Procurement Notices

Request for Proposal (RFP) for Recruitment of the firm to Develop Africa’s institutional and operational framework for Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) and Early Action.

Procurement Notice: e-Tendering event ID: ETH1762; https://etendering.partneragencies.org;

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ethiopia Country Office hereby invites you to submit your proposals (Technical and Financial proposals) to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Recruitment of a firm to Develop Africa’s institutional and operational framework for Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) and Early Action.

Interested and Qualified Vendors prepare their proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedure as set out in this RFP and submit it through eTendering indicated in: https://etendering.partneragencies.org.

Please acknowledge receipt of this RFP by sending an email to info.procurementet@undp.org; indicating whether you intend to submit a Bid or otherwise You may also utilize the “Accept Invitation” function in eTendering system not later than 24 September  2020. 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 Data Sheet as the focal point for queries on this RFP.

 Proposal submission date and time is as indicated in the eTendering system.

In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the eTendering system shall prevail.

Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets).

If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using

username: event. guest

password: why2change

The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: info.procurementet@undp.org    cc: mehari.goitom@undp.org.

Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password:

4.            Minimum length of 8 characters.

5.            At least on capital letter.

6.            At least one number.

New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed.

For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, the system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet the requirement.

Online video guidelines available on the following link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/

The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues with the e-tendering system.

Please note that the proposal submission date is on or before October 13, 2020.

No hard copy or email submissions will be accepted by UNDP.

• Username: event.guest
• Password: why2change