| Overview : The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the” Hiring Firm/NGO/Organization for Facilitation and Quality Assurance of Livelihoods Skills Training”. 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 o Form H: Form of Proposal Security 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 bd.procurement@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. UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thank you in advance for your interest in UNDP procurement opportunities. 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. 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. Pre-proposal conference Time: 03:30 PM (BD local Time); Date: 28 JULY 2020 Venue: Online - Kindly join the meeting using link from RFP document page 16. Deadline for Submission: Date: August, 09 2020, 4:30 PM Time: 4.30pm (Local Time) | 