LRPS 9204071 - Construction - Minor Repair and Rehabilitation, including WASH facilities, in 165 Public Schools in Four Target Districts of Sindh

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals] in order to select a supplier for the provision of Services for Minor Repair and Rehabilitation, including WASH facilities, in 165 Public Schools in Four Target Districts of Sindh Following the 2022 floods, the UNICEF Pakistan has provided critical support to the Government of Sindh in rehabilitating schools, WASH facilities, and health infrastructure. Building on these efforts, UNICEF, with support from various donors, plans to further assist the government in the rehabilitation and construction of facilities across the education, health, and WASH sectors. Further, more specifically, greater support will be directed towards the education sector to strengthen school infrastructure, enhance learning conditions, and improve accessibility for students. Additionally, in Sindh, UNICEF serves as the grant agent for both the System Transformation Grant (STG) and the System Capacity Grant (SCG), funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Under the STG, the Sindh Learning Programme (SLP) has been launched as a four-year initiative targeting four districts: Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, and Umerkot to support School Education and Literacy Department- SELD. To achieve this objective, UNICEF Pakistan seeks the support of qualified engineering firms/vendors with proven field presence and demonstrated experience in education infrastructure interventions to undertake the minor repair and upgradation of schools in selected districts. Key interventions under the SLP include the minor repair and rehabilitation of 165 schools, contributing to improved learning environments, enhanced functionality of existing school infrastructure, and the provision of safer and more inclusive learning spaces. This construction Project is expected to benefit around 25,000 children (50% girls) with adequate educational facilities and sanitation facilities 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.