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\u0005 has been prepared for use by Procurement Entities of the Republic of Ghana in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended \u0005in the procurement of Technical Services through National Competitive Tendering (NCT) and International Competitive Tendering (ICT).,\nBefore preparing the STD, the user must be familiar with the appropriate procurement method to be used, the provisions of the Public Procurement Act as amended, the Regulations and the Procurement Manuals for the selection   of Tenderers.\nThis Standard Tender Document (STD) is intended as model lump-sum types of Contract, which are the most common in Technical Services \u0005contracting.  Lump sum contracts are used in particular for Technical Services which are well defined and are unlikely to change in quantity or specification, and where encountering difficult or unforeseen site conditions is unlikely.\nCare shall be taken to check the relevance of the provisions of the standard documents against the requirements of the specific Services to be procured.  The following directions shall be observed when using the documents:\n(a)\tAll the documents listed in the Table of Contents are normally required for the procurement of Technical Services; however, they shall be adapted as necessary to the circumstances of the particular Project.\n(b)\tDetails to be provided by the Employer prior to release of the tender documents are limited to the Invitation for Tenders (Section I), Instructions to Tenderers (Section II), Tender Data Sheet (Section III), and Special Conditions of Contract (Section V), in addition to Sections VI and VII, which deal with Performance Specifications and Drawings, and Activity Schedule, respectively.  Specific details shall be furnished in the spaces indicated by italicized notes inside brackets.  Those details not filled in by the Employer are the responsibility of the Tenderer.\nThe Instructions to Tenderers and the General Conditions of Contract shall not be modified.  Any special conditions relating to the assignment shall be described in the Tender Data Sheet or the Special Conditions of Contract.\nHowever, relevant information specific to each Contract to be provided by the Procurement Entity shall only be included by substituting/filling-in the provided sections of Contract marked with italicized text in box brackets i.e. [insert here] or dashes i.e. ___________.\nAll italicized text (including footnotes) are for use in preparing the Tender documents and shall not be included in the final product.\nINVITATION FOR TENDERS (IFT)\nIFT No:\nTitle of Technical Services:\nProject Name:\nEmployer:\nDate:\nTable of Contents\n\u0013 TOC \\o \"1-4\" \\h \\z \\u \u0014\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807643\" \u0014Preface\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807643 \\h \u0014i\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807644\" \u0014SECTION I: INVITATION FOR TENDERS\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807644 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807645\" \u0014SECTION II: INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807645 \\h \u00143\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807646\" \u0014A. Introduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807646 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807647\" \u00141. Scope of Tender\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807647 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807648\" \u00142. Source of Funds\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807648 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807649\" \u00143. Eligible Tenderers\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807649 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807650\" \u00144. One Tender per Tenderer\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807650 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807651\" \u00145. Cost of Tendering\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807651 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807652\" \u00146. Site Visit and Pre-Tender meeting\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807652 \\h \u00147\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807653\" \u0014B. Tender Documents\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807653 \\h \u00149\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807654\" \u00147. Content of Tender Documents\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc519807654 \\h \u00149\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc519807655\" \u00148. 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