AFRICAN UNION الاتحاد الأفريقي UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA
AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
COUR AFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DES PEUPLES
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Consultancy for Training on Stress Management
Procurement Number: AFCHPR/PTS/2023/255
Date of issue: 25 October 2023 Submission deadline: 24 November 2023 at 1800 hours Arusha, Tanzania local time
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS...2 SECTION 1. INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS...3 1. Introduction...3 2. Clarification and Amendment of RFP Documents...6 3. Preparation of Proposal...6 4. Submission, Receipt, and Opening of Proposals...8 5. Proposal Evaluation...10 6. Negotiations...11 7. Award of Contract...12 8. Confidentiality...12
SECTION 2 - DATA SHEET...13 SECTION 3. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL - STANDARD FORMS...15 SECTION 4. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL - STANDARD FORMS...21 SECTION 5. TERMS OF REFERENCE...26
Section 1. Information to Consultants - Data Sheet
Section 1. Information to Consultants
1. Introduction
1.1 The Client named in the Data Sheet will select a firm in accordance with the method of selection specified in the Data Sheet.
1.2 The consultants are invited to submit a Technical Proposal and a Financial Proposal, as specified in the Data Sheet for consulting services required for the assignment named in the Data Sheet. The proposal will be the basis for contract negotiations and ultimately for a signed contract with the selected firm.
1.3 The assignment shall be implemented in accordance with any phasing indicated in the Data Sheet.
1.4 The consultants must familiarise themselves with local conditions and take them into account in preparing their proposals. To obtain firsthand information on the assignment and on the local conditions, consultants are encouraged to contact the Client before submitting a proposal. The consultants' representative should contact the officials named in the Data Sheet to obtain additional information.
1.5 The Client will provide the inputs specified in the Data Sheet, assist the firm in obtaining licenses and permits needed to carry out the services, and make available relevant project data and reports.
1.6 Note that: (i) the costs of preparing the proposal and of negotiating the contract, including a visit to the Client, are not reimbursable as a direct cost of the assignment; and (ii) the Client is not bound to accept any of the proposals submitted.
1.7 African Union policy requires consultants to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice, and at all times hold the Client's interests paramount, without any consideration for future work, and strictly avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate interests. Consultants shall not be hired for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to other clients, or that may place them in a position of not being able to carry out the assignment in the best interests of the Client.
1.7.1 Without limitation on the generality of this rule, consultants shall not be hired under the circumstances set forth below:
(a) Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or services: A firm that
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Section 1. Information to Consultants - Data Sheet