Procurement of Inclusive Early Child Education Toys and Materials (for Establishment of 12+12+12 Months Long Term Arrangement)

UNICEF Turkey Country Office invites your company to submit an offer for the attached Invitation to Bid. Please see attached the tender document and price proposal template for detailed specifications, requirements and other important details. Kindly note that the template contains 4 worksheets for notes, items price schedule, transportation price schedule and spec list in Turkish.

Proposals must be received by latest 18:00hrs on 5 January 2022. Bids received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated.

*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, for the subject tender, submission of the proposals will be accepted by e-mail.

Bidders are requested to send electronic copy of their proposals by email, in pdf documents to (turkeyprocurement@unicef.org ) with the tender reference in their email subjects:

CONFIDENTIAL: ITB-TURA-2021-11/ LITB-2021-9172372

Important Notes:

*Please note that this tender is only open for the local suppliers/companies which are legally registered with the Government of Turkey.

*The suppliers are not required to provide samples initially. The firms that are shortlisted at the stage of financial evaluation will be asked to provide samples for all of the supplies on the list at a date that will be specified later.

*All prices must be quoted in American Dollars (USD) excluding TAXES and VAT (Value Added Tax). Bids must be valid at least for three (3) years and three (3) months from the closing date of the bid.

*The price quotations should have at most 2 digits after decimal point.

*Price proposals will be submitted both in Excel and in scanned copies, signed and stamped by using the attached price proposal template. Bid form in the ITB document (page 3) shall be filled in, duly signed and attached to the price proposal.

*All bidders are requested to provide the following documents necessary for vendor evaluation annexed to their proposals. The submission of those documents is essential to assess the validity of the offer and lack of submission will result with invalidation of the offers. Those documents include:

A.      A complete copy of your latest audited financial statements with comparative figures for the last 2 years, preferably signed by your company's accounting firm/ certified external auditor. The financial statements are to include the balance sheet and income statement / profit and loss statement (mandatory).

B.       A copy of your company's certificate of legal registration (mandatory).

C.       A copy of your Official list of authorized signatures (mandatory).

D.      The company's UN Global Marketplace (UNGM) registration number. The bidders are requested to register for, at the very latest, Basic and Level 1 stages. For registration and instructions on how to, bidders are advised to refer to the UNGM website (mandatory): www.ungm.org/RegistrationProcess

A virtual pre-bid meeting will be held on 22 December 2021 Wednesday at 10:30 hrs. (Ankara time) via Zoom/Teams call for interested bidders. Please confirm your participation via e-mail to turkeyprocurement@unicef.org and join the meeting by following the link:

https://unicef.zoom.us/j/96453266627 (Password: 102030)

All requests for formal clarification or queries on this tender must be submitted in writing to Supply Unit via email: turkeyprocurement@unicef.org latest until 30 December 2021, 18:00hrs.

Yours Sincerely,