1.	The National Procurement Commission on behalf of Ministry of Agriculture   Livestock, Fisheries and Forests, Government of Timor-Leste, is inviting proposals from the interested consulting firms for the:
Construction Supervision of the Maliana II Irrigation Scheme
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 is Located in Maliana Municipalities.
4.	The scope of Services covers for supervising the construction  works in all aspects of quantity, quality, cost and time schedules, in good manner.
5.	The construction Supervision comprises 66 person-months of International experts + 60 persons-months of national experts input over duration of 30 month of construction and 12 month of defect liability period.
6.	A firm will be selected under the Quality and Cost under the Selection (QCBS) as described in the RFP document. The Technical Proposal will be evaluated based on the Qualification of the Firms. The consultant has successfully completed at least 2 similar projects in Consulting Services with a contract price of USD: 675,000.00 each in the last 10 years (similar in scope as required in ToR) as Lead Firm or Joint Venture Partner. The minimum technical score (St) required to pass is:75%
7.	The bidding shall be conducted as a two-envelope procedure, wherein the Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal shall be submitted together in separately-sealed envelopes.
8.	The maximum budget for this project US$:887,200.00 inclusive of all applicable taxes. The Employer may disqualify the financial proposal exceeding the budget.
9.	The validity of the proposal is 150 calendar days;
10.	Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information from:
National Procurement Commission
Avenida de Balide, Património do Estado, Díli, Timor-Leste
Email:  tender004map24@cna.gov.tl
11.	Participation in this bidding process is open to all interested international and national Consultants. Attention is drawn to the qualification requirements detailed in the RFP.  
12.	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;
13.	A pre-proposal conference will be held at 10:00 hour’s local time on 15 March 2024 at the same address specified above;
14.	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 April 2024. 
15.	Late proposals will be rejected.