Subject: Procurement of two (2) solid waste collections trucks under the Intermunicipal Cooperation project for modernization of the Solid Waste Collection System in Budesti, Tohatin, Cruzesti and Colonita communities

RFP No.: FY22-CM-EQP-SWCT (01)

Date of launch: April 07, 2022, 17:00 (Chisinau local time) 

Closing Date for Questions: April 19, 2022, 10:00 (Chisinau local time) 

Closing Date for Submission of Proposal:  April 28, 2022, 10:00 (Chisinau local time) 

Summary of the Comunitatea Mea (CM) Program

The Comunitatea Mea Program aims to strengthen local government to become more effective, transparent and accountable to citizens and to build local government’s capacity in meeting citizens’ needs. Details are available at https://www.irex.org/project/comunitatea-mea-my-community.

The aim: The Comunitatea Mea (CM) program, administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), invites applicants to submit proposals for the procurement of the specialized equipment/goods under CM Community Development Projects aiming to improve the solid waste collection system in Budesti, Tohatin, Cruzesti and Colonita, as following:

Timeline:

• If the Applicants have questions or clarifications, they can submit the questions or clarifications to tender.cm.md@irex.org until 10:00 on April 19, 2022 (Chisinau local time).
• IREX will publish its responses on its website as a Bid Bulletin, including a description of the inquiry, but without identifying its source, on April 21, 2022.
• Deadline for Submission of Proposal: April 28, 2022, 10:00 (Chisinau local time). Proposals received after 10:00 on April 28, 2022 (Chisinau local time) shall be considered late and shall not be evaluated.

Estimated timeline of delivery: July 2022 – October 2022

Instructions:

1. For more details related to this RfP FY22-CM-EQP-SWCT (01), please consult:

• Instructions for Applicants from the REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RfP) - FY22-CM-EQP-SWCT (01);
• Technical Specifications (TS) (Annex I).

2. Proposals must be comprised of the following documents:
   • Proposal Submission Form (Annex II)
   • Financial Proposal Form (Annex III)
   • Technical Proposal Form (Annex IV)

• Experience and past performance Form (Annex V) and,
• all other required documents as stated in the clause 9, “Proposal content”, section “Instructions for Applicants” from RfP.

3. Submittal requirements:

• Please scan, sign, and submit your proposal via e-mail to: tender.cm.md@irex.org
• The Subject line of the email should read: “RfP No: FY22-CM-EQP-SWCT (01), Company Name.”
• Proposals received after 10:00, April 28, 2022 (Chisinau local time) shall be considered late and shall not be evaluated.

4. Only officially registered companies in the Republic of Moldova are eligible to submit the proposals.
5. Proposals must be written in English, Romanian, or Russian.
6. All proposal prices indicated in the financial proposal should be appropriate, reasonable, quoted in US Dollars (USD), and should indicate VAT 0%.
7. After proposal submission, the prices shall be fixed and are not subject to increases on any account. Submitted proposals that are subject to price adjustment will be rejecte
8. The price of supply must correspond to 100 % of the specifications in Annex I (Technical Specifications) and must include warranty, changing broken components, etc., (except VAT) as well as the cost of transportation and insurance of the equipment/goods incurred until delivery of the equipment/goods and Related Services to their final destination (at the Project Site) in IREX country (Republic of Moldova), Operators’ Manuals, User Guidance Training at the Project Site. Partial and or incomplete proposals shall be rejected as non-responsive.

The RfP is issued in English and Romanian languages. In the event of inconsistency between the content of the RfP and the translation into Romanian, the English meaning will prevail.

IREX Moldova does not discriminate against any Applicant or potential Applicant, such as, but not limited to, by withholding, adversely impacting, or denying equitable access to benefits or services on the basis of any non-merit factor. A non-merit factor includes race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, or veteran’s status.

Please go to https://tender.md.irex.org/ro/info for more information