Hiring of Contractor for designing and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) of Ultra Low Energy Retrofitting of Heating venting and Air-conditioning system (HVAC)system at UNICEF’s New Delhi office.

UNICEF has now issued an RFP for Hiring of Contractor for designing and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) of Ultra Low Energy Retrofitting of Heating venting and Air-conditioning system (HVAC)system at UNICEF’s New Delhi office. UNICEF’s India Country office is situated in the Lodhi Estate area of New Delhi . The premises covers an area of approximately 4,000 square meters and receive around 200 personnels daily. The building is completely air-conditioned using a centralized water-cooled chiller system with variable secondary hydronics system supplying chilled water to the air side using AHUs and FCUs. During the winter season, the hot water is generated using an electrical induction coil boiler of a 110-kW capacity and supplied with the same hydronic system and low-side systems. The additional / backup capacity of the cooling system is provided using the DX system and VRF system. The DX system is used in the absence of a grid power supply. VRF system is used when a meeting room is fully occupied. AHUs and FCUs with fresh air supplied using 5 TFAs units. The chilled water system consists of 3 chillers of 150 TR capacity each with screw compressors. Considering the daily footfall and to improve the overall energy and environmental performance of the UNICEF’s New Delhi office the existing HVAC system at UNICEF's New Delhi office requires an upgrade to meet ultra-low energy consumption targets. The focus is on enhancing system efficiency and reducing operational costs, aligning with the highest environmental sustainability objectives. 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.