| Overview : Notification of Bid Deadline Extension This is to inform all participants to this RFP that the closing deadline has been extended from Wednesday, 9th November 2022 to Wednesday, 16th November 2022 at 5.00 P.M (Kenyan Time EAT+3.00). We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Research Initiative: The Case for Building Drought Resilience in the Horn of Africa. Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 3 & 4, in preparing your Proposal. Technical and Financial Proposals should be submitted in separate PDF Files. Annex 1 – Description of Requirements Annex 2 – Terms of Reference Annex 3 – Form for submitting service provider’s Technical proposal Annex 4 – Form for submitting service provider’s Financial proposal Annex 5 – General Terms and Conditions of the Contract Proposals should be submitted to; bids.ke@undp.org on or before 5.00 P.M (Kenyan Time EAT+3.00) on Wednesday, 16th November 2022. Your Proposal must be expressed in the English, and valid for a minimum period of 120 days. The Technical Proposal and the Financial Proposal files MUST BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE. The financial proposal shall be encrypted with different passwords and clearly labelled. The files must be sent to the dedicated email address bids.ke@undp.org The password for opening the Financial Proposal should be provided only upon request of UNDP. UNDP will request password only from bidders whose Technical Proposal has been found to be technically responsive. Failure to provide correct password may result in the proposal being rejected. Queries about the tender can be directed to undp.kenya.procurement@undp.org | 
