RFP - 9183202 Shock-Responsive Social Protection analytical study, open to Ukrainian bidders and international bidders with registered offices in Ukraine.

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Shock-Responsive Social Protection analytical study of national budget programmes including vulnerable categories affected by the war, families with children, and beneficiary perceptions of social support response in an emergency context. Pre Bid conference to be held ONLINE via TEAMS platform, on JUNE 19/2023 at 14.30 KYIV time, the link to join - https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTdkMzM5MjQtZTNhOC00YTBhLTlhOGQtYjdlOTY5ODk1NDE4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2277410195-14e1-4fb8-904b-ab1892023667%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b4318586-92cf-42bc-80bb-a4bd3c016309%22%7d The purpose of this assignment is to: - determine the effectiveness of various types of state social support for their recipients, - drafting proposals for the introduction of new social policy tools and instruments based on the cost-efficient usage of budget funds, taking into consideration limited financial capability of state and local budgets, aimed at supporting the most vulnerable categories of families and children, including those affected by the war. - support with a capacity development of public servants and relevant stakeholders in applying good governance approach in management and public finance for children framework to social protection during crises and recovery period in Ukraine The research is in line with the Government of Ukraine’s National Recovery Plan, and UNICEF’s support to this plan, and will ensure availability of evidence for state and local authorities in decision making, adequate resources within limited budget funds as well as more targeted and of better quality of social support provided in Ukraine with paying more attention to the children needs during the periods of emergency and recovery in Ukraine. This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.