Dear Sir / Madam:

We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Hiring firm/ CSO/ NGO for conducting a baseline survey under ‘Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity’ project. Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal. Proposals shall be submitted on or before 04.30 pm (local BD Time) on Sunday, 17 February 2019.

Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal.

Proposals to be submitted on or before the deadline indicated by UNDP e-Tendering system. Bid must be submitted using online e-Tendering system at the link furnished below:
https://etendering.partneragencies.org; by using your username and password. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using
Username: event.guest
Password: why2change

Event ID - RFP-19-006

And follow the registration steps as specified in the system user guide.
Your Proposal must be expressed in the English, and valid for a minimum period of 90 days. You kindly requested to indicate whether your company intends to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” in the system.  In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system within deadline. e system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. Kindly ensure attaching the required supporting documents (with file name less than 60 characters) in PDF format which must be free from any virus or corrupted flies. Proposals that are received by UNDP after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, will not be considered for evaluation. 

The Financial Proposal and the Technical Proposal files MUST BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE and uploaded separately in the system and clearly named as either “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” or “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL”, as appropriate. Each document shall include the Proposer’s name and address. The file with the “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” must be encrypted with a password so that it cannot be opened nor viewed until the Proposal has been found to pass the technical evaluation stage. Once a Proposal has been found to be responsive by passing the technical evaluation stage, UNDP shall request via email the Proposer to submit the password to open the Financial Proposal. The Proposer shall assume the responsibility for not encrypting the financial proposal.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE PRICE OF YOUR PROPOSAL IN THE ‘LINE ITEMS’ IN THE SYSTEM. INSTEAD PUT 1 AND UPLOAD THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE.
 
Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of the RFP and all other annexes providing details of UNDP requirements. The Proposal that complies with all of the requirements, meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract.  Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected.

Please visit following link to learn 'How to register in UNDP eTendering system – English'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trv1FX6reu8&sns=em

Please visit following link to learn 'How to use UNDP eTendering system - English'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy34AXsYMrc&sns=em