, 640 male and female Liberian youth aged 18-35 years old to take control of their own futures to find meaningful employment or to start their own business. As part of the PROSPECTS inititiaves aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and employment, PROSPECTS targets highgrowth sectors and government-promoted value chains in agriculture, such as vegetables, rice and cocoa, and green energy (in partnership with Mercy Corps’ Light Up Liberia program). This encourages alignment between youth skills and knowledge sets and national growth plans and opportunities. This includes building the capacity of-led businesses for rural marketing, sales, servicing, maintenance and last-mile distribution of solar PV products in the three target counties through seed-funding from the PROSPECTS Social Business Grant mechanism. Mercy Corps Liberia therefore seeks the services of an interested and qualified firm to supply and install Solar Pay as You
Go (PAYG) System in Liberia.
Tender Package Available from:
July 11, 2019, 12:30 Pm Local time
Tender available from:
www.mercycorps.org/tenders
Deadline for Offer Submission:
July 22, 2019; 12:00 Pm Local time (Liberia)
Submit Offers to:
Electronic submission sent to : tenders@mercycorps.org Hard copy submission dropped at : Hardcopies are not accepted

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
If any, Submit Questions in writing to: (mc-liberia-tender-questions@mercycorps.org)
Last Day for Questions: July 15, 2019 4:30 pm Local
time Liberia
Questions will be answered by:
July 16, 2019; 4:30 pm Liberia Local Time
Questions will be answered through: (lr-tenders@mercycorps.org) . The consolidated questions and responses
will be uploaded to the website as well by 16th
Tender Name: Supply and install Solar Pay As You Go
(PAYG) Systems in Liberia.
Tender No:LR01-RFP-3856
Location: Monrovia, Liberia Correspondence Language(s): English
Brief Summary Description of Project:
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (PROSPECTS) 3 is a youth employment
and entrepreneurship program implemented by Mercy Corps across multiple counties in Liberia and funded by SIDA. Since
2012, Prospects has engaged 21, 640 male and female Liberian youth aged 18-35 years old to take control of their own
futures to find meaningful employment or to start their own business.
As part of the PROSPECTS inititiaves aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and employment, PROSPECTS targets highgrowth sectors and government-promoted value chains in agriculture, such as vegetables, rice and cocoa, and green energy
(in partnership with Mercy Corps’ Light Up Liberia program). This encourages alignment between youth skills and
knowledge sets and national growth plans and opportunities. This includes building the capacity of-led businesses for rural
marketing, sales, servicing, maintenance and last-mile distribution of solar PV products in the three target counties through
seed-funding from the PROSPECTS Social Business Grant mechanism.
Mercy Corps Liberia therefore seeks the services of an interested and qualified firm to supply and install Solar Pay as You
Go (PAYG) System in Liberia.
Tender Package Available from:
July 11, 2019, 12:30 Pm Local time
Tender available from:
www.mercycorps.org/tenders
Deadline for Offer Submission:
July 22, 2019; 12:00 Pm Local time
(Liberia)
Submit Offers to:
Electronic submission sent to : tenders@mercycorps.org
Hard copy submission dropped at : Hardcopies are not accepted
Tender Package — Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Documentation Checklist
These documents are contained within this
tender package:
? Invitation to Tender
? General Conditions for Tender
? Criteria and Submittals
? Price Offer Sheet
? Supplier Information Form
? Scope of Work/Technical Specifications/BoQ
? Sample Contract

Tender Package — Request for Proposal (RFP)
Tender No: [LBR-RFP-3856] Page 1 of 31
2. General Conditions for Tender
Mercy Corps invites proposals for the goods 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
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) companies submitting
proposals 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:
integrityhotline@mercycorps.org
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.
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
Tender Package — Request for Proposal (RFP)
Tender No: [LBR-RFP-3856] Page 2 of 31
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 30 days from its date of submission.
? All offers should indicate whether they include taxes, compulsory payments, levies and/or duties, including VAT, if applicable.
? 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 companies
? Are bankrupt or in the process of going bankrupt
? Have been convicted of illegal/corrupt activities, and/or unprofessional conduct
? Hav

Documents

 Tender Notice