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Consulting Services - ‘Global Parliamentary Report’

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Multi-country
Notice/Contract Number:   RFP/NAO/2010-001 (70142-GPPS)
Publication Date:   Jul 14, 2010
Deadline:   Aug 12, 2010
Buyer:   UNOPS
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Ms. Roswitha Newels
Director, NAO
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
UNOPS, DG UNIT
405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 5th Floor New York, N.Y. 10174
New York
United States
Telephone:   NA
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Goods, Works and Services

 

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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is seeking qualified offers for the above-mentioned Consulting services. You are kindly invited to submit your best technical and financial offer for the requested services. Your proposal could form the basis for a contract between your firm/institution and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

Any proposal received after closing date may be rejected. UNOPS may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission of proposals, by notifying all prospective proposers in writing. The extension of the deadline may accompany a modification of the solicitation documents.

Objective and criteria
The objective of the report is to provide information and analysis of the major issues affecting parliament, to offer policy options for parliaments to respond to these challenges by identifying
good practices and current trends. Such a report would be of use to both parliaments and the development community, and should stimulate the discussion about ways to strengthen parliament
as the central institution of democracy. The report should offer a diagnosis and description of the key issues, and also provide policy options based on good practices. To reach this objective, the report would seek to attain three criteria, which would guide its preparation and against which its success could be measured: the report needs to be authoritative, innovative and high—profile.

Consultant's General Responsibilities

1. The Consultant shall perform its obligations under this Contract with due diligence and efficiency and in conformity with sound professional, administrative and financial practices.

2. The Consultant shall act at all times so as to protect, and not be in conflict with, the interests of the UNOPS, and shall take all reasonable steps to keep all costs and expenses at a reasonable level.

3. The Consultant shall be responsible for work or services performed by its agents, servants, employees, subcontractors and independent contractors in connection with this Contract. To this end, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall select reliable persons who will perform effectively, respect local customs and conform to the highest standards of professional, moral and ethical conduct.

4. The Consultant shall respect and abide by all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances of the country in which the obligations under this Contract are to be performed, and shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that its agents, servants, employees, subcontractors and independent contractors do so.

Assignment of Personnel

Other than persons specifically named in this Contract, no person shall be assigned by the Consultant to work or perform services in connection with this Contract until after the Consultant has notified the UNOPS of the identity of such proposed persons and has provided the UNOPS with their curricula vitae, and the UNOPS has notified the Consultant that the UNOPS approves of such assignments.

Subcontracting

The Consultant shall engage no subcontractor to perform any work or services in connection with this Contract unless the Consultant shall have notified the UNOPS of the identity of the proposed subcontractor and the UNOPS shall have notified the Consultant of its approval of the engagement of the subcontractor. The approval by the UNOPS of the engagement of a subcontractor shall not relieve the Consultant of any of its obligations under this Contract or from its responsibility for the work or services performed by the subcontractor. The terms of any subcontract shall be subject to and in conformity with the provisions of this Contract. The term "subcontractor" includes any independent contractor or other person or entity with which the Consultant enters into an association, affiliation or relationship of any form for the purposes of performing work or services in connection with this Contract, other than an agent, servant or employee of the Consultant.

Any requests for clarification should be referred to by email to dgbids@unops.org Request for clarifications must be received by 4:00 P.M. on FRIDAY 23 July 2010 Local Time EST, UNOPS will answer questions by 28 July 2010. The written reply to a particular question will be copied to all other invited firms/institutions or posted in the www.unops.org at the discretion of UNOPS.

We would appreciate you informing us by e-mail to dgbids@unogs.org an expression of interest
or if you will be submitting a proposal. PLEASE INDICATE SUBJECT IN YOUR EMAIL- UNOPS Project no. 70142

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