Request for Quotation (RFQ) at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies and protocols, increasing access to birth control, and leading campaigns against child marriage, gender-based violence, obstetric fistula, and female genital mutilation.

• Facilitate knowledge and information sharing throughout the Arab States, with a focus on ensuring that innovative approaches and initiatives are shared internally in a manner that provides valuable, applicable knowledge to ASRO staff.
• Provide a wider range of information that would otherwise be difficult to share externally and on a mass scale, such as innovative approaches to addressing certain challenges, "behind the scenes" guides on innovative projects in the region, and internal blog posts that tackle core subjects related to UNFPA’s mandate and that shed light on country-specific examples with regional ramifications.
• Offer a one-stop-shop for ASRO staff to encourage collaboration and the exchange of ideas.
• Crucial to the development of this knowledge portal is a comprehensive discovery phase to formalize the ongoing efforts process, and technical aspects of the portal. The strategy and implementation plan that emanates from this discovery phase will form the basis for the development and eventual deployment of the portal and is considered the first step within a larger, multi-faceted initiative.
• Create better customer experiences and faster resolution times through self-service of accessing information on the portal
• Facilitate with internal onboarding, particularly under remote conditions.

• Technical proposal, in response to the requirements outlined in the service requirements / TORs.
• Creative proposal
• Price quotation, to be submitted strictly in accordance with the price quotation form.

• The following reference must be included in the email subject line UNFPA/ASRO/RFQ/21/020 - Internal Knowledge Management Portal. Proposals, including both technical and financial proposals, that do not contain the correct email subject line may be overlooked by the procurement officer and therefore not considered.
• The total email size may not exceed 20 MB (including email body, encoded attachments and headers). Where the technical details are in large electronic files, it is recommended that these be sent separately before the deadline.
• Any quotation submitted will be regarded as an offer by the bidder and does not constitute or imply the acceptance of any quotation by UNFPA. UNFPA is under no obligation to award a contract to any bidder as a result of this RFQ.