Establishing Long Term Arrangement for providing Travel Management Services

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposal in order to select a supplier for the provision of Establishing Long Term Arrangement for providing Travel Management Services The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) agency with over 75 years of presence in India having field offices in 14 states and Country office based out in New Delhi. It works to protect the rights of children globally. It collaborates with governments and community-based partners to provide technical assistance in their efforts to achieve results for children. UNICEF India Country Office therefore plans to establish a Long-Term Arrangement-Services (LTA-S) with a reputable, experienced, and technically qualified service provider for the delivery of travel management services at Delhi and field office locations. This Terms of Refence (ToR) is prepared to procure professional Travel management services to meet comprehensive Travel requirement and is aimed at enhancing the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and overall management of our travel needs for Delhi and Field Office locations across India. As governed by the mutual recognition principle of United Nations, other UN agencies, funds and programmes working in the country shall also be entitled to piggyback on this LTA and may avail services listed in the LTA under the same price, terms and arrangement as established through this ToR. 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.