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REQUEST FOR QUOTATION - SERVICES (RFQS)

Project Title: Enhancing climate-resilient groundwater management approaches                             

Source of Funding: Grant 0941  

Contract Ref: RFQ#NC-1 External audit                  

Date of Issue of Request: November 12, 2024 

The Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic (Client) hereby requests you to submit price quotation/(s) for the performance of the services described in the Scope of Services attached as Appendix A in these documents. If you, however, have been associated with the preparation of this Scope of Services that is the subject of this request, you shall be disqualified. 

To assist you in the preparation of your price quotation we enclose, in addition to the Scope of Services, the Form of Quotation and form of Contract are also attached.

If you/your firm, however, falls under any of the following conditions, your proposal shall not be considered:

• you/your firm are/is not a citizen/national of an ADB member country, or
• you/your firm have/has been associated with the firm that prepared the terms of reference or engaged in the preparation of the Project for which the contract that is subject of this request for quotations was identified, or
• you/your firm are/is owned by the Client, or
• you/your firm are/is currently sanctioned or temporarily suspended by the Asian Development Bank for a violation of its Anticorruption Policy (1998, as amended to date) or
• the contracting of services from your country or any payment to persons or entities in your country is prohibited in compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

To be qualified, you must have experience as a Service Provider of the services covered by this Request for Quotation. As evidence, you must attach a document of your experience as a Service Provider in at least one contract in the last 3 years of a size and nature similar to the requirements of this contract.

Your quotation/(s) should be submitted in accordance with the following instructions, procedures, and the terms and conditions of the Contract.

Preparation of Quotations 

• Your price quotation/(s) shall be for all the items as described in the Scope of Services and submitted only in the attached Form of Quotation. The currency of quoted prices and payment shall be KGS.
• You shall submit only one set of quotations for the above items. Your quotation must be typed or written in indelible ink and shall be signed by you or your authorized representative. Without a signature in your Form of Quotation, your quotation will not be considered further.
• You shall submit one original of the Form of Quotation clearly marked “Original”. In addition, you shall also submit one copy marked as “COPY”. In case of any discrepancy between the Original and Copy, the Original shall prevail.
• Your quotation(s) should be valid for a period of 30 days from the deadline for submission of the quotation/(s) as indicated below. If you withdraw your quotation during the validity period and/or refuse to accept the award of a contract when and if awarded, then you will be excluded from the list of Service Providers for the project for two years.

Submission and Opening

• Your Form of Quotation should be submitted by December 12, 2024 - 15:00 (Bishkek time) with the required documents that should be signed, sealed in an envelope, and addressed to and delivered to the following address:

Client’s Address: Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Water Resources,

Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic

Project Implementation Unit

Room 328, 4A, Toktonaliev Street

Bishkek City, Kyrgyz Republic

Telephone: (+996) 54 90 72

E-mail: ccd-rwrsp@water.gov.kg

Quotations shall be opened in public, in the presence of participating Service Providers’ representatives who choose to attend, on the same date as for quotation submission at time within one hour of the stated deadline above and at the following address.  

Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic

Project Implementation Unit

Room 328, 4A, Toktonaliev Street

Bishkek City, Kyrgyz Republic