Provision of Training on business women

LETTER OF INVITATION

RFP No.: UNDP/AFG/RFP/2022/ 0000011471

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the above-referenced subject.  

LOT 1 Engagement of organization(s) for identification and in-person training of individual women on business skills while facilitating mobile based remote training 

LOT 2 Establishing new women business associations while building capacity of existing business associations in the western region of Afghanistan

This RFP includes the following documents and the General Terms and Conditions of Contract which is inserted in the Bid Data Sheet (BDS):

Section 1: This Letter of Invitation

Section 2: Instruction to Bidders 

Section 3: Bid Data Sheet (BDS)

Section 4: Evaluation Criteria

Section 5: Terms of Reference

Section 6: Returnable Bidding Forms 

o Form A: Technical Proposal Submission Form

o Form B: Bidder Information Form

o Form C: Joint Venture/Consortium/Association Information Form

o Form D: Qualification Form 

o Form E: Format of Technical Proposal 

o Form F: Financial Proposal Submission Form

o Form G: Financial Proposal Form

If you are interested in submitting a Proposal in response to this RFP, please prepare your Proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedure as set out in this RFP and submit it by the Deadline for Submission of Proposals set out in Bid Data Sheet. 

Please acknowledge receipt of this RFP by sending an email to procurement.af@undp.org , indicating whether you intend to submit a Proposal or otherwise. You may also utilize the “Accept Invitation” function in eTendering system, where applicable. This will enable you to receive amendments or updates to the RFP. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate with the contact person/s identified in the attached Bid Data Sheet as the focal point for queries on this RFP.

Please do not submit your proposal via email only e-tendering submission will be considered.

DO NOT DISCLOSE your price anywhere in your submission or the e-tendering other than the encrypted financial proposal, otherwise the proposal will be rejected. Please insert “1” as your bid price in the etendering line item.The Financial Proposal files (Annex 2) must be encrypted with a password so that they cannot be opened nor viewed until the password is provided. The password for opening the Financial Proposal should be provided only upon request of UNDP. UNDP will request password only from bidders whose technical proposal has been found to be technically responsive. Failure to provide the correct password may result in the proposal being rejected.

UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thank you in advance for your interest in UNDP procurement opportunities.