Public Call for Tender no 91185366 procurement of steel structures for legumes value chain PN# 21.1823.0-001.00 ACE
This request aims to support farmers to form agricultural associations and to produce in accordance with market needs. AoA1 is implementing a project that is supporting 130 smallholder farmers through the support of 15 farmer groups through the implementation of the Agribusiness Cluster Approach (ABC). The ABC approach aims at strengthening the business relationships among agribusiness market actors and smallholder farmers for their own benefit. To ensure the complementarity of the implemented measures targeting the legume value chain actors in Mount Lebanon, the farmers will be equipped with steel structures that will allow them to improve their agricultural practices, thus reducing their cost of production, which will increase their competitiveness and their capacity to meet the market needs successfully. Therefore, this request for tender is to identify local suppliers that provide, deliver, and install the items according to the specifications listed.
Additional information
This tender will be a negotiated procedure tender
We reserve the right to award the contract based on initial tenders without entering into negotiations.
We reserve the right, once the initial tenders have been submitted, to make a selection on the basis of the criteria listed in the tender documents (price and/or technical) and only to enter into negotiations with the three tenderers that received the best scores.
We reserve the right to conduct the negotiations in consecutive phases with a view to reducing the number of tenders under negotiation.
How to apply
We request full conformity with all conditions/ general terms as mentioned below and would like to point out that non-conformity could lead to the exclusion of your offer.
The offer shall be sent in two separate emails to: LB_quotation@giz.de
One for the Technical Offer/Proposal and another for the Financial Offer.
Your emails shall be named as follows:
-Company name/Technical offer/ Our inquiry number: 91185366
-Company name/ Financial offer/ Our inquiry number: 91185366
The offers shall be submitted in English language only.
The offers shall be signed, dated and stamped.
Refurbished items are not acceptable.
All manuals must be delivered in English.
Requested Delivery Period: Delivery shall be concluded within 3 weeks from the purchase order date. Failure to provide a 3 weeks delivery period will result in the exclusion of the offer. A note of the delivery period should be included in the offer.
The offer should include transportation and delivery fees, and the provider must prepare and deliver the items to the intended location in Mount Lebanon: Chouf and Aley Districts. The price for this service shall be included in the unit price of the offer.
GIZ has the right to request a sample check for the mentioned items after the offer has been submitted.
Please quote your prices bearing in mind that a penalty of 1/2 % of the total purchase order sum will be deducted on each delayed week calculated from the due date of delivery.
Technical and Financial Proposals in two separate emails.
1-Technical Proposals, which consists of:
Company’s Portfolio including the board members (Company Legal name, focal point, contact details, exact location, available product and services, old experience, year of establishment, availability of product and services, average annual turnover for the last three financial years, and average number of employees and managers for the past three calendar years)
Company’s legal documents, company registration and MoF registration.
The bidder shall comply with all statutory regulations under public (procurement) law applicable to it and legally registered in the country of assignment.
GIZ general purchase conditions signed, dated, and stamped.
Self-declaration EU-Russia sanctions signed, dated, and stamped.
Technical proposal shall be sent as PDF file including the complete and detailed technical specifications and description of each item (material, colour, dimensions,capacity,…).
Live Picture of each item (if any).
Additionally, bidders should provide documentation proving they meet the following requirements: -Annual turnover of at least € 60,000, verified by audited financial statements or a tax clearance certificate.
-At least five employees, verified by employee records or organizational chart.
-At least one reference project in the technical provision of agricultural materials and equipment and one reference project in Lebanon within the last three years amounting to a minimum commission value of € 10,000 for each project.
Technical proposal shall be signed, dated, and stamped.
Delivery agreement specifying the delivery lead time
Kindly note that any price indication of any item in the technical offer may lead to disqualification.
2-Financial Proposals, which should consist of:
Financial proposal in USD including Taxes/VAT.
Financial Offer should be Valid for: Four Months at least from PO date.
Financial proposal includes the date and the company’s Tax registration number at the Ministry of Finance.
The financial proposal shall clearly indicate the price of the overall tender and the price for each of each item. Delivery Agreement specifying the delivery lead time.
Bank account details of the company inside Lebanon.
NB: This tender will be a negotiated procedure tender•
We reserve the right to award the contract based on initial tenders without entering into negotiations.
We reserve the right, once the initial tenders have been submitted, to make a selection on the basis of the criteria listed in the tender documents (price and/or technical) and only to enter into negotiations with the three tenderers that received the best scores.
We reserve the right to conduct the negotiations in consecutive phases with a view to reducing the number of tenders under negotiation.
Others:
Please note that in case you did not receive any notification in written within 4 weeks after the deadline for submitting the offers, it shall indicate that your offer has not been accepted. You shall not receive separate notice to this effect.
The bidders shall not be reimbursed for their submitted offers.
Sending your offers to any other email address or non-compliance with any of the mentioned conditions will result in rejecting your participation in this tender.
All Products / items with Origin Russia or Belarus are not accepted by GIZ Office and Project due to sanction list against Russia and Belarus.
N.B. The maximum mailbox receive size is capped at 25 MB. Documents exceeding the mentioned MB should be transferred via : Start (giz.de) (Provide the password)
