Invitation to Bid
RFP Title: Supply of Education Subsidies
Number: 2022-PACT/01/06
Date of Solicitation: 22th June 2022
Closing Date and Time: 6th July 2022, 11:00 am (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Questions and Clarifications: Due by 30th June 2022
Introduction to Pact and ACHIEVE Project
Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven, and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact. Visit us at www.pactworld. org,
The Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination project, or ACHIEVE, is a five-year global effort to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants, and children. The project is funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by a Pact-led consortium of top global HIV/AIDS partners, including Palladium, No Means No Worldwide, and WI-HER.
Objective of the Assignment
The overall objective of this assignment is to procure educational subsidies comprised of school bags, mathematical sets, pens, pencils, and A4 exercise books for 9,746 adolescent girls in Mufindi DC and 11,500 in-school Children aged 6 – 14 to ensure retention and completion of primary and secondary education available in Dodoma MC, Iringa DC, Iringa MC, Kilolo DC, Mafinga TC, Mufindi DC, and Kilombero DC
Interested vendors should download the full Terms of Reference (ToR)
All questions and requests for clarification should be directed to [email protected] with the subject line “Request for Clarification:
Supply of Education Subsidies” b e fore C 0B 30″ June 2022.
Eligibility
To be considered for the award, vendors must currently be legally operating in Tanzania, and the quotation must include all of the following information:
- Ability to meet or exceed the requirements/technical specifications.
- Ability to deliver the items/services specified in Terms of reference no later than the date(s) required.
- Legally registered in Tanzania.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Price
- Financial capability
- Experience
- Quality of items to be supplied (Shortlisted applicants will be required to submit samples).
- Delivery
Submission Instructions interested suppliers must submit the following information to Pact Tanzania:
1. Draft inception report detailing the methodology for supplying and distributing education subsides kits, including tentative work plan, for review and approval by Pact.
2. Quote, valid for at least 90 days
3. Current company profile
4. Copies of the registration certificate and address of their registered office, valid business license, VAT, TIN certificates, and Tax clearance certificate
5. Items specifications are fulty addressed in the quotation.
6. Current audited financial statement for two consecutive years
7. Delivery time must be specified.
8. Payment terms 100% after delivery
9. Evidence of similar assignments and at least two (2) names and addresses of clients served.
10. interested vendors should visit Pact Tanzania Dar Office to see a backpack sample before submitting a quote. Shortlisted vendors will be required to submit samples similar to or close to the sample provided by Pact Tanzania.
Vendors who wish to answer this RFP should send their proposals in sealed envelopes to Pact Tanzania Head Office by 6″ July 2022, 11:00 am. All sealed envelopes need to be marked as: “Tender for Procurement of Supply of Education Subsidies.”
Office Address:
The Tender Committee Pact Tanzania
74 Uporoto Street, Victoria
P.O. Box 6348, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
PACT will open all bids on 6″ July 2022 at 11.30 am in the presence of Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend.
Quotes must be in Tanzania shillings and include taxes separately:
- Proposals submitted through emails will not be considered.
- Quotations received after that time or at a different address may not be accepted.
