Dear Sir / Madam:

We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Translation of an Approach Paper for 15th Plan of Nepal prepared by National Planning Commission (NPC) from Nepali to English. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) is attached as Annex 4.

Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal. 

Proposals may be submitted on or before 4:00PM Tuesday, October 17, 2019, by hand delivery/courier mail to the address below:

To

The Administrative and Finance Associate;

Facilitating the Pursuit of SDGs in Nepal (FPSN), NPC, UNDP

P.O. Box 107

Central Bureau of Statistic Thapathali, Kathmandu Nepal

Tel: 4100565 and 4259305

                Your Proposal must be expressed in the English language, and valid for a minimum period of 90 days.

In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline.  Proposals that are received by FPSN after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation.  If you are submitting your Proposal by email, kindly ensure that they are signed and in the .pdf format, and free

Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of the RFP and all other annexes providing details of FPSN Project requirements.  

The Proposal that complies with all of the requirements, meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract.  Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected.

Any discrepancy between the unit price and the total price shall be re-computed by FPSN Project, and the unit price shall prevail and the total price shall be corrected.  If the Service Provider does not accept the final price based on FPSN Project’s re-computation and correction of errors, its Proposal will be rejected. 

No price variation due to escalation, inflation, fluctuation in exchange rates, or any other market factors shall be accepted by FPSN Project after it has received the Proposal.At the time of Award of Contract or Purchase Order, FPSN Project reserves the right to vary (increase or decrease) the quantity of services and/or goods, by up to a maximum twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total offer, without any change in the unit price or other terms and conditions. 

Please be advised that FPSN Project is not bound to accept any Proposal, nor award a contract or Purchase Order, nor be responsible for any costs associated with a Service Providers preparation and submission of a Proposal, regardless of the outcome or the manner of conducting the selection process.

                FPSN Project encourages every prospective Service Provider to prevent and avoid conflicts of interest, by disclosing to FPSN if you, or any of your affiliates or personnel, were involved in the preparation of the requirements, design, cost estimates, and other information used in this RFP. 

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your Proposal.