REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

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Procurement Notice: e-Tendering system: https://etendering.partneragencies.org; event ID: ETH2732-R;

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ethiopia Country Office hereby invites you to submit your proposals (Technical and Financial proposals) to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for Firm Level Consultancy Service to conduct research on investments opportunities in fragile settings of the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin and Horn of Africa.

Interested and Qualified Firms prepare their proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedure as set out in this RFP and submit it through eTendering indicated in: https://etendering.partneragencies.org; ( e-Tendering event ID: ETH2732-R).

Please acknowledge receipt of this RFP by sending an email to: [email protected], indicating whether you intend to submit a Bid or otherwise You may also utilize the “Accept Invitation” function in eTendering system. This will enable you to receive amendments or updates to the RFP Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate with the contact person/s identified in the attached Data Sheet as the focal point for queries on this RFP.

 Proposal submission date and time is as indicated in the eTendering system.

 In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the eTendering system shall prevail.

Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets).

If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using

username: event.guest

password: why2change

The step-by-step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: [email protected];

Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password:

1.           Minimum length of 8 characters.

2.           At least on capital letter.

3.           At least one number.

New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed.

For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet requirement.

Online video guidelines available on the following link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/

 The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues with the e-tendering system.

No hard copy or email submissions will be accepted by UNDP.