UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to Engaging an Agency for process evaluation of UNICEF's technical support to government for strengthening interventions for prevention and management of growth faltering in children under five in 6 states. This RFP is open to National and International bidders having a registered office in India. Agencies may bid as one or a consortium, including national and international, as long as the lead agency has a registered office in India. A pre-bid meeting will be held as per date, time and link for the meeting mentioned below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTRiZTc3ZjMtY2FiNy00YmNmLTg4NzAtYmVkMDcwZjI3Yzkx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2277410195-14e1-4fb8-904b-ab1892023667%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ff5611f6-fbef-48f6-a64f-2e44c255a951%22%7d Date: 15 March 2024 Time: 1000 am to 1130 am IST Link (copy and paste on the web browser to join): Meeting ID: 343 885 612 94 Passcode: KjBK5H This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.
