Tender Description:

ITB 9170006 - Procurement of laptops for UNICEF Georgia

BACKGROUND:

• UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing 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. 

SOLICITATION:

• UNICEF wishes to procure items in the quantities and with the specifications outlined in the schedules contained in this Solicitation Document. 
• This Solicitation Document is comprised of the following:
  - This document
  - The UNICEF General Terms and Conditions of Contract (Services) which are attached as Annex A to this document
• This Solicitation Document is an invitation to treat and shall not be construed as an offer capable of being accepted or as creating any contractual, other legal or restitutionary rights. No binding contract, including a process contract or other understanding or arrangement, will exist between the Bidder and UNICEF and nothing in or in connection with this Solicitation Document shall give rise to any liability on the part of UNICEF unless and until a contract is signed by UNICEF and the successful Bidder. 

PART II # BID SUBMISSION PROCESS:

• BID SUBMISSION SCHEDULE 
• Acknowledgement of receipt of Solicitation Document. 

Bidders are requested to inform UNICEF associate - Elene Karseladze at ekarseladze@unicef.org that they have received this Solicitation Document. 

IMPORTANT: BIDS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATED ABOVE # ANY BIDS SENT TO THE ABOVE-NAMED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. 

Questions from Bidders:

Bidders are required to submit any questions in respect of this Solicitation Document to Elene Karseladze or Beka Nadiradze at ekarseladze@unicef.org // bnadiradze@unicef.org The deadline for receipt of any questions is 20.09.2021. 

IMPORTANT: BIDS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATED ABOVE # ANY BIDS SENT TO THE ABOVE-NAMED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. 

Bidders are required to keep all questions as clear and concise as possible. 

Bidders are also expected to immediately notify UNICEF in writing of any ambiguities, errors, omissions, discrepancies, inconsistencies or other faults in any part of the Solicitation Document, providing full details. Bidders 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 Bidders 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. 

Amendments to Solicitation Document. At any time prior to the Submission Deadline, UNICEF may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective Bidder, modify the Solicitation Document by amendment. If the Solicitation Document was available publicly online, amendments will also be posted publicly online. Further, all prospective Bidders that have received the Solicitation Document directly from UNICEF will be notified in writing of all amendments to the Solicitation Document. In order to afford prospective Bidders reasonable time in which to take the amendment into account in preparing their Bids, UNICEF may, at its sole discretion, extend the Submission Deadline. 

Due to the nature of the tender as well as COVID-19 pandemic situation, for the subject tender, exceptionally, electronic submission of the proposals will be accepted. 

Bidders are requested to send electronic (PDF) copies of their proposals to GEO-ML-Procurement@unicef.org with the tender reference in their email subjects (as demonstrated below):

CONFIDENTIAL: LRPS-2021-9170006 

The Proposals MUST be received at the above email address by 20.09.2021 at or before 18:00hrs (Tbilisi Time). Due to the nature of this RFPS, there will be no public opening of proposals. Proposals received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated. 

ტენდერის კატეგორია:

• 30200000 კომპიუტერული მოწყობილობები და აქსესუარები