| Overview : Dear Sir / Madam: UNDP kindly request you to submit your Proposal for RFP-BD-2019-001; " Hiring a firm for Implementing a business model that combines the use of a digital platform with training, skilling and business development support to build women business networks of digital financial services for UNCDF Bangladesh. Proposals shall be submitted on or before January 30, 2019 4:30 PM Bangladesh Time Zone Date: 30 January 2019 (Wednesday); Time: 4.30pm (Local Time)
You are kindly requested to submit an acknowledgment letter to UNDP to the following e-mail address mentioning in the subject “RFP-BD-2019-001; Hiring a firm for Implementing a business model that combines the use of a digital platform with training, skilling and business development support to build women business networks of digital financial services for UNCDF Bangladesh” bd.procurement@undp.org
The letter should be received by UNDP no later than 17 January 2019. The same letter should advise whether your company intends to submit a Proposal. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records.
Proposals may be submitted on or before the deadline indicated by UNDP in the e-Tendering system. Bids must be submitted in the online e-Tendering system in the following link:
https://etendering.partneragencies.org; using your username and password. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using Username: event.guest
Password: why2change and follow the registration steps as specified in the system user guide name of focal person] Your Proposal must be expressed in the English, and valid for a minimum period of 90 days.
You are kindly requested to indicate whether your company intends to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” in the system. In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. Kindly ensure attaching the required supporting documents (with file name less than 60 characters) in pdf format which must be free from any virus or corrupted files. Proposals that are received by UNDP after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation The Financial Proposal and the Technical Proposal files MUST BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE and uploaded separately in the system and clearly named as either “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” or “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL”, as appropriate. Each document shall include the Proposer’s name and address. The file with the “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” must be encrypted with a password so that it cannot be opened nor viewed until the Proposal has been found to pass the technical evaluation stage. Once a Proposal has been found to be responsive by passing the technical evaluation stage, UNDP shall request via email the Proposer to submit the password to open the Financial Proposal. The Proposer shall assume the responsibility for not encrypting the financial proposal. PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE PRICE OF YOUR PROPOSAL IN THE ‘LINE ITEMS’ IN THE SYSTEM. INSTEAD PUT 1 AND UPLOAD THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE. Time: 11.00 AM (local Time); Date: 17 January 2019 3/7/2018 Venue: UNCDF, 07th Floor, IDB Building, E/8, Begum Rokeya Sharani, Sher-e-Bangla Nagor, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. The UNDP focal point for the arrangement is: Md. Najmul Haider Address: UNDP Bangladesh, 19th Floor, IDB Bhavan, Agargoan, Dhaka Telephone: 55667788; Ext-1920 E-mail: bd.procurement@undp.org (To participate the pre-proposal meeting The prospective bidders should carry original Passport/ original NID/valid Driving license (with photograph) to access the IDB premise and cater for their own transport. | 
