UNICEF Armenia announces LRPS 2024-9189642 with 2 lots for Engineering services and Technical Supervision services

UNICEF Armenia announces LRPS 2024-9189642 with 2 lots for Engineering services (Lot 1) and Technical Supervision services (Lot 2) to establish non-exclusive Long-Term Arrangements (LTAs). The LTAs shall be awarded for the period of 24 months from the date of signing. Subject to satisfactory performance, the LTA may be extended for a further period of 12 months. 
The purpose of the bid is to identify prospective companies to submit technical and financial proposal for engineering and technical supervision of rehabilitation/construction works of existing schools, kindergartens and social service facilities, including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities. More detailed information, such as scope of work, expected deliverables, qualifications required, terms of application and evaluation process are presented in the TOR, which is an integral part of this LRPS document. 
Interested organizations are requested to submit their applications to UNICEF in Armenia no later than 14 May 2024, 18:00. Offers received after the mentioned date and time will be invalidated. The Technical and Financial proposals for each lot must be submitted separately to procurementarmenia@unicef.org e-mail address, by mentioning the LRPS tender number and company name submitting the proposal in the subject line.

The Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal for each Lot must be sent as separate attachments in the same e-mail and clearly indicated as such in the file name (e.g., Lot#_Technical Proposal_LRPS Number Company Name and Lot#_Financial Proposal_ LRPS Number_Company Name). Proposals not sent in this manner will be disqualified.

 The Technical proposal should NOT include any budget line-item, otherwise it will be automatically invalidated. It should be noted that the completion of the Declaration on page 3-5 is mandatory. In case of incomplete Declaration, the application will be disqualified.

It should be noted that UNICEF is an international organization, with a status equal to a diplomatic representation, thus 0 rate of VAT must be applied, according to Section 5, Article 16 of the Law of Republic of Armenia on the Value of the Added Tax. UNICEF will not provide any supporting documents stating business operation with 0 VAT. Potential bidders are invited to a bidders conference that will be held in on 30 April 2024 at 11:00 at UNICEF Conference Hall (14 Petros Adamyan Str.). The purpose of the conference is to provide details about the submission and provide answers all questions related to the project.