Printing of manuals for Vietnam tourism skills (VTOS) training

Country:

Vietnam

Notice/Contract Number:

Publication Date:

Oct 9, 2008

Deadline:

Nov 14, 2008

Funding Agency:

Project Management Unit

Buyer:

The Project Management Unit (PMU) Human Resources Development in Tourism in Vietnam Project

Original Language:

English

Address:

The Project Management Unit (PMU) Human Resources Development in Tourism in Vietnam Project
Kim Lien 2 Hotel, 7 Dao Duy Anh Street Dong Da District,
Ha Noi
Vietnam

Telephone:

(84-4) 577 0663/4

Fax:

(84-4) 577 1430

Email:

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VIETNAM HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPM-ENT IN TOURISM PROJECT
No. VNM/B7-301/IB/97/0234 funded by the EU
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism in partnership with the European Commission
Supply procurement notice
Printing of manuals for Vietnam tourism skills (VTOS) training

1. Publication reference
VN M/B7 -301 /lB/97/0234/E009
2. Procedure
Open
3. Programme
DCI
4. Financing
Financing Agreement No. VNMIB7-301/IB/97/0234
5. Contracting authority
The Project Management Unit (PMU)
Human Resources Development in Tourism in Vietnam Project
Kim Lien 2 Hotel, 7 Dao Duy Anh Street Dong Da District Hanoi Vietnam
Tel: (84-4) 577 0663/4 Fax: (84-4) 577 1430.
E-mail: triquocvu@hrdtourism.org.vn and jozetvandoorn@hrdtourism.org.vn
On behalf of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
National Administration of Tourism

CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

6. Description of the contract
Printing and delivery of 13,000 copies of10 manuals. The goods will be supplied in 4 batches of production for delivery in 2009.
7. Number and titles of lot
This tender contains only a single lot. The specific quantities required for each manual is summed up in the table below:

Lot 1.1
Description: Printing of 10 (ten) VTOS Manuals in Vietnamese.
No of copies per manual: 500
Total no of copies to be printed: 5,000

Lot 1.2
Description: Printing of 10 (ten) VTOS Standards in English.
No of copies per manual: 300
Total no of copies to be printed: 3,000

Lot 1.3
Description: Printing of 10 (ten) VTOS Standards in Vietnamese.
No of copies per manual: 500
Total no of copies to be printed: 5,000

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
8. Eligibility and rules of origin .
Participation in tendering is open to all legal persons participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) or tendeders which are established in the following countries:
Member States of the European Community (27):
Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Poland,
Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Cyprus, Italy, Slovak Republic, Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden, France, Malta, United Kingdom

European Economic Area (3): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
Official candidate country (3): Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey

Developing Countries covered by the Regulation on DCI (48):
Latin America:
1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Cost Rica
7. Cuba
8. Ecuador
9. El Salvador
10. Guatemala
11. Honduras
12. Mexico
13. Nicaragua
14. Panama
15. Paraguay
16. Peru
17. Uruguay
18. Venezuela

Asia:
19. Afghanistan
20. Bangladesh
21. Bhutan
22. Cambodia
21. India
25. Indonesia
26. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
27. Laos
28. Malaysia
29. Maldives
30. Mongolia
31. Myanmar/Burma
32. Nepal
33. Pakistan
34. Philippines
35. Sri Lanka
36. Thailand
37. Viet Nam

Central Asia:
38. Kazakhstan
39. Kygyz Republic
40. Tajikistan
41. Turkmenistan
42. Uzbekistan

Middle East:
43. Iran
44. Iraq
45. Oman
46. Saudi Arabia
47. Yemen

South Africa:
48. South Africa

All goods supplied under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. Participation is also open to international organizations. Participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed.
9. Grounds for exclusion
Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the Tender Form for a Supply Contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contracts procedures for EC external actions.

10. Number of tenders
Tenderers may submit only one tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount In the event that its tender is accepted for more than one lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the supplies required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee
The tender guarantee is set at 1,500 Euro.
12. Performance guarantee
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a'new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best .compliant tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit
No information meeting is planned.
14. Tender validity
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of implementation
The period of implementation of the contract shall not go beyond 31 October 2009.

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA
16. Selection criteria
The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
1) Economic and financial capacity of tenderer (based on i.e. item -3 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract)
(a) The average annual turnover of the tenderer must exceed the financial proposal
of the tender.
Tenderer must submit financial report and balance sheets which were reviewed by the tax authority for the period from January 2007 to June 2008
2) Professional capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 4 and 5 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract)
(a) has a professional certificate(s) appropriate to the contract
(b) has a minimum of 10 staff employed
3) Technical capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 5 and 6 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract)
(a) The tenderer must have ISO 9001 :2000 Certificate (notarized copy)
(b) Possession of CTP (Computer to Plate) imaging technology in pre-press layout (c) The tenderer has worked successfully on at least 1 (one) project in fields related
to this contract In the past two years with value of 50,000 Euro or over.
An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an undertaking on the part of those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality, as the economic operator.
17. Award criteria
Price
TENDERING
18. How to obtain the tender dossier
The tender dossier can be downloaded from the following Internet addresses: http://www.hrdtourism.org.vn
The tender dossier is also available from the Contracting Authority at the cost of 500,000VND. Tenders must -be submitted using the standard Tender Form for a Supply Contract included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to the address mentioned in paragraph 5 at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The Contracting. Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications to the tender dossier shall be published on the following website: http://www.hrdtourism.org.vn.
19. Deadline for submission of tenders
11.30 hrs 14 November 2008
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session
14.00 hrs 14 November 2008, at the following address:
The Project Management Unit (PMU)
Human Resources Development in Tourism in Vietnam Project
Kim Lien 2 Hotel, 7 Dao Duy Anh Street Dong Da District, Hanoi Vietnam
21. Language of the procedure
All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.
22. Legal basis
EC Regulation 1905/2006 on DCI

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