Provision of ICT consulting services
UNOPS
Provision of ICT consulting services
Request for quotation
Reference:
RFQ/2024/55206
Beneficiary countries or territories:
United States of America
Registration level:
Basic
Published on:
16-Dec-2024
Deadline on:
06-Jan-2025 17:00 (GMT 0.00)
Description
The Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology (OSET) is seeking to engage a vendor to provide a dedicated team of IT personnel for an initial period of 3 months, with the potential for extension for additional 3 months. The contract agreement shall be administered by UNOPS.
This engagement is aimed at enhancing the Office’s IT development capabilities to support our ongoing and future projects, particularly in the area of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). This document outlines the scope, objectives, requirements, and conditions of the engagement.
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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
This engagement is aimed at enhancing the Office’s IT development capabilities to support our ongoing and future projects, particularly in the area of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). This document outlines the scope, objectives, requirements, and conditions of the engagement.
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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
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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New amendment added #1: Extend the deadline from 24 Dec. 2024 to 06 Jan. 2025
Edited on:
23-Dec-2024 23:51
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Dear UNOPS Procurement team,In bidder information section, there is this question "Has your firm/organization provided similar services, i.e. virtual event organization for UN in the past? ". could you please explain what needs to be provided in its response as it talks about virtual event organization.with respect to the RFP we belive this question is reffering to provision of IT personnel services on time and material basis and so should be its answer. please confirmAnswer,If you possess the requested experience, please respond with "yes." In the next column, kindly provide details about your experience, including the following information: the name of the project, the client's name, the dates of the project, the services you provided, and any other relevant information.Regards, UNOPS Procurement
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20-Dec-2024 17:25
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webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Dear Procurement Team,In the instructions provided in the document "DRiVE Supplier Sustainability Questionnaire_Final Version_Eng", it states: "Upload this document against the corresponding 'Document checklist' on the eSourcing system."However, I cannot find a corresponding field where this document could be uploaded. The system displays seven fields: one for the company registration certificate and six for the returnable bidding forms.My apologies if I am overlooking something, but I would kindly ask for your guidance on where to upload the questionnaire.Answer,Please add the questionnaire document under Form A: Quotation Submission Form. Regares,UNOPS-Procurement
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20-Dec-2024 17:16
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webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hi Team,I hope this message finds you well. Could you please confirm whether your requirement for this RFQ/2024/55206 is based offshore or onshore? This information will align our next steps accordingly. Answer,This question has been answered. Please check the answer above.Regares,UNOPS-Procurement
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19-Dec-2024 17:47
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hi Team,I hope this message finds you well. Could you please confirm whether your requirement for this RFQ/2024/55206 is based offshore or onshore? This information will align our next steps accordingly. Answer,The resources can be based within the US or outside, the work is location independent, but the team must be available to meet live with the OSET team during EST 10am - 2pm to ensure timely coordination on a daily basis.Regares,UNOPS-Procurement
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19-Dec-2024 17:44
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hello,The document SECTION II: SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTSRFQ/2024/55206 - PROVISION OF ICT CONSUL TING SERVICESstates the following:2 x ICT Innovation Support: one is responsible for designing and improving the user interface and experience of software products. This includes conducting user research, creatingwireframes, designing user interfaces, conducting usability testing, providing interactive prototypes for early validations. The other is responsible for developing front-end and back-end components of digital products. This includes writing code, integrating APIs, working with databases, and ensuring the performance and scalability of applications. By the sound of it, design and development work seem to be more or less equal in size, which is rarely so. My question is whether it is intended to have one person working on UI/UX while the other should be a full-stack developer? If so, what is the reason? Would it make more sense to have a dedicated UI/UX designer and front-end and back-end developers with the same number of hours dedicated to the work? For instance, instead of 40h/week of UI/UX and 40h/week of UI/UX of full-stack, it may make more sense to have 20h/week of UI/UX, 40h/week of frontend and 40h/week of backend. That will achieve two things: 1) the job will be done faster 2) having a dedicated frontend and backend, the work conducted will likely have higher quality + the work can be done in parallel.Answer,Thank you for the question, while your observations are valid regarding the benefits of different team composition, different and part-time resources could increase the coordination effort to ensure team members are available at same time and their work is done in a manner that does not generate blocks or idle time to wait for the other end to complete the tasks.Regares,UNOPS-Procurement
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19-Dec-2024 17:41
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hello,Vendor submission form question. The financial offer section asks for the unit price, currency, and description. Form B: Price Schedule Form - mentions unit prices in the context of hourly rates. Do I understand correctly that the financial offer section's unit price field is intended to be an hourly rate?Answer,Yes, your understanding is correct. UNOPS requests the hourly rate in USD. We anticipate a maximum of 176 hours per month for each personnel; however, the project team may utilize fewer hours each month. Your quote should include the following information: 1. The hourly rate. 2. The total monthly cost for three personnel (3 personnel x 176 hours per month). 3. The total cost for three months for all personnel (3 personnel x 176 hours per month x 3 months). Regares,UNOPS-Procurement
Edited on:
18-Dec-2024 18:11
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Hello.I am NickI am a representative of a company that would like to participate in the tender.Is it possible to explain in more detail in which technology stacks the front-end/back-end developer will work and should be skilled?Thank you in advance!Answer,The requirements are listed in the section 2 document attached to the RFQ. Front-end will be on Angular, and Backend on Python (and Flask) hosted in AWS".Regards,UNOPS-Procurement
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18-Dec-2024 17:55
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org