Consultant Needed - Technical Assistance for Website Developing - LED Project - RFP 14

1. Introduction: Berytech, acting on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Lebanon Enterprise Development (LED) Project, under contract number AID-268-C-17-00001, is soliciting proposals from Lebanese Individual Consultant that can support our clients on the below scope of work.

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received by Berytech in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this RFP. Failure to adhere with instructions described in this RFP may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration. 

Offerors should take note that this RFP does not obligate Berytech to execute a subcontract nor does it commit Berytech to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any proposals for this solicitation. Furthermore, Berytech reserves the right to reject any and all offers, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Berytech.

Quotations: Quotations in response to this RFP must be priced on a Level-of-effort (Number of working days ) term contract, all-inclusive basis, including delivery and all other costs. Pricing must be presented in USD and offers must remain valid for not less than 60 calendar days after the offer deadline. Offerors are requested to provide quotations on their official quotation format or letterhead;

In addition, offerors responding to this RFP are requested to submit the following:

• Copy of CV
• Copy of education certificates
• Previous work experience
• Copy of passport/ID 
• MOF registration (if applicable) 

Taxes and VAT: The agreement under which this procurement is financed is not exempt from the payment of taxes, tariffs, duties, or other levies imposed by any laws in effect in the Cooperating Country.  Therefore, offerors must include taxes, charges, tariffs, duties and levies in accordance with the laws of the Cooperating Country.

According to the Lebanese Law a 7.5% will be deducted as Non- Resident tax from Individuals

who are not registered.

Eligibility: By submitting an offer in response to this RFP, the offeror certifies that it and its principal officers are not debarred, suspended, or otherwise considered ineligible for an award by the U.S. Government. Berytech will not award a contract to any firm that is debarred, suspended, or considered to be ineligible by the U.S. Government.

Evaluation Criteria: The award will be made to a responsible offeror whose offer follows the RFP instructions, meets the eligibility requirements, and is determined via a trade-off analysis to be the best value based on application of the following evaluation criteria. The relative importance of each individual criterion is indicated by the number of points below

1. Cost (Daily Rate x Man-days): 25 Points
2. Man-days reasonableness: 10 Points

1. Offeror’s qualification, expertise & past experience: 20 Points 

1. Scope of Work: 20 Points 

1. Site Visit & Client feedback: 20 Points 

1. Timeline: 5 Points  (To be Executed by Maximum June 2022)

Follow-up discussions may be conducted with several Consultant(s) to resolve any questions, finalize the scope of work and agreement on final not-to-exceed costs as a means to recommend final selection to Berytech.

Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFP, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Berytech reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion.

Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Berytech reserves the right to conduct any of the following:

• Berytech may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to award.
• While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFP, Berytech may issue a partial award or split the award among various suppliers, if in the best interest of the Lebanon LED Project.
• Berytech may cancel this RFP at any time.

Please note that in submitting a response to this RFP, the offeror understands that Chemonics and USAID are not a party to this solicitation and the offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented—in writing with full explanations—to Berytech for consideration, as Chemonics and USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. Berytech, at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.

Terms and Conditions: This is a Request for Proposal only. Issuance of this RFP does not in any way obligate Berytech, the Lebanon Enterprise Development (LED) Project, or USAID to make an award or pay for costs incurred by potential offerors in the preparation and submission of an offer.

This solicitation is subject to Berytech’s standard terms and conditions. Any resultant award will be governed by these terms and conditions; a copy of the full terms and conditions is available upon request.

Section 2: Offer Checklist

To assist offerors in preparation of proposals, the following checklist summarizes the documentation to include an offer in response to this RFP:

• Offer Cover Letter
• SOW
• Timeline
• Man-days
• Cost in USD
• Copy of CV
• Copy of education certificates
• Previous work experience
• Copy of passport/ID 
• MOF registration (if applicable) 

Section 3: Scope of Work

1. Raidy Printing Group Sal (Fiyadieh, International Road)

Raidy Printing Group has evolved from a small private printing press established in 1973 when Joseph D. Raidy purchased his first machine to a leading player in the industry. Raidy Printing Group products include: magazines / art books / catalogues / publications / annual reports / brochures / packaging / promotions / ads / posters / flyers / fanzines / novels / flip books / stationary / calendars / postcards / corporate identity / stickers / invitations / labels / letterheads / envelopes / coasters / wedding cards / business cards / passports / cheques / ID cards / gift cards / driving licenses / security printing documents / 3D printers / 3D printed objects / 3Doodlers / 3D scanners. Despite all the difficulties in the country, Raidy still employs over 70 people at its state-of-the-art premises in Hazmieh, Lebanon.

The company is always seeking new and better ways to improve its business and working on introducing new technologies. Raidy is now the exclusive local and regional distributor for Ultimaker and WASP 3D printers. Raidy’s target is to integrate 3D printing technology in industries such as engineering, design, education, and architecture.

Today, the company is looking to expand further its turnover and exports to the GCC. Therefore, the company is investing in new 3D printing machines to cover the high requirements of this market and to become a one-stop shop for all printing and 3D printing for large enterprises in the GCC. Furthermore, Raidy is appointed distributor of the best 3D Printing brands across the region.

LED will cost-share with Raidy Printing Group to hire a website developer with expertise in the current website uplifting. The expert will develop a native website for the company according to the client's needs and requirements. The website will handle order taking and processing, complete literature, illustrations of the firm’s products, and other requirements and it will support 3 languages: English, French and Arabic. The website will be oriented toward B2B and B2C usage, in addition to a payment gateway and complete product selection and specifications. Moreover, the website will facilitate access to the platform and allow the company customers in the Middle East and GCC region to buy Raidy 3D printing and material.

LED assistance is important because Raidy management does not have experience with website development and has not yet found a consultant that they trust to work with them on this project. With LED’s involvement, the owners will move quickly to pursue their new deals, Raidy trusts with LED support they will be able to select a reliable company that will implement the project successfully.

Site Visit

Site visit or conference call with the client for this requirement is mandatory. If you submit a tender without having attended the site visit or making a conference call, your bid may be deemed non-compliant and will not be considered.

To arrange a visit or conference call, please coordinate with our business advisor for each client before the deadline. Depending on the situation, each client has the right to take conference calls

instead of site visit. The client has the right to stop meeting consultants/consultancy firm at his disclosure.

Client

Business Advisor

Tel

Raidy Printing

Samer Salamany

+961 70 516 980

Scope of Work:

Each consultant should submit a proposal that include a detailed SOW accompanied with price for each technical assistant.

N.B: Before awarding the contract for the winning vendor please be reminded that the SOW hence deliverables will be divided between LED and the client firm. The consultant will sign two separate contracts for the SOW:

1. A contract to be signed with Berytech that represents most of the technical assistance deliverables and;
2. A contract to be signed with the client firm to represent the deliverables for the client cost share part.