LRQS-2026-9206251 Specialized Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Training for Child Protection and CAAC Monitoring

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Quotations in order to select a supplier for the provision of Specialized Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Training for Child Protection and CAAC Monitoring. Since the escalation of the armed conflict in Ukraine in 2022, UNICEF Ukraine has been required to monitor, verify and report information related to grave violations against children under the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda and the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM). This work increasingly requires the responsible use of publicly available digital information, including social media content, user-generated footage, satellite imagery and other open sources, as potential corroborating information concerning incidents affecting children. The assignment requires methodologies applicable to monitoring, documentation and analysis of conflict-related incidents and violations, including the responsible assessment and corroboration of open-source information. Such methodologies should reflect recognized good practice in open-source investigations, human rights documentation, humanitarian protection work and conflict-related analysis, while accounting for the evidentiary, ethical, safeguarding and operational-security considerations involved in handling information concerning children and other conflict-affected persons. UNICEF Ukraine’s Child Protection Programme therefore requires strengthened technical capacity to identify, authenticate, analyze and responsibly use open-source information in a conflict-affected environment. The assignment will provide structured, context-specific training on source verification, geolocation, chronolocation, digital evidence preservation, operational security, digital safety, data protection and ethical handling of sensitive information. The training should reflect recognized good practice in open-source investigation, verification, documentation and analysis applicable to conflict-related incidents and violations and be adaptable to UNICEF's CAAC and MRM requirements. 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.