Ref: RFP-ECA-2021-13 (LRPS-2021- 9169270)

UNICEF ECA Regional Office: Evaluation of the UNICEF Project – Social Inclusion of Roma Children and Children with Disabilities in the Western Balkans and Moldova.

UNICEF Turkey Country Office invites your company to submit an offer for the attached Request for Proposal for Services. The Proposals must be received at the below e-mail address by latest 9 September 2021, Thursday, at or before 10:00hrs (Ankara, Turkey time). Proposals received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated. Due to the nature of this RFP, there will be no public opening of proposals.

Email Address: [email protected]                

An online pre-bid meeting will be held on 24 August 2021, Tuesday at 13:00 pm Geneva time (14:00 pm Ankara, Turkey Time) via Teams meeting. Please confirm your participation to the pre-bid meeting via e-mail to: [email protected]

Meeting link: UNICEF Teams Meeting Link

(https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzJiMGViODgtM2Q4Ni00NGFkLTgyNjYtMWE3ZGZiZTg3MDI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2277410195-14e1-4fb8-904b-ab1892023667%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221cc9d1ee-cfc0-4c26-b049-919d56c50d99%22%7d) 

*Full proposals must be submitted in ENGLISH and must be received not later than the closure date and time as duly signed, stamped and dated.

**Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, exceptionally for the subject tender, electronic submission of the proposals by email will be accepted.

Accordingly, bidders are requested to send electronic version of their proposals by email as duly signed & stamped pdf documents to ([email protected]) in two (2) separate emails with the tender reference in their email subjects. Proposals should not be uploaded to any type of cloud/sharing platforms. The submission documents should be sent as email attachments.

Email Subject:

Confidential: RFP-ECA-2021-13 (LRPS-2021-9169270)

- one email / emails for technical proposals (each should have a number such as 1/4, 2/4, etc.)

(Note: page 3 of the tender document should be filled in and signed version should be submitted together with the technical proposal)

- one email for financial proposals (password protected)

Financial proposals shall be secured by a password and sent in a separate email, and the password will only be asked when an offer is evaluated technically acceptable and therefore eligible for opening of the financial proposals. Please do not put the passwords in the email. The passwords for the financial proposals will be requested only from the technically qualified bidders when the technical evaluation is finalized.

*** Please note that this tender is open both for national and international institutional consultancy companies which are legally registered.

All requests for formal clarification or queries on this RFP must be submitted in writing to Supply Unit via email (till 3 September 2021, 13:00hrs Turkey time at the latest) to: [email protected].

Please make sure that the e-mail mentions the RFP reference number. Only written inquiries will be entertained. Please be informed that if the question is of common interest, the answer will be shared with all potential RFP bidders.

Yours Sincerely,

UNICEF Turkey Country Office | SUPPLY & PROCUREMENT UNIT