Description of the project: "Motor vehicle and motorcycle number plates"
ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS AMENDMENT PRIOR TO DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION, OR AS AMENDED, BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS: a) BY SIGNING AND RETURNING ONE COPY OF THIS AMENDMENT WITH YOUR BID; b) BY ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THIS AMENDMENT ON EACH COPY OF THE OFFER SUBMITTED; OR c) BY SEPARATE LETTER WHICH INCLUDES A REFERENCE TO THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENT NUMBER (S). IF, BY VIRTUE OF THIS AMENDMENT YOU DESIRE TO CHANGE AN OFFER ALREADY SUBMITTED, SUCH CHANGE MAY BE MADE BY LETTER, PROVIDED SUCH LETTER MAKES REFERENCE TO THE SOLICITATION AND THIS AMENDMENT AND IS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION.
The following changes are hereby incorporated into solicitation:
· Paragraph 4 from Letter of Invitation, deadline for submission of bid is extended to Thursday, 4th of October 2001, 15:00 h, Dili time.
Letter of Invitation
1. East Timor Transitional Administration/ETTA (hereinafter referred to as the "ETTA") has a requirement to engage contractual services for the provision of motor-vehicle/motorcycle number plates required by Vehicle Registration Office. The intent of this invitation to bid is to put in place a contract with monthly deliveries for the remaining of the fiscal year ending 30 June 2002.
2. Interested bidders are invited to submit their bids in accordance with the attached documents.
3. This Invitation to Bid consists of:
¨ This Letter of Invitation
¨ Annex A - Receipt/Acknowledgement Letter
¨ Annex B - Instructions to Bidders
¨ Annex C - Requirement Summary
¨ Annex D - ETTA General Conditions for Purchasing Goods
¨ Annex E - Financial Proposal Submission Form
4. Please complete and return immediately by facsimile the Receipt/Acknowledgement Letter attached herewith as Annex A, inter alia, which advises whether or not your firm intends to submit a bid.
As per Requirement Summary, your bid must be delivered in the pre-addressed sealed envelope to the following ETTA office location and must be marked as below:
SEALED BID INVITATION NO: 2063-B
DEADLINE: 4 October 2001 15:00h Dili time
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ETTA/PROCUREMENT UNIT
Rua D. Alexiou Corte Real
Fomento Building PO Box 348 Dili, East Timor
5. A complete set of bidding documents can be obtained by an interested bidder at the above office location: Mihaela Demetriuc/Procurement Officer, fax: 00 61 8 8946 3901 or 3902, mobile: 0418 432 514,
e-mail: demetriuc@un.org.
6. The public opening of bids is set for 1 October 2001 at 15:00h. It is the exclusive responsibility of the bidders to ensure that the sealed envelope/package containing the bid is appropriately marked by bid number and reaches the above address before deadline, so that it is time-stamped and accepted for opening. Delivery to any other Administration office location will be at the risk of the bidder and will not constitute timely delivery. No excuses or extenuating circumstances will be accepted. Written proof of receipt will not be given unless a Postal/Courier service receipt or other form of receipt is presented for signature by the Administration. Bids received after the above mentioned opening time will be automatically rejected (see paragraph 10 of the Instructions to Bidders, Annex B).
Sincerely,
Tibor Giffel
ETTA/Chief Procurement Officer