| Overview : Dear Sir / Madam, We kindly request you to submit your proposal for "Study on Marketing and Pricing practices of vegetable and fruits in Kathmandu: A case study of production of selected periphery districts". The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) is attached as Annex 4. To enable you to submit the proposal, the attachments are: - Description of the requirements
- Form for submitting service provider's proposal
- UNDP Contract General Terms and Conditions
- Terms of Reference
Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your proposal. Proposals shall be submitted on or before 5:00 PM Wednesday, 3rd November 2021 by hand delivery/courier mail to the address below: Cooperative Market Development Programme Singh Durbar, Kathmandu Nepal Phone: 01-4200080 Your Proposal must be expressed in English language, and valid for a minimum period of 80 days. In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline. Proposals that are received by CMDP/UNDP after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation. Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of the RFP and all other annexes providing details of CMDP/UNDP requirements. The Proposal that complies with all the requirements, meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract. Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected. Any discrepancy between the unit price and the total price shall be re-computed by CMDP/UNDP, and the unit price shall prevail, and the total price shall be corrected. If the Service Provider does not accept the final price based on CMDP/UNDP’s re-computation and correction of errors, its Proposal will be rejected. At the time of Award of Contract, CMDP/UNDP reserves the right to vary (increase or decrease) the quantity of services, by up to a maximum twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total offer, without any change in the unit price or other terms and conditions. Any contract that will be issued as a result of this RFP shall be subject to the General Terms and Conditions attached hereto. The mere act of submission of a Proposal implies that the Service Provider accepts without question the General Terms and Conditions of UNDP, herein attached as Annex 3. Please be advised that CMDP/UNDP is not bound to accept any proposal, nor award a contract, nor be responsible for any costs associated with a Service Providers in the preparation and submission of a proposal, regardless of the outcome or the manner of conducting the selection process. CMDP/UNDP’s vendor protest procedure is intended to afford an opportunity to appeal for persons or firms not awarded a Contract in a competitive procurement process. In the event that you believe you have not been fairly treated, you can find detailed information about vendor protest procedures in the following link: http://www.undp.org/procurement/protest.shtml. CMDP/UNDP encourages every prospective Service Provider to prevent and avoid conflicts of interest, by disclosing to CMDP/UNDP if you, or any of your affiliates or personnel, were involved in the preparation of the requirements, design, cost estimates, and other information used in this RFP. CMDP/UNDP implements a zero tolerance on fraud and other proscribed practices, and is committed to preventing, identifying and addressing all such acts and practices against CMDP/UNDP, as well as third parties involved in CMDP/UNDP activities. CMDP/UNDP expects its Service Providers to adhere to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct found in this link : http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/conduct_english.pdf Thank you and we look forward to receiving your Proposal. | 
