LETTER OF INVITATION (LOI)

RFP/004/MOD-2022	                                            29 March 2022

1.	The Government of Timor-Leste is inviting proposals from interested consulting firms for the: Detailed Engineering Design for F-FDTL (Navy) building Facilities and Jetty Port at Lore I, Lautem Municipality.

2.	Funding for these Services will be made from the Infrastructure Fund of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

3.	The Project location is situated at Lore I, Lautem Municipality, Timor-Leste.

4.	The Scope of Services covers detailed engineering design for F-FDTL (Navy) Building Facilities and Jetty Port at Lore I, Lautem Municipality. For the detailed information please see the Terms of Reference (TOR).

5.	The Consulting Services for F-FDTL (Navy) Building Facilities and Jetty Port at Lore I, Lautem Municipality comprises of 26 person-months of International Experts and 21 person-months of National Experts over duration of six (6) months from receipt of Notice- to-proceed issued by the Employer. The maximum budget for the assignment is USD 381,300.00 inclusive of taxes.

6.	A firm will be selected under the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) procedures as described in the RFP Documents.

7.	The procurement shall be conducted as single stage- two envelope procedures, wherein the Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal shall be submitted together in separately-sealed envelopes.

8.	Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information from:

National Procurement Commission
Avenida de Balide, Partimonio Estado,  Dili, Timor-Leste
Email: rfp004mod22@cna.gov.tl 

9.	Participation in this bidding process is open to all interested international and national Consultants. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to the qualification requirements detailed in the RFP

10.	The RFP is available free-of-charge to any interested Consultants (Local or International Consulting Firms) by sending a written request by email after which a PDF copy of the RFP will be sent also by email

11.	 A pre-proposal conference will be held at 15:00 hour’s local time on 12 April 2022 at the same address specified above; Due to COVID-19, the pre-proposal conference for the above mentioned project will be held virtually. 
 
12.	The proposals must be received in the Tender Box located at the same address specified above no later than 15:00  hour’s local time on 12 May 2022. 

13.	The Consultants has the option of submitting their Proposals through email. The consultant will submit the Technical proposal and Financial Proposal (Password Protected) in non- editable PDF format through separate email. If the file size is more than 10 MB of Technical or Financial Proposal, the consultant will send through multiple emails with no attachment size is bigger than 10 MB.

NPC will request later password of the Financial Proposal from the consultant whose are qualified based on the financial proposal opening.

14.	Technical Proposal will be opened on 13 May 2022 at 15:00 hour’s local time after the closing time for the submission of the proposals at the same address in the presence of Consultants who wish to attend. An online option of the opening of the Technical Proposals is offered through the link mentioned above.

15.	Any Proposal or its modification received by the Employer after the deadline shall be declared late and rejected, and promptly returned unopened.