Emergency Food Rations, Fortified Biscuits, Super cereals, RUTF Biscuits
Dear Madam/Sir,
UNICEF wishes to invite you to submit an EMAIL OFFER for the above tender.
Please find attached for your review RFP-DAN-2024-503696.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION! PLEASE READ:
Commercial Document Submission:
1. The offer (excluding technical documentation) must be submitted to the following email: supplybid@unicef.org
Offers sent to any other email will be invalidated. Do not send general queries to this email.
2. The subject line of the e-mail should include the bid number i.e., RFP-DAN-2024-503696
3. Attachments to be maximum twenty-five (25) megabytes per email and submitted in PDF format.
Larger attachments and attachments other than PDF format will not be accepted.
No other recipient should be "cc" or "bcc" in the email commercial offer submission.
Offers must be received by latest 23.59 hours (Copenhagen time) on 24th May 2024, and will be opened on 27 May 2024.
As a result of this tender UNICEF intends to award Long Term Arrangements (LTA) for 2 years (with a possible renewal for 3 additional periods of 12 months).
The following attachments and links are applicable and useful for a successful submission of commercial and technical offers.
ATTACHMENTS AND LINKs
Products Specifications (attached):
S0000230-Emergency food ration, 500g/CAR-24
S0000836-Fortified Biscuits-CAR 200x50 g
S0000837-Fortified Biscuits-CAR 100x100 g
S0000294 Super Cereal (CSB+) 10% sugar/BAG-25kg
S0000295 Super Cereal Plus (CSB++)/BAG-1.5 KG
S0000296 Super Cereal Plus (WSB++)/BAG-1.5 KG
S0000297 Super Cereal (CSB+) 10 % sugar/BAG-1.5 KG
S0000242-RUTF-Biscuit, packs, 510 g/CAR-24
ATTACHMENTS AND LINKs
- Solicitation document - RFP 503696
- Inter-agency stability study requirements for nutritional products
- Stability-Study-template-Nutritional-Products.pdf
- Inter-agency specialised food product questionnaire
- Contaminants-List.pdf
- Guidance-for-establishing-organoleptic-testing-protocol-with-suggested-attributes-and-rating
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Sustainability questionnaire for suppliers. (Please fill it in and submit it as part of the technical documentation submission.)
- n3-n6-FA-in-RUTF.xlsx
- PDCAAS-calculator-RUTF.xlsx
Note: Calculated values of PDCAAS and n-3/n-6 must be provided only for product S0000242-RUTF-Biscuit.
The UNICEF General Terms and Conditions of Contract (Goods) which are attached as Annex A to the document (RFP-DAN-2024-503696)
Link to technical requirements for non-pharma nutritional products
https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/technical-requirements-non-pharmaceutical-nutritionalproducts
NOT ATTACHED BUT TO BE SUBMITTED (please see links in below technical paragraph): Interagency Specialized Food Manufacturer Quality Questionnaire and the Interagency Specialized Food Product Questionnaire
Technical documentation Submission:
In order to set up SharePoint folders for submission of technical documents only, please contact sd.nutritionsupplies@unicef.org
A private link will be provided to you for uploading only the technical documents as soon as we receive such a request.
You are required to submit “the Interagency Specialized Food Manufacturer Quality Questionnaire and the Interagency Specialized Food Product Questionnaire” no later than 24th May 2024 to the provided SharePoint folder. Please find links to the document below. Please download the below documents, save as such and fill them out and submit in SharePoint folder.
https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/interagency-food-product-questionnaire
https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/questionnaire-food-product-manufacturers
The following special requirements for packing, packaging, packing list and labelling apply to this solicitation document:
https://www.unicef.org/supply/technical-specifications-packing-packaging-and-labelling
SAMPLES
Samples are required for successful evaluation of the submission. Samples will be requested when they are required.
Please note that extension of submission of the Technical Documents and samples only may be given upon written request (requests to be sent to sd.nutritionsupplies@unicef.org).
Clarifications or questions regarding the attached RFP document may be sought in writing to sd.nutritionsupplies@unicef.org
Sustainable Procurement practices integrate requirements, specifications, and criteria that are compatible and in favour of the protection of the environment, the social progress and in support of economic development. These practices seek resource efficiency, improve the quality of products and services, and ultimately optimize costs (HLCM Procurement Network). Sustainable Procurement is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (goals 12 and 12.7), and it also contributes to the achievement of all SDGs. This procurement opportunity is considered sustainable as it incorporates at least three sustainability considerations, in accordance with the HLCM Procurement Network's Sustainable Procurement Working Group - Sustainability Indicators Framework. To learn more about which considerations are included in this procurement opportunity, please see below for a specific description. For more information, contact the procurement official or author of this procurement opportunity.
The tender contains sustainability considerations related to human rights, fundamental principles and rights at work, occupational health and safety, fairly traded goods, targeted employment of people with disabilities, etc.
The tender contains sustainability considerations regarding local MSMEs, local communities or disadvantaged groups.
Examples:
Reserved labour opportunities for local communities, use of local materials, reserved procurements for local companies
The tender contains sustainability considerations for the prevention of polluting emissions to air, solid waste to land and discharges to water.
Examples:
EMS, waste management and wastewater management.
The tender contains sustainability considerations promoting vendors' participation to the UN Global Compact.
| Link | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/technical-requirements-non-pharmaceutical-nutritionalproducts | Link to technical requirements for non-pharma nutritional products | |
| https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/interagency-food-product-questionnaire | Link tothe Interagency Specialized Food Manufacturer Quality Questionnaire | |
| https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/questionnaire-food-product-manufacturers | Link to the Interagency Specialized Food Product Questionnaire | |
| https://www.unicef.org/supply/technical-specifications-packing-packaging-and-labelling | Link to special requirements for packing, packaging, packing list and labelling apply to this solicitation document |