Acquisition of a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) composed by Machinery, Electronics and Accessories – Invitation to bid

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations with more than 190 member countries. Since its inception, FAO has worked to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth. Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. The Regional Research Program for red coral (hereafter RRP) entitled “Select activities of the fisheries and aquaculture strategies and a strengthened subregional approach implemented in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea” The Action 1 (A1) aims at investigating harvested populations of red coral by means of data collected through fishing activities, deep sea diving and Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) composed by Machinery, Electronics and Accessories 8. SUBMISSION OF YOUR BID The registration with UNGM (https://www.ungm.org/Vendor/Registration) is a mandatory requirement in order to participate in this tender. Please visit www.ungm.org for more information on how to register your company in UNGM. Detailed instructions on how to access FAO tender documents and submit your bid through UNGM are attached herewith and can be downloaded from your UNGM Tender Management page by clicking on the “View Synopsis” button under the “Tender” tab. If you encounter any difficulties using the UNGM system navigation and functionality please contact UNGM by using the help button on the right hand side of their home web page: https://www.ungm.org/ referencing the exact FAO ITB number. a. Uploading your bid on UNGM Please login to the UNGM website and upload all the documents requested in the ITB document into the designated Placeholders (i.e. Technical, Commercial) within the indicated deadline. It is the exclusive responsibility of the bidders to ensure that the files are uploaded before the tender deadline. Offers received after the deadline will be considered invalid. Please follow the instructions below to upload the electronic files to the UNGM portal: i. Log-in to the UNGM website using your e-mail and password; ii. Click on Tender Notices (from the list on the left-hand side of the screen); iii. Click on “Show more criteria” and type “FAO” in the UN Organization field located in the upper right hand corner; iv. Click on EXPRESS INTEREST (blue button)/ VIEW DOCUMENTS (green button) on the left of the specific tender notice you are interested in; v. Click on the Invitation to bid/ Request for Proposal tab of the tender notice and scroll down to view and download the tender documents; vi. Click on the “OPT IN” button; vii. To upload all the files to the designated envelope, click on the relevant “UPLOAD DOCUMENT” red button under “MY TENDER RETURN”; viii. If included, please complete the mandatory tender Questionnaire(s). ix. Click on the red button: Submit Return NOTE: It is highly recommended that the size of the files does not exceed 5MB and that the format of the files is “PDF”, unless otherwise requested.