Letter of Invitation
New Delhi
13th January, 2023
Dear Sir/Madam,

1. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) (hereinafter called “Client”) has been designated as the Program Management Unit (PMU) by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) towards managing the CITIIS (City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) program. The Client intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued.
2. The NIUA now invites proposals from Consultants through an open RFP to provide the following consulting Services: Engagement of Curator for organising the Urban Climate Film Festival under the CITIIS Program. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (TOR).
3. The method of selection is Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) with a ceiling amount of INR 25 (Twenty Five) lakh inclusive taxes. The Consultants are requested to provide their best Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal. The Financial Proposal of the Consultant with the highest Technical Score will be opened and it will be verified that the Financial Proposal is within the permissible budget. In case, the Financial Proposal exceed the permissible budget, the Consultant will be disqualified and financial evaluation will continue with the proposal that has the second highest Technical Score, until a Consultant is selected.
The minimum qualifying technical score will be 70 out of 100. Non-compliant or inadequate technical proposals (i.e. scored below the minimum technical score of 70) will be rejected.
4. This Request for Proposals includes the following documents:
i. This Letter of Invitation;
ii. Terms of Reference;
iii. Evaluation Criteria;
iv. The Forms of Submission of the Proposal
• Technical Proposal (Tech Forms);
• Financial Proposal (Fin Form);
v. Standard Form of Contract.
5. The RFP shall be published on the NIUA website and is free of cost for download. Bid Security / Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) is not required for the submission of the proposal. It is not permissible to transfer this invitation to any other firm.
6. Your proposal shall comprise your Proposal Submission Form, a Technical Proposal, a Financial Proposal inclusive of all taxes and the signed Statement of Integrity, and must be received at the following address via physical copy to National Institute of Urban Affairs, Core 4B, 1st Floor, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi-110003 by 27th January, 2023, 17:00 hr IST. (The soft copy of the Technical Proposal may also be sent to jitendra@niua.org and bsandhu@niua.org)
7. Any queries in relation to the RFP to be sent prior to 19th January, 2023 17:00 hr IST at the mail ID citiis@niua.org with CC to jitendra@niua.org and bsandhu@niua.org. The responses will be available online by 23rd January, 2023.
8. To substantiate their credentials and to respond to any queries, the Consultants may be asked to make a presentation of their Technical Proposal, during the technical evaluation stage.

Yours sincerely,

Program Director - CITIIS
National Institute of Urban Affairs