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REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS (RFQ)
RFQ Number: LEAP-BDS-002
Issuance Date: April 2, 2024
Deadline for Offers: April 30, 2024
Description: Business Development Services for Micro-, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Southern Libya
For: Libya Economic Acceleration Project (LEAP/Aqfuz)
Funded By: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Cooperative Agreement No. 72067022CA00001
Implemented By: Chemonics International Inc.
Point of Contact: operations@libyaeap.com
***** ETHICAL AND BUSINESS CONDUCT REQUIREMENTS *****
Chemonics is committed to integrity in procurement, and only selects vendors based on objective business criteria such as price and technical merit. Chemonics expects vendors to comply with our Standards of Business Conduct, available at https://www.chemonics.com/our-approach/standards-business-conduct/.
Chemonics does not tolerate fraud, collusion among offerors, falsified proposals/bids, bribery, or kickbacks. Any firm or individual violating these standards will be disqualified from this procurement, barred from future procurement opportunities, and may be reported to both USAID and the Office of the Inspector General.
Employees and agents of Chemonics are strictly prohibited from asking for or accepting any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, object of value or compensation from current or potential vendors or vendors in exchange for or as a reward for business. Employees and agents engaging in this conduct are subject to termination and will be reported to USAID and the Office of the Inspector General. In addition, Chemonics will inform USAID and the Office of the Inspector General of any vendor offers of money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, object of value, or compensation to obtain business.
Offerors responding to this RFQ must include the following as part of the proposal submission: • Disclose any close, familial, or financial relationships with Chemonics or project staff. For example, if an offeror’s cousin is employed by the project, the offeror must state this.
Please contact Michele Bradford at mbradford@chemonics.com with any questions or concerns regarding the above information or to report any potential violations. Potential violations may also be reported directly to Chemonics’ Washington office through the contact information listed on the website found at the hyperlink above.
Section 1: Instructions to Offerors
o Marketing development:
o Business management capacity building
o HR capacity development
o Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and management systems development o Finance and accounting capacity building.
o Fashion design development including digital embroidery
As a result of this RFQ, LEAP anticipates issuing a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) – or possibly multiple BPAs – to establish specific pricing levels and parameters for ordering these services. This will allow LEAP to issue specific purchase orders on an as-needed basis for the procurement of these services over the next 24 months.. The vendor shall furnish the services described in any purchase orders issued by Chemonics under this BPA. Chemonics is only obliged to pay for services ordered through purchase orders issued under this BPA and delivered by the vendor in accordance with the terms/conditions of this BPA.
Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received by Chemonics in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this RFQ. Failure to adhere with instructions described in this RFQ may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration.
Please reference the LEAP-BDS-002 in any response to this RFQ. Offers received after the specified time and date will be considered late and will be considered only at the discretion of Chemonics.
Only the written answers issued by Chemonics will be considered official and carry weight in the RFQ process and subsequent evaluation. Any verbal information received from employees of Chemonics, or any other entity should not be considered as an official response to any questions regarding this RFQ.
In addition, offerors responding to this RFQ are requested to submit the following:
The price quotation must be submitted separately from above documents. All other parts of this quotation must not make reference to pricing data in order that the technical evaluation may be made strictly on the basis of technical merit.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title22-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title22-vol1-part228.pdf. The cooperating country for this RFQ is Libya/Tunis Offerors may not offer or supply services or any commodities that are manufactured or assembled in, shipped from, transported through, or otherwise involving any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria.
Any and all items that are made by Huawei Technology Company, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikivision Digital Technology Company, Dahua Technology Company will not be accepted. If offers include items from these entities, please note that they will be deemed not technically responsive and excluded from competition.
Offeror does not have a UEI number and is unable to obtain one before the submission deadline, Offeror shall include a statement noting their intention to obtain a UEI number should it be selected as the successful offeror or explaining why registration for a UEI number is not possible. Contact sam.gov to obtain a number. Further guidance on obtaining a UEI number is available from Chemonics upon request.
Points will not be awarded for cost which will be primarily evaluated for realism and reasonableness. For overall evaluation purposes of this RFQ, technical evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are considered significantly more important than cost factors. If technical scores are determined to be equal or nearly equal, cost will become the determining factor.
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GlobalQMS ID: 11114.3,2 December 2022
Based on: 10844.5, 24 June 2022
Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion.
Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:
Please note that in submitting a response to this RFQ, the offeror understands that USAID is not a party to this solicitation and the offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented—in writing with full explanations—to the LEAP Project for consideration, as USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. Chemonics, at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.
This solicitation is subject to Chemonics’ standard terms and conditions. Any resultant award will be governed by these terms and conditions; a copy of the full terms and conditions is available upon request. Please note the following terms and conditions will apply:
(a) Chemonics’ standard payment terms are net 30 days after receipt and acceptance of any services or deliverables. Payment will only be issued to the entity submitting the offer in response to this RFQ and identified in the resulting award; payment will not be issued to a third party.
(b) Any award resulting from this RFQ will be firm fixed price, in the form of a purchase order. (c) No services or commodities may be supplied that are manufactured or assembled in, shipped from, transported through, or otherwise involving any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria.
(d) Any international air or ocean transportation or shipping carried out under any award resulting from this RFQ must take place on U.S.-flag carriers/vessels.
(e) United States law prohibits transactions with, and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. The Vendor under any award resulting from this RFQ must ensure compliance with these laws.
(f) The title to any service supplied under any award resulting from this RFQ shall pass to Chemonics following delivery and acceptance of the service by Chemonics. Risk of loss, injury, or destruction of the goods shall be borne by the offeror until title passes to Chemonics.
(g) The selected offeror is required to comply fully with the Mandatory Standard Provision entitled, “Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment,” which states that U.S. government assistance funds, including direct and
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GlobalQMS ID: 11114.3,2 December 2022
Based on: 10844.5, 24 June 2022
indirect costs, cost share and program income, cannot be used to: (1) procure or obtain; (2) extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain; or (3) enter into a contract (or extend or renew a contract) to procure or obtain equipment, services, or systems that use covered telecommunications equipment or services (“CTES”) as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. This prohibition covers certain telecommunications equipment and services, including, but not limited to, phones, internet, video surveillance, and cloud servers, produced or provided by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities). Chemonics may provide approval for the Subrecipient/Contractor to procure specific CTES on a case-by-case basis if no available alternate eligible source exists. If the Subrecipient/Contractor uses any U.S. government assistance funds to procure CTES without written advance approval, Chemonics reserves the right to refuse reimbursement and/or seek reimbursement from the subrecipient/contractor.
(b) AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (DEFENSE BASE ACT) [Updated by AAPD 22-01- 6-10-22] As prescribed in AIDAR 728.308, the following supplemental coverage is to be added to the clause specified in FAR 52.228-3.
(1) The Subcontractor agrees to procure DBA insurance pursuant to the terms of the contract between USAID and USAID’s DBA insurance carrier unless the Subcontractor has a DBA self-insurance program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor or has an approved retrospective rating agreement for DBA.
(2) If USAID or Subcontractor has secured a waiver of DBA coverage (See AIDAR 728.305- 70(a)) for Subcontractor’s employees who are not citizens of, residents of, or hired in the United States, the Subcontractor agrees to provide such employees with worker’s compensation benefits as required by the laws of the country in which the employees are working, or by the laws of the employee’s native country, whichever offers greater benefits.
(3) The Subcontractor further agrees to insert in all lower-tier subcontracts hereunder to which the DBA is applicable a clause similar to this clause, including the sentence, imposing on all lower-tier subcontractors authorized by Chemonics a like requirement to provide overseas workmen’s compensation insurance coverage and obtain DBA coverage under the USAID requirements contract.
(4) Contractors must apply for coverage directly to Starr Indemnity & Liability Company through its agent, Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), using any of the following methods:
https://www.starr.com/Insurance/Casualty/Defense-Base-Act/USAID—Defense Base-Act
required application form and submission requirements:
– Tyler Hlawati (Starr) tyler.hlawati@Starrcompanies.com Telephone: 646-
227-6556
– Bryan Cessna (Starr) bryan.cessna@starrcompanies.com Telephone: 302-
249-6780
– Mike Dower (Marsh MMA) mike.dower@marshmma.com Telephone: 703-
813-6513
– Diane Proctor (Marsh MMA) diane.proctor@marshmma.com Telephone:
703-813-6506
For instructions on the required application form and submission requirements, please refer to AAPD 22-01. Pursuant to AIDAR 752.228-70, medical evacuation is a separate insurance requirement for overseas performance of USAID funded subcontracts; the Defense Base Act insurance does not provide coverage for medical evacuation. The costs of DBA insurance are allowable and reimbursable as a direct cost to this Subcontract.
Before starting work, the offeror must provide Chemonics with a copy of the DBA coverage policy that covers each of its employees.
Section 2: Offer Checklist
To assist offerors in preparation of the offer, the following checklist summarizes the documentation to include an offer in response to this RFQ:
□ Cover letter, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror (see Section 4 for template)
□ Official quotation, including proof of technical qualifications, (see Section 3 for scope of work, required technical qualifications, and the template to provide quotations);
□ Copy of offeror’s registration or business license (see Section 1.5 for more details);
□ Contact information for at least three (3) references of past or present clients indicating the relevant services carried out in the last three (3) years that best illustrate company/individual’s qualifications and past performance (see Section 1.5 for more details).
□ Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting Questionnaire, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror (see Section 5 for questionnaire). This form shall be completed only if the value is over $30,000.
□ Narrative description of past performance for similar services;
□ The CV of all technical personnel with references of previous . (See Section 1.5 for more details).
□ 2-3 pages introduction to company/individual’s areas of expertise, and description of the team and main clients (see Section 1.5 for more details).
Section 3: Scope of Work and Technical Qualifications
3a. Background
LEAP is a four-year, USAID-funded cooperative agreement implemented by Chemonics International, Inc. The life of the project spans from October 2022 to September 2026. LEAP works with private sector micro-, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in southern Libya in the agriculture, services, and industrial sectors, among others, to support their sustainable economic growth.
LEAP has determined that a key constraint facing MSMEs in southern Libya is a lack of business skills and systems to support sustainable, efficient growth. To address this gap, LEAP will undertake a program to hire business development service providers who can work with MSMEs that have partnered with LEAP to build their capacity in four major areas:
Generally, LEAP seeks to identify business development service providers (vendors) that can provide technical assistance in the areas specified above as well as provide direct training to SME staff.
LEAP works with SMEs throughout southern Libya. However, the majority of SMEs partnered with LEAP operate in the major economic and population hubs of Sabha, Murzuq, Ubari, Ghat and Algatroun. Offerors should be able to operate to all these regions. Activities and trainings should be conducted in a location that is accessible to partner SMEs and should maximize the number of staff that can participate. For instance, if a successful offeror is not able to deliver training or hold a meeting with an SME on site at the business location, the offeror must provide a suitable alternative location that is in reasonable proximity to the SME.
3b. Objective
The objective of this solicitation is to support LEAP partner SMEs to gain skills, knowledge, and guidance documents that will enable them to become more competitive in regional, national, and international markets, increasing revenue, profits, and creating new jobs.
The specific objectives of the activity are as follows:
– Increase management, administrative, finance, procurement and human resources capacity and literacy of partner SMEs
– Increase capability of partner SMEs to improve their marketing strategies and develop new ones – Enable partner SMEs to be able to create their own Entrerprise Resource Planning system
– Enable partner SMEs to develop their business plans, promoting management and administrative skills required to run a successful business.
3c. Scope of Work
The purpose of this RFQ is to engage Vendor(s) and independent expert(s) to provide business development services to Chemonics and LEAP. LEAP is accepting quotations from business development service providers to provide the following services to the project’s partner SMEs in southern Libya, including Sabha, Murzuq, Ubari, Ghat and Algatroun
Offerors should be prepared to conduct a thorough review of the partner SME (assessment), then develop the action plan with clear deliverables in the main objective areas noted above as needed and in consultation with LEAP and with a subsequent written request or PAR issued by LEAP, and finally provide technical assistance on those same objective areas. Please note that not all SMEs will require support in all areas and some firms will only receive partial support in these areas. Successful offerors will play a critical role in helping to improve all SMEs by assessing the business’ strengths, opportunities for improvement, and recommending possible solutions. The successful offeror must be able to understand partner SME needs, what they wish to improve, and how to develop a strategy to achieve these objectives that will be included in the action plans to be submitted to LEAP as written deliverables.
Reporting
The vendor will regularly report on the implementation of the above activities, planning, and scheduling. Reports will include any challenges, barriers, or lessons learned throughout implementation. The vendor must also coordinate with LEAP’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan to capture the results and impact of the above activities.
Technical Qualifications that the selected offeror must possess:
– Offerors must have experience and success in delivering similar technical assistance. – Consultants will be required to travel to the field to deliver assistance to the selected SMEs to the locations listed above.
– Offerors are required to share the CVs and education background of the consultant’s part of the quotation submission. Consultants must be fluent in Arabic, the working language of the selected SMEs. Any consultant that is unable to engage with SMEs will be noted as insufficient in completing the assignment deliverable, and thus the vendor may not be able to invoice the deliverable to LEAP.
– Offerors are required to equip consultants with training materials, laptops, projectors, and any other equipment which is required for the delivery of the technical assistance.
– Staff assigned to these tasks must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum three of years of experience; staff must have completed all required certifications and licenses required by local law and regulations.
– Experience with USAID or other donor-funded projects in Libya, especially those implemented by for-profit international firms like Chemonics, is highly preferred.
The table below contains the list of services under RFQ. Offerors are requested to provide quotations containing the information below on official letterhead or official quotation format. In
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the event this is not possible, offerors may complete this Section 3 and submit a signed/stamped version to Chemonics.
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Item |
TA | LOEs/Days | Price if the assistance
is in Sebha |
Price if the assistance
is in Murziq |
Price if the
assistance is in Ubari |
Price if the
assistance is in Ghat |
Price if the
assistance is in Qlgatroun |
1 | Marketing training | ||||||
2 | Marketing strategy
development |
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3 | Digital marketing
strategy |
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4 | Brand development | ||||||
5 | Business management capacity building | ||||||
6 | Human Resources
capacity development |
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7 | ERP and management systems development | ||||||
8 | Finance and accounting capacity building | ||||||
Subtotal: | |||||||
GRAND TOTAL [enter local currency]: |
Offerors are required to submit an excel sheet as an annex for budget details of all amounts included in the above table.
Electronic deliveries shall be made by the Vendor to (insert contact information)
Delivery time (after receipt of order): _________calendar days
The delivery estimate presented in an offer in response to this RFQ must be upheld in the performance of any resulting contract.
The prices offered above remain fixed for the next 24 months:
____Yes ____No
Section 4: Offer Cover Letter
The following cover letter must be placed on letterhead and completed/signed/stamped by a representative authorized to sign on behalf of the offeror:
To: Libya Economic Acceleration Project
Aljedded, Sabha Libya
Reference: RFQ No. LEAP-BDS-002
To Whom It May Concern:
We, the undersigned, hereby provide the attached offer to perform all work required to complete the activities and requirements as described in the above-referenced RFQ. Please find our offer attached.
We hereby acknowledge and agree to all terms, conditions, special provisions, and instructions included in the above-referenced RFQ. We further certify that the below-named firm—as well as the firm’s principal officers, and all commodities and services offered in response to this RFQ—are eligible to participate in this procurement under the terms of this solicitation and under USAID regulations.
Furthermore, we hereby certify that, to the best of our knowledge and belief: • We have no close, familial, or financial relationships with any Chemonics or Libya Economic Acceleration Project LEAP staff members.
We hereby certify that the enclosed representations, certifications, and other statements are accurate, current, and complete.
Authorized Signature:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Date:
Company Name:
Company Address:
Company Telephone and Website:
Company Registration or Taxpayer ID Number:
Company UEI Number:
Does the company have an active bank account (Yes/No)?
Official name associated with bank account (for payment):
Section 5: Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting Questionnaire
If the offeror is selected for an award valued at $30,000 or above and is not exempted based on a negative response to Section 3(a) below, anyfirst-tier subaward to the organization may be reported and made public through FSRS.gov in accordance with The Transparency Acts of 2006 and 2008. Therefore, in accordance with FAR 52.240-10 and 2CFR Part170, if the offeror positively certifies below in Sections 3.a and 3.b and negatively certifies in Sections 3.c and 3.d, the offeror will be required to disclose to Chemonics for reporting in accordance with the regulations, the names and total compensation of the organization’s five most highly compensated executives. By submitting this quotation, the offeror agrees to comply with this requirement as applicable if selected for a subaward.
In accordance with those Acts and to determine applicable reporting requirements, Company Name certifies as follows:
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
I hereby certify that the above statements are true and accurate, to the best of my knowledge. Authorized Signature:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Date:
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