PRE-BID NOTICE FOR UNFPA UPCOMING TENDER UNFPA/DNK/ITB/22/007 FOR THE PROVISION OF PHARMACEUTICALS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND KITS

IMPORTANT NOTICE: LAUNCH OF THIS BID HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO QUARTER 1, 2023.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA, http://www.unfpa.org) would like to bring to the attention of all potential suppliers an upcoming Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Kits tender which is tentatively planned to be launched in January 2023 (it was previous informed that it will be launched by end of June or beginning of July 2022 but it has been postponed to January 2023).

The bidding exercise is expected to result in the establishment of Long Term Agreement(s) (LTAs) to enable UNFPA to purchase goods for the period of 3 years (2023 – 2026) as and when required for all its regular programmes as well as for programmes that may be funded by other institutions within the following categories:

• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical Devices
• Kits, including Emergency and Reproductive Health Kits (ERH Kits), Midwifery Kits, Consumable Kit for Implants and Fistula Kits.

Interested suppliers can research more about UNFPA, its procurement spend, commonly procured items as well as related topics of interest in the following links:

• The introduction of how to become UNFPA’s suppliers, including relevant templates, code of conduct and eligibility: http://www.unfpa.org/suppliers
• Information in regards to Emergency and Reproductive Health Kits: https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/IARH-Kits-6th-Edition_Manual_English.pdf
• Procurement Statistics 2020: https://www.unfpa.org/resources/procurement-statistics-2020.
• Spend Analysis 2021:
  • Medical Devices and Kits: https://www.unfpa.org/resources/medical-devices-and-kits-spend-analysis
  • Pharmaceuticals and In Vitro Diagnostic Test Kits:  https://www.unfpa.org/resources/pharmaceuticals-spend-analysis  

Procurement Statistics for 2021 will be published in the following months.

UNFPA plans to maintain the way it has been tendering for these commodities by conducting one large process encompassing all the items and associated services. The process will be intended to facilitate that suppliers can present offers for as many categories and as many products as desired.  It’s important to mention that suppliers who wish to submit offers for one category and/or partial bids of items within a category will be accepted under certain conditions.

As we foresee that this will be a large tender, we recommend the potential suppliers to start as soon as possible the preparation of the documents to be submitted; to facilitate this review and preparation we provide the following link which correspond to previous bid published by UNFPA that can be found on UNGM:

• UNFPA/DNK/RFP/17/017 for the Supply of Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Kits: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/60218 
  
  (The previous tender is provided as indicative on the products and services requested but shall not in any way be deemed to be a commitment of UNFPA on the final list of products included in the bid exercise).

UNFPA also plans to schedule a pre-bid conference by end January or early February 2023 to guide interested suppliers and explain in detail the bid process prior to the bid submission deadline. Information regarding this pre-bid conference will be provided at a later stage.

We look forward to your participation.

Best regards,

Sourcing Team
Supply Chain Management Unit
UNFPA