INVITATION TO BID

ITB No. UNFPA/YEM/25/001

SUPPLY OF DIGNITY KITS

INTRODUCTORY LETTER

Dear Sir/Madam,

1.    The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an international development agency, invites sealed bids for the supply of [Dignity Kits] for its programme in [Republic of Yemen].

2.    Bidding shall be conducted through ONE envelope. The technical bid containing the technical specifications and the financial bid containing price information shall be submitted together.

3.    The Bidder shall be required to quote for all items.  

4.    To enable you to submit a bid, please read the following attached documents carefully:

• Section I:    Instructions to Bidders
• Section II:    Technical Specifications and Schedule of Requirements
• Section III:    UNFPA General Conditions of Contract
• Section IV:    UNFPA Special Conditions for Contracts
• Section V:    Bidding Forms
• Section VI:  Contract Forms 

5.    The bid shall reach UNFPA’s  email inbox of procurement@unfpa.org no later than 19 February 2025, at 15:00 Sana’a time]  . Dignity kit samples must be delivered to UNFPA premises on the same date and time mentioned
6.    Bids received after the stipulated date and time shall not be accepted under any circumstances. Bids delivered through courier and posted later than the due date shall not be registered and shall be returned unopened or shall be shredded. Bids submitted to any other email address than procurement@unfpa.org shall be rejected.
7.    Any questions relating to the attached documents shall be addressed in writing to the following UNFPA personnel no later than 10 February 2025:

Rani Al-Busaily, Procurement Focal Point
 email: al-busaily@unfpa.org

Do not submit your bid to these contact, or your bid will be disqualified.

8.    This letter is not to be construed in any way as an offer to contract with your firm.
9.    UNFPA strongly encourages all Bidders to register on the United Nations Global Marketplace (http://www.ungm.org). The UNGM is the procurement portal of the United Nations system. By registering on UNGM, vendors become part of the database that UN buyers use when searching for suppliers. Vendors can also access all UN tenders online and, by subscribing to the Bid Tender Service, vendors can be automatically notified via email of all UN business opportunities that match the products and services for which they have registered. Instructions on how to subscribe to the Tender Alert Service can be found in the UNGM Interactive Guide for Suppliers https://www.ungm.org/shared/knowledgecenter/pages/helpcentre_guides.