TENDER ANNOUNCEMENT for the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan on purchase of the service for conducting the ‘Financial Behavior and Intentions of Households’ survey

17-11-2022

1. Pursuant to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Public Procurement”, the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan is holding an open tender on purchase of the service for conducting the ‘Financial Behavior and Intentions of Households’ survey.

2. The bid will be held at 15.00, on 19 December 2022 over the single Internet portal for public procurements (https://etender.gov.az/) (hereinafter – Portal).

3. Only business entities that are allowed to participate in e-procurement in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Public Procurement” may participate in the tender.

4. Interested persons may get the bidding documents by paying a participation fee worth 250 (two hundred fifty) manat through the Portal in accordance with the ‘Rules for amount, payment and use of participation fee in e-procurement using the method of open tender or quotation request’ approved by Resolution No. 396 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 20 December 2021.

The participation fee is non-refundable.

5. Bidders should submit the following documents via the Portal to be eligible:

- bidder’s full name, Charter, state registration certificate or an excerpt from the public register of legal entities, bank requisites;

- document confirming authorities of persons empowered to sign the bid and procurement agreement;

- reference from the state authority on the bidder’s category of division of business entities;

- bank statement on the financial condition of the bidder for the last 1 (one) year;

- the bid in Azerbaijani (to be valid at least for 30 (thirty) banking days from 19 December 2022);

- bank guarantee in the amount of 1 (one) percent of the bid (in the bank guarantee form attached to bidding documents);

- reference from the relevant public authority on absence of any overdue obligations and other compulsory payments in the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as failure to comply with the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the last 1 (one) year (excluding the suspension period);

- information reflecting the bidder's at least 2 (two) years of work experience in the similar field (names, addresses and contact phones of corporate clients);

- information about the software (SPSS, PASW Statistics, Rython, Spark SQL and others of this type) to be used by the bidder for the subject of the tender and its working principle;

- number of households and the regional selection plan for this number (in accordance with the plan attached to the bidding documents);

- reference from the relevant state authority that the bidders, their managers and employees have not been convicted of a criminal offense or have not been barred from engaging in relevant professional activities during the 5 years prior to the start of the procurement procedure due to misrepresentation of their professional activities or qualification data for entering the procurement agreement;

- reference from the relevant state authority that the bidders were not declared bankrupt, their property was not seized, there was no collateral for payment, and their commercial activity was not suspended by a court decision.

6. Bidders may deliver bids and bank guarantee by 18.00, 16 December 2022 at the latest and other required documents by 15.00, 08 December 2022 at the latest, via the Portal.

7. Term of the service delivery: 4 times during 2023 (in March, June, September and December)

8. Evaluation criteria: financial factor.

9. Bidders may get all tender related enquiries and explanations only via the Portal.

Bidders can watch opening and evaluation of bids via the Portal.