Request for Proposal at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Posted by Future on Tue 14th Sep, 2021 - nigeriantenders.com

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) invites reputable and skilled contractors to submit RFP document to tender for the following works:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories.

Applications are invited for:

Title: Request for Proposal for the Renovation of Cold Store Room in NPHCDA Abuja, Nigeria

Preamble

UNICEF promotes the rights and well-being of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

The purpose of this Request for Proposals for Services ("RFPS") is to invite Request for proposal for the reconstruction of Rehabilitation of national strategic cold room store in Abuja FCT as per attached ToR, BoQ, Drawings and Covid-19 work instructions Drawings and Covid-19 work instructions.

Eligibility Requirements (Proposer Information)

The term "Proposer" refers to those companies that submit a proposal pursuant to this RFPS and "Proposal" refers to all the documents provided by the Proposer in its response to this RFPS. A Proposer will only be eligible for consideration if it complies with the representations set out in Part V of this RFPS, including the representations on ethical standards, including conflicts of interest.

Joint Venture, Consortium or Association:

If the Proposer is a group of legal entities that will form or have formed a joint venture, consortium or association at the time of the submission of the proposal, each such legal entity will confirm in their joint Proposal that:
- They have designated one party to act as a lead entity, duly vested with authority to legally bind the members of the joint venture jointly and severally, and this will be evidenced by a Joint Venture Agreement among the legal entities, which will be submitted along with the Proposal.
- If they are awarded the contract, the designated lead entity will enter into the contract with UNICEF, who will be acting for and on behalf of all the member entities comprising the joint venture.
After the Proposal has been submitted to UNICEF, the lead entity identified to represent the joint venture will not be altered without the prior written consent of UNICEF.
If a joint venture's Proposal is the Proposal selected for award, UNICEF will award the contract to the joint venture, in the name of its designated lead entity. The lead entity will sign the contract for and on behalf of all other member entities.
Proposals from Government Organizations. The eligibility of Proposers that are wholly or partly owned by the Government will be subject to UNICEF's further evaluation and review of various factors such as being registered as an independent entity, the extent of Government ownership/share, receipt of subsidies, mandate, access to information in relation to these RFPS documents, and others that may lead to undue advantage against other Proposers, and the eventual rejection of the Proposal.
Proposals from organizations where the sole proprietor is a former or retired UNICEF/UN staff member. Any organization, whose sole proprietor is a former or retired staff member of UNICEF (or any other United Nations organization), which submits a Proposal must disclose this previous United Nations employment at the time of submission. Any such Proposal will be treated as though the Proposal came from an individual for the purposes of UNICEF's standard conditions on contracting former and retired members of staff.

Application Closing Date

1st October, 2021.

Submission of Bid Documents
For more clarifications on this RFP, please Click here (PDF).

Note

English Language preferred.
Proposers are required to keep all questions as clear and concise as possible.
Proposers are also expected to immediately notify UNICEF in writing of any ambiguities, errors, omissions, discrepancies, inconsistencies or other faults in any part of the RFPS, providing full details. Proposers will not benefit from such ambiguities, errors, omissions, discrepancies, inconsistencies or other faults.
UNICEF will compile the questions received. UNICEF may, at its discretion, at once copy any anonymized question and its reply to all other invited Proposers and/or post these on the UNICEF website and/or respond to the question at a bid conference. After any such bid conference, a Questions and Answers document may be prepared and posted on the UNICEF website.

Related Documents

Unpriced BoQ for the Proposed Construction (MS EXCEL).
Drawings for the Proposed Construction (PDF).
Approved UNICEF COVID-19 Construction Safety Guidelines (PDF).