On behalf of the Government of Switzerland, the Trail Bridge Support Unit (TBSU)/Helvetas Nepal, provides technical assistance to the Government of Nepal for implementation of trail bridge programme under the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp). The Government of Switzerland intends to contribute part of its fund for procurement of steel wire ropes to respond to an urgent need to manage the deficit of the programme for this fiscal year 2019-20. Bids are invited from reputed manufacturers for the supply of Galvanized & Pre-stretched Steel Wire Ropes as per the prescribed specifications. Bid Documents may also be collected by the authorized agents of the manufacturers with authentic/valid authorization document. The size and quantity of steel wire ropes to be procured are: Diameter (mm) : 13 mm No of reels : 10 Steel Wire Ropes (Meters) : 50,000 Diameter (mm) : 40 mm No of reels : 10 Steel Wire Ropes (Meters) : 10,000 Bid document including specifications will be available FROM THIS LINK The signed hard copy bid in a sealed envelope has to be submitted latest by 17 December 2020 before 1:00 hrs at the following address: The Country Director Helvetas Nepal Dhobighat-3, Lalitpur GPO Box: 688, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-5524925/26; Fax:977-1-5531109; e-mail: co.np@helvetas.org Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 1:30 on 17 December 2020 at the office as indicated in (4) above. Bids must be valid for a period of 45 days after the bid opening. The price must be quoted in US dollar (US$) exclusive of all taxes and duties payable inside Nepal. Price shall be quoted on Carriage and Insurance Paid (CIP) incoterm basis per meter of wire ropes for each size applicable for all destinations of various delivery points in Nepal. Each offer must be accompanied with bid bond equivalent to 2.5% of the total quoted amount in US$ in the form of bank guarantee or bank draft in favour of Helvetas Nepal from "A" class commercial bank based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Such guarantee must be valid for 90 days from the date of 17 December 2020. Helvetas Nepal reserves the right to accept or reject offer(s) partially or fully without assigning any reason whatsoever. Payment will be made in US$ through letter of credit (L/C) on favour of manufacturer in case of foreign manufacturer. The manufacturer shall deliver the goods within 30 days after opening of L/C. Time extension shall not be allowed.
Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE) is a bilateral initiative of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Government of Switzerland implemented by Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) with technical assistance from Helvetas Nepal. As per the first RFP published by ENSSURE PSU on 8th October 2020 for implementation of 1696 Hours Training with OJT program, minimum required number of bidders are not eligible for further procurement process in Professional Motorcycle Mechanic and Professional Light Vehicle Service Mechanic occupation/s as per the CTEVT’s curricula. Hence, the project re-invites RFP submission to all eligible and interested Training Institutes/Technical Schools/Industry having training facilities with adequate physical infrastructures and Human resources, to implement the training Program/s. Maximum number of the trainees to be proposed is 40 per occupation. Separate proposals should be submitted for each occupation. The proposals of the bidders who have already submitted as per RFP notice on 8th October 2020 will be considered for evaluation or the bidder can re-apply for the same occupation. The interested bidders can download bid documents from THIS LINK or can collect from the following address during 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday: Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE) Project Support Unit, CTEVT Complex, Room no. 214, Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur Tel: 6636073, 6636191 The bid documents must be submitted in one sealed envelope containing 3 separate envelops of the following documents: i. Documents for eligibility, ii. Technical Proposal and iii. Financial Proposal. The consultants will be selected following the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method. The minimum score to pass the technical proposal is 60 percent. Any inquiries other than necessary clarifications on Request for Proposal (RfP) will not be entertained and any types of solicitation will automatically disqualify the bidder from the selection process. ENSSURE PSU reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals without stating any cause. The deadline for the submission of proposal is before 5:00 PM, 9th December 2020. In case the last day of submission falls on public holiday, then the next working day and same time shall be considered as the last date.
1. Query-1: Annual turnover of 2 million- or 2-years’ total 4 million? Response-1: Annual turnover of 2 million minimum for each fiscal year (i.e. 2074/75 and 2075/76 2. Query-2: Is there any special provisions for the Janajatis and people from underprivileged group while selecting the participants? Response-2: As long as we do not mention specifically; your concern shall not be valid. 3. Query3: What are the criteria to select the participants for this training? Response-3: We have mentioned clearly about this query in clause(3) of the ToR. 4. Query: Is this training a residential based or of mobile nature? Response-4: It is "center-based residential". 5. Query-5: What about market need assessment? How to link their skills with the Job Markets? Response-5: Market need assessment is not required since the training is to be conducted on the occupation in which returnee has acquired skills during their work either in destination countries or Nepal. This training will act as a bridge course or refresher course to up-skill the existing skill of the returnees. TMIs are expected to contact with the employers for job linkages. But employment linkage provision is not mandatory. 6. Query-6: Which districts / Local communities / come priority? Response-6: Training will be conducted only in 8 districts mentioned in ToR (2) in page 20. 7. Query-7: What precautions we should take during COVID-19 Pandemic? Response-7: Safety and security guidelines of Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population shall be followed. 8. Query-8: Maximum how many trades can a firm submit Proposal for? Response-8: Not restricted by the clauses of RFP, it depends on your technical and financial competencies. 9. Query-9: Maximum no of trainees a firm can submit a proposal for? Maximum no of trainee’s firms can propose in a trade? Response-9: As per response-8. The number of trainees should not exceed 50 persons at a time. 10. Query-10: What is the meaning of True Color Scanning? Response: True color scanning means "color scanning" exactly same with hard copy proposal. 11. Query-11: The files/folders shall be locked individually or in a zipped folder? Response-11: It is bidder's choice but the files relevant to technical and financial must be separate file. The separate files should be protected with separate password (i.e. technical password is separate and financial password is separate). If there are multiple files in technical proposal, it can be split into multiple files. 12. Query-12: If more than one batch of training is to be conducted in same trade, what is the number of cv & documents of instructors to be submitted for RFP? Response-12: It is as per ITC 15 (j). 13. Query-13: How to decide on the number of days the participants should be trained? Response-13: It is in ToR (2) under "Modalities". 14. Query-14: Can an organization conduct training programs in districts other than the registered district? Response-14: Can be conducted based on appropriate feasibility. 15. Query-15: Will 15 days of training make a trainee eligible for NSTB skill test? Answer-15: It will be as per NSTB's discretion and as per various modalities. 16. Query-16: How do we identify migrant returnee from India? Response-16: SaMi shall support in this regard in coordination with local government. 17. Query-17: Who will bear the transportation cost of participants from their home to training center - both way? Response-17: A trainee is solely responsible for both ways. 18. Query-18: What is the upper ceiling for financial proposal? Response-18: There is not upper ceiling of financial proposal. 19. Query-19: What types of documents needed for the proof of organization’s experience? Response-19: Please refer to ITC 15 (i). 20. Query-20: Documents are needed to notarify from public notary Response-20: RFP does not say to notarized. 21. Query-21: Is NGO eligible to bid? Response-21: If NGO passes the eligibility criteria as per ITC (15). 22. Query-22: Who will collect trainees? Response-22: TMI and SaMi. SaMi will facilitate in its project area only and TMI need to collect trainees from all other areas. 23. Query-23: Modalities 2 is applicable only for Ktm valley? Response-23: Yes 24. Query-24: Who will bear the skill test cost? Response-24: SaMi 25. Query-25: The training duration is said to be 7 to 15 days. Is it a regular event on a monthly basis? Response-25: It has been planned twice in month in regular basis till 15 July 2021 but depends on appropriation. 26. Query-26: Is it possible to apply for other occupations rather than CTEVT affiliated occupations? Response-26: CTEVT affiliation is mandatory according to ITC-15 (g). 27. Query-27: It is said that one training center can conduct only 5 training sessions or 50 participants simultaneously. But we have a capacity (space, tools, trainers, facilities) of taking 10-12 training sessions on different occupations simultaneously. Response-27: Can be conducted strictly complying two criteria (i) limiting participants maximum 50 at one time and (ii) COVID-19 pandemic guidelines issued by GoN. 28. Query-28: What is the minimum basic education, experience and qualification of the training coordinator ? Response-28: No specific education qualification for training coordinator is mentioned. But combined competencies are mentioned in ToR /RFP (under clause-3) which must be matched.
Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (WARMP)/Helvetas Nepal invites sealed bid for Fabrication, Supply and Delivery of Hand Washing Station for Covid -19 response. Bid document can be collected from following address on submission of self-declaration letter for not being blacklisted up to the date of bid submission. Bid document will be available from 10 to 26 November 2020 (revised date) during office hours (9 AM to 5 PM). Revised last date of bid submission is 27 November 2020 before 01:00 PM. WARMP/Helvetas Nepal reserves the right to accept or reject any bids partially or fully without assigning any reasons whatsoever. Surkhet Office Helvetas Nepal Birendranagar, Surkhet; Ph: 083-521092/93
Date of first publication: 08 November 2020 The Safer Migration Project (SaMi) is a bilateral initiative of the Governments of Nepal and Switzerland led by the Ministry of Labor Employment and Social Security and implemented by participating 156 local governments in 39 districts. Helvetas Nepal is providing technical assistance to the project. SaMi launches this call for bids for the selection of Training Management Institutes (TMIs) to implement modular skill training for the returnee migrant workers. Therefore, Bids are invited from the interested TMIs for the provision of vocational skills trainings (modular) to returnee migrant workers as part of SaMi phase III. A complete set of RFP can be downloaded HERE Bidding institutions must fulfil the minimum requirements listed in the document Instruction to Bidders as well as Terms of References (ToRs) to be eligible for bidding. Bids must be submitted latest by 30 November 2020 before 1PM via email in accordance with ITC Pre-bid meeting (Virtual) will be held on 12 November 2020 at 2PM. Interested consultants should provide their email address to obtain the virtual meeting ID latest by 11 November 2020 before 5 PM. Safer Migration Project (SaMi) Helvetas Nepal Lalitpur-3, Dhobighat, Lalitpur G.P.O. Box - 688, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977-1-55 21 063, 55 37 148 Email: sami.np@helvetas.org
Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (WARMP)/Helvetas Nepal, Surkhet planned more than 50-Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Schemes (DWSS) in Karnali province in this fiscal year and invites sealed bid from interested and competent manufactures/suppliers for the supply and delivery of construction materials as outlined below: Package - I : HDPE pipes (NS-40) Package - II : OPC cement (NS-49) Package - III : Fabricated materials Package -IV : GI fittings, valves and tools Bid documents can be obtained by sending email to kushmakar.pant@helvetas.org or collect from mentioned address as below. The Bidders can request bid document either all package or specific package. Bid document will be available from 21-September-2020 onwards till 01-October-2020 during office hours (9 AM to 5 PM). WARMP/Helvetas Nepal reserves the right to accept or reject any bids partially or fully without assigning any reason whatsoever. Surkhet Office Helvetas Nepal Birendranagar, Surkhet; Ph: 083-521092/93
