Major points of discussion:
Proposals must be submitted before Deadline: 30 July 2013 @ 11:00 pm.
Deadline for Clarification request: 25 July 2013 @ 15:00 pm.
For written clarification send email to procurement.af@undp.org
Electronic proposals must be submitted ONLY to bids.af@undp.org; proposal sent or copied to
any other email address may be considered disqualified.
Electronic bids: Financial Proposal MUST be password protected by the bidder. UNDP will
request for such passwords from bids.af@undp.org, technical proposal of which has passed
through the 70% threshold during the technical evaluation.
All documents mention in section 26 and 27 of the Data Sheet of the RFP must be included with
the technical proposal.
Financial statements and/or bank certified statements will be key documents for UNDP to
measure a company’s financial capacity to conduct the required services. Company may provide
other type of financial documents, such as insurance, bank guarantee, etc. which proves
company’s sound financial status, UNDP will consider such documents sufficient against this
requirement. Audited Financial reports are not required.
Technical proposals should be prepared in line with the requirements specified in the TOR, also
ensuring evaluation criteria are met.
Experience of Development of at least 2 Large Web based applications in last 3 years.
Structure, names and CVs of the proposed implementation team (key personnel) to conduct the
required services must be provided.
UNDP discourages sub‐contracting. If a company wishes to sub‐contract a part of their task
under UNDP contract, they must meet all the criteria for sub‐contracting and also must obtain
written approval from UNDP prior to such engagement.
Joint Venture is allowed. Legal binding documents of such engagement must be provided with
the Technical Proposal.
There will be no public proposal opening.
The RFP is open for all nationals; there is no nationality restriction. Response toQueriesfrom the potential proposers
1. PAGE 29 ‐ You have requested for database where you can exchange documents, is the required
feature would be public or private? For your understanding, Public area is accessible for general
visitor and Private area is restricted to authorized users only.
It is only required for inter organizational purposes. It is a Private Area only to be used by the
authorized users.
2. Page No. 34 ‐ Can you please clarify if the application/software development needs to take place
in Kabul as per your clause mentioned on Page 34 of the RFP.
G. Location of Work: All the required works/tasks are based in Kabul. No Travel outside Kabul is
expected for the required services.
You are not supposed to travel outside Kabul, since the implementation of the project is within
Kabul. The development of the system can either happen from outside of the country or inside
the country. As long as you’re able to deliver the goals described in the RFP up to the
expectations and satisfaction of the Ministry of Communication and IT.
3. Who will be the main technical focal point for the project implementation (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs or Ministry of Communication and IT)?
Ministry of Communication and IT
4. Is the bidder required to procure the required hardware for the deployment of the system?
No, the required hardware will be provided by the Afghanistan National Data Center located
within MCIT.
5. Does the bidder have to provide all the software?
Yes, except the operating system all other required software licenses should be procured by the
bidder.
6. Can the bidder use the CMS like Joomla or Wordpress?
No. A CMS has to be developed or customized based on the Government needs to be provided
to MCIT for the sake of confidentiality and security of the websites of the government
organizations. The CMS should not be the common used CMS like Wordpress or Joomla.
7. Is this project only about website hosting or it includes Email Hosting system as well?
Both, Website & Email hosting and services are required to be provided by the bidder.
8. Willthere be 65 different websitesrequired to be developed?
All the 65 websites should have same standard and look and feel. However, each website will
have its unique banner and skin (color theme) which will be developed based on the contents
provided by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
9. Is the CMS required to have the interface in multiple languages?
No. Only English language is required for the CMS interface.
10. Who will be providing or developing the contents for the website?
Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be responsible for providing the contents for each website.