UNICEF EAPRO has now issued a Request for Proposals reference to LRPS-2021-9168031 in order to select a qualified institution to provide the Establishing and Analysing the link between Business and UNICEF Programming in 4 countries in East Asia (China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Laos PDR). Across East Asia and Pacific, UNICEF’s work with the business sector must be grounded in high-quality analysis of its impacts (positive/negative) and of the opportunities it offers in the context of programme outcomes for children. This means that business engagement is not an intervention; it is a strategy that is integrated into programming efforts – if and when relevant. The benefits for business and their potential interest in working programmatically with UNICEF will ultimately depend on the value shared, the engagement modality, goals to be achieved, business capacity and interest in embracing and/or influencing change for children.

The purpose of this assignment is to build and/or expand the evidence base on the link between the business sector and child rights issues and deprivations in 4 countries in East Asia. This work will inform the ongoing roll-out of the Business for Result (B4R) agenda and provide a meaningful contribution to country programme planning processes including the Situational Analysis, Common Country Assessments, Medium Term Reflections (MTRs) and development of Programme ToCs and Programme Strategy Notes.

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This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system (UNGM).

By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration.  Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html  .

In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission.

*** Please note that in order to access the full-set of tender documents through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (1) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (2) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering.

Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way.  Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files.  Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. 

All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log-in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.

Should you have any questions against this solicitation, please submit your queries to Vilaiporn Thomdon at [email protected] with CC to: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] - no later than 30-Jun-2021 so that all queries could be clarified and circulated to all bidders before the deadline. 

We look forward to receiving your proposals within the given timeline.

Best regards,

UNICEF Supply team