Project Objective:
The Mitchell Group, Inc. (hereinafter “TMG”), a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, DC, United States of America is implementing the Partnership for Research on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases in Liberia (PREVAIL). The PREVAIL offices are located at A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine Campus, Oldest Congo Town, Monrovia, Liberia.

Purpose of the RFQ:
The RFQ invites qualified Internet Service Providers to submit quotations for Internet services to TMG.

Anticipated Award Type:
The Mitchell Group intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Deliverable Agreement. This is a Monthly Firm Fixed Price Deliverable Service Provider Agreement. For the consideration set forth below, the Service Provider shall provide the deliverables or outputs in the timeframe or schedule, and in accordance with the performance standards specified in Scope of Work (Annex A). The Service Provider shall comply with all Deliverable Service Provider Agreement (DSPA) requirements based on a fixed ceiling service fee.

Eligibility Requirements:
The Purchase Order will be made to an eligible bidder whose bid is responsive in line with the terms and conditions of the RFQ. Bidders must submit all the documents below for quotation to be evaluated. Bidders must submit all the required documents listed below to be qualified for evaluation. Prior to evaluating quotations, TMG will determine which vendor(s) submitted all the required documents to be qualified for evaluation.
Meeting the eligibility requirements does not obligate TMG to award Contract to a particular vendor. Documents required to be submitted by vendors are as follow:

1. Copy of valid business registration
2. Valid up-to-date tax clearance.
3. Confirmation that the source, origin and nationality of the goods/ services are not from a Prohibited Country.
4. Ability to comply with required or proposed delivery or performance schedules.
5. Have a satisfactory past performance record. Please provide at least three references.
6. Have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.
7. Must follow all government regulations.
8. Requested items must be of the best quality.
9. No secondary specifications will be accepted.

Question Regarding the RFQ:
Each bidder is responsible for reading the terms and conditions of the RFQ. All communications including questions regarding this RFQ must be made solely through TMG Procurement email address below:
procurement@tmg-liberia.com

RFQ Process and Dates: Dates RFQ process Time
February 9, 2024 RFQ issue for public solicitation 10 am Liberia time
February 13, 2024 Deadline for submission of questions to TMG. Questions should be sent in writing by email to procurement@tmg-liberia.com
5 PM Liberia time
February 14, 2024 Estimated date for issuance of responses. Responses will be sent to all known prospective Offerors. 4 PM Liberia time
February 21, 2024 Deadline for submission of proposals via email to: procurement@tmg-liberia.com
5 PM Liberia time

Evaluation:

Issuing this RFQ does not obligate The Mitchell Group to award contract to a vendor.
TMG may decide to issue multiple awards or procure selected items from a particular vendor.
Evaluation and award decisions will be based on the lowest price technically acceptable.

Past Performance and Reference Check:
The bidder must submit names, email addresses, telephone numbers and contact people at three organizations the bidder provided similar service or goods to. TMG may disqualify a bidder if a reference check demonstrates that the bidder has not been able to satisfactorily perform/deliver the goods or services.

Annex A: Technical Specification/SOW
INTERNET CONNECTION
The connection shall be a dedicated uncontended as following:

Locations Bandwidth
JFK East 10/10 Mbps CR 1: 1 Boostable to 25/25 Mbps, direct fiber & wireless backup P2P

JFK West JFK West: 10/10 Mbps CR 1: 1 Boostable to 25/25 Mbps, direct fiber & wireless backup P2P
Duport Road 7 /7 Mbps CR 1 : 1 Boostable to 25/25 Mbps, direct fiber & wireless backup P2P

Redemption 10/10 Mbps CR 1: 1 Boostable to 25/25 Mbps, direct fiber & wireless backup P2P
CH Rennie Kakata 10/10 Mbps CR 1: 1 by wireless P2P (Option on a secondary / redundant radio link)
LIBR 20/20 Mbps CR 1: 1 by wireless P2P (Option on a secondary / redundant radio link)

AMD (UOL) 10/10 Mbps CR 1: 1 by wireless P2P
AMD (New Office): 25/25 Mbps CR 1:1 Boostable to 50/50 Mbps, direct fiber & wireless backup P2P

a) Provision of Full Connectivity of internet services via CPE/Fiber for TMG Offices in Liberia
b) Fixed Wireless Cloud of Service provider representing the Backbone (Backbone).
c) Last mile Wireless between Service provider and TMG should be connected by an installed Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)/Fiber at TMG.