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SL-Freetown: EDF — Health Support Sector Project (HSSP)

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Sierra Leone
City/Locality:   PHRITAOYN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:13-2009
Publication Date:   Jan 3, 2009
Deadline:   Mar 10, 2009
Buyer:   THE NATIONAL AUTHORISING OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NATIONAL AUTHORISING OFFICE
FREETOWN
Sierra Leone

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 0708
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 1/2009
, #
13-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Location — Freetown/Sierra Leone
Supply procurement notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/127719/D/SUP/SL.
2. Procedure: Open.
3. Programme: 8th European Development Fund (EDF).
4. Financing: Financing agreement 8 ACP SL 012: 'Health Sector Support
Project'.
5. Contracting authority: The National Authorising Officer for the EDF in
Sierra Leone.
Contract specifications
6. Description of the contract: Procurement and delivery of furniture and
equipments for the central medical store, pharmacy board, quality control
laboratory, district medical stores, and equipments for the Lassa Fever
Ward, Kenema hospital, community health clinics and Kenema dental clinic.
7. Number and titles of lots: Lot 1: computers, printers, digital camera,
photocopiers, fax machines, paper shredders, binding machine, scanners,
TV, suitable satellite decoder, fridge, slit units, drinking water
dispensers, gas cookers, office furniture (chairs, tables, shelves,
cabinets etc.), generators and wear house equipment.
Lot 2: equipment and drugs for the Lassa fever ward, Kenema hospital, the
community health clinics, Kenema dental clinic and emergency obstetrics
equipments (EMOC).
Terms of participation
8. Eligibility and rules of origin: Participation is open on equal terms
to all natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in
a grouping (consortium) of tenderers) of the Member States and the
countries and territories of the regions covered and/or authorised by the
Regulation or other specific instruments applicable to the programme under
which the contract is financed (see also item 21 below). All goods
supplied under this contract must originate in these countries.
Derogation to the rule of origin could be accepted for drugs where it is
demonstrated that there is no possibility to conform to the rule.
9. Grounds for exclusion: See tender dossier.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers (including firms within the same legal
group, other members of the same consortium, and subcontractors) may
submit only 1 tender for 1 or both lots. 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 1
lot.
11. Tender guarantee: Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of 2 % of
the value of the tender price for each separate lot when submitting their
tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the
tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer(s) upon
signature of the contract by all parties. This guarantee will be called
upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated in its tender.
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 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 and an automatic prolongation
of 60 days in case of contract award from receipt of the communication
notifying him of his selection.
15. Period of performance: 2 months.
Selection and award criteria
16. Selection criteria: The technical evaluation criteria for the offered
supplies shall be based on their compliance with the technical
specifications in Section II — Part B — Annex II of the tender dossier, as
well as after-sales requirements.
17. Award criteria: The contract shall be awarded to the responsive
tenderer whose bid is administratively and technically responsive and
whose offer, after adjustment for any preferences for evaluation purposes
only, is the lowest, provided that the tender price is within the budget
available.
Tendering
18. How to obtain the tender dossier: The tender dossier is available
from the following Internet address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm.
The tender dossier is also available for collection from the contracting
authority. Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form
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 Director, National Authorising Office, 43, Siaka Stevens Street, PO
Box 1402, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Tel. (232-22) 22 45 30/22 68 16. Fax
(232-22) 22 69 32.
Copies:
The Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission in Sierra
Leone, 25 Main Regent Road, Leicester Square, Hill Station, Freetown,
Sierra Leone. Tel. (232-22) 23 40 60/23 40 61. Fax (232-22) 23 64 14/23 64
16,
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 30 days
before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19.
19. Deadline for submission of tenders: 10.3.2009 (14:00), local time.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: 10.3.2009 (15:00), local time at the National
Authorising Office.
21. Legal basis: Lomé IV Convention, second financial protocol.
Decision No 3/90 of the EEC-ACP Council of Ministers on 29.3.1990,
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. L 382
dated 31.12.1990.
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