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 12.09.2021,12:00 PM Baghdad Local Time to the following E-mail address ONLY: [email protected]  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: [email protected];  [email protected] ; [email protected]  and [email protected]

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

• UNICEF's Invitation to Bid-Goods  (LITB) no. IRAQ.LRFQ.2021.034. 9169131 document. [26 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.LRFQ.2021.034. 9169131

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:

- [email protected]] and

- Sarmad Al-Mukhtar <[email protected]>.

- Ali Al Agha <[email protected]>

- Aseel Al Jawadi <[email protected]>

The deadline for receipt of any questions is [COB of 05.09.2021].

4- A ZOOM Prebid meeting will be conducted on 05.09.2021 at 10:30 am on below link:

https://unicef.zoom.us/j/99515263888

5- Offers with supporting documents (Certificate of Origin or other equivalent authority plus the

operation manuals, specification sheets, and manufacturer certificates are to be supplied with the

offers/and with the units after the awarding) in accordance with the required technical

specification MUST be emailed through the technical proposal by latest by 12:00 PM local time on

12.09.2021.

- Offers received after the stipulated date and time and without the supporting documents will be

invalidated

- OFFERS SHOULD BE SENT TO:

UNICEF Iraq official electronic bid box at below email address:

[email protected]

Attention: Supply and Logistics Section

6- Offers are to be submitted through two separate emails:

a- The first email shall be related to the requested documents (technical Proposal).

b- while the second email shall consist the financial offer (Financial Proposer).

Companies sending only one email maybe disqualified.

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

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

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

CURRENCY WILL BE INVALIDATED.

10- The Incoterm of this Announcement is DDP, as UNICEF will not be responsible or obligated with

any loading, unloading, clearing, transportation and Tax exemptions.

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                                               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,

Supply and Logistics 

UNICEF - Iraq