RFP EM/AFG Construction of (6) Guest Houses Buildings for WHO Kabul, Afghanistan

Cairo, [14September 2022] Dear Prospective Bidder, Subject: Request for Proposal [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0006685] – [Construction of 6 Guest House Buildings for WHO Kabul, Afghanistan] You are invited to submit a proposal for the above mentioned Request for Proposals for the World Health Organization (WHO), Afghanistan in accordance with the attached documents: Documents and Annexes Description RFP Request For Proposals Annex 1 Acknowledgment Form Annex 2 Confidentiality Undertaking Annex 3 Proposal Completeness Form Annex 4 Information about Bidder Annex 5 Acceptance Form Annex 6 Bidder Self-Declaration Form Annex 7 UNGM Guide Appendix – I Bill of Quantity (BOQ): 3 Excel documents (a-b-c): a. Appendix I-a. (BoQ for 5 Guest Houses) b. Appendix I-b. (BoQ for 1 UNIQUE GUEST HOUSE) c. Appendix I-c. (BOQ for the External Work) Appendix – II Specifications for both designs: a. Appendix II-a. Specifications for GH Buildings b. Appendix II-b. Specifications for Unique Building Appendix – III Design Drawings: (3 folders including PDF files) a. Appendix IIIa: Design Drawings for the GH Buildings b. Appendix IIIb: Design Drawings for the Unique Building a. Appendix IIIc: Design Drawing for the External Work Appendix IV Confirmation of offered specification and brands a. Appendix IV.a: Guest House Confirmation of offered specifications and brands b. Appendix IV.b: Unique Building Confirmation of offered specifications and brands c. Appendix IV.c: External Work Confirmation of offered specifications and brands 1) If interested, you are kindly requested to register through UNGM. After having an active account, you have to express your interest through the UNGM which will transfer you to WHO’s e-tendering system to be able to collect the RFP documents and access your tender opportunities. 2) No later than [29 September 2022], you shall complete and return, under “Correspondence” tab of UNGM (paragraph 4.2 refer): a) The enclosed RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0006685] Acknowledgement Form (Annex 1) duly completed and signed as confirmation of your intention to submit a bona fide proposal and designate your representative to whom communications may be directed, including any addenda; and b) The enclosed RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0006685] Confidentiality Undertaking form (Annex 2) signed. 3) A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on technical, contractual or commercial matters may submit its questions via UNGM “Correspondence” tab no later than [5 October 2022], and mandatorily formulate them as follows: Question # Reference to RFP (paragraph #) Question text The WHO Afghanistan team will respond in writing (via the “Correspondence” tab of UNGM) to any request for clarification of the RFP that it receives prior to the date mentioned in the RFP, paragraph 4.6. A consolidated document of WHO’s response to all questions (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of enquiry) will be published on the UNGM. Paragraph 4.6 refer. 4) Proposals must be uploaded via UNGM, “Tender Documents” tab no later than [15 October 2022] at [23:00] hours, [Cairo] time (paragraph 4.11 refer). 5) All interested bidders are requested to attend a briefing meeting in WHO Kabul office on 2 October 2022 at 10:00 a.m. sharp (Kabul Time) as stated in the RFP (paragraph 3.3.7) 6) At the discretion of WHO, selected bidders may be invited to supply additional information on the contents of their proposal during the evaluation period. Such bidders will be asked to give a presentation of their proposal (possibly with an emphasis on a topic of WHO’s choice) followed by a question and answer session. If required, the presentation will be held at WHO Afghanistan by videoconference / Internet, (paragraph 5.5 refer). 7) Evaluation of proposals and selection of a vendor will be performed in accordance with the provisions of RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0006685] (paragraph 5.4 refer). Yours sincerely Mr Sady Elbilbassy Regional Procurement Officer