https://hdc.etenderworld.tt/

											<p>Welcome to the <em>e-Tender</em> Website of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC).</p>
<p>This website shall provide the most recent information about tendering opportunities at HDC and shall lists, inter alia, upcoming, current and closed tendering opportunities that have been or are to be provided by HDC.</p>
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<p><strong>Register for Pre-Qualification</strong></p>
<p>Upon registering to use this <em>e-Tender </em>website, you will be given the option to receive email notifications when new tender opportunities that match your self-defined profile, are published here.</p>
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<p><strong>Use of this Website</strong></p>
<p>The use of this <em>e-Tender </em>website is governed by the Terms and Conditions set out below. These terms and conditions are important and are there for the protection of all stakeholders in HDC‘s tenders process. Please take time to read them carefully. By using this website you will be deemed to have accepted them and that your use is at your own risk.</p>
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<p><strong>TERMS AND CONDITIONS </strong></p>
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<li><strong>Introduction</strong></li>
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<p>(a)   The access and use of HDC’s e-Tender website <a href="https://hdc.etenderworld.tt">https://hdc.etenderworld.tt</a> ("the Website") by the Vendor is governed by the Terms and Conditions listed hereunder.</p>
<p>(b)   These Terms and Conditions when accepted by the Vendor shall constitute an Agreement between the Vendor and HDC.</p>
<p>(c)    The procurement process may include an Invitation to Tender ("ITT"), a Request for Proposal ("RFP"), a Request for Quotation ("RFQ") or an Expression of Interest ("EOI").</p>
<p>(d)   All ITTs, RFPs, EOIs and RFQs published by HDC on the Website are invitations to treat.</p>
<p>(e)   These Terms and Conditions apply to the Vendor‘s and any Assigned Vendor Users‘ access to and use of the Website. The Vendor acknowledges that by an Assigned Vendor User accessing the Website using the user ID and password provided by HDC, the Vendor and Assigned Vendor Users agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.</p>
<p>(f)     The Vendor shall only use the System to respond to HDC‘s procurement process in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and any specific rules expressed and presented in the Website.</p>
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<li><strong>Access</strong></li>
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<p>(a)   The Website shall enable the Vendor to:-</p>
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<li>View ITTs, RFPs, EOIs and RFQs documentation and information, and</li>
<li>Download ITTs, RFPs, EOIs and RFQs documentation and information electronically via the Internet</li>
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<p>(b)    HDC grants to the Vendor and Assigned Vendor Users access to the System for the purpose of responding to its procurement process, subject to these Terms and Conditions.</p>
<p>(c)    HDC may immediately deny access to the System by the Vendor and or one or more Assigned Vendor Users by giving notice to the Vendor if any of the following events occur:</p>
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<li>the Vendor commits a material breach of any of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions;</li>
<li>the Vendor fails to remedy, or persists in, any breach of any of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions after having been notified by HDC to remedy or desist from such breach within a period of  21 Working Days;</li>
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<p>iii.   the Vendor has been notified by HDC that it has been suspended, de-listed or otherwise rendered inactive from HDC‘ approved list of pre-qualified Vendors.</p>
<p>(d)    Without prejudice to any of HDC‘ other rights, HDC‘ reserves the right to amend and/or suspend access to the System for technical or legal reasons.  </p>
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<li><strong>Registration</strong></li>
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<p>(a)   Without prejudice to any of HDC‘s other rights, HDC reserves the right to amend and/or suspend access to the System for technical or legal reasons.</p>
<p>(b)   The Assigned Vendor User‘s access will be activated by HDC following a check and verification of the registration data.</p>
<p>(c)    Upon registration of the Vendor and/or Assigned Vendor User, HDC shall assign a user ID and password together with a Digital Certificate to the Vendor with a designated Digital Signature assigned to the Assigned Vendor User, which Digital Signature shall be affixed to such documents as shall be required by HDC when using the System.</p>
<p>(d)   User ID and password are strictly personal to the Assigned Vendor User and non-transferable. The Vendor shall ensure that its Assigned Vendor User does not divulge or disclose his/her user ID or password to third parties. In the event that the Vendor or the Assigned Vendor User becomes aware that a user ID and/or password may have been divulged, disclosed or discovered by any third Party, they shall immediately notify HDC HelpDesk at <a href="mailto:tenders@hdc.gov.tt">tenders@hdc.gov.tt</a> during the hours of 8.00 am to 4.00 pm (Trinidad and Tobago time) on Mondays to Fridays, or such other designated point of contact as may be assigned by HDC from time to time.</p>
<p>(e)   The Vendor must immediately notify the HelpDesk (to be confirmed by written communication to HDC) in the event that the Assigned Vendor User leaves its employment or no longer requires access to the System. In such case, the Vendor must immediately inform HelpDesk of the new assigned vendor user to act on its behalf for the purpose of utilizing the System and shall provide additional registration data as may be required by HDC. HDC retains the right to deactivate the Assigned Vendor User‘s user Id and password if there has been no access for a period of ninety (90) days.</p>
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<li><strong>Use of the Website </strong></li>
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<p>(a)   All responses to ITTs, RFPs, EOIs and RFQs must be submitted through the System by the closing date and time as specified in the particular procurement process.</p>
<p>(b)   Responses shall be submitted through the System at any time up to the closing date and time as specified on the System for the particular procurement process but Vendors are advised to desist from submitting voluminous and extensive responses too close to the closing date and time in the event of a system malfunction on the Vendor‘s part and or the Vendor‘s server.</p>
<p>(c)     Vendors are expected to examine all the file attachments published in the System, which indicate what information and documentation must be provided.</p>
<p>(d)   Vendors must provide all of the items of information requested in the procurement process and shall be responsible for the accuracy of all the information and documentation provided to HDC via the use of the Website.</p>
<p>(e)   Vendors shall be permitted to submit and upload through the System one (1) single PDF document no larger than 60 Mbs for the particular procurement process.</p>
<p>(f)     Incomplete submission of the information requested including the submission of information in file attachments containing viruses that have been advised by the System shall entitle HDC to invalidate or reject the response to the procurement process.</p>
<p>(g)   Responses will be opened by HDC in accordance with the opening procedures specified on the System for each procurement process.</p>
<p>(h)     Should the Vendor when submitting a bid experience any technical difficulties within the System which are within the control of HDC, Vendors are advised to immediately communicate with HelpDesk at <a href="mailto:tenders@hdc.gov.tt">tenders@hdc.gov.tt</a>. </p>
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<li><strong>Vendor‘s Obligations</strong></li>
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<p>(a)   The Vendor shall ensure that all its Assigned Vendor Users comply with these Terms and Conditions.</p>
<p>(b)    The Vendor shall use all reasonable care and skill in performing its obligations under these Terms and Conditions.</p>
<p>(c)    The Vendor agrees to grant to HDC a licence to any information and or documentation provided through the use of the Website and procurement process. The Vendor acknowledges and agrees that there will be no royalty or other fees payable by HDC to it, its Assigned Vendor or any third party for this right.</p>
<p>(d)   The Vendor shall provide its Assigned Vendor Users with the adequate equipment and software needed to access and use the System.</p>
<p>(e)    The Vendor shall provide adequate software to ensure the security of the System and use its best endeavours to protect the System from viruses when being accessed and used by its Assigned Vendor Users.</p>
<p>(f)      The Vendor agrees that any information and or documentation submitted to the Website shall not in any way be potentially or actually harmful to HDC or any third party, where harm includes but is not limited to non-economic loss that shall or may be suffered by HDC.</p>
<p>(g)     The Vendor shall use the System for lawful and proper purposes only and shall, in any event, comply with all relevant laws and regulations within Trinidad and Tobago.</p>
<p>(h)   In particular, the Vendor agrees that its response to any ITTs, RFPs, EOIs and RFQs, in the procurement process shall not:</p>
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<li>Be false, inaccurate or misleading, deceptive, threatening or harassing;</li>
<li>Be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items;</li>
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<p>iii.  Be harmful, obscene, defamatory, illegal, or contain any malicious code, data or set of instructions that intentionally or unintentionally causes harm or subverts the intended function of the Website including but not limited to computer viruses, trojans horses (a program used to capture unsuspecting people‘s log on and passwords), worms, time bombs, cancel bots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, modify, delete, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, access without authority or expropriate any system, data or personal information;</p>
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<li>Infringe the rights of others in particular but not limited to those relating to intellectual property rights, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights, rights of publicity, confidentiality or privacy;</li>
<li>Violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to those governing export and import controls, consumer protection, unfair competition, criminal law, antidiscrimination and trade practices / fair trading law;</li>
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