UNDP launches CFPs for Digitizing the General Urban Development in Moldova

Deadline: 21 May 2020

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a proposals for Digitizing the General Urban Development in Moldova.

The objective of the project is to catalyse investments in low carbon green urban development based on integrated urban planning approach, by encouraging innovation, participatory planning, and partnerships between a variety of public and private sector entities.

The strategy of the project is to create, launch and support a new institutional mechanism called “Green City Lab” (GCL) as a vehicle for encouraging and supporting new innovative measures and approaches in addressing the urban development challenges and barriers. Green City Lab has to become the leading knowledge management and networking platform, clearinghouse, an facilitator of financing various green urban development projects, and a source of innovations and expertise to catalyse sustainable low carbon green city development in Moldova with a mission to transform Chisinau and other cities/towns in Moldova into modern green and smart European cities with improved quality of life for their citizens, while also demonstrating opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

Conflict of Interest

Bidders must strictly avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own interests, and act without consideration for future work. Bidders found to have a conflict of interest shall be disqualified. Without limitation on the generality of the above, Bidders, and any of their affiliates, shall be considered to have a conflict of interest with one or more parties in this solicitation process, if they:
- Are or have been associated in the past, with a firm or any of its affiliates which have been engaged by UNDP to provide services for the preparation of the design, specifications, Terms of Reference, cost analysis/estimation, and other documents to be used for the procurement of the goods and services in this selection process;
- Were involved in the preparation and/or design of the programme/project related to the services requested under this RFP; or
- Are found to be in conflict for any other reason, as may be established by, or at the discretion of UNDP.
In the event of any uncertainty in the interpretation of a potential conflict of interest, Bidders must disclose to UNDP, and seek UNDP’s confirmation on whether or not such a conflict exists.
Similarly, the Bidders must disclose in their proposal their knowledge of the following:
- If the owners, part-owners, officers, directors, controlling shareholders, of the bidding entity or key personnel are family members of UNDP staff involved in the procurement functions and/or the Government of the country or any Implementing Partner receiving services under this RFP; and
- All other circumstances that could potentially lead to actual or perceived conflict of interest, collusion or unfair competition practices.
- Failure to disclose such an information may result in the rejection of the proposal or proposals affected by the non-disclosure.
The eligibility of Bidders that are wholly or partly owned by the Government shall be subject to UNDP’s further evaluation and review of various factors such as being registered, operated and managed as an independent business entity, the extent of Government ownership/share, receipt of subsidies, mandate and access to information in relation to this RFP, among others. Conditions that may lead to undue advantage against other Bidders may result in the eventual rejection of the Proposal.

General Conditions

In preparing the Proposal, the Bidder is expected to examine the RFP in detail. Material deficiencies in providing the information requested in the RFP may result in rejection of the Proposal.
The Bidder will not be permitted to take advantage of any errors or omissions in the RFP. Should such errors or omissions be discovered, the Bidder must notify the UNDP.

Award Criteria

Prior to expiration of the proposal validity, UNDP shall award the contract to the qualified Bidder based on the award criteria indicated in the BDS.

Language

The Proposal, as well as any and all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and UNDP, shall be written in the language (s) specified in the BDS.

Eligibility Criteria

Legal Status
- Vendor is a legally registered entity.
Eligibility
- Vendor is not suspended, nor debarred, nor otherwise identified as ineligible by any UN Organization or the World Bank Group or any other international Organization in accordance with ITB clause 3.
Conflict of Interest
- No conflicts of interest in accordance with ITB clause 4.
Bankruptcy
- Not declared bankruptcy, not involved in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings, and there is no judgment or pending legal action against the vendor that could impair its operations in the foreseeable future.
History of NonPerforming Contracts
- Non-performance of a contract did not occur as a result of contractor default for the last 3 years.
Litigation History
- No consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the Bidder for the last 3 years.
Previous Experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in GIS, urban planning, IT or another relevant field.
- Minimum 3 contracts in GIS, urban planning, IT or another relevant field implemented over the last 5 years. (For JV/Consortium/Association, all Parties cumulatively should meet requirement).
- Proved experience in providing services in the development and digitization (GIS) of General Urban Plans or similar projects.
- Proven capacity to provide the necessary resources, to carry out its activities and to achieve its stated objectives within the specified timeframe.
- Provision of technically responsible team of experts for the proper implementation of the contract who must possess the general and specific competences and experience, necessary for the full performance of the tasks set out in the terms of reference and who can work in a coordinated and efficient manner in the implementation of the contract in order to achieve the expected results.
Financial Standing
- Bidder must demonstrate the current soundness of its financial standing and indicate its prospective long-term profitability. (For JV/Consortium/Association, all Parties cumulatively should meet requirement).

Documents

The Proposal shall comprise of the following documents:
- Documents Establishing the Eligibility and Qualifications of the Bidder;
- Technical Proposal;
- Financial Proposal;
- Proposal Security, if required by BDS;
- Any attachments and/or appendices to the Proposal.

Only One Proposal

The Bidder (including the individual members of any Joint Venture) shall submit only one Proposal, either in its own name or as part of a Joint Venture.
Proposals submitted by two (2) or more Bidders shall all be rejected if they are found to have any of the following:
- they have at least one controlling partner, director or shareholder in common; or
- any one of them receive or have received any direct or indirect subsidy from the other/s; or
- they have the same legal representative for purposes of this RFP; or
- they have a relationship with each other, directly or through common third parties, that puts them in a position to have access to information about, or influence on the Proposal of, another Bidder regarding this RFP process;
- they are subcontractors to each other’s Proposal, or a subcontractor to one Proposal also submits another Proposal under its name as lead Bidder; or
- some key personnel proposed to be in the team of one Bidder participates in more than one Proposal received for this RFP process. This condition relating to the personnel, does not apply to subcontractors being included in more than one Proposal.

Proposals Validity Period

Proposals shall remain valid for the period specified in the BDS, commencing on the Deadline for Submission of Proposals. A Proposal valid for a shorter period may be rejected by UNDP and rendered non-responsive.
During the Proposal validity period, the Bidder shall maintain its original Proposal without any change, including the availability of the Key Personnel, the proposed rates and the total price.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be examined to determine whether they are complete and submitted in accordance with RFP requirements as per below criteria on a Yes/No basis: