Request for Price Quotations

RFPQ Title: Supply of IT Equipment

RFPQ’s Reference Code: APLA/EU-MAAP/2022-04

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 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. 

Accordingly, APLA intends to apply part of this project for contracting a qualified Firm (Company) who has the needed experience and skills to carry out this assignment. 

The Main Objective of The Assignment:

To increase APLA’s institutional capacity to implement its goals and duties in an appropriate working environment, and in order to support the working conditions for the staff of APLA and to meet the upscale of APLA’s organizational structure as per the MAAP project, APLA intends to purchase selected hardware equipment through the Tender “Supply of IT Equipment”. In this regard, APLA is seeking for a supplier to supply and install a set of IT Equipment items as specified in Term of Reference.

The general requirements and technical specifications and needed quantities are included in the quotation documents. 

RFPQ’s Conditions:

1. Interested eligible firms may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document through the website of APLA at (https://www.apla.ps/library).
2. Clarifications and technical inquiries can be obtained from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Project Officer, Muhammad Musleh: m.musleh@apla.ps, +970 (2) 2960712 ext 17, during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM) at the address given below from 9 Mar 2022 to 20 Mar 2022.
3. The RFPQ’s documents in English may be obtained by interested firms from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) Office during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM) from 9 Mar 2022 to 20 Mar 2022. 
4. Offers (only the stamped with APLA’s stamp and originally obtained from APLA’s office version) must be hand-submitted in sealed envelopes and delivered to Ms. Lina Abu Obaid, the Administrative Assistant at the address below on or before 2:30 PM. of 20 Mar 2022. Late offers will be rejected. Electronic offers will not be permitted. The accepted documents to be received by APLA are only the obtained and stamped from APLA, and no other versions are accepted. The envelopes should be titled with the RFPQ title “Supply of IT Equipment” and RFPQ’s Ref. Code “APLA/EU-MAAP/2022-04”.  
5. The prices must be in (Euro). Project is VAT exempted; bidders have to price with zero VAT.
6. Offers shall be valid for a period of 30 days after offers’ submission deadline.
7. Publishing and advertising fees of the RFPQ on who wins the tender.
8. APLA is not committed to the lowest price offer, but to the best evaluated offer, (Financially and technically). 
9. The address referred to above is: 

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities - APLA

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

Al-Masion, Ramallah, Palestine

T: +970 2 296 0712,   F: +970 2 296 0713