Call for Proposals - provision of workshops and mentorship in the framework of the Tourism Innovation Academy’s four-month Acceleration Program - Tourism Support Center Foundation, Armenia

Publish Date: Apr 25, 2022

Deadline: May 11, 2022

Tourism Support Center Foundation (TSC) intends to award a contract to a consulting company for the provision of workshops and mentorship in the framework of the Tourism Innovation Academy’s four-month Acceleration Program. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) of the assignment and the Assessment Grid are attached to this Call for Proposals.

The “Tourism Support Center” Foundation (TSC) was established to implement entrepreneurship education and startup support initiatives based on proven innovative approaches in the tourism sector in Armenia.

The Tourism Innovation Academy (TIA) project is implemented by the Tourism Support Center Foundation and aims to develop the tourism entrepreneurship ecosystem and foster innovation in the tourism sector.

Submission deadline

If you are interested in performing this work, please submit a bid in accordance with the TSC bidding conditions described below till 11.05.2022, 16:00. Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Submission of Bids

Your bid, comprising the technical offer (company’s background, relevant experience, CVs of involved experts etc.) and the price offer, must be clearly marked as such and submitted as a package containing two envelopes.

The price offer must always be separate from the technical offer and should be placed in a separate envelope. The envelope containing the price offer must be sealed and be labeled as follows:

Price offer from [please note sender] for: TSC Foundation

The technical offer must be separate from the price offer and should  be placed in a separate envelope. The envelope containing the technical offer must be sealed and be labeled as follows:

Technical offer from  [please note sender] for: TSC Foundation

The outer package must be labeled as:

Bidding documents for [please note sender]: TSC

and be addressed to:

Tourism Support Center Foundation

80 Tigran Mets Ave., 0005 Yerevan, Armenia

Don’t forget to specify the contact person and details on the outer envelope!

Price offer

The price offer must be submitted in AMD. Based on the Decision of the RA Governance Nr. 1112-Ն of 23.09.2009 TSC is VAT exempted. The price offer should be submitted without VAT.

Procedural questions

Please address any commercial, technical and procedural questions at an early stage. Questions will be answered if they are received at the latest three working days before the closing of the tender. Questions have to be raised in writing by email only to:

Mrs Tijay Jeghelian

email: tijay@tourisminnovationacademy

Non-compliance may result in your bid not being considered.

Evaluation of Offer

We will evaluate the technical and price information in the received bids (see Annex).

After the technical evaluation, only the price offers of bids with more than 500 points will be opened and evaluated.  Technical offers below 500 points will be considered as technically not acceptable. The technical offer has a weighting of T: 70%, the price offer F: 30%. The following formula will be used:

technical evaluation of bid x technical evaluation of best bid + most economical bid x Fprice of bid

The final result is an overall ranking, headed by the most cost-effective bid. Contract negotiations will be initiated on the basis of this overall ranking.

Annexes

 Terms of Reference (ToR)

Assessment Grid

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Eligible Countries

Armenia

Host Countries

Armenia