Request for Proposal
DRC Country Office,
Mogadishu,
Somalia.
30th October 2024
To interested companies
Request for Proposal No. RFP-SOM-CO-2024-007 – Consultancy for Legal Assistance Services in Somalia (Mogadishu, Dolow and Baidoa)
Dear Sir/Madam:
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has received a grant from several Donors for the implementation of the humanitarian aid operation in Somalia. Part of this operation includes actively engaging in different coordination bodies to improve effectiveness of the humanitarian response in Somalia through joint data collection, analysis, planning, and response such as but not limited to CCCM Cluster, Somalia Cash Consortium, WASH Cluster, Protection Monitoring, etc.
To Support this The Danish Refugee Council Somalia seeks proposals for the consultancy of legal assistance services in Somalia (Mogadishu, Dolow and Baidoa).
Therefore, the DRC requests you to submit your proposal. Please be guided by this RFP and the attached Terms of Reference (TOR) Annex F
Your proposal must be expressed in English Language and valid for a minimum period of 60 days.
I. Important information regarding this RFP:
· This RFP is launched for the purpose of establishing a contract with the provider to provide consultancy for the provision of legal assistance services in Somalia (Mogadishu, Dolow and Baidoa).
· DRC may choose to cancel the contract if deemed necessary.
· The expected duration of this consultancy shall be 3 Months, and the final delivery of the services shall not exceed the 20th of February 2025 DRC may terminate the contract if consultant fails to deliver services on time.
· No advance payment will be paid to the awarded consultant. The awarded supplier is expected to mobilize its own resources for the provision of the contracted services.
II. Selection and Award Criteria
The criteria for awarding contracts resulting from this Tender is based on ‘best value for money’. For the purpose of all tenders DRC defines best value for money as:
Best value for money should not be equated with the lowest initial bid option. It requires an integrated assessment of technical, organizational and pricing factors in light of their relative importance (i.e., reliability, quality, experiences, and reputation, past performance, cost/fee realism, delivery time, reasonableness, need for standardization, and other criteria depending on the item to be procured).
For all bids deemed technically compliant as per the specification stipulated in Annex F – Terms of Reference (TOR), DRC will give a weighted combined technical and financial score. The weighted score will determine the contract award.
Bids can be submitted by email to the following dedicated, controlled, & secure email address:
When Bids are emailed, the following conditions shall be complied with:
· The RFP number shall be inserted in the Subject Heading of the email
· Separate emails shall be used for the ‘Financial Bid’ and ‘Technical Bid’, and the Subject Heading of the email shall indicate which type the email contains
o The financial bid shall only contain the financial bid form, Annex A.2 or any other template adopted for financial bid by the consultant.
o The technical bid shall contain all other documents required by the tender, but excluding all pricing information
· Bid documents required, shall be included as an attachment to the email in PDF, JPEG, TIF format, or the same type of files provided as a ZIP file. Documents in MS Word or excel formats, will result in the bid being disqualified.
· Email attachments shall not exceed 4MB; otherwise, the bidder shall send his bid in multiple emails.
Failure to comply with the above may disqualify the Bid.
DRC is not responsible for the failure of the Internet, network, server, or any other hardware, or software, used by either the Bidder or DRC in the processing of emails.
DRC is not responsible for the non-receipt of Bids submitted by email as part of the e-Tendering process.
Bids can be submitted in one of two ways; hardcopy or electronically. If the Bidder submits a Bid in both Hardcopy and electronically, DRC will choose the version that is the most advantageous to DRC.
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