EMERGNECY RFP EM/LEB Long-term Agreement for Third Party Administrator for the management of medical staff involved in the COVID-19 health response in Lebanon

**The closing date of the RFP has been changed from 1 July 2020 to be 4 July 2020 at 23:00, Cairo time. The update has been reflected below.

Dear Prospective Bidder,


Subject: Request for Proposal [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0004629]–[ Long-term Agreement for Third Party Administrator for the management of medical staff involved in the COVID-19 health response in Lebanon]

You are invited to submit a proposal for the above mentioned Request for Proposals for the World Health Organization (WHO), Lebanon, in accordance with the attached documents:

Documents and Annexes Description
RFP Request For Proposals
Annex 1 Acknowledgment Form
Annex 2 Confidentiality Undertaking
Annex 3 Proposal Completeness Form
Annex 4 Information about Bidder Form
Annex 5 Acceptance Form
Annex 6 Bidder Self-Declaration Form
Annex 7 UNGM Guide
Appendix 1 Preliminary list of Locations
Appendix 2 Main Budget Components

1) If interested, you are kindly requested to register through UNGM. After having an active account, you have to express your interest through the UNGM which will transfer you to WHO’s e-tendering system to be able to collect the RFP documents and access your tender opportunities.

2) No later than [24 June 2020], you shall complete and return, under “Correspondence” tab of UNGM (paragraph 4.2 refer):

a) The enclosed RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0004629] Acknowledgement Form (Annex 1) duly completed and signed as confirmation of your intention to submit a bona fide proposal and designate your representative to whom communications may be directed, including any addenda; and
b) The enclosed RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0004629] Confidentiality Undertaking form (Annex 2) signed.
3) A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on technical, contractual or commercial matters may submit its questions via UNGM “Correspondence” tab no later than [24 June 2020], and mandatorily formulate them as follows:

Question # Reference to RFP (paragraph #) Question text

The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region team will respond in writing (via the “Correspondence” tab of UNGM) to any request for clarification of the RFP that it receives prior to the date mentioned in the RFP, paragraph 4.6. A consolidated document of WHO’s response to all questions (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of enquiry) will be published on the UNGM. Paragraph 4.6 refer.

4) Proposals must be uploaded via UNGM, “Tender Documents” tab no later than [4 July 2020] at [23:00] hours, [Cairo] time (paragraph 4.7 and 4.11 refer).

5) At the discretion of WHO, selected bidders may be invited to supply additional information on the contents of their proposal during the evaluation period. Such bidders will be asked to give a presentation of their proposal (possibly with an emphasis on a topic of WHO’s choice) followed by a question and answer session. If required, the presentation will be held at WHO, Office in Lebanon or by videoconference / Internet, (paragraph 5.5 refer).

6) Evaluation of proposals and selection of a vendor will be performed in accordance with the provisions of RFP [EM/RGO/DAF/LSP/P/0004629] (paragraph 5.4 refer).



Yours sincerely



Mr Sady Elbilbassy
Regional Procurement Officer