ITB for the supply and delivery of blood collection buses for the national blood bank service of Ethiopia (re- bid)

New clarification added: Dear vendors, kindly find below a clarification question from a vendor and UNOPS response.Vendor's question: Regarding the payment terms, it is stated: "Within 30 days upon the receipt of the goods at the partner warehouse and inspection and acceptance by the partner and on submission of payment documentation."Is it possible to have a partial advanced payment or alternatively partial payment upon successful Pre-Delivery Inspection or at an alternative milestone within the project; 30 days after full acceptance will be a minimum duration of the 24 weeks requested delivery time, plus additional time that might be required for clearance and/or acceptance. This provides considerable financial exposure as suppliers need to be paid and the USD currency fluctuates.UNOPS ResponseKindly note that no advance payment or any other payment modality before final delivery of items is provided in the tender. Payment term “ within 30 days after receipt of goods” is the maximum days within which payment is finalized to the vendor.  Kindly also note that practically UNOPS will do its best to pay its suppliers within a few days as long as items are fully delivered to the consignee and up on receiving Receipt and Inspection Report from the consignee ( which takes a couple of days) and on receiving of payment invoices from the vendor. 

New clarification added: Dear vendors, kindly find below a clarification question from a vendor and UNOPS response. Vendor’s Clarification Question: The duty to be paid in Ethiopia has huge impact.  Hence, Would you or Ethiopian blood bank have duty free prevelages? Payment: Would the payment be paid from an international source or local bank account? This will help us decide if we have enough forex for purchase and delivery of the vehicles. UNOPS response: Kindly note that paying the customs duty will be the sole responsibility of the consignee (Ethiopian National Blood Bank) and bidders should not bother on this issue, i.e, duty will not be not paid by the vendor. Once the Consignee paid the customs duty, the Consignee will provide necessary documentation to the vendor and the vendor's local agent will facilitate release of the buses ( I.e, facilitate custom clearance process) and vendor will deliver the buses to the consignee warehouse.