Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-09-27
Buyer: RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTRE (RBC)
Country: RW
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71000000
Submission deadline: 2023-11-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and is subject to the EIB's guide to Procurement
The Government of Rwanda requested a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance construction of integrated institution-National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) with high containment capabilities (BSL 3/4). The project will be co-financed by the EU and the Government of Rwanda and implemented through the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) as a government implementing agency with a Technical Assistance of the WHO. The primary objective of the project is to create a modern integrated and sustainable laboratory complex that will become a reference laboratory for the region and a global collaboration centre for conducting advanced research, outbreak investigations and international research.
To support procurement activities related to the construction of the new Laboratory building, the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) intends to engage a Procurement Specialist to work in the Single Projects’ Implementation Unit (SPIU).
The Procurement Specialist will be working at Rwanda Biomedical Centre located at KG 644 St, conducting site visits, reception and commissioning at NHLS.
Individual consultants are selected on the basis of their relevant experience, qualifications, and capability to carry out the assignment. The selection shall be carried out through the comparison of the relevant overall technical capacity and financial proposal combined in order to obtain highest final score of the qualified candidates short listed with a minimum technical score of 70 points. The contract will be awarded to the proposal with the highest final score as detailed below:
a) Having a bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Law, (please, provide evidence). - Mandatory requirement;
b)  A minimum of 10 years of general experience in procurement and contract management. - Mandatory requirement;
c)  Fluency in English. Bidders should indicate which of their previous projects were implemented in English or evidence proving the English proficiency. - Mandatory requirement.
The proposed Procurement Consultant must fulfil all the mandatory criteria listed in the table above. Procurement Consultants who do not fulfil all of the minimum/mandatory requirements will be rejected. This means that the entire proposal will be rejected.
a)  Having an advanced/Master’s degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Law, Construction law (please, provide evidence). -  20 points;
b) Minimum five (5) years specific experience in public procurement using Multilateral Development Banks (i.e., European Investment Bank, World Bank, AfDB, etc.) or any other international organization procedures. - 50 points;
c) Specific experience in supporting the construction and equipment of a scientific laboratory or hospital with extensive medical equipment. -  20 points;
e) Fluency in French. Bidders should indicate which of their previous projects were implemented in French or evidence proving the French proficiency. -  5 points.
Proposals are ranked according to their combined technical (70%) and financial (30%) scores according to the methodology as stated in the procurement documents.