STANDARD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTING
SERVICES
(For value above Nu. 1 million)

Royal Government of Bhutan

Ministry of Finance

2019
STANDARD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTING
SERVICES
(For value above Nu. 1 million)

Royal Government of Bhutan

Ministry of Finance

2019
 PREFACE

This Standard Request for Proposals (SRFP) is based on the 2009 Procurement Rules and
Regulations of the Royal Government of Bhutan. The SRFP must be used in the Procurement of
Consulting Services, and can be used with different selection methods, i.e., quality and cost-
based selection (QCBS), selection under a fixed budget (FBS) and least-cost selection (LCS).
This document will come into effect from 1 st July, 2019

To obtain further information on procurement you may contact:

Government Procurement and Property Management Division

Department of National Properties
Ministry of Finance
Royal Government of Bhutan
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: Letter of Invitation ....................................................................................................... 2

Section 2: Instructions to Consultants........................................................................................ 3
Section 3. Technical Proposal - Standard Forms ..................................................................... 29
Section 4. Financial Proposal - Standard Forms...................................................................... 43
Section 5. Terms of Reference.................................................................................................... 53
Section 6. Eligible Countries ...................................................................................................... 54
Section 7: Standard Forms of Contract..................................................................................... 55
Annex I: Standard Form of Contract: Consulting Services (Lump-Sum Contract) .............. 56
Annex II: Standard Form of Contract: Consulting Services (Time-Based Contract) ........... 82

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 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
MoEA/DT/EPD/18/2020/

FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR PROPOSED GELEPHU DRY PORT

EXPORT PROMOTION DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE,

MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFIARS

February, 2020

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SECTION 1: LETTER OF INVITATION

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 SECTION 2: INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSULTANTS
Definitions a) Consultant: An individual or a legal entity entering into a Contract
to provide the required Consulting Services.

b) Consulting Services: Expert services of a professional and/ or

intellectual nature, provided by the Consultant based on
specialized expertise and skills, in areas including, but not limited
to, preparing and implementing projects, conducting training,
providing technical assistance, conducting research and analysis,
preparing designs, supervising the execution of construction and
other works, undertaking studies, advising Procuring Agencies,
building capacity, preparing tender documents, supervising
procurement, and others.

c) Contract: The formal agreement in writing, including the General

Conditions (GC), the Special Conditions (SC), and the Appendices,
entered into between the Procuring Agency and the Consultant, on
acceptable terms and conditions and which are in compliance with
all the relevant provisions of the laws of the Kingdom of Bhutan, for
the provision of the required Consulting Services.

d) Data Sheet: Such part of the Instructions to Consultants used to

reflect specific assignment conditions.

e) Day: A calendar day.

f) Government: Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB).

g) Instructions to Consultants (Section 2 of the RFP): The

document which provides the Consultants with all the information
needed to prepare their Proposals.

h) In Writing: Communicated in written form (eg by mail, electronic

mail, fax, telex) with proof of receipt.

i) LOI (Section 1 of the RFP): The Letter of Invitation being sent by

the Procuring Agency to the shortlisted Consultants.

j) Personnel: Professional and support staff provided by the

Consultant or by any Sub-Consultant and assigned to perform the
Services or any part thereof; “Foreign Personnel” means such
professional and support staff who at the time of being so provided
have their domicile outside Bhutan; “Local Personnel” means such
professional and support staff who at the time of being so provided
have their domicile inside Bhutan.

k) Procuring Agency: RGoB agency with which the selected

Consultant signs the Contract for the Services.

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 l) Proposal: The Technical Proposal and the Financial Proposal.

m) RFP: The Request for Proposal to be prepared by the Procuring

Agency for the selection of Consultants, based on the SRFP.

n) SRFP: The Standard Request for Proposals, which must be used

by the Procuring Agency as a guide for the preparation of the RFP.

o) Services: The work to be performed by the Consultant pursuant to

the Contract.

p) Sub-Consultant: Any person or entity to whom/which the Consultant

subcontracts any part of the Services.

q) Terms of Reference (TOR): The document included in the RFP as

Section 5 which defines the objectives, goals, scope of work,
activities, tasks, responsibilities of the Procuring Agency and the
Consultant, required outputs and results of the assignment, as well
as background information (including a list of existing relevant
studies and basic data) to facilitate the Consultants’ preparation of
their proposals

1. Introduction 1.1. The Procuring Agency named in the Data Sheet will select a
consulting firm/organization (the Consultant) in accordance with
the method of selection specified in the Data Sheet.

1.2. The Consultants are invited to submit a Technical Proposal and a

Financial Proposal, or a Technical Proposal only, as specified in the
Data Sheet, for Consulting Services required for the assignment
named in the Data Sheet. The Proposal will be the basis for
contract negotiations and ultimately for a signed Contract with the
selected Consultant.

1.3. Consultants should familiarize themselves with local conditions

and take these into account in preparing their Proposals. To obtain
first-hand information on the assignment and local conditions,
Consultants are encouraged to attend a pre-proposal meeting if one
is specified in the Data Sheet. Attending the pre-proposal meeting
is optional. Consultants should contact the Procuring Agency’s
representative named in the Data Sheet to obtain additional
information on the pre-proposal meeting. Consultants should
ensure that this official is advised of the proposed attendance at
the meeting in adequate time to allow them to make appropriate
arrangements.

1.4. The Procuring Agency will timely provide at no cost to the

Consultant the inputs and facilities specified in the Data Sheet,
assist the Consultant in obtaining licenses and permits needed to
carry out the Services, and make available relevant project data
and reports.

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 1.5. Consultants shall bear all costs associated with the preparation
and submission of their proposals and contract negotiation. The
Procuring Agency is not bound to accept any proposal, and reserves
the right to annul the selection process at any time prior to Contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the Consultants.
2. Conflict of 2.1. The Procuring Agency and the RGoB requires that Consultants
Interest provide professional, objective and impartial advice, and at all
times hold the Procuring Agency’s interests paramount, strictly
avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate
interests, and act without any consideration for future work. Without
limitation on the generality of the foregoing Consultants, and any
of their affiliates, shall be considered to have a conflict of interest,
and shall not be recruited, under any of the circumstances set forth
below:
a) Conflicting Activities:
A firm that has been engaged by the Procuring Agency to
provide goods, works or services other than Consulting
Services for a project, and any of its affiliates, shall be
disqualified from providing Consulting Services related to
those goods, works or services. A firm hired to provide
Consulting Services for the preparation or implementation of
a project, and any of its affiliates, shall be disqualified from
subsequently providing goods or works or services resulting
from or directly related to the firm’s Consulting Services for
such preparation or implementation. For the purposes of this
paragraph, services other than Consulting Services are
defined as those leading to a measurable physical output, for
example surveys, exploratory drilling, aerial photography, and
satellite imagery.
b) Conflicting Assignments:
A Consultant, including its Sub-Consultants, affiliates and the
Personnel of any of the foregoing, shall not be hired for any
assignment that, by its nature, may be in conflict with another
assignment of the Consultant to be executed for the same or
for another Procuring Agency. For example, a Consultant
hired to prepare engineering design for an infrastructure
project shall not be engaged to prepare an independent
environmental assessment for the same project, and a
Consultant assisting a Procuring Agency in the privatization
of public assets shall not purchase, nor advice purchasers of,
such assets. Similarly, a Consultant hired to prepare Terms of
Reference for an assignment, or otherwise to provide any
other services during the preparatory stages of the
assignment or of the project of which the assignment forms a
part, shall not be hired for the assignment in question

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 c) Conflicting Relationships:
(i) A Consultant, including its Sub-Consultants, affiliates
and the Personnel of any of the foregoing, that has a
business relationship within a member of the Procuring
Agency’s staff who is directly or indirectly involved in any
part of (i) the preparation of the Terms of Reference of
the assignment, (ii) the selection process for such
assignment, or (iii) supervision of the Contract, may not
be awarded a Contract, unless the conflict stemming
from this relationship has been resolved in a manner
acceptable to the Procuring Agency throughout the
selection process and the execution of the Contract.
(ii) A Consultant, including its Sub-Consultants, affiliates
and the Personnel of any of the foregoing, that employs
or otherwise engages a spouse, dependent or close
relative of a public servant of the RGoB who either is
employed by the Procuring Agency or has an authority
over it also shall not be eligible to be awarded a Contract.
For the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a close relative
is defined as immediate family which includes father,
mother, brother, sister, spouse and own children.
2.2. Consultants have an obligation to disclose any situation of actual
or potential conflict that impacts their capacity to serve the best
interests of the Procuring Agency, or that may reasonably be
perceived as having this effect. Failure to disclose said situations
may lead to the disqualification of the Consultant or the termination
of its Contract.

2.3. When the Consultant nominates any present or previous

government employee as Personnel in its Technical Proposal, such
Personnel must have written certification from the Royal Civil
Service Commission of Bhutan or their employer confirming that:
a) they are not current employees of the Procuring Agency, and
b) they are on leave without pay from their official position, and
c) they are allowed to work full-time outside of their previous
official position.

Such certification(s) shall be provided to the Procuring Agency

by the Consultant as part of its Technical Proposal.

2.4. When the Consultant nominates any former employee of the

Procuring Agency as Personnel in its Technical Proposal it must
ensure, and so certify in its Technical Proposal, that no conflict of
interest exists in the scope of the former employee’s inclusion
within the Consultant’s Personnel being proposed to provide the
Services.

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3. Unfair Advantage 3.1. If a Consultant could derive a competitive advantage from having
provided Consulting Services related to the assignment in question,
the Procuring Agency shall make available to all Consultants
together with this RFP all information that would in that respect give
such Consultant any competitive advantage over competing
Consultants.
4. Fraud and 4.1. It is RGoB policy to require that Consultants, their Sub-Consultants
Corruption and the Personnel of them both observe the highest standards of
ethics during the procurement and execution of contracts. 1 In
pursuance of this policy, the RGoB:
a) defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth
below as follows:
(i) “corrupt practice”2 means the offering, giving, receiving
or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value3 to
influence improperly the actions of another party;
(ii) “fraudulent practice”4 means any intentional act or
omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly
or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party
to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an
obligation;
(iii) “collusive practice”5 means an arrangement between
two or more parties designed to achieve an improper
purpose, including to influence improperly the actions of
another party;
(iv) “coercive practice”6 means impairing or harming, or
threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any
party or the property of the party to influence improperly
the actions of a party;

1 In this context, any action taken by a Consultant, Sub-Consultant or the Personnel of either of them to influence the procurement
process or contract execution for undue advantage is improper.
2 “another party” refers to a public official acting in relation to the procurement process or contract execution. In this context, “public
official” includes staff and employees of any organizations (including any institutions providing finance for the Services) taking or
reviewing procurement decisions.
3 “anything of value” includes, but is not limited to, any gift, loan, fee, commission, valuable security or other asset or interest in an
asset; any office, employment or contract; any payment, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability whatsoev-
er, whether in whole or in part; any other services, favour or advantage, including protection from any penalty or disability incurred
or apprehended or from any action or proceeding of a disciplinary or penal nature, whether or not already instituted and including
the exercise or the forbearance from the exercise of any right or any official power or duty.
4 a “party” refers to a public official; the terms “benefit” and “obligation” relate to the procurement process or contract execution; and
the “act or omission” is intended to influence the procurement process or contract execution.
5 “parties” refers to participants in the procurement process (including public officials) and an “improper purpose” includes attempt-
ing to establish proposal prices at artificial, non competitive levels.
6 a “party” refers to a participant in the procurement process or contract execution.

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 (v) “obstructive practice” means:
(aa) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or
concealing of evidence material to the investigation
or making false statements to investigators in order
materially to impede any investigation into
allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent, coercive or
collusive practice; and/or threatening, harassing or
intimidating any party to prevent it from disclosing its
knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation
or from pursuing the investigation; or
(bb) acts intended materially to impede the exercise of
the inspection and audit rights of the Procuring
Agency or any organization or person appointed by
the Procuring Agency and/or any relevant RGoB
agency provided for under sub-paragraph d below
of this paragraph 4.1.
b) will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the
Consultant recommended for award has, directly or through
an agent, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive
or obstructive practices in competing for the contract in
question;
c) will sanction a Consultant or individual, including declaring
them ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time,
to be awarded an RGoB-financed contract if at any time it
determines that they have, directly or through an agent,
engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or
obstructive practices in competing for, or in executing, an
RGoB-financed contract;
d) will have the right to require that a provision be included in
Requests for Proposals and in contracts financed by the
RGoB, requiring Consultants and their Sub-Consultants to
permit the Procuring Agency, any organization or person
appointed by the Procuring Agency and/or any relevant
RGoB agency to inspect their accounts and records and other
documents relating to their submission of proposals and
contract performance, and to have them audited by auditors
appointed by the Procuring Agency;
e) Requires that Consultants, as a condition of admission to
eligibility, execute and attach to their Proposals an Integrity
Pact Statement in the form provided in Form TECH-8 of
Section 3 as specified in ITC. Failure to provide a duly executed
Integrity Pact Statement may result in disqualification of the
Proposal; and
f) will report any case of corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive
or obstructive practice to the relevant RGoB agencies,
including but not limited to the Anticorruption Commission
(ACC) of Bhutan, for necessary action as per the statutes and
provisions of the relevant agency.

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 4.2. Consultants, their Sub-Consultants, and their affiliates shall not be
under a declaration of ineligibility for corrupt, fraudulent, collusive,
coercive or obstructive practices issued by the Procuring Agency
in accordance with the above sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph
4.1. Furthermore, Consultants shall be aware of the provisions on
fraud and corruption stated in the specific clauses in the General
Conditions of Contract.

4.3. Consultants shall furnish information on commissions and gratuities,

if any, paid or to be paid to agents relating to this proposal and
during execution of the assignment if the Consultant is awarded
the Contract, as requested in the Financial Proposal Submission
Form (Section 4).
5. Origin of Goods 5.1. Goods supplied and Consulting Services provided under the
and Consulting Contract may originate from any country except if:
Services a) as a matter of law or official regulation, RGoB prohibits
commercial relations with that country; or
b) by an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations
Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the
United Nations, Bhutan prohibits any imports of goods or
services from that country or any payments to persons or
entities in that country.

6. Only one 6.1. A Consultant may only submit one proposal. If a Consultant submits
Proposal per or participates in more than one proposal, such proposals shall be
Consultant disqualified. However, this does not limit the participation of the
same Sub-Consultant, including individual experts, in more than
one proposal.
7. Proposal Validity 7.1. The Data Sheet indicates how long Consultants’ Proposals must
remain valid after the submission date. During this period,
Consultants shall maintain the availability of Professional staff
nominated in the Proposal. The Procuring Agency will make its best
efforts to complete negotiations within this period. Should the need
arise, however, the Procuring Agency may request Consultants in
writing to extend the validity period of their proposals. Consultants
who agree to such extension shall confirm in writing that they
maintain the availability of the Professional staff nominated in the
Proposal or, in their confirmation of extension of validity of the
Proposal, Consultants could submit new staff in replacement who
would be considered in the final evaluation for Contract award.
Consultants who do not agree have the right to refuse to extend
the validity of their Proposals.
8. Eligibility of 8.1. The Procuring Agency permits consultants (individuals and firms,
Consultants including Joint Ventures and their individual members) from all
countries to offer consulting services for RGoB projects.

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 8.2. Furthermore, it is the Consultant’s responsibility to ensure that its
Experts, joint venture members, Sub-consultants, agents (declared
or not), sub-contractors, service providers, suppliers and/or their
employees meet the eligibility requirements as established by the
RGoB in the Applicable Regulations.

8.3. In case a shortlisted Consultant intends to associate with other

Consultants who have not been shortlisted and/or individual
expert(s), such other Consultants and/or individual expert(s) shall
be subject to the same eligibility criteria as are stipulated for the
Consultant.
9. Restrictions for 9.1. State-owned enterprises or institutions may be eligible to compete
State-Owned and be awarded a contract only if they can establish that they:
Enterprises a) are legally and financially autonomous
b) operate under commercial law, and
c) are not under supervision of the Employer.

10. Exclusion of 10.1 A Consultant and any Sub-consultant shall not be permitted to
Consultant or submit a proposal or to be awarded a Contract under any of the
Sub-Consultants following circumstances:
a) it is insolvent or is in receivership or is a bankrupt or is in the
process of being wound up, or has entered into an
arrangement with creditors; or
b) its affairs are being administered by a court, judicial officer or
by an appointed liquidator; or
c) it has suspended business, or is in any analogous situation
arising from similar procedures under the laws and regulations
of its country of establishment; or
d) it has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a
recognized tribunal or professional body; or
e) it has not fulfilled its obligations with regard to the payment of
taxes, social security or other payments due in accordance
with the laws of the country in which it is established or of the
Kingdom of Bhutan; or
f) it is or has been guilty of serious misrepresentation in
supplying information in its tender or in the prior process
leading to it being classified as a shortlisted Consultant; or
g) it has been convicted for fraud and/or corruption by a
competent authority; or
h) it has not fulfilled any of its contractual obligations with the
Procuring Agency in the past; or
i) he/she has been debarred from participation in public
procurement by any competent authority as per law.

10.1. A Consultant and any Sub-consultant shall not be permitted to

submit a proposal or to be awarded a Contract under any of the
following circumstances:

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 a) it is insolvent or is in receivership or is a bankrupt or is in
the process of being wound up, or has entered into an
arrangement with creditors; or
b) its affairs are being administered by a court, judicial officer or
by an appointed liquidator; or
c) it has suspended business, or is in any analogous situation
arising from similar procedures under the laws and regulations
of its country of establishment; or
d) it has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a
recognized tribunal or professional body; or
e) it has not fulfilled its obligations with regard to the payment of
taxes, social security or other payments due in accordance
with the laws of the country in which it is established or of the
Kingdom of Bhutan; or
f) it is or has been guilty of serious misrepresentation in
supplying information in its tender or in the prior process
leading to it being classified as a shortlisted Consultant; or
g) it has been convicted for fraud and/or corruption by a
competent authority; or
h) it has not fulfilled any of its contractual obligations with the
Procuring Agency in the past; or
i) he has been debarred from participation in public procurement
by any competent authority as per law.

11. Contents, 11.1. The RFP document comprises:

Clarification and Section 1 - Letter of Invitation
Amendment Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants (including Data Sheet)
of the RFP Section 3 - Technical Proposal - Standard Forms
Document Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms
Section 5 - Terms of Reference
Section 6 - Eligible Countries
Section 7 - Standard Forms of Contract

11.2. Consultants may request a clarification of any part of the RFP

document up to the number of days indicated in the Data Sheet
before the proposal submission date. Any request for clarification
must be sent in writing to the Procuring Agency’s address indicated
in the Data Sheet. The Procuring Agency will respond in writing, and
will send written copies of the response (including an explanation
of the query but without identifying the source of the inquiry) to all
Consultants. Should the Procuring Agency deem it necessary to
amend the RFP as a result of a clarification, it shall do so following
the procedure under paragraph 11.4 below;

11.3. A pre-proposal meeting will be conducted only if strictly necessary

to clarify doubts and concerns of the shortlisted Consultants prior
to submission of proposals. Minutes of the pre-proposal meeting
shall be circulated to all shortlisted Consultants.

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 11.4. At any time before the submission of Proposals the Procuring
Agency may amend the RFP by issuing an addendum in writing.
The addendum shall be sent to all shortlisted Consultants and will
be binding on them. Consultants shall acknowledge receipt of all
addenda before the final date and time established for the
submission of Proposals. To give Consultants reasonable time in
which to take an addendum into account in their Proposals the
Procuring Agency may, if the addendum is substantial, extend the
deadline for the submission of Proposals.
12. Preparation of 12.1. The Proposal, as well as all related correspondence exchanged by
Proposals the Consultant and the Procuring Agency, shall be written in the
language specified in the Data Sheet.

12.2. In preparing their Proposals, Consultants are expected to examine

in detail the documents comprising the RFP. Material deficiencies
in providing the information requested may result in rejection of a
Proposal.

12.3. While preparing the Technical Proposal, Consultants must pay

particular attention to the following:
a) If a shortlisted Consultant considers that it may enhance its
expertise for the assignment by associating with other
Consultants in a joint venture/consortium/association or sub-
consultancy it may associate with either (a) non-shortlisted
Consultant(s), or (b) shortlisted Consultants, if so indicated in
the Data Sheet. A shortlisted Consultant must first obtain the
approval of the Procuring Agency if it wishes to enter into a
joint venture/consortium/association with non-shortlisted or
shortlisted Consultant(s). In the case of a joint venture/
consortium/association with non-shortlisted Consultant(s), the
shortlisted Consultant shall act as joint venture/consortium/
association leader. In the case of a joint venture/consortium/
association, all partners shall be jointly and severally liable
and shall indicate who will act as the leader of the joint
venture/consortium/association.
b) The estimated number of Professional staff-months or the
budget for executing the assignment shall be shown in the
Data Sheet, but not both. However, the Proposal shall be
based on the number of Professional staff-months or the
budget estimated by the Consultant.
c) For fixed-budget-based assignments, the available budget is
given in the Data Sheet, and the Financial Proposal shall not
exceed this budget, while the estimated number of
Professional staff-months shall not be disclosed.
d) Alternative professional staff shall not be proposed, and only
one curriculum vitae (CV) may be submitted for each position.

13. Language 13.1. Documents to be issued by the Consultant as part of this assignment
must be in the language specified in the Data Sheet.

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14. Technical 14.1. The Proposal shall comprise the documents and forms listed in the
Proposal Format Data Sheet.
and Content
14.2. The Consultant shall furnish information on commissions, gratuities,
and fees, if any, paid or to be paid to agents or any other party
relating to this Proposal and, if awarded, Contract execution, as
requested in the Financial Proposal submission form (Section 4).

14.3. The Technical Proposal shall be prepared using the Standard

Forms provided in Section 3 of the RFP and shall comprise the
documents listed in the Data Sheet. The Technical Proposal shall
not include any financial information. A Technical Proposal
containing material financial information shall be declared non-
responsive.

14.4. Consultant shall not propose alternative Key Experts. Only one CV
shall be submitted for each Key Expert position. Failure to comply
with this requirement will make the Proposal non-responsive.

14.5. Depending on the nature of the assignment, the Consultant is

required to submit a Full Technical Proposal (FTP), or a Simplified
Technical Proposal (STP) as indicated in the Data Sheet and using
the Standard Forms provided in Section 3 of the RFP.
15. Financial 15.1. The Financial Proposal shall be prepared using the Standard Forms
Proposals provided in Section 4 of the RFP. It shall list all costs (all-inclusive)
associated with the assignment, including (a) remuneration for Key
Experts and Non-Key Experts, (b) reimbursable expenses
indicated in the Data Sheet, and (c) Local taxes.

15.2. For assignments with a duration exceeding twelve (12) months, a

price adjustment provision for foreign and/or local inflation for
remuneration rates applies if so stated in the Data Sheet

15.3. The Consultant may express the price for its Services in the
currency or currencies as stated in the Data Sheet. If indicated in
the Data Sheet, the portion of the price representing local cost shall
be stated in the national currency.

15.4. Payment under the Contract shall be made in the currency or

currencies in which the payment is requested in the Proposal.

16. Taxes 16.1. The Consultant and its Sub-consultants and Experts are responsible
for meeting all tax liabilities arising out of the Contract. Information
on taxes in the Client’s country is provided in the Data Sheet.

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17. Sealing & 17.1. The original proposal (Technical Proposal and, if required, Financial
Submission of Proposal) shall contain no interlineations or overwriting, except as
Proposals necessary to correct errors made by the Consultant itself. The
person who signed the Proposal must initial such corrections.
Submission letters for the Technical and Financial Proposals shall
respectively be in the format of TECH-1 of Section 3, and FIN-1 of
Section 4.

17.2. An authorized representative of the Consultant shall initial all

pages of the original Technical and Financial Proposals. The
authorization shall be in the form of a written power of attorney
accompanying the Proposal or in any other form demonstrating that
the representative has been duly authorized to sign. The signed
Technical and Financial Proposals shall be marked “Original”.

17.3. The Technical Proposal shall be marked “Original ” or “COpy” as

appropriate. The Technical Proposals shall be sent to the addresses
referred to in paragraph 17.6 and in the number of copies indicated
in the Data Sheet. All required copies of the Technical Proposal are
to be made from the original. If there are discrepancies between
the original and the copies of the Technical Proposal, the original
shall govern.

17.4. The original and all copies of the Technical Proposal shall be
placed in a sealed envelope clearly marked “TeChniCal prOpOsal”
Similarly, the original Financial Proposal (if required under the
selection method indicated in the Data Sheet) shall be placed in
a sealed envelope clearly marked “FinanCial prOpOsal” followed
by the reference number and name of the assignment, and with
a warning “D o Not opeN W ith the techNical proposal.” The
envelopes containing the Technical and Financial Proposals shall
be placed into an outer envelope and sealed. This outer envelope
shall bear the submission address, reference number and title
of the assignment, and be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL –
Do Not opeN, except iN the preseNce of the a ppoiNteD opeNiNg
official(s), Before [insert the time and date of the submission
deadline indicated in the Data Sheet]”. The Procuring Agency shall
not be responsible for misplacement, loss or premature opening
if the outer envelope is not sealed and/or marked as stipulated.
This circumstance may be case for Proposal rejection. If the
Financial Proposal is not submitted in a separate sealed envelope
duly marked as indicated above, this will constitute grounds for
declaring the Proposal non-responsive.

17.5. All inner envelopes shall:

a) be signed across their seals by the person authorized to sign
the Proposal on behalf of the Consultant;
b) be marked “ORIGINAL” or “COPIES”; and

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 c) indicate the name and address of the Consultant to enable
the Proposal to be returned unopened in case it is declared
late pursuant to paragraph 16.7 hereunder.

17.6. All inner and outer envelopes shall be sealed with adhesive or
other sealant, which will prevent re-opening. The Proposals shall
be delivered by hand or by registered post in sealed envelopes to
the address/addresses indicated in the Data Sheet and received by
the Procuring Agency no later than the time and the date indicated
in the Data Sheet, or any extension to this date in accordance with
paragraph 11.4. Any proposal received by the Procuring Agency
after the deadline for submission shall be returned unopened.
18. Withdrawal and 1.1. A Consultant may withdraw or substitute its Proposal after it has
Substitution of been submitted by sending a written notice in accordance with
Proposals paragraph 17, duly signed by an authorized representative, and
shall include a copy of the authorization (the power of attorney) in
accordance with paragraph 17.2. Any substitution of a Proposal
must accompany the respective written substitution notice. All
notices must be:
a) submitted in accordance with paragraph 17 above (except that
withdrawal notices do not require copies), and in addition, the
respective envelopes shall be clearly marked “WiThdraWal” or
“subsTiTuTiOn” and
b) Received by the Procuring Agency prior to the deadline
prescribed for submission of Proposals, in accordance with
paragraph 17.6.

1.2. Proposals requested to be withdrawn in accordance with paragraph

18.1 shall be returned unopened to the Consultants.

18.3. No Proposal may be withdrawn or substituted in the interval

between the deadline for submission of Proposals and the expiry
of the period of Proposal validity specified by the Consultant in its
Proposal or any extension thereof. Any such withdrawal shall result
in the debarment by competent authority as per law.

19. Opening of 19.1. Immediately after the closing date and time for submission of
Technical Proposals any envelopes marked “Withdrawal” and accompanied
Proposals by a properly authorized withdrawal notice shall be put aside, and
stored safely and securely ready for return to the Consultant.

19.2. The Procuring Agency then shall open all remaining Technical
Proposals, including any substitutions accompanied by a properly
authorized substitution notice. The Financial Proposals shall
remain sealed and securely stored.

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20. Evaluation to be 20.1. From the time the Proposals are opened to the time the Contract
Confidential is awarded, the Consultant shall not contact the Procuring Agency
on any matter related to its Technical and/or Financial Proposal.
Any effort by any Consultant to influence the Procuring Agency in
the examination, evaluation, ranking of Proposals, and
recommendation for Award of Contract may result in the rejection
of the Consultant’s Proposal.

20.2. After the opening of Proposals, information concerning the

Proposal documents or any part of the contents thereof shall not
be released to any person or party that is not a member of the
Proposal Evaluation Committee.

20.3. The evaluation proceedings shall be kept confidential at all times

until the award of Contract is announced.

20.4. Evaluators of Technical Proposals shall have no access to the

Financial Proposals until the technical evaluation is concluded.
21. Evaluation 21.1. The Evaluation Committee shall evaluate the Technical Proposals
of Technical on the basis of their responsiveness to the Terms of Reference,
Proposals applying the evaluation criteria, sub-criteria and points system
specified in the Data Sheet. Each responsive Proposal will be given
a technical score (St). A Proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it
does not respond to important aspects of the RFP, particularly the
Terms of Reference, or if it fails to achieve the minimum technical
score indicated in the Data Sheet.
22. Public Opening 22.1. After the technical evaluation is completed, the Procuring Agency
of Financial shall inform the Consultants who have submitted proposals the
Proposals (only technical scores obtained by their Technical Proposals, and shall
for QCBS, FBS, notify those Consultants whose Proposals did not meet the
and LCS) minimum qualifying mark, or were considered non responsive to
the RFP and TOR, that their Financial Proposals will be returned
unopened after completing the selection process. The Procuring
Agency shall simultaneously notify in writing those Consultants that
have secured the minimum qualifying mark, the date, time and
location for opening the Financial Proposals. The opening date
shall allow Consultants sufficient time to make arrangements for
attending the opening. Consultants’ attendance at the opening of
Financial Proposals is optional.

22.2. Financial Proposals shall be opened publicly in the presence of the

Consultants representatives who choose to attend. The names of
the Consultants and their technical scores shall be read aloud. The
Financial Proposals of the Consultants who met the minimum
qualifying mark will then be inspected to confirm that they have
remained sealed and unopened. These Financial Proposals shall
be then opened, and the following information read out and
recorded:

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 a) name of the Consultant;
b) points awarded to the Technical Proposal; and
c) total price of the Financial Proposal.

The prices also shall be written on a notice board for the

public to copy

22.3. The Procuring Agency shall prepare a record of the opening of the
Financial Proposals, which shall include the information disclosed
to those present in accordance with paragraph 22.2 above. The
minutes shall include, as a minimum:
a) the assignment title and reference number;
b) the date, time and place of opening of the Financial Proposals;
c) the prices offered by the Consultants;
d) the name and nationality of each Consultant;
e) the names of attendees at the opening of the Financial
Proposals, and of the Consultants they represent;
f) details of any complaints or other comments made by
Consultants’ representatives attending the opening of the
Financial Proposals, including the names and signatures of
the representatives making the complaint(s) and/or
comment(s); and
g) the names, designations and signatures of the members of
the Proposal Opening Committee.
22.4. The Consultants’ representatives who are present shall be
requested to sign the record. The omission of a representative’s
signature on the record shall not invalidate the contents and effect
of the record. A copy of the record shall be distributed to all
Consultants who submitted Proposals.

23. Correction of 23.1. The Evaluation Committee will correct any computational errors.
Errors When correcting computational errors, in case of any discrepancy
between a partial amount and the total amount, or between words
and figures, the formers shall prevail. In addition to the above
corrections, as indicated under paragraph 15.1, activities and items
described in the Technical Proposal but not priced shall be
assumed to be included in the prices of other activities or items. In
case an activity or line item is quantified in the Financial Proposal
differently from the Technical Proposal:
a) if the Time-Based form of Contract has been included in the
RFP, the Evaluation Committee shall correct the quantification
indicated in the Financial Proposal so as to make it consistent
with that indicated in the Technical Proposal, apply the
relevant unit price included in the Financial Proposal to the
corrected quantity and correct the total Proposal cost, and
b) if the Lump-Sum form of Contract has been included in the
RFP, no corrections are applied to the Financial Proposal in
this respect.

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24. Conversion to 24.1. Prices shall be converted to a single currency using the selling
Single Currency rates of exchange, source and date indicated in the Data Sheet.
25. Combined 25.1. In the case of QCBS, the lowest evaluated Financial Proposal (Fm)
Quality and Cost will be given the maximum financial score (Sf) of 100 points. The
Evaluation financial scores (Sf) of the other Financial Proposals will be
computed as indicated in the Data Sheet. Proposals will be ranked
according to their combined technical (St) and financial (Sf) scores
using the weights (T = the weight given to the Technical Proposal;
P = the weight given to the Financial Proposal; T + P = 1) indicated
in the Data Sheet: S = St x T% + Sf x P%. The firm achieving the
highest combined technical and financial score will be invited for
negotiations.

25.2. In the case of Fixed-Budget Selection, the Procuring Agency will

select the firm that submitted the highest ranked Technical
Proposal within the budget and invite such Consultant to negotiate
the Contract. Proposals that exceed the indicated budget will be
rejected.

25.3. In the case of Least-Cost Selection, the Procuring Agency will

select the lowest proposal among those that passed the minimum
technical score and invite such Consultant to negotiate the Contract.

26. Negotiations 26.1. Negotiations will be held at the date and address indicated in the
Data Sheet. The invited Consultant will, as a pre-requisite for
attendance at the negotiations, confirm availability of all
Professional staff. Failure to satisfy this requirement may result in
the Procuring Agency proceeding to negotiate with the next-
ranked Consultant. Representatives conducting negotiations on
behalf of the Consultant must have written authority to negotiate
and conclude a Contract.
27. Technical 27.1. Negotiations will include a discussion of the Technical Proposal,
Negotiations the proposed technical approach and methodology, work plan,
organization and staffing, any suggestions made by the Consultant
to improve the Terms of Reference, and the Special Conditions of
Contract. The Procuring Agency and the Consultant will finalize the
Terms of Reference, staffing schedule, work schedule, logistics and
reporting. These documents will then be incorporated into the
Contract as “Description of Services”. Special attention will be paid
to defining clearly the inputs and facilities required from the
Procuring Agency in order to ensure satisfactory implementation of
the assignment. The Procuring Agency shall prepare minutes of the
negotiations, which shall be signed by the Procuring Agency and
the Consultant. The negotiations shall not substantially alter the
original Terms of Reference or the terms of the Contract.

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28. Financial 28.1. If applicable, it is the responsibility of the Consultant, before
Negotiations starting financial negotiations, to contact the local tax authorities to
determine the local tax amount to be paid by the Consultant under
the Contract. The financial negotiations will include a clarification
(if any) of the Consultant’s tax liability in Bhutan, and the manner in
which it will be reflected in the Contract; and will reflect the agreed
technical modifications in the cost of the services.

28.2. In the cases of QCBS, Fixed-Budget Selection and the Least-Cost

Selection methods involving time based Contracts, unless there
are exceptional reasons the financial negotiations will involve
neither the remuneration rates for staff nor other proposed unit
rates. For other methods, Consultants will provide the Procuring
Agency with the information on remuneration rates described in the
Appendix attached to Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard
Forms of this RFP.

28.3. In the case of a Lump Sum Contract where price is a factor of

selection, the price shall not be negotiated.

28.4. Reimbursable costs are payable on an actual expenses incurred

basis, and thus shall not be subject to financial negotiation.
29. Availability of 29.1. Having selected the Consultant on the basis of, among other things,
Professional an evaluation of proposed Professional staff, the Procuring Agency
Staff/Experts expects to negotiate a Contract on the basis of the Professional
staff named in the Proposal. Before contract negotiations, the
Procuring Agency will require assurances that the Professional staff
will actually be available. The Procuring Agency will not consider
substitutions during contract negotiations unless both parties agree
that undue delay in the selection process makes such substitution
unavoidable or for reasons such as death or medical incapacity. If
this is not the case and if it is established that Professional staff
were offered in the proposal without confirming their availability, the
Consultant may be disqualified. Any proposed substitute shall have
equivalent or better qualifications and experience than the original
candidate and be submitted by the Consultant within the period of
time specified in the letter of invitation to negotiate.
30. Conclusion of the 30.1. Negotiations will conclude with a review of the draft Contract. To
Negotiations complete negotiations the Procuring Agency and the Consultant
will initial the agreed Contract. If negotiations fail, the Procuring
Agency shall inform the Consultant in writing of the reasons for
termination of the negotiations and then shall invite the Consultant
whose Proposal received the second highest combined technical
and financial score to negotiate a Contract. Once negotiations
commence with the second ranked Consultant the Procuring
Agency shall not reopen the earlier negotiations.

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31. Procuring 31.1. The Procuring Agency reserves the right to accept or reject any
Agency’s Right Proposal, and to annul the Request for Proposals process and
to Accept or reject all Proposals at any time prior to Contract award, without
Reject Any or All thereby incurring any liability to Consultants.
Proposal
32. Letter of Intent to 32.1. The Procuring Agency shall notify the concerned Consultant whose
Award/Award of proposal has been selected in writing (as per the format in Section
Contract 4-hereafter called the Letter of Intent to award) that the Procuring
Agency has intention to accept its proposal and the information
regarding the name, address and amount of selected consultant
shall be given to all other consultants who submitted the proposal.
Such notification should be communicated in writing, including by
cable, facsimile, telex or electronic mail to all the Consultants on
the same day of dispatch. The Employer shall ensure that the
same information is uploaded on their website on the same day of
dispatch.

32.2. If no consultants submits any complaint pursuant to ITC 34 within

a period of ten(10) days of the notice provided under ITC 32.1,after
completing negotiations the Procuring Agency shall award the
Contract to the selected Consultant, and:
a) as soon as possible notify unsuccessful Consultants, and
b) publish a notification of award on the Procuring Agency’s
website.

32.3. The notifications to all unsuccessful Consultants, and the

notification on the Procuring Agency’s website, shall include the
following information:
a) the assignment reference number;
b) the name of the winning Consultant and the total price offered
in the Financial Proposal; and
c) the date of the award decision.

32.4. The time taken to notify unsuccessful Consultants and publish the
notification of award on the Procuring Agency’s website may in no
circumstances exceed fifteen (15) days from the date of the
decision to award the Contract to the successful Consultant.

32.5. Following the decision to award the Contract to the selected

Consultant, the parties shall enter into a written Contract binding on
both parties. The Contract shall be compatible with the Applicable
Laws of Bhutan. The Contract shall be signed by the duly authorized
representatives of the parties and shall bear the date of signature.

32.6. Where both the parties do not sign the Contract simultaneously,
a) The Procuring Agency shall send to the selected Consultant
two original copies of (1) the full agreed Contract and (2) the
letter of acceptance (notification of award), each signed by its
duly authorized representatives, with the date of signature;

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 b) The letter of acceptance shall indicate the deadline by which
it must be accepted, which shall normally be not more than 15
days from the date of its receipt by the Consultant;
c) The Consultant, if he agrees to conclude the Contract, shall
sign and date all original copies of the Contract and the letter
of acceptance and return one copy of each to the Procuring
Agency before the expiry of the deadline indicated in the letter
of acceptance;
d) In case the selected Consultant fails to sign the Contract
agreement within the deadline specified in the letter of
acceptance the Contract shall be awarded to the next lowest
evaluated Consultant. Such a failure shall be considered as
withdrawal and the provisions of Clause 18.3 shall apply.

32.7. The Consultant is expected to commence the assignment on the

date and location specified in the Data Sheet.

33. Confidentiality 33.1. InformationrelatingtoevaluationofProposalsandrecommendations

concerning awards shall not be disclosed to the Consultants who
submitted the Proposals or to other persons not officially concerned
with the process, until the publication of the award of Contract. The
undue use by any Consultant of confidential information related to
the process may result in the rejection of its Proposal and may be
subject to the provisions of the RGoB’s anti-fraud and corruption
policy.
34. Complaint and 34.1. Any consultant has right to complain if it has or is likely to suffer,
Review loss or injury due to breach of a duty imposed on the Procuring
Entity by the provisions of this document. The Complaint shall be
submitted in writing to the Employer within ten (10) days from the
date of issuance of letter of intent to award. In the first instance,
the consultant who submits Proposal shall submit the complaint to
the Employer.

34.2. The Head of the procuring agency shall within seven (7) days after
the submission of the complaint issue a written decision.

34.3. The consultant may appeal to the Independent Review Body within
five (5) days of the decision of the Head of the procuring agency or
where no such decision has been taken within fifteen (15) days of
the original complaint and the copy of the appeal shall be given to
the procuring agency on the same day.

34.4. Once the appeal copy is received by the procuring agency, it shall
not proceed further with the procurement process until the receipt
of notification from the Independent Review Body Secretariat.

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35. Debriefing by 35.1. On the receipt of employer’s notification of intention to award referred
the Procuring to in ITC 32, an unsuccessful consultant has three (3) working days
Agency to make a written request to the employer for debriefing. The
employer shall provide a debriefing to all unsuccessful consultants
whose request is received within this deadline.

35.2. Where a request for debriefing is received within the deadline, the
employer shall provide the debriefing within five (5) working days.

35.3. The employer shall discuss only such proposal and not the
proposal of other consultants. The debriefing shall not include:
a) point-by-point comparisons with another proposal; and
b) information that is confidential or commercially sensitive to
other Consultants.

35.4. The Purpose of debriefing is to inform the aggrieved consultant of

the reasons for lack of success, pointing out the specific
shortcomings in its proposal without disclosing contents of other
proposals.

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 INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSULTANTS
DATA SHEET

[Comments in brackets provide guidance for the preparation of the Data Sheet; they should not
appear on the final RFP to be delivered to the shortlisted Consultants]

ITC
Paragraph Details
Reference
1.1 Name of the Procuring Agency : Export Promotion Division, Department of
Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Method of selection: Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)

1.2 Financial Proposal to be submitted together with Technical Proposal:
Yes

The name of the assignment is: Feasibility Study for the Gelephu Dry Port

The scope of the assignment and expected time of its completion are: As
specified in the Terms of Reference (ToR)
________________________________________________________________
1.3 A pre-proposal conference will be held: No

The Procuring Agency ’s representative is: Mrs. Dechen Zam

Address: Export promotion Division, Department of Trade, Ministry of
Economic Affairs
Telephone: +975-2-325588 Facsimile: +975-2-327827
E-mail: [email protected]
1.4 The Procuring Agency will provide the following inputs and facilities: All
information relevant to the activity and facilitate with official letters
wherever required.
_______________________________________________________________
4.1 e The consultant shall submit a signed Integrity Pact: Yes but it will be signed
during the contract agreement signing with awardee
7.1 Proposals must remain valid 60 days after the submission date.

11.2 Clarifications may be requested not later than 10 days before the submission
date.

The address for requesting clarifications is: Dechen Zam, Export Promotion
Division, Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Facsimile: +975-2-327827 E-mail: [email protected]

11.3 A pre-proposal meeting will not be conducted.

12.3 (a) Shortlisted Consultants may associate with other shortlisted Consultants:
NO

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12.3 (b) [Select one of the following two sentences]
The estimated number of professional staff-months required for the assignment is:
As
As indicated in the Terms of Reference (ToR)

or:

The available budget is:

[In the case of Selection under a Fixed Budget (FBS), select the following sentence]
The Financial Proposal shall not exceed the available budget of:

13.1 Proposals shall be submitted in the following language: English

14.1 The format of the Technical Proposal to be submitted is: [Keep the required format
and delete the other]

For FULL TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (FTP):

1st Inner Envelope with the Technical Proposal:
1. Power of Attorney to sign the Proposal
2. TECH-1
3. TECH-2
4. TECH-3
5. TECH-4
6. TECH-5
7. TECH-6
OR
2nd Inner Envelope with the Financial Proposal (if applicable):
1. FIN-1
2. FIN-2
3. FIN-3
4. FIN-4

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14.5 The format of the Technical proposal to be submitted is:
FTP

15.1 [List the applicable Reimbursable expenses in foreign and in local currency. A
sample list is provided below for guidance: items that are not applicable should be
deleted, others may be added. If the Procuring Agency wants to define ceilings for
unit prices of certain Reimbursable expenses, such ceilings should be indicated in
this SC 3.6]

NOT APPLICABLE
15.2 A Price Adjustment provision applies to remuneration rates:
No
15.3 Consultant to state local cost in Ngultrum: Yes
16.1 Information on the Consultant’s tax obligations in the Client’s country can be found
http://portal.drc.gov.bt/drc.
17.3 The Consultant must submit the original and ONE copies of the Technical
Proposal, and the original of the Financial Proposal in sealed envelope.

17.6 The Proposal submission address is:

Director General, Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Thimphu, Bhutan.

Proposals must be submitted no later than the following date and time: 18 March,
2020 on or before 1300 hrs BST

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 21.1 Criteria, sub-criteria and the points system for the evaluation of Technical Proposals
are:
Points
(i) Specific experience of the Consultant relevant to the assignment: [10]
Experience in Dry Port Study (5): 2.5 point for each study
Other (Transport system, Exporting processing Zone, Trade logistics) (5) 1
point each for every study

(ii) Adequacy of the proposed methodology and work plan in

responding to the Terms of Reference:

1. Technical approach and methodology [20]

(methods, data, and as per TOR)
2. Work plan (clear work schedule) [10]
3. Organization and staffing [10]
Total Points for criterion (ii) [40]

(iii) Key professional staff qualifications and competence for the assignment:
1. Team leader [10]
(Relevant qualification (5) Master 5, Bachelors 3, bachelor 1)
2. Civil/Infrastructure Engineer [05]
3. Transport operations specialist: transport economist [10]
4. Survey Expert [05]
5. Financial Personnel [10]
Total Points for criterion (iii) [40]

The number of points to be assigned to each of the above positions or disciplines shall
be determined considering the following three sub-criteria and relevant percentage
weights:

1. Relevant qualifications [40%]

2. Prior experience relevant to the assignment [50%]
3. Experience in host country [10%]
Total weight: 100%

(iv) Participation by nationals among proposed key staff [10]

Total points for the four criteria: 100

The minimum technical score required to pass is: 65 Points

The single currency for price conversion is Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)

The source of official selling rates is the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
(RMA)
The date of exchange rate is: 18 March, 2020

7 Consideration may also be given during evaluation to the number of pages submitted as compared to the number recommended
under paragraph 3.4 (c) (ii) of the Instructions to Consultants.

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25.1 The formula for determining the financial scores is the following:

[Insert either the following formula]

Sf = 100 x Fm/F, in which Sf is the financial score, Fm is the lowest price and F the
price of the proposal under consideration.

[or insert another inversely proportional formula]

The weights given to the Technical and Financial Proposals are:

T = 70 P = 30

26.1 Expected date and address for contract negotiations: 27th March, 2020

_______________________________________________________________

32.7 Expected date for commencement of consulting services:

1st April, 2020

at: Gelephu/Thimphu

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 SECTION 3. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL - STANDARD FORMS

{Notes to Consultant shown in brackets { } throughout Section 3 provide guidance to the Consultant
to prepare the Technical Proposal; they should not appear on the Proposals to be submitted.}

Checklist of Required Forms

Required for
Page Limit
FTP or STP FORM DESCRIPTION
✓
FTP STP

✓ ✓ TECH-1 Technical Proposal Submission Form.

✓ If TECH-1 If the Proposal is submitted by a joint venture,
applicable Attachment attach a letter of intent or a copy of an existing
agreement.
✓ If Power of No pre-set format/form. In the case of a Joint
applicable Attorney Venture, several are required: a power of
attorney for the authorized representative of
each JV member, and a power of attorney for the
representative of the lead member to represent
all JV members

✓ TECH-2 Consultant’s Organization and Experience.

✓ TECH-2A A. Consultant’s Organization

✓ TECH-2B B. Consultant’s Experience

✓ TECH-3 Comments or Suggestions on the Terms of
Reference and on Counterpart Staff and Facilities
to be provided by the Client.

✓ TECH-3A A. On the Terms of Reference

✓ TECH-3B B. On the Counterpart Staff and Facilities

✓ ✓ TECH-4 Description of the Approach, Methodology, and For FTP limit up
Work Plan for Performing the Assignment to 40 pages
And
For STP limit up
to 10 pages

✓ ✓ TECH-5 Work Schedule and Planning for Deliverables

✓ ✓ TECH-6 Team Composition, Key Experts Inputs, and
attached Curriculum Vitae (CV)
✓ If
applicable TECH-7 Drawings/Specifications

✓ ✓ TECH-8 Integrity Pact

All pages of the original Technical and Financial Proposal shall be initialed by the same
authorized representative of the Consultant who signs the Proposal.

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Form TECH-1

Technical Proposal Submission Form

{Location, Date}
To: [Name and address of Client]

Dear Sirs:

We, the undersigned, offer to provide the consulting services for [Insert title of assignment] in
accordance with your Request for Proposals (RFP) dated [Insert Date] and our Proposal. [Select
appropriate wording depending on the selection method stated in the RFP: “We are hereby
submitting our Proposal, which includes this Technical Proposal and a Financial Proposal sealed
in a separate envelope” or, if only a Technical Proposal is invited “We hereby are submitting our
Proposal, which includes this Technical Proposal only in a sealed envelope.”].

{If the Consultant is a joint venture, insert the following: We are submitting our Proposal a joint
venture with: {Insert a list with full name and the legal address of each member, and indicate the
lead member}. We have attached a copy {insert: “of our letter of intent to form a joint venture” or, if
a JV is already formed, “of the JV agreement”} signed by every participating member, which details
the likely legal structure of and the confirmation of joint and severable liability of the members of
the said joint venture.

{OR

If the Consultant’s Proposal includes Sub-consultants, insert the following: We are submitting our
Proposal with the following firms as Sub-consultants: {Insert a list with full name and address of
each Sub-consultant.}

We hereby declare that:

a) All the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that
any misinterpretation or misrepresentation contained in this Proposal may lead to our
disqualification by the Client.
b) Our Proposal shall be valid and remain binding upon us for the period of time specified
in the Data Sheet, ITC 7.1.
c) We have no conflict of interest in accordance with ITC 2.
d) We meet the eligibility requirements as stated in ITC 8, and we confirm our understanding
of our obligation to abide by the RGoB’s policy in regard to Fraud and Corruption as per
ITC 4.
e) We, including any sub consultants for any part of the Contract, have nationalities from
eligible countries in accordance with ITC Sub-Clause 5.1;
f) Except as stated in the Data Sheet, 29, we undertake to negotiate a Contract on the
basis of the proposed Key Experts. We accept that the substitution of Key Experts for
reasons other than those stated in ITC 14.4 and ITC 29, may lead to the termination of
Contract negotiations.
g) Our Proposal is binding upon us and subject to any modifications resulting from the
Contract negotiations.

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We undertake, if our Proposal is accepted and the Contract is signed, to initiate the Services
related to the assignment no later than the date indicated in ITC 32.7 of the Data Sheet.

We understand that the Client is not bound to accept any Proposal that the Client receives.

We remain,

Yours sincerely,

Authorized Signature {In full and initials}:

Name and Title of Signatory:
Name of Consultant (company’s name or JV’s name):
In the capacity of:

Address:
Contact information (phone and e-mail):

{For a joint venture, either all members shall sign or only the lead member, in which case the
power of attorney to sign on behalf of all members shall be attached}

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 Form TECH-2 (for Full Technical Proposal Only)

Consultant’s Organization and Experience

Form TECH-2: a brief description of the Consultant’s organization and an outline of the recent
experience of the Consultant that is most relevant to the assignment. In the case of a joint venture,
information on similar assignments shall be provided for each partner. For each assignment, the
outline should indicate the names of the Consultant’s Key Experts and Sub-consultants who
participated, the duration of the assignment, the contract amount (total and, if it was done in a form
of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy, the amount paid to the Consultant), and the Consultant’s
role/involvement.

A - Consultant’s Organization
1. Provide here a brief description of the background and organization of your company, and – in
case of a joint venture – of each member for this assignment.
2. Include organizational chart, a list of Board of Directors, and beneficial ownership

B - Consultant’s Experience
3. List only previous similar assignments successfully completed in the last [.....] years.
1. List only those assignments for which the Consultant was legally contracted by the Client as
a company or was one of the joint venture members. Assignments completed by the
Consultant’s individual experts working privately or through other consulting firms cannot be
claimed as the relevant experience of the Consultant, or that of the Consultant’s partners or
sub-consultants, but can be claimed by the Experts themselves in their CVs. The Consultant
should be prepared to substantiate the claimed experience by presenting copies of relevant
documents and references if so requested by the Client.

Duration Assignment name/& Name of Client Approx. Contract Role on the

brief description of main & Country of value (in BTN/ Assignment
deliverables/outputs Assignment equivalent)/ Amount
paid to your firm

{e.g., {e.g., “Improvement quality {e.g., Ministry of {e.g., BTN1 mill/BTN {e.g., Lead
Jan.2009– of...............”: designed master ......, country} 0.5 mill} partner in a JV
Apr.2010} plan for rationalization of ....; } A&B&C}

{e.g., Jan- {e.g., “Support to sub-national {e.g., {e.g., BTN 0.2 mil/ {e.g., sole
May 2008} government............” : drafted municipality BTN 0.2 mil} Consultant}
secondary level regulations of........., country}
on..............}

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 Form TECH-3 (for Full Technical Proposal)

Comments and Suggestions on the Terms of Reference, Counterpart Staff, and Facilities
to be Provided by the Client

Form TECH-3: comments and suggestions on the Terms of Reference that could improve the
quality/effectiveness of the assignment; and on requirements for counterpart staff and facilities,
which are provided by the Client, including: administrative support, office space, local transportation,
equipment, data, etc.

A - On the Terms of Reference

{Improvements to the Terms of Reference, if any}

B - On Counterpart Staff and Facilities

{Comments on counterpart staff and facilities to be provided by the Client. For example,
administrative support, office space, local transportation, equipment, data, background reports,
etc., if any}

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 Form TECH-4 (for Full Technical Proposal Only)

Description of Approach, Methodology, and Work Plan in Responding to the Terms of

Reference

Form TECH-4: a description of the approach, methodology and work plan for performing the
assignment, including a detailed description of the proposed methodology and staffing for training,
if the Terms of Reference specify training as a specific component of the assignment.

{Suggested structure of your Technical Proposal (in FTP format):

a) Technical Approach and Methodology
b) Work Plan
c) Organization and Staffing}

a) Technical Approach and Methodology. {Please explain your understanding of the

objectives of the assignment as outlined in the Terms of Reference (TORs), the technical
approach, and the methodology you would adopt for implementing the tasks to deliver the
expected output(s), and the degree of detail of such output. Please do not repeat/copy the
TORs in here.}

b) Work Plan. {Please outline the plan for the implementation of the main activities/tasks of the
assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones (including
interim approvals by the Client), and tentative delivery dates of the reports. The proposed
work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology, showing your
understanding of the TOR and ability to translate them into a feasible working plan. A list of
the final documents (including reports) to be delivered as final output(s) should be included
here. The work plan should be consistent with the Work Schedule Form.}

c) Organization and Staffing. {Please describe the structure and composition of your team,
including the list of the Key Experts, Non-Key Experts and relevant technical and
administrative support staff.}

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 Form TECH-4 (for Simplified Technical Proposal Only)

Description of Approach, Methodology, and Work Plan for Performing the Assignment

Form TECH-4: a description of the approach, methodology, and work plan for performing the
assignment, including a detailed description of the proposed methodology and staffing for training,
if the Terms of Reference specify training as a specific component of the assignment.

{Suggested structure of your Technical Proposal}

a) Technical Approach, Methodology, and Organization of the Consultant’s team. {Please
explain your understanding of the objectives of the assignment as outlined in the Terms of
Reference (TOR), the technical approach, and the methodology you would adopt for
implementing the tasks to deliver the expected output(s); the degree of detail of such output;
and describe the structure and composition of your team. Please do not repeat/copy the
TORs in here.}

b) Work Plan and Staffing. {Please outline the plan for the implementation of the main activities/
tasks of the assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones
(including interim approvals by the Client), and tentative delivery dates of the reports. The
proposed work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology,
showing understanding of the TOR and ability to translate them into a feasible working plan
and work schedule showing the assigned tasks for each expert. A list of the final documents
(including reports) to be delivered as final output(s) should be included here. The work plan
should be consistent with the Work Schedule Form.}

c) Comments (on the TOR and on counterpart staff and facilities) Your suggestions should
be concise and to the point, and incorporated in your Proposal. Please also include
comments, if any, on counterpart staff and facilities to be provided by the Client. For example,
administrative support, office space, local transportation, equipment, data, background
reports, etc.}

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 Form TECH-5 (for FTP and STP)

Work Schedule and planning for deliverables

Months
1
No. Deliverables (D-..)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ..... n TOTAL

D-1 {e.g., Deliverable #1: Report A

1) data collection

2) drafting

3) inception report

4) incorporating comments

5) delivery of final report to

Client}

D-2 {e.g., Deliverable

#2:...............}

1 List the deliverables with the breakdown for activities required to produce them and other
benchmarks such as the Client’s approvals. For phased assignments, indicate the activities,
delivery of reports, and benchmarks separately for each phase.
2 Duration of activities shall be indicated in a form of a bar chart.
3 Include a legend, if necessary, to help read the chart.

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 Form TECH-6 (for FTP and STP)

Team Composition, Assignment, and Key Experts’ inputs

Expert’s input (in person/month) per each Deliverable Total time-input

No Name (listed in TECH-5) (in Months)

Position D-1 D-2 D-3 ..... D-... Home Field Total

KEY EXPERTS
[2
{e.g., Mr. [Team [Home] [1.0] [1.0]
K-1 month]
Abbbb} Leader]
[Field] [0.5 m] [2.5] [0]

K-2

K-3

Subtotal
NON-KEY
EXPERTS
[Home]
N-1
[Field]

N-2

Subtotal
Total

1 For Key Experts, the input should be indicated individually for the same positions as required
under the Data Sheet ITC 21.1
2 Months are counted from the start of the assignment/mobilization. For each staff indicate
separately staff input for home and field work.
3 “Home” means work in the office in the expert’s country of residence. “Field” work means work
carried out in the Client’s country or any other country outside the expert’s country of residence.

Full time input

Part time input

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 Form TECH-6
(Continued)

CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

Position Title and No. {e.g., K-1, TEAM LEADER}

Name of Expert: {Insert full name}

Date of Birth: {day/month/year}

Country of Citizenship/Residence

Education: {List college/university or other specialized education, giving names of educational

institutions, dates attended, degree(s)/diploma(s) obtained}

Employment record relevant to the assignment: {Starting with present position, list in reverse
order. Please provide dates, name of employing organization, titles of positions held, types of
activities performed and location of the assignment, and contact information of previous clients
and employing organization(s) who can be contacted for references. Past employment that is not
relevant to the assignment does not need to be included.}

Summary of activities
Employing organization and your title/
Period Country performed relevant to
position. Contact information for references
the Assignment
[e.g., May [e.g., Ministry of ……, advisor/consultant to…
2005-present]
For references: Tel…………/e-mail……; Mr.
Hbbbbb, deputy minister]

Membership in Professional Associations and Publications:

Language Skills (indicate only languages in which you can work):

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Adequacy for the Assignment:

Detailed Tasks Assigned on Consultant’s Team Reference to Prior Work/Assignments that Best
of Experts: Illustrates Capability to Handle the Assigned
Tasks

{List all deliverables/tasks as in TECH- 5 in

which the Expert will be involved)

Expert’s contact information: (e-mail …………………., phone……………)

Certification:
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes
myself, my qualifications, and my experience, and I am available to undertake the assignment in
case of an award. I understand that any misstatement or misrepresentation described herein may
lead to my disqualification or dismissal by the Client.

{day/month/year}

Name of Expert Signature

Date

{day/month/year}

Name of authorized Signature

Date
Representative of the Consultant
(the same who signs the Proposal)

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 FORM TECH-7 DRAWINGS/SPECIFICATIONS
(if applicable)

[Provide here a list of drawings and specifications (if any) contained within the Technical Propos-
al, and annex these hereto.]

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 FORM TECH-8 INTEGRITY PACT

INTEGRITY PACT

1. General:
Whereas the Head of the Procuring Agency of the Royal Government of Bhutan, hereinafter
referred to as the “Employer” on one part, and Business[1] registered with the authority concerned,
hereinafter referred to as the “Bidder” on the other part hereby shall execute this pact as follows:

Whereas, the Employer and the Bidder agree to abide by the terms and conditions stated in this
document, hereinafter referred to as ‘IP’.

This IP is applicable to all contracts[2] related to works, goods and services.

2. Objectives:
This IP aims to prevent all forms of corruption or deceptive practice by following a system that is
fair, transparent and free from any influence/unprejudiced dealings in the bidding process [3] and
contract administration [4], with a view to:
2.1. Enabling the Employer to obtain the desired contract at a reasonable and competitive
price in conformity to the defined specifications of the works or goods or services; and
2.2. Enabling bidders to abstain from bribing or any corrupt practice in order to secure the
contract by providing assurance to them that their competitors will also refrain from
bribing and other corrupt practices.

3. Scope:

The validity of this IP shall cover the bidding process and contract administration period.

4. Commitments of the Employer:

The Employer commits itself to the following:
4.1. The Employer hereby undertakes that no officials of the Employer, connected directly or
indirectly with the contract, will demand, take a promise for or accept, directly or through
intermediaries, any bribe, consideration, gift, reward, favor or any material or immaterial
benefit or any other advantage from the Bidder, either for themselves or for any person,
organization or third party related to the contract in exchange for an advantage in the
bidding process and contract administration.
4.2. The Employer hereby confirms that its officials shall declare conflict of interest and if any
official(s) or his or her relative or associate has a private or personal interest in a decision
to be taken by the Employer, those officials shall not vote or take part in a proceeding or
process of the Employer relating to such decisions.
4.3. Officials of the Employer, who may have observed or noticed or have reasonable
suspicion of person(s) who breaches or attempts to breach the conditions under clauses
4.1 and 4.2.shall report it to the Employer or the authority concerned.
4.4. Following report on breach of conditions under clauses 4.1 and 4.2 by official (s), through
any source, necessary disciplinary proceedings or any other action as deemed fit, shall
be initiated by the Employer including criminal proceedings and such a person shall be
debarred from further dealings related to the bidding process and contract administration.

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5. Commitments of Bidders
The Bidder commits himself/herself to take all measures necessary to prevent corrupt practices,
unfair means and illegal activities during any stage of the bidding process and contract administration
in order to secure the contract or in furtherance to secure it and in particular commits himself/
herself to the following :
5.1. The Bidder shall not offer, directly or through intermediaries, any bribe, gift, consideration,
reward, favor, any material or immaterial benefit or other advantage, commission, fees,
brokerage or inducement to any official of the Employer, connected directly or indirectly
with the bidding process and contract administration, or to any person, organization or
third party related to the contract in exchange for any advantage in the bidding process
and contract administration.
5.2. The Bidder shall not collude with other parties interested in the contract to manipulate in
whatsoever form or manner, the bidding process and contract administration.
5.3. If the bidder(s) have observed or noticed or have reasonable suspicion that the provisions
of the IP have been breached by the Employer or other bidders, the bidder shall report
such breach to the Employer or authority concerned.

6. Sanctions:
For the breach of any of the aforementioned conditions, the bidder/employer shall also be liable
for offences under the Chapter 4 of the Anti-Corruption Act 2011 and other relevant rules and laws.

7. Monitoring and Administration:

7.1. The respective Employer shall be responsible for administration and monitoring of the IP
as per the relevant laws.
7.2. The Bidder shall have the right to appeal as per the arbitration mechanism contained in
the relevant rules.
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[1] “Business” means any business, trade, occupation, profession, calling, industry or undertaking of any
kind, or any other activity carried on for gain or profit by any person within Bhutan or elsewhere, and includes
all property derived from or used in or for the purpose of carrying on such other activity, and all the rights and
liabilities arising from such other activity
[2] “Contract” means a formal agreement in writing entered into between the procuring agency and the
supplier, service provider or the contractor on acceptable terms and conditions and which are in compliance
with all the relevant provisions of the laws of the Kingdom. The term “contract” will also include “framework
contract”.
[3] “Bidding process”, for the purpose of this IP, shall mean the procedures covering tendering process
starting from bid preparation, bid submission, bid processing, and bid evaluation.
[4] “Contract administration”, for the purpose of this IP, shall mean contract award, contract implementation,
un-authorized sub-contracting and contract handing/taking over.

We, hereby declare that we have read and understood the clauses of this agreement and shall
abide by it.

The parties hereby sign this Integrity Pact at (place) on (date)

EMPLOYER

BIDDER/REPRESENTATIVE
CID :
CID :

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 SECTION 4. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL - STANDARD FORMS

{Notes to Consultant shown in brackets { } provide guidance to the Consultant to prepare the
Financial Proposals; they should not appear on the Financial Proposals to be submitted.}

Financial Proposal Standard Forms shall be used for the preparation of the Financial Proposal
according to the instructions provided in Section 2.

FIN-1 Financial Proposal Submission Form

FIN-2 Summary of Costs

FIN-3 Breakdown of Remuneration, including Appendix A “Financial Negotiations -

Breakdown of Remuneration Rates” in the case of QBS method

FIN-4 Re-imbursable expenses

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 Form FIN-1
Financial Proposal Submission Form

{Location, Date}
To: [Name and address of Client]

Dear Sirs:

We, the undersigned, offer to provide the consulting services for [Insert title of assignment]
in accordance with your Request for Proposal dated [Insert Date] and our Technical Proposal.

Our attached Financial Proposal is for the sum of [Insert amount(s) in words and figures] which is
all-inclusive (including all taxes) {Please note that all amounts shall be the same as in Form FIN-
2}.

Our Financial Proposal shall be valid and remain binding upon us, subject to the modifications
resulting from Contract negotiations, for the period of time specified in the Data Sheet, ITC 7.1.

Commissions and gratuities paid or to be paid by us to an agent or any third party relating to
preparation or submission of this Proposal and Contract execution, paid if we are awarded the
Contract, are listed below:

Name and Address Amount and Purpose of Commission of Agents

Currency or Gratuity

{If no payments are made or promised, add the following statement: “No commissions or gratuities
have been or are to be paid by us to agents or any third party relating to this Proposal and Contract
execution.”}

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

We remain,

Yours sincerely,

Authorized Signature {In full and initials}:

Name and Title of Signatory:
In the capacity of:
Address:
E-mail:

{For a joint venture, either all members shall sign or only the lead member/consultant, in which
case the power of attorney to sign on behalf of all members shall be attached}

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 Form FIN-2 Summary of Costs

Cost
{Consultant must state the proposed Costs in accordance with
ITC 15.3 of the Data Sheet; delete columns which are not used}
Item
{Insert {Insert {Insert {Insert
Foreign Foreign Foreign Local Currency, if
Currency Currency Currency used and/or required
# 1} # 2, if used} # 3, if used} (15.3 Data Sheet}
Cost of the Financial
Proposal

Including:

1. Remuneration

2. Reimbursables

3. Taxes

Total Cost of the Financial

Proposal:
{Should match the amount
in Form FIN-1}

Footnote: Payments will be made in the currency (ies) expressed above (Reference to ITC
15.3).

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 FORM FIN-3 Breakdown of Remuneration

When used for Lump-Sum contract assignment, information to be provided in this Form shall only
be used to demonstrate the basis for the calculation of the Contract’s ceiling amount; to calculate
applicable taxes at contract negotiations; and, if needed, to establish payments to the Consultant
for possible additional services requested by the Client. This Form shall not be used as a basis for
payments under Lump-Sum contracts

A. Remuneration

Position Person-month Time Input in {Currency {Currency {Currency# {Local

No. Name (as in Remuneration Person/Month # 1- as in # 2- as in 3- as in Currency-
TECH-6) Rate (from TECH-6) FIN-2} FIN-2} FIN-2} as in FIN-2}

Key Experts

K-1 [Home]

[Field]

K-2

Non-Key Experts

N-1 [Home]

N-2 [Field]

Total Costs

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 APPENDIX A. FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS - BREAKDOWN OF
REMUNERATION RATES

1. Review of Remuneration Rates

1.1. The remuneration rates are made up of salary or a base fee, social costs, overheads,
profit, and any premium or allowance that may be paid for assignments away from
headquarters or a home office. An attached Sample Form can be used to provide a
breakdown of rates.
1.2. If the RFP requests submission of a technical proposal only, the Sample Form is used
by the selected Consultant to prepare for the negotiations of the Contract. If the RFP
requests submission of the financial proposal, the Sample Form shall be completed and
attached to the Financial Form-3. Agreed (at the negotiations) breakdown sheets shall
form part of the negotiated Contract and included in its Appendix D or C.
1.3. At the negotiations the firm shall be prepared to disclose its audited financial statements
for the last three years, to substantiate its rates, and accept that its proposed rates and
other financial matters are subject to scrutiny. The Client is charged with the custody of
government funds and is expected to exercise prudence in the expenditure of these
funds.
1.4. Rate details are discussed below:
(i) Salary is the gross regular cash salary or fee paid to the individual in the firm’s home
office. It shall not contain any premium for work away from headquarters or bonus
(except where these are included by law or government regulations).
(ii) Bonuses are normally paid out of profits. To avoid double counting, any bonuses shall
not normally be included in the “Salary” and should be shown separately. Where the
Consultant’s accounting system is such that the percentages of social costs and
overheads are based on total revenue, including bonuses, those percentages shall
be adjusted downward accordingly. Where national policy requires that 13 months’
pay be given for 12 months’ work, the profit element need not be adjusted downward.
Any discussions on bonuses shall be supported by audited documentation, which
shall be treated as confidential.
(iii) Social Charges are the costs of non-monetary benefits and may include, inter alia,
social security (including pension, medical, and life insurance costs) and the cost of
a paid sick and/or annual leave. In this regard, a paid leave during public holidays or
an annual leave taken during an assignment if no Expert’s replacement has been
provided is not considered social charges.
(iv) Cost of Leave. The principles of calculating the cost of total days leave per annum
as a percentage of basic salary is normally calculated as follows:

Leave cost as percentage of salary =

Where w = weekends, ph = public holidays, v = vacation, and s = sick leave.

Please note that leave can be considered as a social cost only if the Client is not
charged for the leave taken.

(v) Overheads are the Consultant’s business costs that are not directly related to the
execution of the assignment and shall not be reimbursed as separate items under
the Contract. Typical items are home office costs (non-billable time, time of senior
Consultant’s staff monitoring the project, rent of headquarters’ office, support staff,

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 research, staff training, marketing, etc.), the cost of Consultant’s personnel not
currently employed on revenue-earning projects, taxes on business activities, and
business promotion costs. During negotiations, audited financial statements, certified
as correct by an independent auditor and supporting the last three years’ overheads,
shall be available for discussion, together with detailed lists of items making up the
overheads and the percentage by which each relates to basic salary. The Client does
not accept an add-on margin for social charges, overhead expenses, etc. for Experts
who are not permanent employees of the Consultant. In such case, the Consultant
shall be entitled only to administrative costs and a fee on the monthly payments
charged for sub-contracted Experts.
(vi) Profit is normally based on the sum of the Salary, Social costs, and Overheads. If
any bonuses paid on a regular basis are listed, a corresponding reduction shall be
made in the profit amount. Profit shall not be allowed on travel or any other
reimbursable expenses.
(vii) Away from Home Office Allowance or Premium or Subsistence Allowances. Some
Consultants pay allowances to Experts working away from headquarters or outside
of the home office. Such allowances are calculated as a percentage of salary (or a
fee) and shall not draw overheads or profit. Sometimes, by law, such allowances may
draw social costs. In this case, the amount of this social cost shall still be shown under
social costs, with the net allowance shown separately.

UNDP standard rates for the particular country may be used as reference to determine
subsistence allowances.

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 SAMPLE FORM

Consultant: Country:
Assignment: Date:

Consultant’s Representations Regarding Costs and Charges

We hereby confirm that:

(a) the basic fees indicated in the attached table are taken from the firm’s payroll records and
reflect the current rates of the Experts listed which have not been raised other than within the
normal annual pay increase policy as applied to all the Consultant’s Experts;
(b) attached are true copies of the latest pay slips of the Experts listed;
(c) he away- from- home office allowances indicated below are those that the Consultant has
agreed to pay for this assignment to the Experts listed;
(d) he factors listed in the attached table for social charges and overhead are based on the firm’s
average cost experiences for the latest three years as represented by the firm’s financial
statements; and
(e) said factors for overhead and social charges do not include any bonuses or other means of
profit-sharing.

[Name of Consultant]

Signature of Authorized Representative Date

Name:

Title:

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 Consultant’s Representations Regarding Costs and Charges
(Model Form I)

(Expressed in {insert name of currency*})

Personnel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Basic
Proposed Proposed
Remuneration Away from
Fixed Rate Fixed Rate
Rate per Social Home
Name Position 1 Overhead1 Subtotal Profit2 per Working per Working
Working Charges Office
Month/Day/ Month/Day/
Month/Day/ Allowance
Hour Hour1
Year

Home Office

Client’s Country

{* If more than one currency is used, use additional table(s), one for each currency}
1. Expressed as percentage of 1
2. Expressed as percentage of 4

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 Form FIN-4 Breakdown of Reimbursable Expenses

When used for Lump-Sum contract assignment, information to be provided in this Form shall only
be used to demonstrate the basis for calculation of the Contract ceiling amount, to calculate
applicable taxes at contract negotiations and, if needed, to establish payments to the Consultant
for possible additional services requested by the Client. This form shall not be used as a basis for
payments under Lump-Sum contracts

B. Reimbursable Expenses

{Local
{Currency {Currency {Currency#
Type of Reimbursable Unit Currency-
N° Unit Quantity # 1- as in # 2- as in 3- as in
Expenses Cost as in
FIN-2} FIN-2} FIN-2}
FIN-2}

{e.g., Per diem

{Day}
allowances**}

{e.g., International
{Ticket}
flights}

{e.g., In/out airport

{Trip}
transportation}

{e.g., Communication
costs between Insert
place and Insert place}

{ e.g., reproduction of
reports}

{e.g., Office rent}

....................................

{Training of the Client’s

personnel – if required
in TOR}

Total Costs

Legend:
“Per diem allowance” is paid for each night the expert is required by the Contract to be away from
his/her usual place of residence. Client can set up a ceiling.

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 STANDARD FORM: LETTER OF INTENT
(Letterhead paper of the Employer)

Notes on standard form of letter of Intent

This issuance of Letter of Intent is the information of the selection of the Proposal of the successful
Consultant by the Employer and for providing information to other unsuccessful Consultants who
participated in the Proposal as regards the outcome of the procurement process

The Employer shall allow 10 days as described in ITC 28.2 between this letter of intent and letter
of acceptance to allow aggrieved Consultants to challenge your decision if they feel they have
treated unfairly.

(Insert date)

To:-----------------------------------------------------------------------[Name and address of the Consultant]

This is to notify you that, it is our intention to award the contract for your proposal dated [Insert
date] for provision of (modify as appropriate)----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Insert name of the contract and identification number, as given in the Datasheet] for the Contract
Price of--------------------------------------------------------------[Insert name of currency] as corrected and
modified[if any corrections] in accordance with the Instructions to Consultant.

Authorized Signature: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name and Title of Signatory:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name of Agency: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CC:
[Insert name and address of all other Consultants who submitted the Proposals]

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 SECTION 5. TERMS OF REFERENCE

BACKGROUND

The Department will be conducting a Feasibility Study on the Development of Dry Port in
Gelephu under Sarpang Dzongkhag with financial assistance from the Government of India
(GoI).

The majority of Bhutan’s trade passes through 21 land border crossing posts shared with India,
among which Phuentsholing, Samtse, Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar are the most significant
in terms of trade volumes. Phuntsholing is the main trade post which handles 98% and 82% of
Bhutan’s imports and exports, respectively. With the establishment and implementation of the
Mini Dry Port in Pasakha, increased and smooth flow of trade is expected to take place.
However, to cater to the central and parts of eastern and southern dzongkhag, a Dry port in
Gelephu is deemed necessary.

Bhutan being a landlocked country faces myriad challenges with respect to connectivity and
transportation. Not only is infrastructure underdeveloped and costly but we also lack technology,
policies, procedures and even trust with trading partners to efficiently and effectively move
goods and people through 3rd countries (transit countries) to and from port, thus increasing
risks and costs to the trade and economies. Due to inefficient border crossings, goods are
sometimes held up for days or weeks resulting in the damage and theft of goods and also
escalation of cost to consumers as traders land up keeping more goods in inventory than
perhaps necessary.

Presently, goods from third country import are not cleared at the Gelephu customs. They are
cleared at Phuntsholing and then transported to all dzongkhags. The transloading operation as
well as use of smaller trucks significantly increases transport costs. One of the ways a
landlocked country like Bhutan can facilitate the transfer of cargo to the country is to build dry
port facilities. Shipping lines can therefore designate a dry port as the final destination of the
cargo and assume responsibility for trans-shipping the cargo at seaports in neighboring
countries. A dry port can therefore become the node at which Customs clearance and
transloading of cargo takes place first.

To shift from being a “landlocked” country to “landlinked”, the Department had proposed in the
12th FYP to develop a Dry Port in Gelephu and Nganglam. The Dry Port in Gelephu will service
four Central and one southern Dzongkhag including Gelephu Thromde itself. The development
of the Dry Port at Gelephu is expected to not only facilitate smooth flow of trade but also boost
the economic growth of the country especially the central and parts of eastern and southern
dzongkhags. With the development of Dry Port in Gelephu, the transportation cost will be
reduced by at least 27% due to the movement of goods in large containers.

The establishment of the dry port is expected to minimize processes in Kolkata as the goods
destined for Bhutan will use through bills of lading with the dry port serving as the port of
destination. Bhutan has no railway, although there are lines relatively close to the border with
India. There are several railheads that could be connected to nodes just inside the Bhutan
border for instance Hasimara - Phuentsholing, Kokrajhar - Gelephu, Pathsala – Naglam, Rangla
– Samdrup Jongkhar and Banarhat – Samtse that can all potentially be linked to the Indian
Railways network. In fact, as far back as 2005 the governments of the two countries signed a
memorandum to carry out feasibility studies on the various potential links. Such links would be

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similar to the railway connectivity that the Birgunj Dry Port in Nepal has to the Indian railway
network.

The main justification to support the establishment of a new Dry Port in Gelephu is to reduce
trade costs. The other supporting reason is that the land for the development of Dry Port has
already been identified by Gelephu Thromde. The potential site that has been allocated for the
proposed Dry Port is at an ideal location with clear through road connection from entry/exit point,
opposite to Gelephu Domestic Airport, on the way to Sarpang. The entry/exit point does not
require heavy vehicles to enter into the core Gelephu city thereby avoiding increased traffic
congestion and pollution.

As such, the Department of Trade, MoEA is seeking for a qualified consultant or consultancy firm
to conduct a Feasibility Study for Gelephu Dry Port.

OBJECTIVE

The development of Dry Port is pursued by the Department as per the Economic Development
Policy 2016, which states that the government will pursue establishments of dry ports in all major
entry and exit points in the country. The Dry Port at Gelephu is expected to:

▪ Speed up the clearance of goods;

▪ Provide logistical support/facility for handling containerized goods;
▪ Reduce congestion in Gelephu town;
▪ Reduce negative environmental and social impacts;
▪ Improve asset utilization especially of the road transport service providers;
▪ Improve hinterland access (to India and Bangladesh);
▪ Become a pole of attraction for value added industries and new industrial development;
▪ Improve land use planning and management in the town of Gelephu.

The main objective of this Consultancy is to assist RGoB in conducting a Feasibility Study to
develop a Dry Port at Gelephu, potentially through a Public Private Partnership (PPP)
arrangement. To achieve this, the Consultant shall provide a detailed assessment of all
economic, financial and technical aspects for developing the Dry Port and make
recommendations for a viable Public Private Partnership which delivers best value for money,
is achievable in the timescale set out by RGoB, and limit risks for RGoB.

SCOPE OF SERVICE

The consultancy service shall be undertaken as three activities organized in three parts as
follows:

Part A: Feasibility studies

Part B: Public Private Partnership (PPP) options study
Part C: Designing Trade clearance and Facilitation processes

Each of the activities shall be executed to meet the requirements of the RGoB. The Consultant
shall be expected to work closely with the concerned authorities and stakeholders in executing
the activities described below.

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Part A: Feasibility studies

Activity A1- Land Use Survey: Conduct detail land survey and prepare land map and master
plan to accommodate the necessary infrastructures for Gelephu Dry Port (GDP).

The particular tasks of the Consultant shall, inter alia:

(i) Undertake a comprehensive cadastral survey of all land within the properly
identified study area to determine and define land parcel size and legal boundary,
land ownership, conditions of occupancy and title, current occupancy and use;
(ii) Determine whether the use of land within the study area complies with relevant town
and country planning and land use acts or any other law or planning scheme;
(iii) Determine the location and condition of roads, railways and public utilities within the
identified study area, including identification of key projects planned or in
implementation. In addition, the Consultant shall assess the capacity, need to
upgrade, cost thereof and phasing option to this infrastructure.
(iv) Survey of all land within the study area to capture all natural terrain features,
buildings, roads, railways, fences and all other features necessary for land -use
studies, Dry Port modeling, flood and drainage modeling and any other application.
(v) Determine the identified site/area is the best suited for the development of dry port
(vi) Determine negative effects or hindrance of proposing for such facility
(vii) Determine traffic analysis of vehicular movement (all sort of vehicles plying to/from
Gelephu to inner/hinterlands and India
(viii) Determine and analyze overall trade from Gelephu to India, Third countries and
domestic from Gelephu
(ix) Determine traffic and cargo in view of the domestic airport

Activity A2 - Feasibility Study: the Consultant shall assess the traffic and trade volume,
ascertain capacity and connectivity requirements, prepare and develop master plan and
preliminary designs, prepare cost and benefit schedule, conduct financial and economic
feasibility, assessment of public and private sector participation etc.

The Consultant shall specifically:

(i) Review, analyze and update all data relating to the container and vehicle
throughput at Gelephu border post;
(ii) Review and analyze data on traffic through the border and forecast future volumes;
(iii) Review, analyze and update all data relating to the development of the Gelephu Dry
Port as presented in any previous Feasibility Reports;
(iv) Examine the existing tariff structure and pricing strategies and recommend feasible
options necessary to implement the Dry Port concept.
(v) Examine challenges associated with the applicable Customs clearance procedures
and security and recommend actions necessary to implement the Dry Port concept.
(vi) Prepare an average daily freight task for each year between 2020 and 2025 for the
expected total road movements that would be generated by the anticipated trade.
(vii) Prepare an economic feasibility that demonstrates the net benefit of the proposed
Dry Port in light of the benefits and costs to the RGOB, other state agencies (which
shall include existing and proposed future ICDs/dry ports) and the general public as
a whole. The economic feasibility should include but not be limited to: description of

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 how the Dry Port may increase or decrease RGOB revenue; increase or decrease
RGOB cost; increase or decrease revenue and costs to other agencies; increase or
decrease revenue to the general public; and, other public benefits. The economic
feasibility shall include the preparation of a business case providing an analysis of
the existing business (transport and logistics) environment, clearly showing who the
expected customers will be, the nature of the business, how revenue will be
generated and the expected volume of transactions. The business case should
include a description of the assumptions made in the economic feasibility and the
reasoning behind those assumptions. Other alternative processes considered
should be noted and the consequences of not implementing the proposed
application should be explained.
(viii) Prepare and develop viable outline designs for the ICD, road and any future rail
accesses and provide all Front-end Engineering and Design (FEED), cost estimates
and drawings. This technical feasibility should include an analysis of all options for
yard layout, yard handling methods and equipment, road and rail access (for both
the Indian Railways and CONCOR networks) in order to estimate whether the Dry
Port and the transport system as a whole will perform adequately or not. It shall
include investigations into and provide recommendations and cost estimates to
enhance or mitigate identified physical constraints, safety, security and
environmental factors and include a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and
Challenges) analysis on all development options (including phasing options and
current government investment plans).
(ix) Develop a conceptual master plan in separate layers for the GDP complex showing:
• Office blocks for Customs, quarantine laboratory, bank and
transport/clearance agent, any other required government offices, etc.
• Loading and unloading bays
• Inspection and litigation sheds
• Crane lift
• Storage area or ware houses, cold storage
• Storage for dangerous goods
• Fumigation and chilling area
• Barrack for security forces
• Living quarters for Customs officials
• Truck service center and food court
• Parking area for trucks and visitors
• Internal circulatory roads
• Courier service
• Weighbridge
• Truck scanner
• Greenery and landscaping area
• Gate processing
(x) The master plan should show Phases of GDP development and demarcation of
area for future extension of the facility.

Activity A3 – Preliminary Environmental/Social Analysis: The Consultant shall also execute

an early environmental/ social analysis of the area of land identified for the Dry Port and provide
an EIA preliminary registration document that RGOB can submit to the NEC.

1. The EIA registration document shall be made in accordance with the published NEC
guidelines and as a minimum provide:

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 • A description of the proposed undertaking;
• Details of the proposes site(s), including the location, current zoning, adjacent
land-uses, site description, distances to residential and other facilities;
• Details of the existing infrastructure and utilities; and
• An early assessment of environmental impacts, including mitigation measures
(if any).

2. The environmental scoping shall include detailed stakeholder consultation. The Consultant
shall have consultations with diverse project stakeholders of the proposed GDP, including
institutional actors, user groups of both future facilities, and local communities, among
others as applicable. Select consultation formats and mechanisms that best enable fulfilling
the objective of consultations, which is:

a) To share information about the proposed facilities including their potential social
and environmental impacts and benefits with stakeholders in a way that is
accessible and understandable to them;
b) To stimulate and receive their feedback and inputs on aspects of the proposed
GDP design (including the necessity of various components of the proposed
GDP and inter-relation among the components (if any);
c) Construction and ongoing operation/use, so that such feedback can be taken
into account in the master planning process.
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Part B: Public Private Partnership Options

Activity B1 – Arrangements for PPP: The Consultant shall, following completion of Parts A of
the study, assess an appropriate arrangement for government and private investment in terms
of ownership, cost and source of fund for public works.

The Consultant shall assess various modalities to be based on delivering best value for money,
achievable in the timescale set out by RGoB, and limit risks for RGoB. The assessment will
identify critical success factors by listing all assumptions considered, identifying and analysing
potential risks, impacts, the likelihood of their occurring, their cost and strategies (and cost) for
mitigating the same for each recommended PPP arrangement. Specifically, the Consultant
shall;

(i) Confirm the affordability of the project for the RGoB (based not only on the likely
tariff situation, but also on comparable tariffs from competing dry ports within the
South Asia region);
(ii) Establish factors that will determine value for money;
(iii) Assess the potential of a Public Private Partnership to deliver value for money;
(iv) Identify the form(s) of Public Private Partnership most likely to deliver value for
money;
(v) Establish the optimum scope of the Public Private Partnership;
(vi) Provide a sound basis for the procuring entity to decide on the procurement
approach based on industry best practice, the relevant acts and regulations in
Bhutan;
(vii) Prepare parameters to be used to assess value for money at the procurement
stage including preparation of necessary procurement documents and bid
evaluation scoring sheets capturing the required parameters;
(viii) Set out the proposed allocation of financial and technical risks and risk mitigation
instruments between the procuring entity and the private party;
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 (ix) Identifying the constraints which may cause the project to be halted and
ensure that the project is developed around a proper business case, taking into
account different throughput trends;
(x) Establish the capacity of the private sector to provide the services;
(xi) Establish if the private sector can meet RGoB’s needs within the time required;
(xii) List and evaluate all PPP solutions that can be considered by RGoB within the
context of the existing PPP Policy of the RGoB, with specific emphasis on Design,
Build, Operate and Transfer, Build Operate and Transfer; Build and Transfer with
separate concessioning or leasing or other similar options;
(xiii) Identify indirect costs, including the Authority’s overhead costs;
(xiv) Make a value judgment for the RGoB, including a comparative assessment should
the same service be delivered as a conventional public sector procurement
project. This should be achieved by using a risk-adjusted public sector comparator
(PSC) model and comparing this against the PPP chosen solution option(s);
(xv) Undertake a Legal Review to determine whether the PPP solutions conflict with
existing law. This shall include a review of the various provisions in road and other
regulatory acts to identify issues that may need to be resolved so that the Dry Port
project can move forward into the financing and construction phases.

Part C: Review of Trade Facilitation Processes and Systems

Activity C1 – Trade Facilitation: The Consultant is required to assess and design the trade
clearance and facilitation processes and procedures to minimize costs and delays associated
with handling imports and exports through the dry port.

Reducing costs associated with procedural requirements is critical to improving the

attractiveness of a dry port. One way the costs can be minimized is by sharing information
between the first point of entry (vessel notice and cargo manifest in the case of overseas
imports) up to the dry port (import declaration documents). Streamlining information
requirements requires optimization and non-duplication of processes between the seaport and
the dry port. In the case of some landlocked countries, it may be necessary to have appropriate
legal instruments in place on covering the set of agreed upon procedures and the transit regime
in the transit country for the mutual recognition of information, documents, norms, and controls
for a dry port. Under these circumstances, data interchange between border agencies,
especially Customs, is critical to prepare and expedite border formalities. Current transit regimes
would seem well suited to exploiting the benefits of a dry port.

CONSULTANTS’ QUALIFICATIONS

The consultant is free to propose an appropriate composition of the team, but it is expected that
the study will be led by a team of multidisciplinary experts in planning and design of dry ports,
management of dry port/ container freight station/ sea port. The team should be led by an expert
familiar with transport sector (especially the port sector). The lead expert could engage a local
consultants and support where necessary. The following specializations are deemed required
to carry out the feasibility study:

- Team Leader
- Civil/ Infrastructure Engineer
- Transport operations specialist: transport economist
- Survey Expert
- Financial Personnel

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Qualification and experience required for the key persons are as follows:

Team Leader

Preferable education: Masters degree in Business administration/management or related field,

Logistics Management, Port Management, Railway Engineering
Minimum experience: 5 years in designing, managing Dry Ports/ICDs or teaching port
management at university level
Preferable experience:Leading a team of multidisciplinary experts in planning and design of dry
ports, management of dry port /container freight station/sea port. The team
leader must have also in designing and implementing PPP projects,
contract administration and site supervision projects.
Key Responsibilities:The team leader (TL) will be responsible for the overall management and
supervision of the project in terms of target achievements and quality
performance.TL will be first in command to the project and is expected to
have solid experience in land/dry port/ICD feasibility studies and detailed
designs. TL will lead and coordinate the consultant team and assure that
the project objectives are met on time and quality. TL shall also coordinate
with the project office, participate and advise in meetings of stakeholders of
the project components; provide instruction, and guidance to the consultant
team; review the design documents prepared and suggest improvements;
compile and submit Inception Report, Monthly Progress Reports; Final
Report and submit the project deliverables as agreed in TORs.

Civil Engineer

Minimum education: Graduate in Civil Engineering;

Preferable education: Masters in Civil Engineering, Building, Roads or related field.
Minimum experience:10 years as Transport/ Highway/ building infrastructures Engineer and at
least 5 year experience as leading a team of multidisciplinary experts in
detail design of comparable projects with road and buildings
Preferable experience:Planning, design and execution of the proposed GDP infrastructures.
He/she is expected to have qualifications in either port planning, -
development, and -operations or port engineering.
Key Responsibilities:This Expert will be responsible for the preliminary and detailed design of
necessary infrastructures including roads, building and other necessary
infrastructures. He/ she shall work closely with the Architect/ planner,
structural engineer, Pavement engineer, sanitary, electrical engineer and
other team member to prepare preliminary design for feasibility purpose.

Transport operations specialist

Minimum education: Diploma in logistics and Transport Management or related field

Preferred education: Graduate degree in transport economics or railway operations;
Minimum experience:5 years as a transport economist
Preferable experience: At least 5 years in network planning and intermodal transport operations;
Key responsibilities:Assessment of railway connectivity to Indian rail network; design of facility
to allow intermodal transport operations in the medium and long term.

Survey Expert
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Minimum education: Diploma in surveying, engineering or equivalent;
Preferred education: Masters degree in surveying, cartography, GIS or equivalent;
Minimum experience:5 years as surveyor for infrastructure projects
Preferable experience: Cadastral Survey, Trigonometric Survey and other surveys using EDM,
Cartography using software, topographical/land use survey
assignments in the same district.
Key responsibilities:Plan, guide and supervise field survey works; Liaison with District Survey
Office, District Land Reform Office, District Administration Office, Local
Police Station, Local Village Development Committee, the Employer and
local land owners; prepare the survey maps including plan , profile, contour
map and finalization of the report with maps.

Financial personnel

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in field, such as finance, business administration or

accounting.
Preferred education:MBA in finance preferred;
Minimum experience:5 years
Preferable experience:5-7 years of experience in project financial analysis and project finance
with a proven track record in financial evaluation and financial modelling of
dry port projects.
Key responsibilities: Provide expert input on the financial structuring and explicit and implicit
financial costs to government. Analyse all financial models, both in the
feasibility studies and in proposals submitted as part of the competitive
bidding process to ensure that the projects are affordable, financially sound
and sustainable with appropriate risk allocation.

More specifically, the competences required of the consultant are as follows:

• Extensive expertise in PPP development, preferably with experience in developing

countries;
• Excellent analytical skills and sectoral expertise relevant to the investigation of key PPP
policy issues;
• Substantial track record of participation in infrastructure PPPs in as feasibility consultant,
transaction advisor, equity investor, lender, or private operators;
• Strong experience in logistics and trade facilitation with at least 5/10 years’ experience,
past involvement in port industry in developing country an advantage. Experience with
spreadsheet models required. Survey organization/public consultancy skills will also be
required.
• Substantial track record in successfully undertaking similar support roles providing high
level advice on PPPs to government;
• Skills and demonstrated track record in effective training and mentoring of professional
technical staff;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; frequent-level in English required

OUTPUTS AND REPORT SUBMISSION

The Consultant shall submit a proposal indicating a work plan to carry out the study on the basis
of the Terms of Reference and other aspects which, in his opinion, and after discussion with

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DoT, MoEA, are deemed essential for completing the study.

In undertaking the study, the Consultant shall keep in mind that the study must be authentic and
thorough. It will form the basis for making important investment decisions and is not just a
bureaucratic requirement. Accordingly, the Consultant shall exercise all reasonable skill, care
and diligence in the performance of the study and shall carry out all responsibilities to recognized
professional standards. The Consultant shall act as a faithful advisor to RGoB and shall supply
all expertise, knowledge, advice and skills required to carry out and complete the study
expeditiously in accordance with the conditions of engagement. The Consultant shall
furthermore be responsible for undertaking all fieldwork and ensuring all data collected is quality
assured and corrected wherever appropriate. The Consultant shall keep a record of all
information collected and present this in a manner which allows statistical comparisons to be
made. Qualitative assessments must be backed up by case studies and relevant industry
examples.

The main deliverables of Part A, B, and C are:

Part A: Feasibility studies

Inception report within two weeks after start of services;

Topographical map of the survey area showing the contours and objects including the boundary
points details;
List of land holder’s name and area to be acquired, if additional land needs to be acquired;
A clear master plan showing the GDP infrastructures, and connectivity in terms of roads, power,
water supply and sanitation as well as phase-wise development of the GDP facility;
Documentation of stakeholder’s consultations for requirement and finalization of the master
plan;
Final report for Part A with preliminary designs, cost, financial and economic feasibility,
alternative analysis, and clear recommendation on the selected best alternative master plan.

Part C: Public Private Partnership (PPP) options study: Report of option study on PPP
with clear recommendations.

Part D: Designing Trade clearance and Facilitation processes: Report of proposed design
of on Trade clearance and Facilitation process.

CONSULTATION TIMEFRAME

The consultant shall complete the assignment within three (3) months from the start of the
assignment.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All data and information received from Department for the purpose of this assignment are to be
treated confidentially and are only to be used in connection with the execution of these Terms
of Reference. All intellectual property rights arising from the execution of these Terms of
Reference are assigned to Department of Trade, MoEA. The contents of written materials
obtained and used in this assignment may not be disclosed to any third parties without the
expressed advance written authorization of the department.

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The Consultant will be required to submit reports as tabulated below:

Report Number of copies Due date

Within 2 weeks of the commencement
Inception Report 6+ (2 soft copies)
date for each of Part A and Part B
Monthly Progress Report (with
Within 1st week of each succeeding
progress of field work and data 6+ (2 soft copies)
month
collected)
Final report (to include all above
reports and documents
6+ (2 soft copies) TBD during negotiation.
prepared as per activities
specified above)

4. Payment Mode

Sl. No Deliverable Payment

1. Inception report 20%

2. 1st draft submission 30%

3. Final consultation workshop 30%

4. Acceptance of Final Report 20%

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & FUNCTIONS OF THE PROJECT UNIT

The Department of Trade (DoT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, RGoB, will be the
Project Unit. The Consultant shall work closely with the Project Manager in executing its tasks
specified under this TORs. As a Project Unit, DoT will:

• Manage, supervise, and coordinate the project on day-to-day basis

• Prepare budget plan and ensure timely release of funds.
• Ensure timely execution of activities by the Consultant as per the agreed work plan.
• Administer the contract and oversee the quality of the work.
• Avail existing reports and concept papers as they have access to, if any.
• Provide introductory letters to the Consultant’s team, as needed.
• Ensure that the Consultant delivers final report in an appropriate format and on time.

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CONSULTANT’S OBLIGATIONS

The Consultant will need to provide all the administrative, technical professional and support
staff needed to carry out their services. It will also be responsible for providing facilities and
support to its staff, including accommodation, transportation, security, office equipment, survey
equipment, printing, communications, utilities, office supplies and other miscellaneous
requirements that may be required to render the services effectively.

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 SECTION 6. ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES

In reference to ITC 5.1 for the information of shortlisted Consultants, at the present time firms,
goods and services from the following countries are excluded from this selection:

Under the ITC 5.1 (a): [list country/countries RGoB prohibits commercial
relations or state “none”]

Under the ITC 5.1 (b): [list country/countries or indicate “none”]

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 SECTION 7: STANDARD FORMS OF CONTRACT

[Text in brackets provides guidance to the Procuring Agency for the preparation of the RFP; it
should not appear on the final RFP to be delivered to the Consultants

Two standard forms of Contract are provided:

Annex I: Standard Form of Contract: Consulting Services (Lump-Sum Contract)

Annex II: Standard Form of Contract: Consulting Services (Time-Based Contract)

Circumstances under which these contracts are used are described in their prefaces. The lump-
sum remuneration type is likely to be used more frequently under QCBS, Fixed-Budget Selection,
and Least-Cost Selection, whereas the time-based type is more likely to be used under QBS.]

The attached Form of Contract shall be used.

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ANNEX I: STANDARD FORM OF CONTRACT: CONSULTING SERVICES
(LUMP-SUM CONTRACT)

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Contract for Consulting Services

(Lump-Sum)
between

[name of the Procuring Agency]

and

[name of the Consultant]

Dated:

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface........................................................................................................................................... 60
b. Form of Contract ................................................................................................. 61
c. General Conditions of Contract ......................................................................... 63
i. General Provisions ................................................................................. 63
1. Definitions ...................................................................................................................................... 63
2. Law Governing the Contract ......................................................................................................... 64
3. Language....................................................................................................................................... 64
4. Notices 64
5. Location 64
6. Authority of member in charge ...................................................................................................... 64
7. Authorized Representatives .......................................................................................................... 64
8. Taxes and duties............................................................................................................................ 65
9. Fraud and Corruption .................................................................................................................... 65
ii. Commencement, Completion, Modification and Termination of Contract
................................................................................................................... 66
1. Effectiveness of Contract .............................................................................................................. 66
2. Commencement of Services ......................................................................................................... 66
3. Expiration of Contract.................................................................................................................... 66
4. Modifications or variations............................................................................................................. 66
5. Force Majeure ............................................................................................................................... 66
6. Termination................................................................................................................................................. 67
iii. Obligations of the Consultant................................................................ 68
1. General............................................................................................................................ 68
2. Conflict of Interest ........................................................................................................... 68
3. Confidentiality.................................................................................................................. 69
4. Insurance to be Taken Out by the Consultant ................................................................ 69
5. Consultant’s Actions Requiring Procuring Agency’s Prior Approval ............................... 69
6. Reporting Obligations ..................................................................................................... 69
7. Documents Prepared by the Consultant to be the Property of the Procuring Agency.. 70
3.8. Accounting, Inspection and Auditing............................................................................... 70
iv. Consultant’s Personnel .......................................................................... 70
1. Description of Personnel ............................................................................................................... 70
2. Removal and/or Replacement of Personnel ................................................................................. 70
3. Resident Project Manager ................................................................................................................ 71
v. Obligations of the Procuring Agency ................................................... 71
1. Assistance and Exemptions .............................................................................................................. 71
2. Change in the Applicable Laws of Bhutan Related to Taxes and Duties...................................... 71
3. Services, Facilities and Property................................................................................................... 71
vi. Payments to the Consultant .................................................................. 71
1. Lump-Sum Payment...................................................................................................................... 71
2. Contract Price ................................................................................................................................ 71
3. Payment for Additional Services ................................................................................................... 71
4. Terms and Conditions of Payment ..................................................................................................... 72

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5. Interest on Delayed Payments .......................................................................................................... 72
vii. Good Faith................................................................................................ 72
1. Good Faith ..................................................................................................................................... 72
viii. Settlement of Disputes ........................................................................... 72
1. Amicable Settlement ..................................................................................................................... 72
2. Dispute Resolution ...................................................................................................................................... 72
III. Special Conditions of Contract............................................................................................ 73
IV. Appendices ............................................................................................................................ 80
Appendix A - Description of Services ........................................................................................ 80
Appendix B - Reporting Requirements ..................................................................................... 80
Appendix C - Key Personnel and Sub-Consultants ................................................................. 80
Appendix D - Breakdown of Contract Price in Foreign Currency .......................................... 80
Appendix E - Breakdown of Contract Price in Local Currency .............................................. 80
Appendix F - Services and Facilities Provided by the Procuring Agency ............................ 80
Appendix G - Form of Advance Payments Guarantee ............................................................. 80

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 PREFACE

1. This standard Contract for Consulting Services has been prepared in line with the RGoB 2009
Procurement Rules and Regulations and is to be used by implementing agencies (referred to
hereafter as Procuring Agencies) when they hire a consulting firm (referred to hereinafter as
the Consultant) to provide services paid for on a lump-sum basis.
(i) The Contract includes four parts:
(ii) Form of Contract
(iii) General Conditions of Contract
(iv) Special Conditions of Contract
(v) Appendices

2. The Procuring Agency using this standard Contract should not alter the General Conditions.
Any adjustment to meet project features should be made only in the Special Conditions.

3. Lump-sum Contracts are normally used when definition of the tasks to be performed is clear
and unambiguous, when the commercial risks taken by the Consultant are relatively low, and
when therefore such Consultant is prepared to perform the assignment for an agreed
predetermined lump-sum price. Such price is arrived at on the basis of inputs - including rates
- provided by the Consultant. The Procuring Agency agrees to pay the Consultant according
to a schedule of payments linked to the delivery of certain outputs, for example reports. A
major advantage of the lump-sum Contract is the simplicity of its administration, the Procuring
Agency having only to be satisfied with the outputs without monitoring the staff inputs. Studies
are usually carried out on a lump-sum basis; for example, surveys, master plans, economic,
sector, simple feasibility and engineering studies.

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I. Form of Contract
Lump-Sum

(Text in brackets [ ] is optional; all notes should be deleted in final text)

This CONTRACT (hereinafter called the “Contract”) is made the [day] day of the month of [month],
[year], between, on the one hand, [name of Procuring Agency] (hereinafter called the “Procuring
Agency”) and, on the other hand, [name of Consultant] (hereinafter called the “Consultant”).

[Note: If the Consultant consist of more than one entity, the above should be partially amended to
read as follows: “…(hereinafter called the “Procuring Agency”) and, on the other hand, a joint
venture/consortium/association consisting of the following entities, each of which will be jointly and
severally liable to the Procuring Agency for all the Consultant’s obligations under this Contract,
namely, [name of Consultant] and [name of Consultant] (hereinafter called the “Consultant”).]

WHEREAS
a) the Procuring Agency has requested the Consultant to provide certain consulting
services as defined in this Contract (hereinafter called the “Services”);
b) the Consultant, having represented to the Procuring Agency that it has the required
professional skills, personnel and technical resources, has agreed to provide the
Services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Contract;

NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. The following documents attached hereto shall be deemed to form an integral part of this
Contract:
(i) The General Conditions of Contract;
(ii) The Special Conditions of Contract;
(iii) The following Appendices: [Note: If any of these Appendices are not used, the words
“Not Used” should be inserted below next to the title of the Appendix]
Appendix A: Description of Services Not used
Appendix B: Reporting Requirements Not used
Appendix C: Key Personnel and Sub-Consultants Not used
Appendix D: Breakdown of Contract Price in Foreign Currency Not used
Appendix E: Breakdown of Contract Price in Local Currency Not used
Appendix F: Services and Facilities Provided by the Procuring Agency Not used
Appendix G: Form of Advance Payment Guarantee Not used

2. The mutual rights and obligations of the Procuring Agency and the Consultant shall be as set
forth in the Contract, in particular:
a) the Consultant shall carry out the Services in accordance with the provisions of the
Contract; and
b) the Procuring Agency shall make payments to the Consultant in accordance with the
provisions of the Contract.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Contract to be signed in their
respective names as of the day and year first above written.

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For and on behalf of [name of Procuring Agency]

[Authorized Representative]

For and on behalf of [name of Consultant]

[Authorized Representative]

[Note: If the Consultant consists of more than one entity, all these entities should appear as
signatories, e.g., in the following manner:]

For and on behalf of each of the Members of the Consultant

[name of member]

[Authorized Representative]

[name of member]

[Authorized Representative]

etc

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II. General Conditions of Contract
1. General Provisions

1.1. Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms whenever used in
this Contract have the following meanings:
(a) Applicable Laws of Bhutan: The laws and any other instruments
having the force of law in Bhutan.
(b) Consultant: An individual or a legal entity entering into a Contract to
provide the Services to the Procuring Agency under the Contract.
(c) Consulting Services: Expert services of a professional and/or
intellectual nature, provided by the Consultant based on specialized
expertise and skills, in areas including, but not limited to, preparing
and implementing projects, conducting training, providing technical
assistance, conducting research and analysis, preparing designs,
supervising the execution of construction and other works,
undertaking studies, advising Procuring Agencies, building capacity,
preparing tender documents, supervising procurement, and others.
(d) Contract: The formal agreement in writing, including the General
Conditions (GC), the Special Conditions (SC), and the Appendices,
entered into between the Procuring Agency and the Consultant, on
acceptable terms and conditions and which are in compliance with
all the relevant provisions of the laws of the Kingdom of Bhutan, for
the provision of the required Consulting Services.
(e) Contract Price: The price to be paid for the performance of the
Services, in accordance with Clause 6;
(f) Day: A calendar day.
(g) Effective Date: The date on which this Contract comes into force and
effect pursuant to Clause GC 2.1.
(h) Foreign Currency: Any currency other than Bhutanese Ngultrum
(BTN).
(i) GC: These General Conditions of Contract.
(j) Government: The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB).
(k) In writing: Communicated in written form (eg. by mail, electronic
mail, fax, telex) with proof of receipt.
(l) Local Currency: Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN).
(m) Member: Any of the entities that make up the joint venture/
consortium/association; and “Members” means all these entities.
(n) Party: The Procuring Agency or the Consultant, as the case may be,
and “Parties” means both of them.
(o) Personnel: Professional and support staff provided by the Consultant
or by any Sub-Consultant and assigned to perform the Services or
any part thereof; “Foreign Personnel” means such professional and
support staff who at the time of being so provided have their domicile
outside Bhutan; “Local Personnel” means such professional and
support staff who at the time of being so provided have their domicile
in Bhutan; and “Key Personnel” means the Personnel referred to in
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 (p) Procuring Agency: RGoB agency with which the selected Consultant
signs the Contract for Services.
(q) Reimbursable Expenses: All assignment-related costs other than
Consultant’s remuneration.
(r) SC: The Special Conditions of Contract by which the GC may be
amended or supplemented.
(s) Services: The work to be performed by the Consultant pursuant to
this Contract, as described in Appendix A hereto.
(t) Sub-Consultant: Any person or entity to whom/which the Consultant
subcontracts any part of the Services.
(u) Third Party: Any person or entity other than the Government, the
Procuring Agency, the Consultant or a Sub-Consultant.

1.2. Law Governing This Contract, its meaning and interpretation, and the relation between
the Contract the Parties shall be governed by the Applicable Laws of Bhutan.

1.3. Language This Contract has been executed in the language specified in the SC,
which shall be the binding and controlling language for all matters
relating to the meaning or interpretation of this Contract.
1.4. Notices 1.4.1. Any notice, request or consent required or permitted to be given
or made pursuant to this Contract shall be in writing. Any such
notice, request or consent shall be deemed to have been given or
made when delivered in person to an authorized representative of
the Party to whom the communication is addressed, or when sent
to such Party at the address specified in the SC.

1.4.2. A Party may change its address for notice hereunder by giving
the other Party notice in writing of such change to the address
specified in the SC.

1.5. Location The Services shall be performed at such locations as are specified in
Appendix A hereto and, where the location of a particular task is not so
specified, at such locations, whether in Bhutan or elsewhere, as the
Procuring Agency may approve.
1.6. Authority of In case the Consultant consists of a joint venture/consortium/
member in association of more than one entity, the Members hereby authorize the
charge entity specified in the SC to act on their behalf in exercising all the
Consultant’s rights and obligations towards the Procuring Agency under
this Contract, including without limitation the receiving of instructions
and payments from the Procuring Agency.
1.7. Authorized Any action required or permitted to be taken, and any document required
Representatives or permitted to be executed under this Contract by the Procuring Agency
or the Consultant may be taken or executed by the officials specified in
the SC.

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1.8. Taxes and duties The Consultant, Sub-Consultants, and the Personnel of both of them
shall pay such indirect taxes, duties, fees and other impositions levied
under the Applicable Laws of Bhutan as are specified in the SC, the
amount of which is deemed to have been included in the Contract Price.
1.9. Fraud and Corruption

1.9.1. Definitions It is RGoB’s policy to require that Consultants, their Sub-Consultants

and the Personnel of both of them observe the highest standards of
ethics during the execution of the Contract.50 In pursuance of this
policy, the RGoB:
(a) defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth below
as follows:
(i) “corrupt practice”51 means the offering, giving, receiving or
soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value52 to influence
improperly the actions of another party;
(ii) “fraudulent practice”53 means any intentional act or omission,
including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly
misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or
other benefit or to avoid an obligation;
(iii) “collusive practice”54 means an arrangement between two or
more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose,
including to influence improperly the actions of another party;
(iv) “coercive practice”55 means impairing or harming, or threatening
to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property
of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party;
(v) “obstructive practice” means:
(aa) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or concealing of
evidence material to the investigation or making false
statements to investigators in order materially to impede
any investigation into allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent,
coercive or collusive practice; and/or threatening,
harassing or intimidating any party to prevent it from
disclosing its knowledge of matters relevant to the
investigation or from pursuing the investigation; or
(bb) acts intended materially to impede the exercise of the
inspection and audit rights of the Procuring Agency or any
organization or person appointed by the Procuring
Agency and/or any relevant RGoB agency provided for
under Clause GC 3.8 (b)

1.9.2. Measures to be (b) will cancel the Contract if it at any time determines that representatives
taken of the Consultant, any Sub-Consultant, the personnel of either of
them, or any other participant in the procurement and Contract
execution process, were engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive,
coercive or obstructive practices during the procurement and
selection process or the execution of the Contract;

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 (c) will sanction a Consultant, Sub-Consultant or the personnel of either
of them, including declaring them ineligible, either indefinitely or for
a stated period of time, to be awarded an RGoB-financed contract if
at any time it determines that they have, directly or through an agent,
engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or obstructive
practices in competing for, or in executing, an RGoB-financed
contract;
(d) will report the case of corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or
obstructive practice to the relevant RGoB agencies, including but not
limited to the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) of Bhutan, for
necessary action in accordance with the statutes and provisions of
the relevant agency.

1.9.3. Commissions (e) will require the successful Consultant to disclose any commissions
and fees or fees that may have been paid or are to be paid to agents,
representatives or commission agents with respect to the selection
process or execution of the Contract. The information disclosed must
include at least the name and address of the agent, representative
or commission agent, the amount and currency, and the purpose of
the commission or fee.

2. Commencement, Completion, Modification and Termination of Contract

2.1. Effectiveness of This Contract shall come into force and effect on the date (the “Effective
Contract Date”) of the Procuring Agency’s notice to the Consultant instructing the
Consultant to begin carrying out the Services. This notice shall confirm
that the effectiveness conditions, if any, listed in the SC have been met.
2.2. Commencement The Consultant shall begin carrying out the Services not later than the
of Services number of days after the Effective Date specified in the SC.

2.3. Expiration of Unless terminated earlier pursuant to Clause GC 2.6 hereof, this
Contract Contract shall expire at the end of such time period after the Effective
Date as is specified in the SC.

2.4. Modifications or Any modification or variation of the terms and conditions of this Contract,
variations including any modification or variation of the scope of the Services, may
only be made by written agreement between the Parties. However, each
Party shall give due consideration to any proposals for modification or
variation made by the other Party.

2.5. Force Majeure

2.5.1. Definition For the purposes of this Contract, “Force Majeure” means an event
which is beyond the reasonable control of a Party and which makes
a Party’s performance of its obligations under the Contract
impossible or so impractical as to be considered impossible under
the circumstances.

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2.5.2. Breach of The failure of a Party to fulfill any of its obligations under the Contract
Contract shall not be considered to be a breach of, or default under, this Contract
insofar as such inability arises from an event of Force Majeure, provided
that the Party affected by such an event (a) has taken all reasonable
precautions, due care and reasonable alternative measures in order to
carry out the terms and conditions of this Contract, and (b) has informed
the other Party as soon as possible about the occurrence of such an
event.
2.5.3. Extension of Any period within which a Party shall, pursuant to this Contract, complete
Time any action or task, shall be extended for a period equal to the time during
which such Party was unable to perform such action as a result of Force
Majeure.
2.5.4. Payments During the period of its inability to perform the Services as a result of an
event of Force Majeure, the Consultant shall be entitled to continue to
be paid under the terms of this Contract, as well as to be reimbursed for
additional costs reasonably and necessarily incurred by it during such
period for the purposes of the Services and in reactivating the Service
after the end of such period.
2.6. Termination

2.6.1. By the The Procuring Agency may terminate this Contract in case of the
Procuring occurrence of any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) through (f)
Agency of this Clause GC 2.6.1. In such an occurrence the Procuring Agency
shall give not less than thirty (30) days written notice of termination to
the Consultant, or sixty (60) days in the case of the event referred to in
paragraph (e) of this Clause GC 2.6.1.
(a) If the Consultant does not remedy a failure in the performance of its
obligations under the Contract within thirty (30) days after being
notified or within any further period as the Procuring Agency may
have subsequently approved in writing.
(b) If the Consultant becomes insolvent or bankrupt.
(c) If the Consultant, in the judgment of the Procuring Agency has
engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for or in
executing the Contract.
(d) If, as the result of Force Majeure, the Consultant is unable to perform
a material portion of the Services for a period of not less than sixty
(60) days.
(e) If the Procuring Agency, in its sole discretion and for any reason
whatsoever, decides to terminate this Contract.
(f) If the Consultant fails to comply with any final decision reached as
a result of arbitration proceedings pursuant to Clause GC 8 hereof.

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2.6.2. By the The Consultant may terminate this Contract, by not less than thirty (30)
Consultant days written notice to the Procuring Agency, such notice to be given
after the occurrence of any of the events specified in paragraphs (a)
through (c) of this Clause GC 2.6.2:
(a) If the Procuring Agency fails to pay any money due to the Consultant
pursuant to this Contract and not subject to dispute pursuant to
Clause GC 8 hereof within forty-five (45) days after receiving written
notice from the Consultant that such payment is overdue.
(b) If, as the result of Force Majeure, the Consultant is unable to perform
a material portion of the Services for a period of not less than sixty
(60) days.
(c) If the Procuring Agency fails to comply with any final decision reached
as a result of arbitration pursuant to Clause GC 8 hereof.

2.6.3. Payment upon Upon termination of this Contract pursuant to Clauses GC 2.6.1 or
termination GC 2.6.2, the Procuring Agency shall make the following payments
to the Consultant:
(a) payment pursuant to Clause GC 6 for Services satisfactorily
performed prior to the effective date of termination;
(b) except in the case of termination pursuant to paragraphs (a) through
(c) and (f) of Clause GC 2.6.1, reimbursement of any reasonable
cost incident to the prompt and orderly termination of the Contract,
including the cost of the return travel of the Personnel and their
eligible dependents.

3. Obligations of the Consultant

3.1. General

3.1.1. Standard of The Consultant shall perform the Services and carry out its obligations
Performance hereunder with all due diligence, efficiency and economy, in accordance
with generally accepted professional standards and practices, and shall
observe sound management practices, and employ appropriate
technology and safe and effective equipment, machinery, materials and
methods. The Consultant shall always act, in respect of any matter
relating to this Contract or to the Services, as faithful adviser to the
Procuring Agency, and shall at all times support and safeguard the
Procuring Agency’s legitimate interests in any dealings with Sub-
Consultants or third Parties.
3.2. Conflict of The Consultant shall hold the Procuring Agency’s interests paramount,
Interest without any consideration for future work, and strictly avoid conflict with
other assignments or its own corporate interests.

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3.2.1. Consultant not The payment of the Consultant pursuant to Clause GC 6 shall constitute
to benefit from the Consultant’s only payment in connection with this Contract or the
Commissions, Services, and the Consultant shall not accept for its own benefit any trade
Discounts, etc commission, discount or similar payment in connection with activities
pursuant to this Contract or to the Services or in the discharge of its
obligations under the Contract, and the Consultant shall use its best
efforts to ensure that the Personnel, any Sub-Consultants, and agents
of either of them similarly shall not receive any such additional payment.
3.2.2. Consultant and The Consultant agrees that, during the term of this Contract and after its
Affiliates not to termination, the Consultant and any entity affiliated with the Consultant,
be Otherwise as well as any Sub-Consultants and any entity affiliated with such Sub-
Interested in Consultants, shall be disqualified from providing goods, works or
Project services (other than consulting services) resulting from or directly related
to the Consultant’s Services for the preparation or implementation of the
project.
3.2.3. Prohibition The Consultant shall not engage, and shall cause its Personnel as well
of Conflicting as its Sub-Consultants and their Personnel not to engage, either directly
Activities or indirectly, in any business or professional activities which would
conflict with the activities assigned to them under this Contract.
3.3. Confidentiality Except with the prior written consent of the Procuring Agency, the
Consultant and the Personnel shall not at any time communicate to any
person or entity any confidential information acquired in the course of
the Services, nor shall the Consultant and the Personnel make public
the recommendations formulated in the course of, or as a result of, the
Services.
3.4. Insurance to be The Consultant (a) shall take out and maintain, and shall cause any Sub-
Taken Out by the Consultants to take out and maintain, at their (or the Sub-Consultants’,
Consultant as the case may be) own cost but on terms and conditions approved by
the Procuring Agency, insurance against the risks, and for the coverage,
as shall be specified in the SC; and (b) at the Procuring Agency’s
request, shall provide evidence to the Procuring Agency showing that
such insurance has been taken out and maintained and that the current
premiums have been paid.
3.5. Consultant’s The Consultant shall obtain the Procuring Agency’s prior approval in
Actions writing before taking any of the following actions:
Requiring (a) entering into a subcontract for the performance of any part of the
Procuring Services,
Agency’s Prior (b) appointing such members of the Personnel not listed by name in
Approval Appendix C, and
(c) any other action that may be specified in the SC.

3.6. Reporting (a) The Consultant shall submit to the Procuring Agency the reports and
Obligations documents specified in Appendix B hereto, in the form, in the
numbers and within the time periods set forth in the said Appendix.
(b) Final reports shall be delivered on CD ROM in addition to the hard
copies specified in the said Appendix.

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3.7. Documents (a) All plans, drawings, specifications, designs, reports, other documents
Prepared by the and software submitted by the Consultant under this Contract shall
Consultant to become and remain the property of the Procuring Agency, and the
be the Property Consultant shall, not later than upon termination or expiration of this
of the Procuring Contract, deliver all such documents to the Procuring Agency,
Agency together with a detailed inventory thereof.
(b) The Consultant may retain a copy of such documents and software.
Restrictions about the future use of these documents, if any, shall be
specified in the SC.

3.8. Accounting, The Consultant shall:

Inspection and (a) keep accurate and systematic accounts and records in respect of the
Auditing Services hereunder, in accordance with internationally accepted
accounting principles and in such form and detail as will clearly
identify all relevant time charges and costs, and the bases thereof;
and
(b) Periodically permit the Procuring Agency or its designated
representative, for a period of up to five years from the expiration or
termination of this Contract, to inspect the same and make copies
thereof as well as to have them audited by auditors, if so required by
the Procuring Agency.

4. Consultant’s Personnel

4.1. Description of The Consultant shall employ and provide such qualified and experienced
Personnel Personnel and Sub-Consultants as are required to carry out the
Services. The titles, agreed job descriptions, minimum qualifications and
estimated periods of engagement in the carrying out of the Services of
the Consultant’s Key Personnel are described in Appendix C. The Key
Personnel and Sub-Consultants listed by title as well as by name in
Appendix C are hereby approved by the Procuring Agency.
4.2. Removal and/or (a) Except as the Procuring Agency may otherwise agree, no changes
Replacement of shall be made in the Key Personnel. If, for any reason beyond the
Personnel reasonable control of the Consultant, such as retirement, death,
medical incapacity, among others, it becomes necessary to replace
any of the Key Personnel, the Consultant shall provide as a
replacement a person of equivalent or better qualifications.
(b) If the Procuring Agency (i) finds that any of the Personnel have
committed serious misconduct or have been charged with having
committed a criminal action, or (ii) has reasonable cause to be
dissatisfied with the performance of any of the Personnel, then the
Consultant shall, at the Procuring Agency’s written request specifying
the grounds thereof, provide as a replacement a person with
qualifications and experience acceptable to the Procuring Agency.
(c) The Consultant shall have no claim for additional costs arising out of
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4.3. Resident Project If required by the SC, the Consultant shall ensure that at all times during
Manager the Consultant’s performance of the Services in Bhutan a resident
project manager, acceptable to the Procuring Agency, shall take charge
of the performance of the Services.

5. Obligations of the Procuring Agency

5.1. Assistance and The Procuring Agency shall use its best efforts to ensure that the
Exemptions Government shall provide the Consultant such assistance and
exemptions as are specified in the SC.
5.2. Change in the If, after the date of this Contract, there is any change in the Applicable
Applicable Laws of Bhutan with respect to taxes and duties which increases or
Laws of Bhutan decreases the cost incurred by the Consultant in performing the Services,
Related to Taxes then the remuneration and reimbursable expenses otherwise payable to
and Duties the Consultant under this Contract shall be increased or decreased
accordingly by agreement between the Parties, and corresponding
adjustments shall be made to the amounts referred to in Clauses GC
6.2 (a) or (b), as the case may be.

5.3. Services, (a) The Procuring Agency shall make available free of charge to the
Facilities and Consultant the services, facilities and property listed in Appendix F
Property at the times and in the manner specified in the said Appendix F.
(b) In case such services, facilities and property are not made available
to the Consultant as and when specified in Appendix F, the Parties
shall agree on (i) any time extension that it may be appropriate to
grant to the Consultant for the performance of the Services, (ii) the
manner in which the Consultant shall procure any such services,
facilities and property from other sources, and (iii) the additional
payments, if any, to be made to the Consultant as a result thereof
pursuant to Clause GC 6.1 hereinafter.

6. Payments to the Consultant

6.1. Lump-Sum The total payment due to the Consultant shall not exceed the Contract
Payment Price which is an all inclusive fixed lump-sum covering all costs required
to carry out the Services described in Appendix A. Except as provided
in Clauses 5.2 and 5.3 (b), the Contract Price may only be increased
above the amounts stated in Clause 6.2 if the Parties have agreed to
additional payments in accordance with Clause 2.4.
6.2. Contract Price (a) The price payable in foreign currency/currencies is set forth in the
SC.
(b) The price payable in local currency is set forth in the SC.

6.3. Payment for For the purpose of determining the remuneration due for additional
Additional services as may be agreed under Clause 2.4, a breakdown of the lump-
Services sum price is provided in Appendices D and E.

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6.4. Terms and Payments will be made to the account(s) of the Consultant and according
Conditions of to the payment schedule stated in the SC. Unless otherwise stated in
Payment the SC, the first payment shall be made against the provision by the
Consultant of an advance payment guarantee for the same amount, and
shall be valid for the period stated in the SC. Such guarantee shall be in
the form set forth in Appendix G hereto or in such other form as the
Procuring Agency shall have approved in writing. Any other payment
shall be made after the conditions listed in the SC for such payment
have been met, and the Consultant has submitted an invoice to the
Procuring Agency specifying the amount due.
6.5. Interest on If the Procuring Agency has delayed payments beyond fifteen (15) days
Delayed Payments after the due date stated in the Clause SC 6.4, interest shall be paid to
the Consultant for each day of delay at the rate stated in the SC.

7. Good Faith

7.1. Good Faith The Parties undertake to act in good faith with respect to each other’s
rights under this Contract and to adopt all reasonable measures to
ensure the realization of the objectives of this Contract.

8. Settlement of Disputes

8.1. Amicable The Parties agree that the avoidance or early resolution of disputes is
Settlement crucial for a smooth execution of the Contract and the success of the
assignment. The Parties shall use their best efforts to settle amicably all
disputes arising out of or in connection with this Contract or its
interpretation.
8.2. Dispute Resolution Any dispute between the Parties as to matters arising pursuant to this
Contract that cannot be settled amicably within thirty (30) days after
receipt by one Party of the other Party’s request for such amicable
settlement may be submitted by either Party for settlement in accordance
with the provisions specified in the SC.

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III. Special Conditions of Contract
(Clauses in brackets { } are optional; all notes should be deleted in final text)

Number of GC Amendments of, and Supplements to, Clauses in the General

Clause Conditions of Contract
1.3 The language is English
1.4 The addresses are:
Procuring Agency: Export Promotion Division, Department of
Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu, BHUTAN
Attention: Chief Trade Officer, Export Promotion Division
Facsimile: +975-2-327827
E-mail: [email protected]

Consultant:

Attention: Facsimile:
E-mail:
{1.6} {The Member in Charge is [insert name of member]}
Note: If the Consultant consists of a joint venture/consortium/association
of more than one entity, the name of the entity whose address is specified
in Clause SC 1.4 should be inserted here. If the Consultant consists only
of one entity, this Clause SC 1.6 should be deleted from the SC.
1.7 The Authorized Representatives are:

For the Procuring Agency: Dechen Zam, Sr. Trade Officer,

Export Promotion Division, DOT, Ministry of Economic Affairs

For the Consultant:

1.8 Note: Generally Bhutanese duties and indirect taxes are not to be
reimbursed. It is left to the Procuring Agency to decide whether the
Consultant (i) should be exempted from any such levies, or (ii) should be
reimbursed by the Procuring Agency for any such levies it might have to
pay (or that the Procuring Agency would pay such levies on behalf of the
Consultant and the Personnel).

The Consultant must be informed in Clause Reference 15.1 of the Data

Sheet about which alternative the Procuring Agency wishes to apply.

The Procuring Agency warrants that the Consultant, the Sub-Consultants

and the Personnel shall be exempt from (or that the Procuring Agency
shall pay on behalf of the Consultant, the Sub-Consultants and the
Personnel, or shall reimburse the Consultant, the Sub-Consultants and
the Personnel for) any indirect taxes, duties, fees, levies and other
impositions imposed, under the Applicable Laws of Bhutan, on the
Consultant, the Sub-Consultants and the Personnel in respect of:

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 (a) any payments whatsoever made to the Consultant, Sub-Consultants
and the Personnel (other than nationals or permanent residents of
Bhutan), in connection with the carrying out of the Services;
(b) any equipment, materials and supplies brought into Bhutan by the
Consultant or Sub-Consultants for the purpose of carrying out the
Services and which, after having been brought into Bhutan, will be
subsequently withdrawn therefrom by them;
(c) any equipment imported for the purpose of carrying out the Services
and paid for out of funds provided by the Procuring Agency and which
is treated as property of the Procuring Agency;
(d) any property brought into Bhutan by the Consultant, any Sub-
Consultants or the Personnel (other than nationals or permanent
residents of Bhutan), or the eligible dependents of such Personnel for
their personal use and which will subsequently be withdrawn
therefrom by them upon their respective departure from Bhutan,
provided that:
1.8 1. the Consultant, Sub-Consultants and Personnel, and their eligible
dependents, shall follow the usual Customs procedures of Bhutan in
importing property into Bhutan; andif the Consultant, Sub-Consultants
or Personnel, or their eligible dependents, do not withdraw but
dispose of any property in Bhutan upon which Customs duties and
taxes have been exempted, the Consultant, Sub-Consultants or
Personnel, as the case may be, (i) shall bear such Customs duties
and taxes in conformity with the regulations of Bhutan, or (ii) shall
reimburse them to the Procuring Agency if they were paid by the
Procuring Agency at the time the property in question was brought
into Bhutan.
{2.1} {The effectiveness conditions are the following: [insert conditions]}

Note: List here any conditions of effectiveness of the Contract, e.g. the
Procuring Agency’s approval of the Consultant’s proposals for
appointment of specified key staff members, receipt by the Consultant of
advance payment and by the Procuring Agency of an advance payment
guarantee (see Clause SC 6.4), passage of a specified number of days
after signature of the Contract, etc. If there are no effectiveness
conditions, delete this Clause SC 2.1 from the SC.

2.2 The number of days shall be [5 days].

2.3 The time period shall be [Eight Weeks].
{3.5 (c)} {The other actions are: [insert actions].} Not applicable.
Note: If there are no other actions, delete this Clause SC 3.5 (c).

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{3.7 (b)} Note: If there is to be no restriction on the future use of these documents
by either Party, this Clause SC 3.7(b) should be deleted. If the Parties
wish to restrict such use, any of the following options, or any other option
agreed to by the Parties, may be used:

{The Consultant shall not use these documents and software for
purposes unrelated to this Contract without the prior written approval of
the Procuring Agency.

4.3 {The person designated as resident project manager in Appendix C shall

serve in that capacity, as specified in Clause GC 4.3.}
Note: Consultant Service will be monitored by DoT Officials
{5.1} Note: “not applicable.”

6.2(a) The amount in foreign currency or currencies is Not applicable

6.2(b) The amount in Ngultrum is [contract agreement].

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6.5 The interest rate is: Not applicable
8.2 Disputes shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the following
provisions:
1. Selection of Arbitrators. Each dispute submitted by a Party to
arbitration shall be heard by a sole arbitrator or an arbitration panel
composed of three arbitrators, in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Where the Parties agree that the dispute concerns a technical
matter, they may agree to appoint a sole arbitrator or, failing
agreement on the identity of such sole arbitrator within thirty
(30) days after receipt by the other Party of the proposal of a name
for such an appointment by the Party who initiated the
proceedings, either Party may apply to [name an appropriate
international professional body: e.g. the Federation Internationale
des Ingenieurs-Conseil (FIDIC) of Lausanne, Switzerland, etc.] for
a list of not fewer than five nominees. Upon receipt of such list,
the Parties (commencing with the Procuring Agency when the list
comprises an even number of nominees, and with the Consultant
when the list comprises an odd number of nominees) shall
alternately strike names therefrom, and the last remaining
nominee on the list shall be the sole arbitrator for the matter in
dispute. If the last remaining nominee has not been determined in
this manner within sixty (60) days of the date of the list, [insert the
name of the same professional body as above] shall appoint, upon
the request of either Party and from such list or otherwise, a sole
arbitrator for the matter in dispute.
(b) Where the Parties do not agree that the dispute concerns a
technical matter, the Procuring Agency and the Consultant shall
each appoint one arbitrator, and these two arbitrators shall jointly
appoint a third arbitrator, who shall chair the arbitration panel. If
the arbitrators named by the Parties do not succeed in appointing
a third arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the latter of the two
arbitrators named by the Parties has been appointed, the third
arbitrator shall, at the request of either Party, be appointed by
[name an appropriate international appointing authority, e.g., the
Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The
Hague; the Secretary General of the International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes, Washington, D.C.; the
International Chamber of Commerce, Paris; etc.].

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 (c) If, in a dispute subject to Clause SC 8.2 1.(b), one Party fails to
appoint its arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the other Party has
appointed its arbitrator, the Party which has named an arbitrator
may apply to the [name the same appointing authority as in Clause
SC 8.2 1.(b)] to appoint a sole arbitrator for the matter in dispute,
and the arbitrator appointed pursuant to such application shall be
the sole arbitrator for that dispute.

2. Rules of Procedure. Except as stated herein, arbitration proceedings

shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of procedure for
arbitration of the United Nations Commission on International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL) as in force on the date of this Contract.
3. Substitute Arbitrators. If for any reason an arbitrator is unable to
perform his function, a substitute shall be appointed in the same
manner as the original arbitrator.
4. Nationality and Qualifications of Arbitrators. The sole arbitrator or the
third arbitrator appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a) through
(c) of Clause SC 8.2 1 hereof shall be an internationally recognized
legal or technical expert with extensive experience in relation to the
matter in dispute and shall not be a national of the Consultant’s home
country [Note: If the Consultant consists of more than one entity, add:
or of the home country of any of their Members or Parties] or of
Bhutan. For the purposes of this Clause, “home country” means any
of:
(a) the country of incorporation of the Consultant [Note: If the
Consultant consists of more than one entity, add: or of any of their
Members or Parties]; or
(b) the country in which the Consultant’s [or any of their Members’ or
Parties’] principal place of business is located; or
(c) the country of nationality of a majority of the Consultant’s [or of
any Members’ or Parties’] shareholders; or
(d) the country of nationality of the Sub-Consultants concerned,
where the dispute involves a subcontract.

5. Miscellaneous. In any arbitration proceeding hereunder:

(e) proceedings shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, be held
in [select a country which is neither Bhutan nor the Consultant’s
country];
(a) the [insert name of language] language shall be the official
language for all purposes; and
(b) the decision of the sole arbitrator or of a majority of the arbitrators
(or of the third arbitrator if there is no such majority) shall be final
and binding and shall be enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction, and the Parties hereby waive any objections to or
claims of immunity in respect of such enforcement.

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For Contracts with Bhutanese Consultants
Construction Development Board (CDB) or other Independent Agency:
GCC Sub-Clause 8.2—All disputes arising in connection with the present
Contract shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the CDB or any other independent agency that
has been appropriately mandated at the time of submission of the dispute
through its National Arbitration Committee. The arbitration award shall be
final on the parties who shall be deemed to have accepted to carry out
the resulting award without delay and to have waived their right to any
form of appeal insofar as such waiver can validly be made.

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IV. Appendices
Appendix A - Description of Services
Note: Give detailed descriptions of the Services to be provided, dates for completion of various
tasks, place of performance for different tasks, specific tasks to be approved by the Procuring
Agency, etc.

Appendix B - Reporting Requirements

Note: List format, frequency and contents of reports; persons to receive them; dates of submission;
etc.

Appendix C - Key Personnel and Sub-Consultants

Note: List under:
C-1 Titles [and names, if already available], detailed job descriptions and minimum qualifications
of Key Foreign Personnel to be assigned to work in Bhutan, and estimated staff-months for
each.
C-2 Same as C-1 for Key Foreign Personnel to be assigned to work outside Bhutan.
C-3 List of approved Sub-Consultants (if already available); same information with respect to
their Personnel as in C-1 or C-2.
C-4 Same information as C-1 for Key local Personnel.

Appendix D - Breakdown of Contract Price in Foreign Currency

Note: List here the elements of cost used to arrive at the breakdown of the lump-sum price -
foreign currency portion:
1. Monthly rates for Personnel (Key Personnel and other Personnel).
2. Reimbursable expenses.

This appendix will exclusively be used for determining remuneration for additional services.

Appendix E - Breakdown of Contract Price in Local Currency

Note: List here the elements of cost used to arrive at the breakdown of the lump-sum price - local
currency portion
1. Monthly rates for Personnel (Key Personnel and other Personnel).
2. Reimbursable expenditures.

This appendix will exclusively be used for determining remuneration for additional services.

Appendix F - Services and Facilities Provided by the Procuring Agency

Note: List here the services and facilities to be made available to the Consultant by the Procuring
Agency.

Appendix G - Form of Advance Payments Guarantee

Note: See Clause GC 6.4 and Clause SC 6.4.

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 Bank Guarantee for Advance Payment

[Bank’s Name, and Address of Issuing Branch or Office]

Beneficiary: [Name and Address of Procuring Agency]
Date:
ADVANCE PAYMENT GUARANTEE No.:

We have been informed that [name of Consultant] (hereinafter called “the Consultant”) has entered
into Contract No. [reference number of the Contract] dated [insert date] with you, for the provision
of [brief description of Services] (hereinafter called “the Contract”).

Furthermore, we understand that, according to the conditions of the Contract, an advance payment
in the sum of [amount in figures] ([amount in words]) is to be made against an advance payment
guarantee.

At the request of the Consultant, we [name of Bank] hereby irrevocably undertake to pay you any
sum or sums not exceeding in total an amount of [amount in figures] ([amount in words])56 upon
receipt by us of your first demand in writing accompanied by a written statement stating that the
Consultant is in breach of its obligation under the Contract because the Consultant has used the
advance payment for purposes other than toward providing the Services under the Contract.

It is a condition for any claim and payment under this guarantee to be made that the advance
payment referred to above must have been received by the Consultant in its account number
at [name and address of Bank].

The maximum amount of this guarantee shall be progressively reduced by the amount of the
advance payment repaid by the Consultant as indicated in copies of certified payment statements
which shall be presented to us. This guarantee shall expire, at the latest, upon our receipt of the
payment certificate indicating that the Consultant has made full repayment of the amount of the
advance payment, or on the day of , 2 ,57 whichever is earlier. Consequently, any
demand for payment under this guarantee must be received by us at this office on or before that
date. The Guarantor agrees to a one-time extension of this guarantee for a period not to exceed
[six months][one year], in response to the Procuring Agency’s written request for such extension,
such request to be presented to the Guarantor before the expiry of the guarantee.

This guarantee is subject to the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees, ICC Publication No. 458.

[signature(s)]

Note: All italicized text is for indicative purposes only to assist in preparing this form and shall be
deleted from the final product

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STANDARD FORM OF CONTRACT

Consulting Services
Time-Based

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface........................................................................................................................................... 86
I. Form of Contract ................................................................................................................... 88
II. General Conditions of Contract ........................................................................................... 90
1. General Provisions ................................................................................................................ 90
1.1. Definitions........................................................................................................................ 90
1.2. Relationship Between the Parties................................................................................... 91
1.3. Law Governing Contract ................................................................................................. 91
1.4. Language ........................................................................................................................ 91
1.5. Headings ......................................................................................................................... 91
1.6. Notices ............................................................................................................................ 91
1.7. Location ........................................................................................................................... 91
1.8. Authority of Member in Charge ....................................................................................... 91
1.9. Authorized Representatives............................................................................................ 92
1.10. Taxes and Duties............................................................................................................. 92
1.11. Fraud and Corruption ...................................................................................................... 92
2. Commencement, Completion, Modification and Termination of Contract ..................... 93
2.1. Effectiveness of Contract ................................................................................................ 93
2.2. Termination of Contract for Failure to Become Effective ................................................ 93
2.3. Commencement of Services........................................................................................... 93
2.4. Expiration of Contract ..................................................................................................... 94
2.5. Entire Agreement ............................................................................................................ 94
2.6. Modifications or Variations ....................................................................................................... 94
2.7. Force Majeure ................................................................................................................. 94
2.8. Termination ................................................................................................................................. 95
3. Obligations of the Consultant .............................................................................................. 97
3.1. General............................................................................................................................ 97
3.2. Conflict of Interests ......................................................................................................... 98
3.3. Confidentiality.................................................................................................................. 98
3.4. Liability of the Consultant ................................................................................................ 99
3.5. Insurance to be Taken out by the Consultant ................................................................. 99
3.6. Accounting, Inspection and Auditing............................................................................... 99
3.7. Consultant’s Actions Requiring Procuring Agency ’s Prior Approval.............................. 99
3.8. Reporting Obligations ..................................................................................................... 99
3.9. Documents Prepared by the Consultant to be the Property of the Procuring Agency 100
3.10. Equipment, Vehicles and Materials Furnished by the Procuring Agency..................... 100
3.11. Equipment and Materials Provided by the Consultant ................................................. 100
4. Consultant’s Personnel and Sub-Consultants ................................................................ 100
4.1. General.......................................................................................................................... 100
4.2. Description of Personnel ............................................................................................... 100
4.3. Approval of Personnel................................................................................................... 101
4.4. Working Hours, Overtime, Leave, etc........................................................................... 101
4.5. Removal and/or Replacement of Personnel................................................................. 102
4.6. Resident Project Manager ............................................................................................ 102
5. Obligations of the Procuring Agency................................................................................ 102
5.1. Assistance and Exemptions.......................................................................................... 102
5.2. Access to Land.............................................................................................................. 103

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 5.3. Change in the Applicable Laws of Bhutan Related to Taxes and Duties ..................... 103
5.4. Services, Facilities and Property of the Procuring Agency .......................................... 103
5.5. Payment ........................................................................................................................ 104
5.6. Counterpart Personnel .................................................................................................. 104
6. Payments to the Consultant ............................................................................................... 104
6.1. Cost Estimates; Ceiling Amount ................................................................................... 104
6.2. Remuneration and Reimbursable Expenses ................................................................ 105
6.3. Currency of Payment .................................................................................................... 105
6.4. Mode of Billing and Payment ........................................................................................ 106
7. Fairness and Good Faith .................................................................................................... 107
7.1. Good Faith .................................................................................................................... 107
7.2. Operation of the Contract.............................................................................................. 107
8. Settlement of Disputes ....................................................................................................... 108
8.1. Amicable Settlement ..................................................................................................... 108
8.2. Dispute Resolution ........................................................................................................ 108
III. Special Conditions of Contract .......................................................................................... 109
Model Form I ............................................................................................................................... 118
IV. Appendices .......................................................................................................................... 119
Appendix A – Description of Services ..................................................................................... 119
Appendix B - Reporting Requirements .................................................................................... 119
Appendix C - Key Personnel and Sub-Consultants - Hours of Work for Key Personnel ..119
Appendix D - Cost Estimates in Foreign Currency ................................................................ 120
Appendix E - Cost Estimates in Local Currency .................................................................... 122
Appendix F - Duties of the Procuring Agency ........................................................................ 122
Appendix G - Form of Advance Payments Guarantee ........................................................... 123

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 PREFACE

1. This Standard Contract for Consulting Services has been prepared for use by Procuring Agencies
when they hire a consulting firm (referred to hereinafter as the Consultant) for complex consulting
assignments for which remuneration is being determined on the basis of the time actually spent
by the Consultant in carrying out the services.

2. The Standard Contract consists of four parts: the Form of Contract to be signed by the Procuring
Agency and the Consultant, the General Conditions of Contract, the Special Conditions of
Contract, and the Appendices. Parties using this Standard Contract should note that the General
Conditions must not be modified. Clauses in the Special Conditions should be dealt with as
specified in the notes in italics provided for the individual clauses.

3. This Time-based form of Contract is appropriate when, for example, it is difficult to define the
scope and the length of Services, they are related to activities by others which are outside the
control of the Consultant, or the ouputs of the Consultant are difficult to assess in advance.
This type of Contract is widely used for long term assignments, complex studies, supervision
of construction, advisory services, and capacity building programmes. Payments are based
on agreed hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rates for staff (who are normally named in the
Contract) and on reimbursable items using actual expenses and/or agreed unit prices. The
rates for staff include salary, social costs, overhead, fee (profit), and, where appropriate,
special allowances. This type of Contract shall include a maximum amount of total payments
to be made to the Consultant. This ceiling amount should include a contingency allowance for
unforeseen work.

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 Model Form I
See Note to Form on Clause SC 6.2(b) (ii)

Breakdown of Agreed Fixed Rates in Consultant’s Contract

We hereby confirm that we have agreed to pay to the staff members listed, who will be involved in this assignment, the basic salaries and away
from headquarters allowances (if applicable) indicated below:
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(Expressed in [insert name of currency])

Personnel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Basic Salary per Away from Agreed Fixed Agreed Fixed Rate
Social
Name Position Working Month/ Overhead1 Subtotal Fee2 Headquarters Rate per Working per Working Month/
Charges1
Day/Year Allowance Month/Day/Hour Day/Hour1
Home Office

Field

1 Expressed as percentage of 1
2 Expressed as percentage of 4
Signature Date

Name:

Title:
 I. Appendices

Appendix A – Description of Services

Note: This Appendix will include the final Terms of Reference agreed by the Procuring Agency
and the Consultant during technical negotiations, dates for completion of various tasks, place of
performance for different tasks, specific tasks to be approved by the Procuring Agency, etc.

Appendix B - Reporting Requirements

Note: List format, frequency and contents of reports; persons to receive them; dates of submission;
etc.

Appendix C - Key Personnel and Sub-Consultants - Hours of Work for Key Personnel

Note: List under:

C-1 Titles [and names, if already available], detailed job descriptions and minimum qualifications
of Key foreign Personnel to be assigned to work in Bhutan, and staff-months for each.

C-2 same information as C-1 for Key local Personnel.

C-3 same as C-1 for Key Personnel to be assigned to work outside Bhutan14.

C-4 List of approved Sub-Consultants (if already available); same information with respect to their
Personnel as in C-1 through C-3.

List here the hours of work for Key Personnel; travel time to and from Bhutan for Foreign Personnel
(Clause GC 4.4(a)); entitlement, if any, to overtime pay, sick leave pay, vacation leave pay, etc.

14 Where applicable

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 Appendix D - Cost Estimates in Foreign Currency

Note: List hereunder cost estimates in foreign currency:

1. (a) Monthly rates for Foreign Personnel (Key Personnel and other Personnel)
(b) Monthly rates for Local Personnel (Key Personnel and other Personnel), if applicable

2. Reimbursable expenses (items that are not applicable should be deleted; others may be
added):
(a) Per Diem allowances for each of the Foreign or Local Personnel for every day in which
such Personnel shall be absent from their home office and shall be outside Bhutan.
(b) Air transport for Foreign Personnel:
(i) the cost of international transportation of the foreign Personnel by the most appropriate
means of transport and the most direct practicable route to and from the Consultant’s
home office; in the case of air travel, this shall be by less than first class;
(ii) for any foreign Personnel spending twenty-four (24) consecutive months or more in
Bhutan, one extra round trip will be reimbursed for every twenty-four (24) months of
assignment in Bhutan. Such Personnel will be entitled to such extra round trip only if
upon their return to Bhutan they are scheduled to serve for the purposes of the Project
for a further period of not less than six (6) consecutive months.
(c) Air transport for dependents: the cost of transportation to and from Bhutan of eligible
dependents who shall be the spouse and not more than two (2) unmarried dependent
children under eighteen (18) years of age of those of the Foreign Personnel assigned to
resident duty in Bhutan for the purpose of the Services for periods of twelve (12)
consecutive months or longer, provided that the stay of such dependents in Bhutan shall
be for not less than three (3) consecutive months duration. If the assignment period for
resident staff of the Foreign Personnel will be thirty (30) months or more, one extra
economy class air trip for their eligible dependents for every twenty-four (24)-month
assignment will be reimbursed.
(d) Miscellaneous travel expenses
(i) for the air travel of each of the Foreign Personnel, and each eligible dependent, the
cost of excess baggage up to twenty (20) kilograms per person, or the equivalent in
cost of unaccompanied baggage or air freight;
(ii) the fixed unit price per round trip for miscellaneous travel expenses such as the cost
of transportation to and from airports, airport taxes, passport, visas, travel permits,
vaccinations, etc.
(e) International communications: the cost of communications (other than those arising in
Bhutan) reasonably required by the Consultant for the purposes of the Services.
(f) The cost of printing, reproducing and shipping of the documents, reports, drawings, etc.
(g) The cost of acquisition, shipment and handling of the following equipment, instruments,
materials and supplies required for the Services, to be imported by the Consultant and to
be paid for by the Procuring Agency (including transportation to Bhutan):
(list the relevant equipment, instruments, materials and supplies)

(h) The cost of transport of personal effects.

(i) The rate for the programming, use of, and communications between, the computers and
peripherals used for the purpose of the Services.

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(j) The cost of laboratory tests on materials, model tests and other technical services
authorized or requested by the Procuring Agency.
(k) The foreign currency cost of any subcontract required for the Services and approved in
writing by the Procuring Agency.
(l) The cost of training of the Procuring Agency’s personnel outside Bhutan, if training is a
major component of the assignment, and is specified as such in the TOR.
(m) The cost of such further items not covered in the foregoing but which may be required by
the Consultant for the purpose of the Services, subject to the prior authorization in writing
by the Procuring Agency.

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 Appendix E - Cost Estimates in Local Currency

Note: List hereunder cost estimates in local currency:

1. Monthly rates for local Personnel (Key Personnel and other Personnel)
2. Reimbursable expenses (items that are not applicable should be deleted; others may be
added):
(a) Per Diem rates for subsistence allowance for foreign short-term Personnel:
(i) per diem allowance in local currency equivalent to [name agreed foreign currency
specified in Clause SC 6.3] per day, plus estimated totals, for each of the short-term
Foreign Personnel (i.e., with less than twelve (12) months consecutive stay in Bhutan)
for the first ninety (90) days during which such Personnel shall be in Bhutan;
(ii) per diem allowance in local currency equivalent to [name agreed foreign currency
specified in Clause SC 6.3] per day, plus estimated totals, for each of the short-term
Foreign Personnel for each day in excess of ninety (90) days during which such
Personnel shall be in Bhutan.

(a) Per Diem allowance for each of the long-term Foreign Personnel (twelve (12) months or
longer consecutive stay in Bhutan), plus estimated totals.
(b) The cost of local transportation.
(a) The cost of the following locally procured items: office accommodations, camp facilities,
camp services, subcontracted services, soil testing, equipment rentals, supplies, utilities
and communication charges arising in Bhutan, all if and to the extent required for the
purpose of the Services.
(a) The cost of equipment, materials and supplies to be procured locally in Bhutan.
(a) The local currency cost of any subcontract required for the Services and approved in
writing by the Procuring Agency.
(a) The cost of training of Procuring Agency’s staff in Bhutan, if training is a major component
of the assignment, specified as such in the TOR.
(a) The cost of such further items not covered in the foregoing but which may be required by
the Consultant for the purpose of the Services, as agreed in writing by the Procuring
Agency.

3. Per Diem rates for subsistence allowance for Local Key Personnel:
(a) Per Diem rates for each local personnel if they have to travel outside their home office

Appendix F - Duties of the Procuring Agency

Note: List under:

F-1 Services, facilities and property to be made available to the Consultant by the Procuring
Agency.

F-2 Professional and support counterpart personnel to be made available to the Consultant by the
Procuring Agency.

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 Appendix G - Form of Advance Payments Guarantee

Note: See Clause GC 6.4(a) and Clause SC 6.4(a).

Bank Guarantee for Advance Payment

[Bank’s Name, and Address of Issuing Branch or Office]

Beneficiary: [Name and Address of Procuring Agency]
Date:

ADVANCE PAYMENT GUARANTEE No.:

We have been informed that [name of Consultant] (hereinafter called “the

Consultant”) has entered into Contract No. [reference number of the Contract]
dated with you, for the provision of [brief description of
Services] (hereinafter called “the Contract”).

Furthermore, we understand that, according to the conditions of the Contract, an advance payment
in the sum of [amount in figures] ( ) [amount in words] is to be made
against an advance payment guarantee.

At the request of the Consultant, we [name of Bank] hereby irrevocably

undertake to pay you any sum or sums not exceeding in total an amount of [amount
in figures] ( ) [amount in words]15 upon receipt by us of your first demand in writing
accompanied by a written statement stating that the Consultant is in breach of its obligation under
the Contract because the Consultant has used the advance payment for purposes other than
toward providing the Services under the Contract.

It is a condition for any claim and payment under this guarantee to be made that the advance
payment referred to above must have been received by the Consultant in its account number
at [name and address of Bank].

The maximum amount of this guarantee shall be progressively reduced by the amount of the
advance payment repaid by the Consultant as indicated in copies of certified monthly statements
which shall be presented to us. This guarantee shall expire, at the latest, upon our receipt of the
monthly payment certificate indicating that the Consultant has made full repayment of the amount
of the advance payment, or on the day of , 2 ,16 whichever is earlier.
Consequently, any demand for payment under this guarantee must be received by us at this office
on or before that date. The Guarantor agrees to a one-time extension of this guarantee for a period
not to exceed [six months] [one year], in response to the Procuring Agency’s written request for
such extension, such request to be presented to the Guarantor before the expiry of the guarantee.

[Signature]

Note: All italicized text is for indicative purposes only to assist in preparing this form and shall be deleted
from the final product.
48 The Guarantor shall insert an amount representing the amount of the advance payment and denominated either in the currency
or currencies of the advance payment as specified in the Contract, or in a freely convertible currency acceptable to the Procuring
Agency.
49 Insert the expected expiration date. In the event of an extension of the time for completion of the Contract, the Procuring Agency
would need to request an extension of this guarantee from the Guarantor. Such request must be in writing and must be made prior
to the expiration date established in the guarantee

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