Title: UNICEF RFP LRPS-2017-9133219, Development of the National Action Plan for the implementation of the Cross-sectoral Strategy on Developing Parental Abilities and Competencies, 2016-2022.

UN tender

Reg. no.: UN Tender17/01570

Launch date: 20 July 2017, 17:35 (GMT+3:00)

Deadline: 10 August 2017, 17:00 (GMT+3:00)

Procurement method: UN Tender


Overview:

UNICEF Moldova invites interested companies to submit proposals for Development of the National Action Plan for the implementation of the Cross-sectoral Strategy on Developing Parental Abilities and Competencies, 2016-2022.

The purpose of this institutional consultancy, under UNICEF supervision, is to provide technical expertise and assist the Ministry of Education and other relevant line ministries and stakeholders in developing a cross-sectoral mid-term Action Plan to the National Strategy on Developing Parental Abilities and Competencies, 2016-2022.

 The Education expert assigned by the selected company will act as a Team Leader for a team of experts in health, financing and child protection. In addition, the Education expert will provide quality technical advice and will support the development of the Education component of the mid-term Action Plan (AP) to the National Strategy on Developing Parental Abilities and Competencies, 2016-2022. 

The Health and Child Protection Experts will be hired by UNICEF separately.

 The Action Plan will contribute to the impact result of improving positive parenting skills and reducing harsh and abusive parenting practices among parents or primary caregivers of children (0-18 years). 

The consultancy is expected to be carried out within a six months period, starting from August   2017 and ending in January 2018, which possibility of extension as required.

How to apply: 

Hardcopy submissions:

Full proposals should be submitted in ENGLISH and must be received not later than 17:00 (GMT+3) on 10 August 2017 in one copy, duly signed and dated. Bidders must submit a sealed proposal, with two separate sealed envelopes inside for a) the Technical Proposal and b) the Price Proposal.

Sealed proposals must be securely closed in suitable envelopes and dispatched to arrive at the UNICEF office indicated no later than the closing time and date. They must be clearly marked as follows:

- Outer envelope: Name of company

RFP number LRPS-2017-9133219

UNICEF Moldova

UN House Moldova, 131, '31 August 1989 street', Chisinau, Moldova

- Inner envelope – Bid form, technical proposal: Name of company, RFP number - technical proposal

- Inner envelope - price proposal: Name of company, RFP number - price proposal

 Proposals received in any other manner will be invalidated.

Sealed proposals received prior to the stated closing time and date will be kept unopened. The responsible officers will open technical proposals when the specified time has arrived and no proposal received thereafter will be considered. UNICEF will accept no responsibility for the premature opening of a proposal not properly addressed or identified.  Any delays encountered in the mail delivery will be at the risk of the bidder.

Offers delivered at a different address or in a different form than prescribed in this RFP, or which do not respect the required confidentiality, or received after the designated time and date, will be rejected.

All references to descriptive materials should be included in the appropriate response paragraph, though the material/documents themselves may be provided as annexes to the proposal/response.

 E-mailed submissions:

Proposals sent by e-mail should be submitted in ENGLISH and must be received not later than 17:00 (GMT+3) on 10 August 2017, in one separate e-mail for the Technical Proposal containing a scanned copy duly signed and dated with the e-mail subject LRPS-2017-9133219 – Technical and another separate e-mail for the Price Proposal containing a scanned copy duly signed and dated with the e-mail subject LRPS-2017-9133219 – Financial. Please password-secure the PDF file containing Price Proposal or compress it with ZIP archiver with password protection and do not provide the password until requested further by UNICEF.

The official address for e-mail submission will be chisinautenders@unicef.org. Offers received at any other e-mail address will not be considered.  The e-mail sent shall be free from viruses and corrupted files. Max. File Size per transmission: 5 MB.

Full RFP and Terms of Reference (ToR) texts are available in the attached document.

Supporting documents:

LRPS-2017-9133219.pdf

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