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RFP FOR END TERM AUDIT OF THE CITIIS PROGRAM (EXPIRED)

Invitation for Bids

General Information
Country:   India
Notice/Contract Number:   NIUA/CITIIS/2024/03
Publication Date:   Aug 2, 2024
Deadline (local time):   August 28, 2024 - 17:00
Agency:   Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Buyer:   INDIA - National Institute of Urban Affairs
Eligibility of Bidders:   1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
i. The Firm should be a Public Ltd./Pvt Ltd./NGO/Society/LLP /Proprietorship and with proven track record and seven years of existence.
ii. The Firm/Company should be registered with Income Tax Authorities and GST Network. Copy of certificate of incorporation along with name change if any, copy of PAN Card and copy of GST Registration Certificate is required. Joint-Venture (JV) is not allowed.
iii. The firm must be empaneled with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The certificate of empanelment should be attached.
iv. On the last date of submission of the Proposal, the Consultant should not be blacklisted by Central Government/State Governments/Union Territories/PSUs in India for unsatisfactory past performance, corrupt, fraudulent or any other unethical business practices. The form for self – certified undertaking is attached in Tech Forms.
v. The Consultant should have a minimum average annual turnover of INR 1 crore in the last three (3) Financial Years and positive Net Worth. Audited Financial Statements for these three (3) FYs should be submitted.
vi. The Chartered Accountants Firm or any of its partners has not been declared guilty of any professional and/or other misconduct under the provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 during the current year and immediate past five years. Any of the partners of the firm or their relative is /was not a member of NIUA during the current year and immediate past five years i.e. from 1st April, 2019 to till date. Self-certificate for the same should be attached.
Original Language:   English

Contact information
Address:   Jitendra Anand
Procurement Specialist
National Institute of Urban Affairs
National Institute of Urban Affairs, 1st and 2nd Floor, Core 4B
India Habitat Center Lodhi Road, New Delhi, Delhi
New Delhi, Delhi 110003
India
Telephone:   011 2464 3284
E-mail:   citiis@niua.org
Web site::   http://niua.org

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Original Text
Letter of Invitation

New Delhi
01.08.2024


1. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) (hereinafter called “Client”) has been designated as the Program Management Unit (PMU) by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) towards managing the CITIIS (City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) program. The Client intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued.

2. NIUA invites proposals from Agencies/Firms from consultants to provide the following consulting Services: ‘END TERM AUDIT OF THE CITIIS PROGRAM’ implemented by NIUA PMU. The audit firm shall be a domestic firm with its practice based in India and registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The maximum permissible overall budget for this assignment is INR 25,00,000 inclusive of taxes.

3. It is not permissible to transfer this invitation. Bid Security / Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) is not required for the submission of the proposal.

3. This Request for Proposals includes the following documents:
 This Letter of Invitation;
 The Letter of Submission of the Proposal;
 Technical Proposal;
 Financial Proposal;
 Terms of Reference;
 Standard Form of Contract;
 Statement of Integrity
 Draft Format for Performance Bank Guarantee

4. The Proposal shall comprise of your Proposal Submission Form including Power of Attorney and signed Statement of Integrity, a Technical Proposal, a Financial Proposal (in a separate sealed envelope) and the signed Statement of Integrity, and must be submitted via hard copy to National Institute of Urban Affairs, Core 4B, 01st Floor, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi-110003 by XX.XX.2024, 17:00 hr IST.

5. The physical copy of the Technical Proposal should be properly bound. The main envelope of physical copy of the proposal to be submitted at the NIUA Office shall comprise the following two envelopes: 1st Inner Envelope with the Technical Proposal and 2nd Inner Envelope with the Financial Proposal. Each envelope should be written “RFP FOR END TERM AUDIT OF THE CITIIS PROGRAM”. The contact details of the Consultant like name, address, mobile number and e-mail ID should be clearly mentioned on each envelope.

6. Your proposal shall comprise your Proposal Submission Form including Power of Attorney, Technical Proposal, Financial Proposal inclusive of all taxes and the signed Statement of Integrity, and must be received at the following address via physical copy to National Institute of Urban Affairs, Core 4B, 1st Floor, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi-110003 by 28.08.2024, 17:00 hr IST.


7. The soft copy of the Technical Proposal must not include Financial Proposal. The soft copy should be uploaded at https://niua.in/tenders page at the given link for the “RFP FOR END TERM AUDIT OF THE CITIIS PROGRAM ".

8. The proposals will be evaluated based on a Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) process which entails evaluation of both Technical and Financial proposals. The proposal selected is the one that obtains the highest Technical + Financial weighted score. The weightings would be 80% for the technical score and 20% for the financial score.

9. Within 15 days (fifteen) days of the receipt of Letter of Award from the Client, the successful Bidder shall furnish the performance bank guarantee (PBG) in accordance with the conditions of contract. The Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) shall be 5 (Five) percentage of the contract amount. The PBG shall be furnished in the form of an unconditional guarantee issued by a bank (scheduled commercial bank) as per attached draft format.

10. To substantiate their credentials and to respond to any queries, the bidders may be asked to make a presentation of their technical bid, during the technical evaluation stage.

11. Any queries in relation to the RFP or the bid process shall be sent to citiis@niua.org prior to 09.08.2024 17:00 hr IST and the responses will be available online by 19.08.2024.

12. The issue of the RFP does not imply that the NIUA is bound to select bid(s), and it reserves the right without assigning any reason to

i. reject any or all of the bids, or
ii. cancel the tender process; or
iii. abandon the procurement process; or
iv. issue another bid for identical or similar work

Yours sincerely,

Director
National Institute of Urban Affairs

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