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INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY (ICRAF) BID No.: 14/2023 Request for Proposal for a Payroll Outsourcing agency to manage payroll and statutory compliances for India state offices. Responsive Timeline Issue Tender/RFP 16-10-23 Pre-bidding queries submission 20-10-23 Response on queries 24-10-23 Bid Submission Deadline 27-10-23 Technical Bid Evaluation Any day after submission deadline Financial Bid Evaluation Any day after technical bid evaluation Award Signing TBD SECTION 1 – LETTER of INVITATION Dear Sir/Madam, The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry – ICRAF (also known by the brand name ‘World Agroforestry Centre’) invites proposals for hiring an agency as per the aforesaid purpose. Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 3, in preparing your Proposal. Your Proposal must be expressed in the English language and be valid for a minimum period of 120 days. While preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline. Proposals that are received by ICRAF after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation. The Proposal that complies with all the requirements, meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract. Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected. Please be advised that ICRAF is not bound to accept any Proposal, nor award a contract or Purchase order, nor be responsible for any costs associated with a Service Providers preparation and submission of a Proposal, regardless of the outcome or the manner of conducting the selection process. Thank you and we look forward to receiving your Proposal. Sincerely, ICRAF Procurement 1.1 Submission of Response Submit your completed response/ technical proposal electronically to: Procurement-icrafsouthasia@cifor-icraf.orgby close of business day on 27thOctober- 2023 by 1700hrs (EAT) in two separate PDF files. Widely named in subject line as guided here in under: Technical Proposal- BID No…. (Single PDF with all relevant supporting documents i.e. technical details, competencies justification, past experiences with similar kinds of assignments, timeline of activity as mentioned under technical bid in this RFP. Financial Proposal (financial proposal pdf must be password protected). Bidder will share the password only upon a written request from ICRAF. Note- Bidders, not qualified in the technical evaluation, will not be asked for the financial proposal’s password. For detailed information, please check the complete version of the advert attached below
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