CANCELLED RFP for the Provision of Fund Disbursement Services, UNOPS Myanmar
UNOPS
CANCELLED RFP for the Provision of Fund Disbursement Services, UNOPS Myanmar
Request for proposal
Reference:
RFP/2021/21542
Beneficiary countries or territories:
Myanmar
Registration level:
Basic
Published on:
18-Jun-2021
Deadline on:
12-Jul-2021 05:30 0.00
Description
Tender description: RFP for the Provision of Fund Disbursement Services, UNOPS Myanmar as further detailed in Section II of this tender.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Interested vendors must respond to this tender using the UNOPS eSourcing system, via the UNGM portal. In order to access the full UNOPS tender details, request clarifications on the tender, and submit a vendor response to a tender using the system, vendors need to be registered as a UNOPS vendor at the UNGM portal and be logged into UNGM. For guidance on how to register on UNGM and submit responses to UNOPS tenders in the UNOPS eSourcing system, please refer to the user guide and other resources available at: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
Interested in improving your knowledge of what UNOPS procures, how we procure and how to become a vendor to supply to our organization? Learn more about our free online course on “Doing business with UNOPS” here
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Interested vendors must respond to this tender using the UNOPS eSourcing system, via the UNGM portal. In order to access the full UNOPS tender details, request clarifications on the tender, and submit a vendor response to a tender using the system, vendors need to be registered as a UNOPS vendor at the UNGM portal and be logged into UNGM. For guidance on how to register on UNGM and submit responses to UNOPS tenders in the UNOPS eSourcing system, please refer to the user guide and other resources available at: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
Interested in improving your knowledge of what UNOPS procures, how we procure and how to become a vendor to supply to our organization? Learn more about our free online course on “Doing business with UNOPS” here
This tender has been posted through the UNOPS eSourcing system. / Cet avis a été publié au moyen du système eSourcing de l'UNOPS. / Esta licitación ha sido publicada usando el sistema eSourcing de UNOPS. Vendor Guide / Guide pour Fournisseurs / Guíra para Proveedores: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
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This procurement opportunity integrates considerations for at least one sustainability indicator. However, it does not meet the requirements to be considered sustainable.
Gender issues
Social
The tender contains sustainability considerations addressing gender equality and women's empowerment.
Examples:
Gender mainstreaming, targeted employment of women, promotion of women-owned businesses.
Whole life cycle cost
Economic
The tender considers the whole life cycle cost of the service or product.
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| https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides | UNOPS eSourcing – Vendor guide and other system resources / Guide pour fournisseurs et autres ressources sur le système / Guía para proveedores y otros recursos sobre el sistema |
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Funds clearance services
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Letter of credit services
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Currency exchange services
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Spot exchange transaction services
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Currency conversion service
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Remittance processing services
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Operating lease finance service
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Payment gateway services
Tender cancelled on 2022-12-30 10:09 UTC. Dear Bidder,eSourcing case ref. no. RFP/2021/21542Subject: RFP for the Provision of Fund Disbursement Services, UNOPS MyanmarWith reference to the above-mentioned tender, we would like to inform you that the tender was cancelled as the initial solicitation is no longer valid. Thank you for your best interest to bid and we encourage you to regularly review the procurement notices published on the UNOPS website and the United Nations Global Marketplace (www.ungm.org) for procurement opportunities with UNOPS and other United Nations organizations.Best regards,MMCO Procurement UnitUNOPS Myanmar. For any inquiries, please contact Dominic ANYANZO. Email: Dominica@unops.org, Phone: Myanmar 951657281
Edited on:
30-Dec-2022 11:09
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Will this be possible for UNOPS, beyond paying the invoice to the lead consortium partner to proceed to some partial payments internationally to some of the consortium members directly to avoid multiple international transactions.Let's say the invoice of a month is 100 financial units, the lead consortium member should channel 70 financial units to Myanmar from its accounnt in Singapore, and consortium member A should receive 30 financial units in Singapore as well, would it be possible for UNOPS to proceed to two separated payments, 1 of 70 to the consortium leader and 30 directly to consortium member A?ResponsesUNOPS will sign a contract with the winner of the bid. Payments will be based on the invoices submitted by the winning company. If there will be a need to pay a third party, it can be handled using UNOPS' internal mechanisms for making such payments.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 09:13
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: We would like to know if there is maximum transaction level in MMK and USD regarding the level of disbursement, as well as the average amount of transaction, and the number of tansaction per month that UNOPS expects to proceed.ResponsesUNOPS placed this RFP because of the funds transfer challenges we are facing in Myanmar. We are facing challenges in paying our beneficiaries who include personnel, implementing partners and vendors. Our beneficiaries are located all over the country and we expect them to be paid monthly, quarterly or as per the frequency needed as the assignment evolves. In order to service these beneficiaries, we need a service provider who has adequate presence in the major towns as included in the RFP and who will be able to provide services in either all of the lots or in a few of them. We expect the winner or winners of the bid to provide solutions to the challenges we are facing and we believe those have been adequately described in the TOR. How much we give per location doesn't matter so long as you have adequate distribution channels to avail the cash in the location we want. In every lot, we have given you bands in order for you to be able to structure your proposal.Finally, in your financial proposal, we expect you to quote your price as per any breakdown you deem necessary to fulfill the needs of this assignment.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 09:10
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: We would like to get the UNOPS vision on the KYC to be implemented the disbursement beneficiaries undertsanding we ae planning to implement a KYC of the beneficiaries that willmatch UNOPS and the CBM requirements.ResponsesAs per the TOR the CTA will get beneficiary list cleared by UNOPS, which the CTA will use for making disbursements. It is expected that the CTA is already in compliance with CBM requirements and this is also specified in the TOR.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 09:01
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Based on the fund disbursement requirement,Source of funding a) will UNOPS deposit the USD from oversea / inside the country and the CTA will disburse to the recipients' preferrable received methods? b) will UNOPS deposit the MMK local currencies inside the country and the CTA will disburse to the recipients' preferrable received methods?c) it could be both a and b?Source of funding citya) will UNOPS deposit source of funding from majority cities such as Yangon, Mandalay, and Nay Pyi Taw OR oversea with USD?b) or it could be from 19 cities stated in RFP?Financial proposal formCan CTA submit financial proposal form with own disubrsement charging rate along with "proposed scenairo financial proposal form" which stated in financial proposal form as an example since we CTA uses different kind of fee and charging mechanism in our system?ResponsesSource of Fundinga) funds will be sent from UNOPS oversea account the the CTA and has to have the ability to bring the funds into the country or make payments locally. The RFP requires bidders to demonstrate this.b) same as a) above. UNOPS sents USD to the CTA from oversea account and exchanged to MMK as described the RFP TOR.c) Please refer to a) and b).Source of funding citya) Overseas Please refer to a) and b) above for source of funding responses. As per the RFP TOR, the CTA has to demonstrate that they can distribute funds to the major cities listed in the TOR.b) refer to a).Financial form. Unfortunately we want all bidders to submit uniform proposals in the standard format in line with UNOPS policies.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 08:56
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: We understand that UNOPS will be invoiced and pay from an international location, from which location will it be? ResponsePayment from UNOPS HQ. Please demonstrate ability to receive funds from abroad into Myanmar as per the TOR.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 08:54
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: In order to provide a better accuracy of the transaction costs, we would like to segregate in the financial proposal the fixed costs to the project management and IT development which would correspond to a monthly fixed fee for the first case and a one shot fee for the second, from the transaction fees that will be a %? Would this be possible? In such a case would it be possible to add to the financial proposal three lines: (1) project management - USD per month, (2) IT development cost USD, (3) IT development costs USD/month?May UNOPS provide an updated form accordingly.ResponseWe prefer the pricing structure to remain as per the RFP.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 05:22
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Could we please get a approximate breakdown of the split between USD and MMK, and ideally the split between cash USD vs bank USD and cash MMK vs Bank/mobile money MMK? ResponseUNOPS placed this RFP because of the funds transfer challenges we are facing in Myanmar. We are facing challenges in paying our beneficiaries who include personnel, implementing partners and vendors. Our beneficiaries are located all over the country and we expect them to be paid monthly, quarterly or as per the frequency needed as the assignment evolves. In order to service these beneficiaries, we need a service provider who has adequate presence in the major towns as included in the RFP and who will be able to provide services in either all of the lots or in a few of them.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 05:13
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Could we please get a high level breakdown of disbursement by region or township? And within region or township, a breakdown of cash vs bank transfers or e-wallet? ResponseUNOPS placed this RFP because of the funds transfer challenges we are facing in Myanmar. We are facing challenges in paying our beneficiaries who include personnel, implementing partners and vendors. Our beneficiaries are located all over the country and we expect them to be paid monthly, quarterly or as per the frequency needed as the assignment evolves. In order to service these beneficiaries, we need a service provider who has adequate presence in the major towns as included in the RFP and who will be able to provide services in either all of the lots or in a few of them.
Edited on:
08-Jul-2021 05:11
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: I have a few questions. Under VENDOR SUBMISSION (Document checklist) tab, it shows 0/11 which means we have 11 files to be uploaded. Under FINANCIAL OFFER DETAILS , it's 0/0 which means we have no place to upload Form C. We can submit required documents and Form A,B,H under Document checklist. Please suggest if the rest of the forms ( Form D and F) are mandatory and where we can submit them.Or, do we also need to submit the whole Section III : Returnable bidding forms somewhere?Thank you in advance for your clarification.ResponsesForm C is uploiaded in the Financial envelope documentsForm D is also in the list for submission. Form D is your technical proposal and it has to be submitted. Form F is previous experience and has to also be submitted. Yes, All forms in Section III have to be submitted unless indicated otherwise. They are called returnable bidding forms since you have to complete them and send back with your proposal.
Edited on:
30-Jun-2021 13:20
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: We are currently setting a consortium and in order to ensure the qualification in respect of the company incorporation date in Myanmar and the selection of the company which will front the response, we would like to know about the 3 years as described in the following sentence the CTA should be "at least 3 years of relevant experience", and understand whether a company having been incorporated in Myanmar in 2019 is eligible or not.ResponsesBidders are required to have at least three years of related experiences in Myanmar, however, part of those experiences shall be during the last 6 months from the bid closing date. Note that for consortiums qualification criteria such as specific experience requirements and turnover requirement refer to all consortium or joint venture partners or combined.
Edited on:
30-Jun-2021 13:17
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Regarding the startement "advance disbursements of funds in USD and MMK equivalent to at least USD 1,000,000 (United States Dollars One Million only)" will UNOPS is considering to provide any guarantee in final resort, considering the costs will be covered by the CTA.ResponseSuppliers provide advance payment guarantee if they need advance payment from UNOPS, but UNOPS does not provide such guarantees to suppliers. Once supplier successfully completes service, UNOPS pays for such services within 30 days upon receipt of invoice.
Edited on:
30-Jun-2021 13:03
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: In relation with the submission date deadline, we would like to request an additional period of 4 to 5 days for the submission deadline. Could it be possible to get an extension which will ensure the comprehensiveness of our submission.ResponseIt will be extended by 1 week.
Edited on:
30-Jun-2021 12:56
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #1: Extending closing date by 1 week.
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30-Jun-2021 12:55
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hi, I have a few questions. Under VENDOR SUBMISSION (Document checklist) tab, it shows 0/11 which means we have 11 files to be uploaded. Under FINANCIAL OFFER DETAILS , it's 0/0 which means we have no place to upload Form C. We can submit required documents and Form A,B,H under Document checklist. Please suggest if the rest of the forms ( Form D and F) are mandatory and where we can submit them.Or, do we also need to submit the whole Section III : Returnable bidding forms somewhere?Thank you in advance for your clarification.ResponsesForm C is uploiaded in the Financial envelope documentsForm D is also in the list for submission. Form D is your technical proposal and it has to be submitted. Form F is previous experience and has to also be submitted. Yes, All forms in Section III have to be submitted unless indicated otherwise. They are called returnable bidding forms since you have to complete them and send back with your proposal.
Edited on:
28-Jun-2021 08:47
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org