Section 1. Letter of Invitation
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Maseru 100
Lesotho
1st August,2024
1.The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (GOL) through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and its Department of Traffic and Transport (DTT) is in the process of developing a Public Transport Predictive Pricing Model (PTPPM)
2.The Ministry invites “Technical and Financial Proposals in separate envelopes” from consultancy firms to provide the following services: Development of Public Transport Predictive Pricing Model.More details on the services are provided in the Request for Proposals (RFP) referred to under 5 below.
3.The technical proposal shall clearly demonstrate your understanding of the expected outputs, your proposed approach to the services involved, necessary equipment, your comments on the Scope of Work, your relevant experience, and you will be expected to provide detailed and updated curriculum vitae for the proposed key personnel for carrying out the assignment. The financial proposal should clearly reflect the breakdown of your fees and all other associated costs for carrying out the assignment.
4.A Service Provider will be selected in accordance with the current Procurement Act,2023. A firm will be selected under the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) procurement method as stipulated in this Request for Proposals (RFP).
5.It is mandatory for the consultancy firm to submit the following: (a) Tax Clearance Certificates, (b) Trader’s License.
5.Detailed RFP which comprises the following documents is available at the address indicated under 6 below on request:
Section 1 – Letter of Invitation
Section 2 – Information to Consultants
Section 3 – Technical Proposal – Standard Forms
Section 4 – Financial Proposal – Standard Forms
Section 5 – Terms of Reference
Section 6 – Form of Contract.
5.Your sealed proposals should be submitted at the following address by 12:00 noon on October 8, 2024
Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Roads Directorate Building,1st Floor Lepoqo Road and Corner Moshoeshoe Road, Opposite Browns Cash & Carry.
Technical proposals will be opened on the same day at 12:30
6.The submissions should be clearly marked: “(Development of Public Transport Predictive Pricing Model (PTPPM)”. It is the Service Providers’ responsibility to ensure that their proposals are received on or before the closing date whether posted or hand delivered.
7.The selection criteria shall take both technical quality and costs into consideration to determine the overall preferred Service Provider. Therefore, it should be noted that technical proposals will be opened first and evaluated and only those companies attaining the technical scores above the minimum pass mark will qualify for financial proposals opening and evaluation.
8.Interested Service Providers from different firms may submit as an association or partnerships or joint ventures provided, they submit a letter of intent signed by all parties with a clear indication of the representative of such association or partnership or joint venture.
BID DOCUMENT IS M2000,00 MALOTI NON-REFUNDABLE, SHOULD BE PAID AT THE MINISTRY ACCOUNTS SECTION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
