Tender Description: 

UNICEF Announces Tender for the Outsourcing Services LTA.

UNICEF Georgia Special Terms and Conditions: 

• UNICEF will not make any advance payment. For large orders, if specifically requested in the supplier's/company's offer, UNICEF may make partial payments for partial deliveries of the services. Payment shall be made in Georgian Lari (GEL) upon satisfactory delivery and acceptance of services as described in the PO and ToR, and Invoice(s) with evidence of service receipts signed by the authorized officer(s). 
• UNICEF is exempted from VAT (Value added Tax) and payments are made excluding VAT. Therefore, the invoice should be prepared excluding VAT by the suppliers/ companies. 
• The content of the services and specifications mentioned in the PO and this ToR must be adhered to and cannot be changed or amended without specific permission from UNICEF. 
• UNICEF does not charge a fee for the bidding documents. Therefore, any costs occurred as a result of the business activities during the solicitation process is the responsibility of the bidders. 
• No UNICEF staff may benefit in any way from the award of any UNICEF contract. Any supplier/ company offering any inducement to any UNICEF staff will be blacklisted. Suppliers/ Companies must report any incidence of a UNICEF staff requesting benefit from the award of a UNICEF contract. 
• The policy of UNICEF is not to accept offers of gifts or hospitality. Suppliers/ Companies are requested to respect this policy and refrain from offering any gift or hospitality to UNICEF staff. 
• For late delivery of services which do not meet UNICEF's ToR/ specifications and is therefore rejected by UNICEF, UNICEF shall be entitled to claim liquidated damages from the Contractor and deduct 0.5% of the value of the goods/services pursuant to a Purchase Order per additional day of delay, up to a maximum of 10% of the value of the Purchase Order. The payment or deduction of such liquidated damages shall not relieve the Contractor from any of its other obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Purchase Order. 

LRPS-2021-9170734 Terms and Conditions:

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. There will be no public opening of proposals. 

• Bidders are requested to send an electronic (PDF) copy of their proposal to GEO-ML-Procurement@unicef.org with the tender reference in the email subject field (as demonstrated below):
  CONFIDENTIAL: LRPS-2021-9170734 
• The Proposals MUST be received at the above email address by 29.10.2021 at or before 18:00hrs (Tbilisi Time). Proposals received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated. 
• An online pre-bid meeting will be held for interested bidders on 27 October at 14:00 p.m. (Tbilisi time) via Teams/Zoom Meeting. Please confirm your participation to the pre-bid meeting by sending email to GEO-ML-Procurement@unicef.org. 
• Please refer to SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS part for more details on the submission of proposals. It is important that you read all the provisions of this RFP, to ensure that you understand UNICEF's requirements and can submit a proposal in compliance with them. Note that failure to provide compliant proposals may result in invalidation of your proposal. 

All requests for clarification or queries on this tender must be submitted via e-mail (the latest till 20 October, 10:00 a.m. Tbilisi Time) to Elene Karseladze (ekarseladze@unicef.org) with GEO-ML-Procurement@unicef.org in copy (cc). 

Please make sure that the e-mail mentions the reference number - LRPS-2021-9170734. 

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