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1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) On Developing Mobile Application for Toilet Location Tracking in the National Highways of Bangladesh 6 November 2017 Proposal Submission Date: 19 November 2017 Bangladesh Country Office House 97/B, Road 25, Block A Banani, Dhaka 1213 Tel: +88 02 58815757, Fax: +88 02 9882577
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

On

Developing Mobile Application for

Toilet Location Tracking in the National

Highways of Bangladesh

6 November 2017

Proposal Submission Date: 19 November 2017

Bangladesh Country Office

House 97/B, Road 25, Block A

Banani, Dhaka 1213

Tel: +88 02 58815757, Fax: +88 02 9882577

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Table of Contents

Section 1. Information to Organisations……………….........3-7

Section 2. Terms of Reference……………………………….8-15

Section 3. Technical Proposal Submission Format………...16-19

Section 4. Financial Proposal Submission Format……….…20-22

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SECTION - 1 Information to Organisations

1. Introduction 1.1 The organisations are invited to submit a Technical Proposal and

a Financial Proposal. Under one proposal the organisation(s)

have to split all the goods and services for technical description

and cost separately as per the indication of Section–3 (Technical

Proposal Submission Format) in this RFP. Both the proposals

the Cost and Technical will be the basis for selection.

1.2 Costs for preparing the proposal and of negotiating the contract

are not reimbursable.

1.3 Organisation(s) should observe the highest standard of ethics

during the selection process and implementation of contracts.

The attempt of any organisation to influence the internal

WaterAid Bangladesh independent evaluation and selection

process will automatically lead to the removal of this

organisation’s proposal from consideration. In addition, any

misrepresentation of facts or institutional capacity will also lead

to the removal of the misrepresented proposal from

consideration.

1.4 WaterAid Bangladesh reserves the right to amend and modify

this RFP document and also can select organisation(s) for

providing goods and services cited in Section-2 of this RFP

either for the entire content of the proposal or a part thereof.

2. Clarification

and

Amendment

of RFP

Documents

2.1 At any time before the receipt of proposals, WaterAid

Bangladesh may for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in

response to a clarification requested by an invited organisation,

amend the RFP. Any amendment shall be issued in writing and

shall posted and will be binding. WaterAid Bangladesh may at its

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discretion extend the deadline for the submission of proposals.

3. Preparation of

Proposal 3.1 Organisations are requested to submit their proposal written in

English (font - Arial, Size -12). Proposals must remain valid for

a minimum of 91 days after the submission date.

Technical

Proposal 3.2 In preparing the Proposal, organisations are expected to

examine the documents constituting this RFP. Material

deficiencies in providing the information may result in rejection of

a proposal.

3.3 While preparing the Proposal, organisations must give particular

attention to the following:

(i) Key professional staff with extensive experience in similar

areas.

(ii) Reports or communication with WaterAid to be issued by

the organisation(s) as part of this assignment must be in

English.

3.4 The proposal shall provide the following information using the

format given in this RFP:

(i) A brief description of the organisation and an outline of

recent experience on assignments of a similar nature

using the format as placed in the annexure.

(ii) A description of the detailed methodology and work plan

for performing the assignment.

(iii) Brief profile of the proposed key staff.

Financial

Proposal 3.5 In preparing the Financial Proposal, organisations are expected

to take into account the requirements and conditions outlined in

the RFP documents. The Financial Proposal should follow

Standard Forms (Section 5).

3.6 The Financial Proposal should clearly identify, item wise

summary of cost for the assignment with detailed breakdown, the

taxes, VAT, duties, fees, levies and other charges to be included

under the applicable law. WaterAid Bangladesh will deduct VAT

and Tax at source according to the rules of the Government of

Bangladesh, and deposit the said amount to government

treasury.

4. Submission,

Receipt and

Opening of

4.1 The original proposal (Technical and Financial) should be

submitted electronically to the email address WaterAid-Tender-

[email protected] with “Developing Mobile Application for

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Proposals Toilet Location Tracking” as the subject.

4.2 Proposals submitted to any other e-mail account except the

above will be treated as disqualified.

4.3 Submissions after the deadline 19 November 2017 (23:59 BST)

will be treated as disqualified.

4.4 Attach financial and technical proposal along with all required

documents with the email, and put all attachments in one zip

folder in the name of the organisation.

4.5 Neither the technical nor the financial proposal should exceed 15

pages altogether, and both needs to be submitted in PDF

format.

4.6 The Proposal will be reviewed by the evaluation committee and will

be evaluated in keeping with the guidelines of WaterAid

Bangladesh.

5. Proposal

Evaluation

General

Evaluation of

Technical

Proposals

5.1 The evaluation committee will evaluate the proposals on the

basis of their responsiveness to Terms of Reference, applying

the evaluation criteria and point system specified herein. Each

responsive proposal will be given a technical score. Proposal(s)

will be rejected at this stage if it does not respond to important

aspects of the Terms of Reference or if it fails to achieve the

minimum technical score indicated below.

5.2 Evaluation Criteria:

The final selection will be done following Quality and Cost Based

(QCBS) method. This will be done by applying a weight of 0.65

(or 65 percent) and 0.35 (or 35 percent) respectively to the

technical and financial score of each evaluated technical and

financial proposal and then computing the relevant combined

total score for each organisation.

Technical Proposal Evaluation - 65

Specific experience of the organisation related to the

assignment – 20

Experience in similar assignments and Sample Work of

similar nature, including:

o Proven experience to develop and maintain web based

system and support framework following highest

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professional standards methods.

o Proven track record of delivering high quality, web based

custom software solutions and Android apps on time and

within budget.

o Extensive experience in the development and

implementation of client and web based applications

preferably with Android, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, JavaScript,

JQuery, Charts and Google Maps.

o Experience working with donor funded projects

Proposed methodology and work plan in responding to

the Terms of Reference – 20

The consultant will have to clearly spell out technicalities of

developing and implementing the proposed application. The

methodology will have to describe ways to achieve fast

operation with the developed mobile application. The

methodology and action plan will describe in detail:

- Design of the modules

- Choice of technologies

- Development and deployment time

- Security and access control in web architecture

- Data back-up methods

- Sustainability plans for the app, including plans to

generate a revenue that will cover maintenance upgrades

to the app after the close of the two year system support

period under the terms of the contract

Competency of the key staff for the Assignment – 20

Comments/ suggestions on the Terms of Reference – 5

Additionally, the company must furnish the following

documents as annexure to the technical proposal:

Up-to-date Company Registration (Trade License)

Audit Reports for at least 3 years and

Experience Certificates from Clients

Evaluation of

Financial

Proposals:

Financial Proposal Evaluation - 35

5.3.1 The evaluation committee will determine whether the Financial

Proposals are complete (i.e. whether they have costed all items

of the corresponding Technical Proposals). The Evaluation

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Committee may invalidate any proposal if it is determined that

significant budgetary mistakes or omissions undermine the

integrity of the proposal.

5.3.2 The evaluation will be based upon a Quality and Cost Based

Selection (QCBS) process. A total of 35 points will be allocated

for the cost part. The lowest Financial Proposal will be given

highest score.

Technical Proposal Evaluation – 65

Financial Proposal Evaluation – 35

Total Points 100

6. Negotiations 6.1 Once the proposal are evaluated, WaterAid may enter into

negotiation with one or more than one vendor/vendor for final

selection.

6.2 Negotiations will include a discussion on the proposed

methodology, performer, staffing, costing, any suggestions made

by the organisation(s) to improve the Terms of Reference.

WaterAid Bangladesh and the organisation(s) will then work out

final terms of reference, performers, staffing, and bar diagrams

indicating activities, logistics and reporting. The agreed work

plan, cost and final terms of reference will then be incorporated

in the contract document.

6.3 If negotiations fail, WaterAid Bangladesh will invite

organisation(s) whose proposal received and was the next

highest score to negotiate a contract.

If none of the invited proposals lead to an agreement, fresh

Requests for Proposals (RFP) will be called.

6.4 WaterAid Bangladesh reserves the right to cancel the RFP at

any point of time without serving any notice. Furthermore,

WaterAid has its absolute discretion to suspend and disqualify any

proposal or all proposals received without tendering any reason

whatsoever.

7. Award of

Contract 7.1 The organisation is expected to commence the assignment

within one week of signing contract.

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SECTION - 2 Terms of Reference

Developing Mobile Application for Toilet Location Tracking in the National

Highways of Bangladesh

1. Introduction and background

Public sanitation is a highly undermined priority in Bangladesh. Alongside its extensive work on

improving public toilets in Dhaka city in cooperation with Dhaka North and South City

Corporations, WaterAid Bangladesh (WAB) is working to improve people’s awareness and

information on public sanitation WAB supported the development of a mobile app to locate

public toilets in Dhaka. The app enables users to locate public toilets nearest to them in Dhaka,

and includes information on features and facilities, women-friendliness, fees, etc. WAB is now

looking to develop and implement a wider toilet tracking information management system that

will collect and make available information all toilets along the major national highways of

Bangladesh. Developing such an app would allow millions of people to benefit from knowledge

of the closest public toilet rather than going in the open or not relieving themselves for hours at

a time, which is currently the norm.

2. Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to make information on public sanitation facilities widely

available to the public through an easy-to-use navigable map that covers the country’s major

highways and nearby locations.

3. Key Objectives

The assignment will have the following main objectives:

To put in place an effective web portal and mobile application that can be used to collect data for the system;

To collect information on public toilet facilities across selected highways e.g. – o Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar/Teknaf; o Dhaka to Sylhet/Jaflong; o Dhaka to Khulna; o Dhaka to Barisal; o Dhaka to Rajshahi; o Dhaka to Banglabandh;

to populate the map initially, before its launch as a crowdsourcing app. Vendor need to submit cost of data collection for each highway separately in financial offer;

To arrange capacity building training of the project staff on operation and management of the mobile application;

To provide support services for optimum performance of the mobile application for two years following the launch of the application; and

To ensure regular maintenance upgrades to the app over its lifetime, based on revenue generated from in app advertisements or other streams as proposed by the consultants and agreed to by WaterAid Bangladesh.

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4. System Requirements

The proposed software system will have two major components:

A web portal which will store toilet related information and serve to mobile devices

An Android application which will be used for locating/registering toilets when logged in

as Administrator, saves the data in the device and later synchronize to the web portal

when online; secondly the app will assist to locate nearest toilet to the common traveler.

The project will be implemented in three phases:

Development of web portal and Android app. Software vendor will work with WaterAid to

develop the software system.

Collection of existing toilet information along selected national highways. Designated

teams with equipped cars will move along the highways and continue collecting toilet

related data.

Launching and use of the application by travelers. People would be able to download the

app from Google Play Store, use the app for finding nearest toilets and would be able to

rank a toilet after use. During this phase, travelers would also be able to submit toilet

locations which will be validated by admin before adding to the toilet database.

The app should have the following features:

o Compatible with latest Android

o Displays nearby toilets on a map based on searches run by specific areas, or by

user location

o Fast and reliable

o Displays availability of additional/complementary facilities (shower, disabled

access, male/female availability, community driven/mosque/gas station)

o Inspects the location near a toilet using Google Street View (if available)

o Multi-lingual: Bengali and English

5. Scope of work

The consultant will be responsible for requirement analysis, system design, development of the

system, field testing, training to project staff and maintenance the system. The full scope of work

is provided below:

I. Key Tasks

The consultant will perform the following key tasks to design and develop, test, install and

commission a web portal and mobile application within the stipulated time of 6 (six) months; 6

(six) months for bug fixes and updates based on feedback; and 2 years of support service.

i. Requirements Analysis

The consulting firm will undertake a requirement analysis to define detailed user requirements of

the project, including:

Identifying the stakeholders (all who have a role in data acquisition, processing,

reporting, or use/decision making);

Identifying the various types of use cases for web portal and Android app;

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Determining of various types of information to be stored in the web portal and Android

app;

Defining basic information flow requirements

ii. Design and Development of Software

Once the Requirement Analysis is completed, the consultant will produce a design document

detailing all key aspects of design - structure, report formats, information flow, database

structure and hosting arrangements, additional hardware/software/data/connectivity

requirements, institutional arrangements, etc. The design document must be shared with the

WaterAid and agreed upon. Based on the agreed upon design document, the consultant will

develop the mobile application software, conduct unit and functional testing for bug reporting

and debugging. Throughout the development process, the consultant will communicate with

WaterAid Bangladesh to update on progress, and rectify design errors at the early stage of

development.

iii. Survey of key highways and populating map

The finalised application will need to be populated by locations of public toilets across major

national highways. The consultants will be responsible for surveying at least 3 major highways

and uploading toilet location and information on the map.

iv. Field testing of software

Once a functional version of the mobile application software is developed, the consultant will

provision it for field testing at all operational levels. At the end of the successful field testing, the

consultant will submit the field testing report and finalise the software based on the findings from

field testing.

v. Capacity building of relevant staff for mobile operation

The consultant will suggest appropriate mechanism in the project structure that can effectively

manage the various data collection related tasks as well as effective systems administration,

security, updating, and sustainability. The consultant will develop electronic and hard copy

documentation for all aspects of the web portal and mobile application developed and provide

appropriate training to relevant stakeholders.

vi. Deployment of finalised mobile application

After finishing the field testing, the consultant must produce the finalised mobile application

ready for deployment. The app would be uploaded in Google Play Store available for download

and use. Several social channels would be available (like Facebook, Twitter etc.) to collect

feedback from travelers using the app.

vii. Upgrade based on feedback and submission of documentation

The app will be updated based on selected feedback received from public domain via different

social channel and WaterAid. This period will be 6 months and at the end of the period, the

vendor needs to submit all documentation and source code.

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viii. Support for operation and maintenance

Once the mobile application is finalised, the consultant will perform the following activities for

continuous support for operation and maintenance of the application:

a) Prepare final operational and technical documentation (which includes requirements

documentation, technical documentation, source code, data flow diagrams) and provide with

both hard copy and soft copies to WaterAid Bangladesh.

b) Prepare and develop training documentation for providing training to resource personnel of

project and field staff to operate mobile application and maintenance of the web portal.

c) Train resource personnel from the project for maintenance and troubleshooting.

d) Provide system support and maintenance for 2 (two) years after implementation of mobile

application

Following the two years for system support, the app will be regularly upgraded to run

smoothly on the latest platforms. This will be funded by revenue generated by the app

(through in app advertisements or other revenue streams as proposed by the consultants and

agreed to by WaterAid Bangladesh).

II. Guidelines for development of the proposed system:

In design and development of the proposed system for the following guidelines must be

followed:

a) The web portal should be a single repository to contain all toilet-related data and serve

Android applications.

b) The app must be able to run on Android based mobile phones. Following the two-year

system support period, the app will be regularly upgraded to run smoothly on the latest

platforms. This will be funded by revenue generated by the app (through in app advertisements

or other revenue streams as proposed by the consultants and agreed to by WaterAid

Bangladesh).

c) The application must be able to store data offline and sync with server over internet

connection (usually GPRS/EDGE connection).

d) The system must have the capability and flexibility to support scalability having scope of

expansions in transaction volume, data volume, application functions, business applications and

business models.

e) The key technology elements of the system must be based on open industry standards

following best practices supported by major vendors or consortium of vendors.

f) Appropriate access control, authorisation and authentication system must be in place so that

users at different levels of the project can perform certain tasks as per their defined roles.

g) All documentation related to support system development life cycle including System

Specification, Design Document, User Manual, Acceptance Test Report, List of Known

Bug/Defects etc. must be prepared to a high standard.

6. Deliverables and timeframe

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I. Expected deliverables

At the end of the assignment, the consultant shall deliver the following:

a) Requirement Analysis document identifying information need, data flow and frequency of

data collection;

b) Technical design document detailing the architecture, modules and data input-output

methods.

c) Development, testing and installation of the final version of the application;

d) Final operational and design manual including linkage mechanisms to work across

program, procurement and finance;

e) Capacity development training for operation of the application; and

f) Electronic and hard copy documentation of all aspects of the application developed.

II. Timeframe

The consultant will submit detail time frame for completing the assignment in light of the following tentative timeframe for the milestones.

Task/Output

Description

Deadline / Time

Requirement

Analysis and

Design Document

Must submit the finalised requirement analysis

document and design document within 2

weeks after signing the contract with the client.

End of 2nd week

Software ready

for field testing

The software must be developed as per

approved design document and be ready for

field testing.

End of 10th week

Toilet information

collection

Survey of toilet information along 3 selected

highways and uploading to web server using

mobile app

End of 14th week

Field Testing and

Deployment

Field testing of the software must be finished

by the 10th week after awarding the contract

and field testing report submitted

End of 18th week

Capacity building

trainings

Capacity building training on operation and

management for the project conducted

End of 20th week

Deployment of

Finalised Mobile

Application

After finishing the field testing, the consultant

must produce the finalised mobile application

ready for deployment.

End of 24th week

Upgrade based

on WaterAID and

pubic feedback

The app will be updated based on selected

feedback received from public domain via

different channel and WaterAid

End of 48th week

Submission of

Documentation

Finalised documentation on software design,

administration and training, and source code

of the software submitted.

End of 48th week

Support Services Direct support services for two years

Regular maintenance upgrades as needed

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over the lifetime of the project

An indicative staffing plan is proposed. The bidder should propose the man-days required for

each staff, keeping in mind that the finalized app need to be available via Google Play Store at

the end of 24th week. At least following key positions are required:

Sl.

no

Position No. of Persons

(Indicative)

1 Project Manager 1

2 System Analyst 1

3 Application Development Expert – Web &

Mobile Applications (Android)

2

4 Quality Assurance Tester 1

7. Timeline of RFP

Activities Dates

Circulation of RFP 6th November 2017

Proposal Submission 19th November 2017

Finalise successful agency & agreement sign 30th November 2017

Submission of final work plan with dates 7th December 2017

All the materials will have to be placed before WaterAid Bangladesh in draft form for

approval before it goes for implantation. WaterAid will respond to the draft within

timeline which will be agreed upon mutually.

8. Contact person

The focal person from WaterAid Bangladesh will be Razaul Karim,

([email protected]). Final submission date for the proposal is 19th November 2017.

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9. TERMS & CONDITIONS

WaterAid Bangladesh practices the following terms and conditions stated below applicable to

signing any contract with external agencies/consultants:

All documents/products/materials produced under the Agreement remains the intellectual

property of WaterAid. The vendor might be allowed to use these products only for non-

commercial purposed, subject to written approval from WaterAid Bangladesh.

Any changes or feature additions beyond what is agreed upon in this contract and

developed within the lifetime of the contract (other than changes absolutely required for

maintenance), need to be discussed and agreed upon in a new contract between the

consultants and WaterAid Bangladesh.

All project records and copies of records, data sets, electronic data and photocopies, etc.,

which the vendor remains for the successful execution of the assignment, shall remain the

exclusive properties of WaterAid Bangladesh.

During the period of the Agreement or afterwards, the vendor shall not issue any written

material or express public or personal opinions concerning the services under the

Agreement to parties outside except with the prior written approval of WaterAid Bangladesh.

The vendor assumes all responsibility for complying with local legal codes as they apply to

an Agreement and work performed there under. In addition, the vendor shall be liable to pay

all applicable taxes and fees as required by the laws of Bangladesh. WaterAid Bangladesh

will deduct Income Tax and VAT at source as per Govt. rules.

The vendor shall not without first obtaining the consent in writing of WaterAid, permit any of

its duties or obligations made under the Agreement to be performed or carried out by any

other person, or reassign his/her interest in the Agreement.

In the event that the vendor requires additional time to complete the Agreement, over and

above that previously agreed to, without WaterAid changing the scope of the Agreement,

WaterAid’s prior written concurrence to the same is necessary in order to charge WaterAid

for Agreement expenses incurred during an Agreement extension.

However, WaterAid may, by written order, make general changes within the scope of the

Agreement affecting the services to be performed or the time of performance. If any such

changes cause an increase or decrease in the cost of, or time required for performance of,

any part of the work under the Agreement, WaterAid shall make an equitable adjustment in

the Agreement price, the delivery schedule, or both, and shall modify the Agreement in

writing accordingly.

The vendor may communicate with parties external to WaterAid through and with prior

intimation to WaterAid, while performing services under the Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement or in these conditions WaterAid may

at any time by notice in writing terminate the Agreement in whole or in part by requiring the

vendor to stop performing the work or any part thereof, in which event the vendor shall have

no claim against WaterAid by reason of such termination other than payment of expenses

actually incurred by the vendor plus a fair and reasonable fee to be in proportion to the work

performed under the Agreement, less any sum previously paid on account thereof. However,

if the Agreement is cancelled by WaterAid due to negligence on the part of the vendor,

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termination expenses shall be borne by him. In this later case, WaterAid’s independent

determination of negligence on the part of the vendor shall be considered to be final and

non-negotiable.

The vendor shall not hold WaterAid liable for any accident or misadventure befalling them

whilst on duty or pursuing activities to fulfil the Agreement.

WaterAid Bangladesh reserves right to accept and reject any proposal without assigning any

verbal and or written rationale whatsoever;

WaterAid Bangladesh will deduct Tax and VAT at source according to the Govt. policy

WaterAid Bangladesh reserves the right to monitor the quality and progress of the work

during assignment.

Further items/tasks might be incorporated by WaterAid Bangladesh and in such case budget

will be revised accordingly.

Payments will be made by account payee cheque or bank transfer in the name of the

organisation or individual as per the contract.

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10. Mode of Payment

The payment will be made in seven instalments:

Instalments Percentage Time

First instalment with signing agreement &

proposed work plan 20%

Second instalment after – software ready for

field testing 15% After 10th week

Third instalment after – toilet information

collected for 3 selected highways 15% After 14th week

Fourth instalment after – deployment of

finalised mobile app 20% After 24th week

Fifth instalment – submission of documentation 20% After 48th week

Sixth instalment – maintenance for year 1 5% After first year of support

Seventh and final instalment – maintenance for

year 2 5%

After second year of

support

Note: Income Tax (IT) from the total amount and VAT will be deducted at source as per

government rules.

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SECTION - 3 Technical Proposal Submission Form

3A. Forwarding letter

3B. Consulting firm’s references.

3C. Comments and suggestions of organisation(s) on the Terms of Reference

3D. Description of the methodology and work plan for performing the assignment.

3E. Team composition and task assignments.

3F. Brief profile of the proposed key staff

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3A. FORWARDING LETTER FORMAT

(Please use letterhead pad)

[Location, Date]

Dr. Md. Khairul Islam

Country Director

WaterAid Bangladesh

House 97/B, Road 25, Block A

Banani, Dhaka 1213

Dear Sir:

We the undersigned are offering to provide the following assignment in accordance with your

Request for Proposal (RFP) dated [Date] on Developing Mobile Application for Toilet

Location Tracking in the National Highways of Bangladesh.

We are hereby submitting our proposal, which includes this Technical Proposal, and a Financial

Proposal sealed under separate envelope.

If negotiations are held during the period of validity of the proposal, i.e., before [Date] we

undertake to negotiate on the basis of the proposed staff. Our proposal is binding upon us and

subject to the modifications resulting from contract negotiations.

We understand you are not bound to accept any proposal you receive.

Yours sincerely,

Authorised Signature:

Name:

Title:

Name of Vendor/Org:

Address:

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3B. Vendor’s References

Relevant Services Carried Out in the Last Three Years

That Best Illustrated Qualifications

Using the format below, please provide maximum 10 examples for which your vendor/entity,

either individually as a corporate entity or as one of the major companies within an association,

was legally contracted.

Name of the

assignment

Digital link (if available) Client Contract value in

Taka

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3C. Comments and suggestions on the Terms of Reference

On the Terms of Reference:

1.

2.

3. (…add as needed)

3D. Description of the methodology and work plan for performing the assignment

Describe methodologies:

SAMPLE Activity (Work) Plan/Schedule

[1st, 2nd, etc. are weeks from the start of assignment.]

Activity

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

3E. Team composition and task assignments

3F. Brief profile of the proposed key staff

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SECTION - 4 Financial Proposal Submission Form

4A. Forwarding Letter format

4B. Summary of budget/costs.

4C. Breakdown of price per deliverables with unit cost

4D. Budget Narratives

The format for 4A is given below. The format for 4B 4C and 4D are expected to be prepared by

the organisation.

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4A. Financial Proposal Forwarding Letter format

(Please use letterhead pad)

[Location, Date]

Dr. Md. Khairul Islam

Country Director

WaterAid Bangladesh

House 97/B, Road 25, Block A

Banani, Dhaka 1213

Dear Sir:

We the undersigned are offering to provide the following assignments/services and/or goods in

accordance with your Request for Proposal (RFP) dated [Date]. Our attached Financial

Proposal is for the sum of Taka [Amount in words and figures] for the Developing Mobile

Application for Toilet Location Tracking in the National Highways of Bangladesh.

This amount is inclusive of VAT and taxes, which we have estimated at [Amount(s) in words and

figures]. We understand that VAT and taxes will be determined as per applicable law and will be

deducted at source while making payments.

Our Financial Proposal shall be binding upon us subject to the modifications resulting from

Contract Negotiations, up to expiration of the validity period of the Proposal, i.e., [Date].

We understand you are not bound to accept any Proposal you receive.

Yours sincerely,

Authorised Signature:

Name:

Title:

Name of Vendor/Org:

Address:


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