To: All Invitees                                                                                                                                                                                 

Dear Sir / Madam,                                                                                                                                 

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hereby solicits your Bid for the subject requirements, in this connection please refer to the attached Scanned Invitation to Bid-Goods (LITB) documents. If you are interested to participate in this LITB, you are kindly requested to submit your offer electronically on or before the indicated closing date/time 18.07.2021,12:00 PM Baghdad Local Time to the following E-mail address ONLY: irqtender@unicef.org  as instructed in the LIBS document 

* Acknowledgement Letter (MANDATORY):

• Upon receipt of this Tender documents you need “IMMEDIATELY” to complete and return to the following e-Mail Addresses the Receipt/Acknowledgement letter(Annex E) confirming whether you will participate in this tender or not, if not, please complete and return Statement of No Proposal (Annex F) as well: salmukhtar@unicef.org;  aalajawadi@unicef.org ; aalagha@unicef.org  and habdulrazzaq@unicef.org

Tender documents relevant to this Requirements shall consist of the following:-

• UNICEF's Invitation to Bid-Goods  (LITB) no. IRAQ.LITB.2021.025. 9168136 document. [27 pages] (Please make sure to sign, stamp page no. 3 “Bid Form” of this document and resend it along with your offer)   
• UNICEF Supplier / Contractor Profile Form Annex A,B,C, and D [8 pages (2 parts) ] - to be submitted along with the offer.
• Receipt/Acknowledgment letter (Annex E) [1 page] – to be returned immediately upon tender document receipt. 
• Statement of No Proposal (Annex F) [1 page] –  to be returned immediately upon tender document receipt.
• Vendor Registration Form (Annex G) [1 page] - to be submitted along with the offer

IMPORTANT ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

1- The reference IRAQ.LITB.2021.025. 9168136

MUST be shown on the subject line of your offer.

For monitoring bid distribution and response, invitees who do not intend to participate in the bid are

kindly requested to reply to the invitation email expressing their unwillingness.

2- THE ITB FORM MUST BE USED WHEN REPLYING TO THIS INVITATION. FAILURE TO

SUBMIT YOUR OFFER IN THE ATTACHED ITB FORM, OR FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE

DETAILS AS REQUESTED, WILL RESULT IN INVALIDATION.

3- Questions from Proposers:

Proposers are required to submit questions in respect of this ITB by [EMAIL/LETTER] to:

- habdulrazzaq@unicef.org] and

- Sarmad Al-Mukhtar <salmukhtar@unicef.org>.

  The deadline for receipt of any questions is [COB of 11.07.2021 at 12:00PM].

4- A ZOOM Prebid meeting is to be conducted on 11.07.2021 at 10: 30am on below link

https:// https://unicef.zoom.us/j/96913001672

5- Samples of the requested items should be delivered to UNICEF Warehouse in Baghdad (Iraqi

Railway Compound, Warehouse Number 4, Shaljia-Baghdad). The deadline for submission the samples

is  18.07.2021, 12:00 PM].

Offers will be invalidated if the vendor did not submit / delayed in submitting the samples to UNICEF

Warehouse in Baghdad before the above stated deadline.

Focal point at UNICEF Warehouse:

- Amer Al Hasneyani: Mobile 009647700647435

- Raed Al Ani: 009647901890925

6- OFFERS SHOULD BE SENT TO:

UNICEF Iraq official electronic bid box at below email address:

irqtender@unicef.org

Attention: Supply and Logistics Section

The deadline for submission the offers is on 18.07.2021, 12:00 PM].

- UNICEF has the right to split the award based on lowest price, Quality and the best Delivery of these

required items.

-Lead bidder is a legal entity regulated and licensed in Iraq

-Bidder must be registered in UNGM through the link: https://www.ungm.org/

- OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN US$. OFFERS RECEIVED IN ANY

OTHER CURRENCY WILL BE INVALIDATED.

                                               For more Business opportunities with UNICEF-Iraq, please refer to Iraq Country office website through the following link: http://www.unicef.org/iraq/supply_10221.html; or  http://www.unicef.org/iraq/supply.html; then choose “Procurement Notice” tab.

- Please be informed that as per UNICEF’s standing Policy on e-mail transmission, e-mails over 4 MB in size are automatically rejected. Therefore, Vendors are encouraged to send their respective e-mail Bid in divided volumes and marked accordingly. Also, Vendors are encouraged to send their e-mail Bid at least 24 hours before the designated closing time to avoid any potential delay in the submission and hence, consequent rejection.

Regards,