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Request for QuotationsofNon-Consulting ServicesProcurement of:Service Level Agreement with Conduit BankRef No: LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQProject: GREEN, AGRI-FOOD TRANSFORMATION FOR ECONOMICRECOVERY - GATEPurchaser: Kafalat s.a.l.Country: LebanonIssued on: 30 September, 2026Table of ContentsRequest for Quotations. 3ANNEX 1: Purchaser’s Requirements. 7ANNEX 2: Quotation Forms. 16ANNEX 3: Fraud and Corruption. ..25Request for QuotationsRFQ Ref No.: LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQRFQ Date: 30 September, 2026Request for Quotation (RFQ)• This RFQ is for the procurement of Non-Consulting Services.• The Lebanese Republic has received financing from the World Bank (The World Bank) toward the cost of the Green Agri-food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) Project (the “Project”). and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Service Level Agreement with Conduit Bank . Kafalat S.A.L. ("Kafalat"/”Purchaser”), acting as the agent of the Lebanese Republic for implementing Subcomponent 1.2 (Support to Agri-food SMEs) of the “Project, intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for an activity titled “Loan Servicing for Kafalat Lending”, procurement ref. number LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQ.• Kafalat now invites quotations from commercial banks for the Services defined as “Conduit Bank Services” described in Annex 1: Purchaser’s Requirements, attached to this RFQ.The purpose of this RFQ is to obtain the bank's final and binding technical and financial quotation to act a Conduit Bank (the “Supplier”) for the loan servicing as described in Annex 1- Purchase’s Requirement.Fraud and Corruption• The Bank requires compliance with the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines and its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework, as may be amended from time to time, and exposed in Annex 3• In further pursuance of this policy, Conduit Bank shall permit and shall cause their agents (where declared or not), service providers, suppliers, and personnel, to permit the Bank to inspect all accounts, records and other documents relating to the RFQ and contract performance (in the case of award), and to have them audited by auditors appointed by the Bank.Eligible Goods and Services• All the Non-Consulting Services, here Loan Servicing for Kafalat Lending as Conduit Bank, and its Related Services to be supplied under the Contract and financed by the Bank may have their origin in any country in accordance with Para. 10.Eligible Suppliers/banks• In case the Supplier is a joint venture (JV), all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the execution of the entire Contract in accordance with the Contract terms. The JV shall nominate a representative who shall have the authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the members of the JV during the Request for Quotations process and, in the event the JV is awarded the Contract, during contract execution.• A Supplier may have the nationality of any country, subject to the restrictions pursuant to para. 9 and 10 hereinafter. A Supplier shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if the Supplier is constituted, incorporated or registered in, and operates in conformity with, the provisions of the laws of that country, as evidenced by its articles of incorporation (or equivalent documents of constitution or association) and its registration documents, as the case may be. This criterion also shall apply to the determination of the nationality of proposed subcontractors or subconsultants for any part of the Contract including Related Services.• Firms and individuals may be ineligible if so indicated in para. 10 below and:as a matter of law or official regulations, the Recipient’s country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the supply of Goods or the contracting of works or services required; orby an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Recipient’s country prohibits any import of Goods or contracting of works or services from that country, or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country.• In reference to paras. 6 and 8, for the information of suppliers, at the present time firms, goods and services from the following countries are excluded from this procurement process:Under para. 6 and 9 (a): state of Israel. Under para. 6 and 9 (b): North Korea.• A Supplier that has been sanctioned by the Bank, pursuant to the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines, in accordance with its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework as described in the attachment to the Contract Conditions (Attachment A) paragraph 2.2 d., shall be ineligible to submit Quotations or be awarded or otherwise benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, during such period of time as the Bank shall have determined. A list of debarred firms and individuals is available on the Bank’s external website: http://www.worldbank.org/debarr.• Suppliers that are state-owned enterprises or institutions in the Purchaser’s country may be eligible to compete and be awarded a Contract(s) only if they can establish, in a manner acceptable to the Bank, that they:are legally and financially autonomous;operate under commercial law; andare not under supervision of the Purchaser.• The Conduit Bank shall not have a conflict of interest. Any Conduit bank found to have a conflict of interest shall be disqualified. A Conduit Bank may be considered to have a conflict of interest for the purpose of this Request for Quotations process, if the Conduit Bank:directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another Conduit bank that submitted a Quotation;receives or has received any direct or indirect subsidy from another bank that submitted a Quotation;has the same legal representative as another bank that submitted a Quotation;has a relationship with another bank that submitted a Quotation, directly or through common third parties, that puts it in a position to influence the Quotation of another bank, or influence the decisions of Kafalat regarding this Request for Quotations process; oror any of its affiliates participated as a consultant in the preparation of the design or technical specifications of the Goods, or Related Services, that are the subject of the Request for Quotations process; oror any of its affiliates has been hired (or is proposed to be hired) by Kafalat for implementing the Contract; orwould be providing Goods, works, or non-consulting services resulting from, or directly related to consulting services for the preparation or implementation of the project specified in this Request for Quotations, that it provided or were provided by any affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that firm;has a close business or family relationship with a professional staff of the Recipient (or of the project implementing agency, or of a recipient of a part of the loan) who: (i) are directly or indirectly involved in the preparation of the Request for Quotations or specifications and/or the evaluation of Quotations, of the subject Contract; or (ii) would be involved in the implementation or supervision of such Contract unless the conflict stemming from such relationship has been resolved in a manner acceptable to the Bank throughout the Request for Quotations process and execution of the Contract.Performance Security• The successful Supplier shall submit a Performance Security in accordance with the Contract Conditions.” not applicableValidity of offers• The offers shall be valid until 27 February, 2027.Quoted Price• Prices shall be quoted in the following manner:For the Non-Consulting Services, the price shall be quoted inclusive of any applicable taxes.Clarifications• Any clarification request regarding this RFQ may be sent in writing to Yolla Sarieddine- yolla@kafalat.com.lb and Racha Chahine- racha@kafalat.com.lb the latest 5 days before the submission deadline. Kafalat will forward copies of its response to all Suppliers including a description of the inquiry but without identifying its source.Submission of Quotations• Quotations are to be submitted in the form attached at Annex 2 and by email, Quotations submitted as email attachments shall be in the form of scanned non- editable images. To facilitate the procurement process, KAFALAT may require copies of the same quotations in other formats (such as in Word or Excel)]• The deadline for submission of Quotations is 14 October , 2026 at 2:00 p.m.• The address for submission of Quotations is:Attention: Yolla SARIEDDINEE-mail address: yolla@kafalat.com.lbOpening of Quotations• Quotations will be opened by Kafalat immediately after the deadline for the submission of Quotations.Evaluation of Quotations• Quotations will be evaluated to ensure compliance with the Technical Specifications, Delivery and Completion Schedules. The evaluation shall first verify the administrative compliance of each quotation, including timely submission, completeness of the required documentation, and compliance with the submission requirements. Quotations meeting the minimum technical requirements in Annex1, Section 3 shall then be assessed for technical responsiveness against the technical Specifications and the Price Quotation specified in Purchaser's Requirements.• The financial evaluation shall be based on the complete Binding Price Schedule and the Technical Specifications below and required under this RFQ.• Arithmetic errors and specified adjustments, if any, will be corrected before the Financial Score and the Combined Score are calculated under Annex 1, Section 7.• Quotation will be evaluated for the whole package under this RFQ. If a Price Schedule shows items listed but not priced, their prices shall be assumed to be included in the prices of other items. An item not listed in the Price Schedule shall be assumed not included in the Quotation, and provided that the Quotation is substantially responsive, the average of the item price as quoted by substantially responsive Suppliers will be added to the Quoted Price and the equivalent total price of the Quotation so determined will be used for the financial evaluation under Annex 1, Section 7.Contract Award• The Contract will be awarded to the Conduit bank /s who:achieves a Technical Score of 70 out of 100 or above, under Section 6;Meets every requirement of Annex 1 Section 3;obtains the highest Combined Score computed under Section 7,Signs the SLA agreement(e) Submission of Beneficial Ownership Form 4 (attached).• Kafalat shall communicate by the quickest means with the other Suppliers on its contract award decision. An unsuccessful supplier may request clarifications as to why its quotation was not determined to be successful. Kafalat will address this request within a reasonable time.29. Kafalat shall publish a contract award notice on the UNDB (World Bank Platform) online platform, within 15 days after award of contract. The information shall include the name of the successful Conduit bank, the Contract Price, the Contract duration, summary of its scope and the names of the Conduit banks and their quoted and evaluated prices.On behalf of the Kafalat:Signature:Name:Title/position:Attachments:Annex 1: Purchaser’s RequirementsAnnex 2: Quotation FormAnnex 3: Fraud and CorruptionAnnex 4: Sample Letter of Award of Contract
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