Supply of Office Furniture
RFPQ Title: Supply of Office Furniture
RFPQ’s Reference Code: APLA/EU-MAAP/2022-02
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 Office Furniture through the Tender “Supply of Office Furniture”. In this regard, APLA is seeking for a supplier to supply and install a set of Office Furniture items as specified in Term of Reference.
The general and specific specifications and needed quantities are included in the quotation documents.
RFPQ’s Conditions:
- Interested eligible firms may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document through the website of APLA at (https://www.apla.ps/library).
- Clarifications and technical inquiries can be obtained from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Project Officer, Muhammad Musleh: m.musleh@spla.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 17 Feb. 2022 to 24 Feb 2022.
- The RFPQ’s documents in English may be purchased by interested firms during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM) from 17 Feb 2022 to 24 Feb 2022, upon a nonrefundable fee of (100 ILS). The fees shall be paid in advance in APLA’s bank account mentioned below.
- Offers (only the stamped and purchased 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 12:00 PM. of 27 Feb 2022. Late offers will be rejected. Electronic offers will not be permitted. The accepted documents to be received by APLA are only the purchased and stamped (by APLA Stamp), and no other versions are accepted.
- The prices must be in (Euro). Project is VAT exempted; bidders have to price with zero VAT.
- Offers shall be valid for a period of 30 days after offers’ submission deadline and must be accompanied by a bid security or a certified bank check of (300 Euro). The Bid Security should be valid for 30 days after the offers’ submission deadline date.
- Publishing and advertising fees of the RFPQ on who wins the tender.
- APLA is not committed to the lowest price offer, but to the best evaluated offer, (Financially and technically).
- 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
Bank Account information:
Name of the Bank: The National Bank – Al-Masyoun Branch
Account Number: 10082774
Name: Association of Palestinian Local Authorities
IBAN (ILS): PS78TNBC000000000001006087996