Dear Sir/Madam,
Subject: Request for Proposal (RFP) to facilitate the application of the Positive Deviance (PD) and Adaptive Leadership (AL) approach in the generation, planning and monitoring of innovative strategies for gender equality and the empowerment of women in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) plans to procure Services to facilitate the application of the Positive Deviance (PD) and Adaptive Leadership (AL) approach in the generation, planning and monitoring of innovative strategies for gender equality and the empowerment of women in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, as described in this Request for Proposal and its related annexes. UN Women now invites qualified proposers for providing the requirements as defined in these documents.

1. In order to prepare a responsive proposal, you must carefully review, and understand the contents of the following documents:
a. This letter and the included Proposal Instruction Sheet (PIS)
b. Instructions to Proposers (Annex I )
c. Terms of Reference (TOR) (Annex 2)
d. Evaluation Methodology and Criteria (Annex 3)
e. Format of Technical Proposal (Annex 4)
f. Format of Financial Proposal (Annex 5)
g. Proposal Submission Form (Annex 6)
h. Voluntary Agreement for to Promote Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (Annex 7)
i. UN Women Model Forms of Contract at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/procurement/contract-templates-and-general-conditions-of-contract
j. General Conditions of Contract at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/procurement/contract-templates-and-general-conditions-of-contract
k. Joint Venture/Consortium/Association Information Form (Annex 9)
l. Submission Checklist (Annex 11)

2. The Proposal Instruction Sheet (PIS) provides the requisite information (with cross reference numbers) which is further detailed in the Instructions to Proposers (Annex I)
3. The proposer will be selected based on the Evaluation Methodology and Criteria indicated in Annex III.
4. This letter is not to be construed in any way as an offer to contract with your organization.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, please prepare your proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedure as set out in this RFP and submit it by the deadline for submission of proposals set out in the tender notice. In case you require further clarifications, kindly communicate with the procuring office through the “Correspondence” function in the UN Women e-Procurement system.

Yours sincerely,

Operations Unit
UN Women Guatemala