Service Level Agreement with Commercial Bank

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Request for Quotations of Non-Consulting Services Procurement of: Service Level Agreement with Conduit Bank Ref No: LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQ Project: GREEN, AGRI-FOOD TRANSFORMATION FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY - GATE Purchaser : Kafalat s.a.l. Country: Lebanon Issued on: 30 September, 2026 Table of Contents Request for Quotations. 3 ANNEX 1: Purchaser's Requirements. 7 ANNEX 2: Quotation Forms. 16 ANNEX 3: Fraud and Corruption. ..25 Request for Quotations RFQ Ref No.: LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQ RFQ Date: 30 September, 2026 Request for Quotation (RFQ) This RFQ is for the procurement of Non-Consulting Services. The Lebanese Republic has received financing from the World Bank (The World Bank) toward the cost of the Green Agri-food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) Project (the "Project"). and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Service Level Agreement with Conduit Bank . Kafalat S.A.L. ("Kafalat"/"Purchaser"), acting as the agent of the Lebanese Republic for implementing Subcomponent 1.2 (Support to Agri-food SMEs) of the "Project, intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for an activity titled "Loan Servicing for Kafalat Lending", procurement ref. number LB-KAFALAT-551957-NC-RFQ. Kafalat now invites quotations from commercial banks for the Services defined as "Conduit Bank Services" described in Annex 1: Purchaser's Requirements, attached to this RFQ. The purpose of this RFQ is to obtain the bank's final and binding technical and financial quotation to act a Conduit Bank (the "Supplier") for the loan servicing as described in Annex 1- Purchase's Requirement. Fraud and Corruption The Bank requires compliance with the Bank's Anti-Corruption Guidelines and its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG's Sanctions Framework, as may be amended from time to time, and exposed in Annex 3 In further pursuance of this policy, Conduit Bank shall permit and shall cause their agents (where declared or not), service providers, suppliers, and personnel, to permit the Bank to inspect all accounts, records and other documents relating to the RFQ and contract performance (in the case of award), and to have them audited by auditors appointed by the Bank. Eligible Goods and Services All the Non-Consulting Services, here Loan Servicing for Kafalat Lending as Conduit Bank, and its Related Services to be supplied under the Contract and financed by the Bank may have their origin in any country in accordance with Para. 10. Eligible Suppliers/banks In case the Supplier is a joint venture (JV), all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the execution of the entire Contract in accordance with the Contract terms. The JV shall nominate a representative who shall have the authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the members of the JV during the Request for Quotations process and, in the event the JV is awarded the Contract, during contract execution. A Supplier may have the nationality of any country, subject to the restrictions pursuant to para. 9 and 10 hereinafter. A Supplier shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if the Supplier is constituted, incorporated or registered in, and operates in conformity with, the provisions of the laws of that country, as evidenced by its articles of incorporation (or equivalent documents of constitution or association) and its registration documents, as the case may be. This criterion also shall apply to the determination of the nationality of proposed subcontractors or subconsultants for any part of the Contract including Related Services. Firms and individuals may be ineligible if so indicated in para. 10 below and: as a matter of law or official regulations, the Recipient's country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the supply of Goods or the contracting o…

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