Request for Proposal (RFP) - Consultancy Services for Studies on the Minimum Requirements for Multilateral Power Market and A Strategy to Establish A Multilateral Power Trade in ASEAN (Regional)

New clarification added: Dear Dear Bidder,Please kindly find below questions and clarification responses from UNOPS for your reference:Question1: . Dear Sir or Madam, with reference to the tender “Consultancy Services for Studies on the Minimum Requirements for Multilateral Power Market and A Strategy to Establish A Multilateral Power Trade in ASEAN (Regional)” RFP/2024/52399, considering the complexity of the requests for this assignment and the coinciding period of holidays, in order to prepare our best offer we kindly ask you the possibility to extend the due date for the submission of the documents required for participation in the tender up to 5th August 2024.Without an extension of the deadline for the submission, unfortunately our company will not be able to participate this tender procedure.We thank you in advance for the attention you would give to our request.Looking forward to receiving your response, we remain.Answer 1: Unfortunately, UNOPS has no plan for extension of the deadline as we are having a stritch deadline on the ongoing initiative with APG. On the other hand, we already keep this tender open for 30 days while the standard tender period is only 21 days.Question 2: We have reviewed the RfP and express our keen interest in participating in the same. However, in order to prepare a comprehensive response, we need to align with various external partners, which require some addtional time. In view of this, we very kindly request your kind authority to extend the bid submission date by 3 weeks minimum i.e. till 12th August 2024. Answer 2: Unfortunately, UNOPS has no plan for extension of the deadline as we are having a stritch deadline on the ongoing initiative with APG. On the other hand, we already keep this tender open for 30 days while the standard tender period is only 21 days.With best regards,UNOPS Team 

New clarification added: Dear Bidder,Please kindly find below questions and clarification responses from UNOPS for your reference:Q1: Would it be possible to get an extension on the submission deadline. Thank you.A1: Unfortunately, UNOPS has no plan for extension of the deadline.Q2: Could you please confirm whether the JV form needs to be submitted for the subcontractor as well, or only for the joint bidder partner?  Could you please confirm whether the JV form needs to be submitted for the subcontractor as well, or only for the joint bidder partner? A2: JV form is not required to submit for the case of sub-contractor.Q3: Could I kindly request an extension of this tender by two weeks?A3: Unfortunately, UNOPS has no plan for extension of the deadline.With best regards,UNOPS Team 

New amendment added #1: The amendment is made to upload the minutes of pre-bid meeting held on 01 July 2024.

New clarification added: Dear Bidders,Please kindly find below question and response from UNOPS as below:Questions: Could you please clarify when will the meeting invite for the pre-bid meeting be sent out?Answer: There is no seperate inviation for pre-bid will be send out as we have no identification of the external participants, thus UNOPS usually provided the link to pre-bid meeting directly in the tender informtion at the time of launching. Below, we would like to share the pre-bid meeting link again for ease of your reference.The virtual pre-bid meeting will be held 01st July 2024 at 15:00 to 16:00 PM, Bangkor Time local time, GMT+7 as per below detials.Pre-bid Meeting: Request for Proposal (RFP/2024/52399) - Consultancy Services for Studies on the Minimum Requirements for Multilateral Power Market and A Strategy to Establish A Multilateral Power Trade in ASEAN (Regional)RFP/2024/52399: Pre-bid meeting for Consultancy Services for Studies on the Minimum Requirements for Multilateral Power Market and A Strategy to Establish A Multilateral Power Trade in ASEAN (Regional)Monday, July 1 · 3:00 – 4:00pmTime zone: Asia/BangkokGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/tmb-dbec-dekOr dial: ‪(KH) +855 23 962 640‬ PIN: ‪912 793 908 6501‬#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tmb-dbec-dek?pin=9127939086501Participation in the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory, however, it is highly encourage interested bidder to attend in order to have a better understanding of the requirement.Those prospective bidders interested in participating in the virtual pre-bid meeting should give their details including email address as a clarification request through the system or sending email to chandanyu@unops.org on or before 28th June 2024 CoB.