Request for Price Quotation

RFPQ Title: Supply of “Design and Printings”

RFPQ’s Reference Code: APLA/EU-MAAP/2023-04

Overview:

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) founded in 1997, APLA is an independent organization mandated to represent and lobby for the collective interests of Local Government Units (LGUs) by supporting capacity building among local governments, facilitating exchange of knowledge and best practices, and serving as vehicle for dialogue between the central government and LGUs.

Project Brief:

APLA is implementing the project (APLA’s Multiannual Action Plan - MAAP 2021-2025). This project is largely financed by the European Union, under the financing agreement (FA) ENI/ 2020/ 042-362 “support productive investment in Palestine” which signed between EU and the Palestinian Authority (PA). APLA signed a grant contract with the European Union (EU) on 12 December 2021 with total EU contribution of € 1.9 million to implement the project (APLA’s Multiannual Action Plan (MAAP) 2021-2025. ENI/2021/425-904). This project has been designed to strengthen LGUs collaborations on service delivery and local participatory development, and improve contributions to territorial integration, particularly in Area C. Specific objectives of MAAP are aligned to APLA’s strategic plan and aims to support the role of APLA as LGUs representative and dialogue partner with the Palestinian Authority, to support the role of the LGUs in the building process of future State of Palestine and to strengthen the institutional and operational capacities of APLA. 

The Main Objective of The Assignment:

• To increase APLA’s Institutional capacity to implement its goals and duties in a high scale of transparency;
• To meet APLA’s Communication and Visibility Plan (CVP) which covers a concrete component of the MAAP project; and
• To raise awareness materials, particularly in:
• Providing a public disclosure of APLA’s operating and financial activities over the past year, which increase the overall knowledge & awareness about APLA activities;
• Allocating of hard copies of Annual and Financial Reports for LGUs;
• Raising of the visibility of APLA to different stakeholders;
• Improving of APLA’s internal branding;

The general requirements, technical specifications and needed services are included in this quotation. The supplier (firm) should support APLA with proven experience in such fields attached to their offer.

In this regard, APLA intends to hire a firm to supply services of “Supply of Design and Printings” items as described in Term of Reference (Annex 1) and Financial Offer (Annex 2).

RFPQ’s Conditions:

1. Interested eligible firms may obtain further information and inspect the RFPQ document through the website of the APLA at (https://www.apla.ps/library).
2. Clarifications and technical inquiries can be obtained from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Procurement and Accounting Coordinator, Maria Bairat: [email protected] , +970 (2) 2960712, during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM).
3. Offers must be hand-submitted in sealed envelopes and delivered to Rasha Sarhan, the Administrative & HR Assistant at the address below on or before 03:00 PM. of 20 June 2023. Late offers will be rejected. Electronic offers will not be permitted.
4. The prices must be in (Euro). Grant is VAT exempted; bidders have to price with zero VAT.
5. Offers shall be valid for a period of 30 days after offers’ submission deadline.
6. Publishing and advertising fees of the RFPQ on who wins the tender.
7. The address referred to above is:

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities - APLA

10 Jabra Al - Anqar Street - 2nd Floor - Safad Building

Al-Masion- Ramallah - Palestine

T: +970 2 296 0712 ext. 18, F: +970 2 296 0713

M: +970 594398424