For the services for "Environmental Sample Analysis for the Nationwide Assessment of Sources of Heavy Metal Exposure in Children following MICS 2025".
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SERVICES Ref: LRPS-2026- 9206019
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) Wishes to invite you to submit a proposal for the services of “Environmental Sample Analysis for the Nationwide Assessment of Sources of Heavy Metal Exposure in Children following MICS 2025.”
1. Request for Proposal
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) wishes to procure the abovementioned services through a competitive bidding process. In this respect, UNICEF would like to invite your organization to submit technical and financial proposals as outlined in this request for proposal and the terms and conditions contained herein.
2. Request for Information
For any queries, please contact the Contracts Officer, Supply & Procurement Section by email: mdagne@unicef.org and flrozario@unicef.org. All queries will be entertained up to 5 working days prior to the Bid opening.
IMPORTANT: BIDS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATED ABOVE – ANY BIDS SENT TO THE ABOVE-NAMED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
3. Submission Deadline and Mode of Bid Submission: The deadline for submission of proposals is as follows:
Due date: Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Local Dhaka Time: 11:00 hours (GMT 6+)
The responses of this LRPS should be submitted ONLY to the email ID: ebidsbangladesh@unicef.org; no staff members should be copied in that email. Proposals can be sent in batches not to exceed UNICEF's e-mail size quota of ten (10) megabytes per e-mail.
4. Regarding the proposal submission:
- Technical Proposal: in a pdf format. Please follow the proposal writing format provided in Annex-B and C in the proposal (after page 29 of the RFP).
- Financial Proposal (BOQ): both in pdf format (duly signed) and excel format. Both pdf & excel version should be password protected..
- If Technical and Financial proposals are prepared as one document, the submission will be disqualified. It will not be accepted as a valid submission.
5. PLEASE REFER TO DETAILED INFORMATION IN SPECIAL NOTES # PART II, 1.1. FOR MODE OF SUBMISSION. Any proposals received by UNICEF after the submission deadline will be rejected.
PLEASE NOTE: UNDER INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS - Clause 1.6 - 1.6.2 (Faxed Bids) will not be applicable