DEADLINE ON: 10-MAY-2023 15:00 0.00
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR PROJECT SERVICES (UNOPS)
INVITATION TO BID FOR THE SUPPLY OF SHARPS CONTAINERS AND EXAMINATION GLOVES TO NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME (NMEP) OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF NIGERIA
REFERENCE: ITB/2023/46485
BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES: NIGERIA
REGISTRATION LEVEL: BASIC
DESCRIPTIONTENDER DESCRIPTION:
UNOPS HEREBY SOLICITS OFFERS FROM ELIGIBLE AND QUALIFIED COMPANIES FOR THE SUPPLY OF SHARPS CONTAINERS AND EXAMINATION GLOVES TO NMEP OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF NIGERIA
SECTION I: INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS
(1) SCOPE OF BID
Bidders are invited to submit a bid for the goods and/or services specified in Section IV: Schedule of
Requirements, in accordance with this ITB. A summary of the scope of the bid is included in Section I: ITB Particulars.
All correspondence and notification in relation to this ITB shall be sent to the contact person and address set out in Section I: ITB Particulars. Please note that the address for Bid Submission may be different.
(2) INTERPRETATION OF THE ITB
This ITB is an invitation to treat and shall not be construed as an offer capable of being accepted or as creating any contractual, other legal or restitutionary rights.
No binding contract, including a process contract or other understanding or arrangement, will exist between the bidder and UNOPS and nothing in or in connection with this ITB shall give rise to any liability on the part of UNOPS unless and until the Contract is signed by UNOPS and the successful bidder.
(3) AMENDMENTS TO THE ITB
Prior to the deadline for Bid Submission, UNOPS may at its discretion modify the bidding documents by way of a written addendum. All written addenda to the bidding documents shall form part of the ITB.
In the event UNOPS modifies the ITB, UNOPS will notify in writing all bidders that have received the ITB directly from UNOPS if the ITB was not available online, and/or, if the ITB was available online or if stated in the ITB Particulars in Section I, responses will be posted online.
In order to give the bidders reasonable time to take such modification into account, UNOPS may extend the Deadline for Bid Submission as may be appropriate under the circumstances.
(4) BIDDER ELIGIBILITY
Bidders may be a private, public or government-owned legal entity or any association with legal capacity to enter into a binding contract with UNOPS.
A bidder, and all parties constituting the bidder, may have the nationality of any country with the exception of the nationalities, if any, listed in Section I: ITB Particulars. A Bidder shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if the Bidder is a citizen or is constituted, incorporated, or registered and operates in conformity with the provisions of the laws of that country.
A Bidder shall not have a conflict of interest. A bidder shall be considered to have a conflict of interest if:
- A Bidder (including its personnel) has a close business or family relationship with a UNOPS personnel or with personnel of the UNOPS partner who engaged UNOPS and who: (i) are directly or indirectly involved in the preparation of the bidding documents or specifications of the contract, and/or the bid evaluation process of such contract; or (ii) would be involved in the implementation or supervision of such contract;
- A Bidder is associated, or has been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of its affiliates which have been engaged by UNOPS to provide consulting services for the preparation of the design, specifications, and other documents to be used for the procurement of the goods, services or works required in the present procurement process;
- A Bidder has an interest in other bidders, for the same procurement activity, including when they have common ownership and/or management. Bidders shall not submit more than one bid, except for alternative offers, if permitted. This will result in the disqualification of all bids in which the Bidder is involved. This includes situations where a firm is the Bidder in one bid and a sub-contractor on another; however, this does not limit the inclusion of a firm as a sub-contractor in more than one bid. In the case of procurement processes with lots, this provision shall apply on a lot by lot basis;
- A Bidder does not comply with any other conflict of interest situation relevant to the specific procurement process as specified i n the solicitation document.
Bidders must disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest in the Bidder Information Form and they shall be deemed ineligible for this procurement process unless such conflict of interest is resolved in a manner acceptable to UNOPS. Failure to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest may lead to the Bidder being sanctioned further to UNOPS policy on vendor sanctions.
A Bidder shall not be eligible to submit a bid if and when at the time of bid submission, the Bidder:
- is included in the Ineligibility List, hosted by UNGM, that aggregates information disclosed by UNOPS (UNOPS Ineligibility List ) and other Agencies, Funds or Programs of the UN System;
- is included in the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List, including the UN Security Council Resolution 1267/1989 list;
- is included in the World Bank Corporate Procurement Listing of Non-Responsible Vendors and World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals.
- is included in any other Ineligibility List from a UNOPS partner and if so listed in Section I: ITB Particulars.
- is currently suspended from doing business with UNOPS and removed from its vendor database(s), for reasons other than engaging in proscribed practices as defined in the UNOPS Procurement Manual.
All bidders are expected to embrace the principles of the United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct, given that it originates from the core values of the Charter of the United Nations. UNOPS also expects all its suppliers to adhere to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact and requests that all bidders observe the highest standard of ethics during the entire bid process, as well as the duration of any contract that may be awarded as a result of this bid process as further defined in Article 40.
