Dear Sir / Madam:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal with reference RFP/UNDP/SPOI/122778/036/2020 - Consultant to Develop the Peat Ecosystem Protection and Management Plan Documents for Riau Province.

A bidder’s conference will be held on:

Date/Time : 21st December 2020, starting 1400 hour (GMT+7)

Place : Online Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID : 688 956 8463

Password : 834738

Detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) as well as other requirements are listed in the RFP available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system (https://etendering.partneragencies.org) Event ID: IDN10 7932

Your offer, comprising of a Technical and Financial Proposal, should be submitted in accordance with the RFP requirements, through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system and by the deadline indicated in https://etendering.partneragencies.org.

NOTE! The Technical Proposal and Financial 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 Technical Proposal has been found to be pass the technical evaluation stage. Once a Technical Proposal has been found to be responsive by passing the technical evaluation stage, UNDP shall request the Proposer to submit the password to open the Financial Proposal.

The Proposer shall assume the responsibility for not encrypting the Financial Proposal. NOTE: DO NOT ENTER BID AMOUNT IN THE SYSTEM, INSTEAD ENTER THE NUMBER 1 (ONE).

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, the deadline indicated in the system shall prevail.

Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are signed and stamped and in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and the FINANCIAL PROPOSAL IS PASSWORD PROTECTED.

NOTE: The file name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets.).

You are kindly requested to indicate whether your company intends to submit a Proposal by clicking “Accept Invitation” but not later than 24th December 2020 If this is not the case, UNDP would appreciate indicating your reason, for our records. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register by logging in using:

Username: event.guest

Password: why2change

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

UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and appreciate your interest to participate in UNDP procurement opportunities.