Request for Quotations for Provision of Barcode scanning devices and accessories
Request for Quotations (RFQ)
RFQ Number: PSM-RWA-0044
Issuance Date: November 16, 2022
Deadline for Quotes: December 01, 2022
Description: Provision of Barcode scanning devices and accessories
For: United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
Funded By: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Contract No. AID-OAA-I-15-00004; Task Order 1 no. AID-OAA-TO-15-00007; Task Order 2 no. AID-OAA-TO-15-00009. Task Order 3 no. AID-OAA-TO-15-00010 and AID-OAA-TO-16-00018
Implemented By: Chemonics International Inc.
Point of Contact: PSM Rwanda Operations
operationprocurement@ghsc-psm.org

Ethical And Business Conduct Requirements
Chemonics is committed to integrity in procurement, and only selects vendors based on objective business criteria such as price and technical merit. Chemonics expects vendors to comply with our Standards of Business Conduct, available at https://www.chemonics.com/our-approach/standards-business-conduct/.
Chemonics does not tolerate fraud, collusion among offerors, falsified proposals/bids, bribery, or kickbacks. Any firm or individual violating these standards will be disqualified from this procurement, barred from future procurement opportunities, and may be reported to both USAID and the Office of the Inspector General.
Employees and agents of Chemonics are strictly prohibited from asking for or accepting any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, object of value or compensation from current or potential vendors in exchange for or as a reward for business. Employees and agents engaging in this conduct are subject to termination and will be reported to USAID and the Office of the Inspector General. In addition, Chemonics will inform USAID and the Office of the Inspector General of any vendor offers of money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, object of value, or compensation to obtain business.
Offerors responding to this RFQ must include the following as part of the proposal submission:
• Disclose any close, familial, or financial relationships with Chemonics or project staff. For example, if an offeror’s cousin is employed by the project, the offeror must state this.
• Disclose any family or financial relationship with other offerors submitting offers. For example, if the offeror’s father owns a company that is submitting another offer, the offeror must state this.
• Certify that the prices in the offer have been arrived at independently, without any consultation, communication, or agreement with any other offeror or competitor for the purpose of restricting competition.
• Certify that all information in the offer and all supporting documentation are authentic and accurate.
• Certify understanding and agreement to Chemonics’ prohibitions against fraud, bribery and kickbacks.

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Please contact Mrs. Inès K. Gege Buki Country Director IBuki@ghsc-psm.org with any questions or concerns regarding the above information or to report any potential violations. Potential violations may also be reported directly to Chemonics’ Washington office through the contact information listed on the website found at the hyperlink above.

Section 1: Instructions to Offerors
1.Introduction: The goal of the GHSC-PSM is to procure and provide health commodities for all USAID health programs, and to provide systems strengthening technical assistance to improve supply chain management and commodity security in partner countries. As part of project activities, the GHSC-PSM requires the purchase of barcode scanning devices and accessories to facilitate the implementation of eLMIS enhancements using barcode reading capabilities. Barcode devices will be part of the Warehouse online mobile solution to be integrated with the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) for automating the use of the following supply chain functions: Pick, Pack, Ship, Receive, Put away, and Inventory management. The USAID Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project is a USAID program implemented by Chemonics International in Rwanda. The purpose of this RFQ is to solicit quotations for these items.
Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received by Chemonics in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this RFQ. Failure to adhere with instructions described in this RFQ may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration.
2.Offer Deadline and Protocol: Offers must be received no later than 05:30PM local Kigali time on December 01, 2022, by email or by hard copy delivery to the GHSC-PSM Project office located at Kimihurura, KG 541, Career Center Building. Any emailed offers must be emailed to operationprocurment@ghsc-psm.org. Any hard copy deliveries must be stamped and signed by the offeror’s authorized representative and delivered to the GHSC-PSM Office located at Kimihurura, KG 541, Career Center Building
Please reference the RFQ number in any response to this RFQ. Offers received after the specified time and date will be considered late and will be considered only at the discretion of Chemonics.
3.Questions: Questions regarding the technical or administrative requirements of this RFQ may be submitted no later than 5:30 PM local time Kigali on November 28, 2022, by email to operationprocurement@ghsc-psm.org. Questions must be submitted in writing; phone calls will not be accepted. Questions and requests for clarification—and the responses thereto—that Chemonics believes may be of interest to other offerors will be circulated to all RFQ recipients who have indicated an interest in bidding.
Only the written answers issued by Chemonics will be considered official and carry weight in the RFQ process and subsequent evaluation. Any verbal information received from employees of Chemonics, or any other entity should not be considered as an official response to any questions regarding this RFQ.
4.Specifications: Section 3 contains the technical specifications of the required items. All commodities offered in response to this RFQ must be new and unused. In addition, all electrical commodities must operate on 240V, 50Hz.
Please note that, unless otherwise indicated, stated brand names or models are for illustrative description only. An equivalent substitute, as determined by the specifications, is acceptable.
5.Quotations: Quotations in response to this RFQ must be priced on a fixed-price, all-inclusive basis, including delivery and all other costs. Pricing must be presented in Rwandan Francs. Offers must remain valid for not less than thirty (30) calendar days after the offer deadline. Offerors are requested to provide quotations on their official quotation format or letterhead; in the event this is not possible, offerors may complete the table in Section 3.
In addition, offerors responding to this RFQ are requested to submit the following:
• Organizations responding to this RFQ are requested to submit a copy of their official registration or business license.
• Individuals responding to this RFQ are requested to submit a copy of their identification card.
6.Delivery: The delivery location for the items described in this RFQ is Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd Head Office, at KN 8 Ave, Kigali. As part of its response to this RFQ, each offeror is expected to provide an estimate (in calendar days) of the delivery timeframe (after receipt of order). The delivery estimate presented in an offer in response to this RFQ must be upheld in the performance of any resulting contract.
7.Source/Nationality/Manufacture: All goods and services offered in response to this RFQ or supplied under any resulting award must meet USAID Geographic Code 935 in accordance with the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 22 CFR §228. The cooperating country for this RFQ is Rwanda.
Offerors may not offer or supply any commodities or services that are manufactured or assembled in, shipped from, transported through, or otherwise involving any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria.
Any and all items that are made by Huawei Technology Company, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikivision Digital Technology Company, Dahua Technology Company will not be accepted. If offers include items from these entities, please note that they will be deemed not technically responsive and excluded from competition.
8.Warranty: Warranty service and repair within the cooperating country is required for all commodities under this RFQ. The warranty coverage must be valid on all commodities for a minimum of twelve (12) months after delivery and acceptance of the commodities, unless otherwise specified in the technical specifications. At the time that any commodity is transferred to the Government of Rwanda, the GHSC-PSM, or another entity within the cooperating country, all rights to warranty support and service shall be transferred with the commodity to that entity’s end-user.
9.Taxes and VAT: The agreement under which this procurement is financed does not permit the financing of any taxes, VAT, tariffs, duties, or other levies imposed by any laws in effect in the Cooperating Country. No such Cooperating Country taxes, VAT, charges, tariffs, duties, or levies will be paid under an order resulting from this RFQ.
10.UEI Number: Companies or organizations, whether for-profit or non-profit, shall be requested to provide a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number if selected to receive an award in response to this RFQ valued greater than or equal to $30,000 (or equivalent in other currency). If the Offeror does not have a UEI number and is unable to obtain one before the offer submission deadline, the Offeror shall include a statement noting their intention to register for a UEI number should it be selected as the successful offeror or explaining why registration for a UEI number is not possible. UEI numbers can be obtained online at SAM.gov. Further guidance on obtaining a UEI number is available from Chemonics upon request.
11.Eligibility: By submitting an offer in response to this RFQ, the offeror certifies that it and its principal officers are not debarred, suspended, or otherwise considered ineligible for an award by the U.S. Government. Chemonics will not award a contract to any firm that is debarred, suspended, or considered to be ineligible by the U.S. Government.
12.Evaluation and Award: The award will be made to a responsible offeror whose offer follows the RFQ instructions, meets the eligibility requirements, and is determined via a trade-off analysis to be the best value based on application of the following evaluation criteria. The relative importance of each individual criterion is indicated by the number of points below:
• Technical – 40 points: Responsiveness to the technical specifications and requirements.
• Delivery – 15 points: The speed of delivery.
• After-Sales Service – 20 points: The ability for the offeror to provide after-sales services, including warranty and routine maintenance, the evaluation will concern on ability to be equipped with tools, staffed with technical personnel, and stocked with spare parts for after-sales service. Also, particularly in the supplier and manufacturer relationships where the manufacturer can provide direct support in case of both hardware and software defects.
• Price – 25 points: The overall cost presented in the offer.
Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion.
Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:
• Chemonics may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to award.
• While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFQ, Chemonics may issue a partial award or split the award among various vendors, if in the best interest of the GHSC-PSM Project.
• Chemonics may cancel this RFQ at any time.

Please note that in submitting a response to this RFQ, the offeror understands that USAID is not a party to this solicitation and the offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented—in writing with full explanations—to the GHSC-PSM Project for consideration, as USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. Chemonics, at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.
13.Terms and Conditions: This is a Request for Quotations only. Issuance of this RFQ does not in any way obligate Chemonics, the GHSC-PSM Project, or USAID to make an award or pay for costs incurred by potential offerors in the preparation and submission of an offer.
This solicitation is subject to Chemonics’ standard terms and conditions. Any resultant award will be governed by these terms and conditions; a copy of the full terms and conditions is available upon request. Please note the following terms and conditions will apply:
1. Chemonics’ standard payment terms are net 30 days after receipt and acceptance of any commodities or deliverables. Payment will only be issued to the entity submitting the offer in response to this RFQ and identified in the resulting award; payment will not be issued to a third party.
2. Any award resulting from this RFQ will be firm fixed price, in the form of a purchase order.
3. No commodities or services may be supplied that are manufactured or assembled in, shipped from, transported through, or otherwise involving any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria.
4. Any international air or ocean transportation or shipping carried out under any award resulting from this RFQ must take place on U.S.-flag carriers/vessels.
5. United States law prohibits transactions with, and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. The vendor under any award resulting from this RFQ must ensure compliance with these laws.
6. The title to any goods supplied under any award resulting from this RFQ shall pass to Chemonics following delivery and acceptance of the goods by Chemonics. Risk of loss, injury, or destruction of the goods shall be borne by the offeror until title passes to Chemonics.
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