Provision of Customs Clearance and Forwarding Services

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

The purpose of this Request for Proposals for Services (“RFPS”) is to invite proposals for Customs Clearance and Forwarding Services as fully detailed in the Terms of Reference.

Pre-bid meeting / Conference

A pre-bid meeting will be held in UNICEF Office and via conference call. Bidders are encouraged to seek clarifications during the pre-bid meeting and all queries will be addressed at this meeting:

Date: Monday, 10 June 2019; Time: 10.00 am IST. Dial in number + 91 11 24606333, Conference id –  5432 followed by #

Submission Deadline and Proposal opening

The deadline for submission of proposals is as follows: 19 June 2019, Wednesday – 12:00 Hours IST. Emailed bids must be sent exclusively to ind.bids@unicef.org [ind(dot)bids@unicef(dot)org] in a non-editable format (viz. PDF), clearly marked with the tender number RFP-2019-037-9149223 in the subject line and emailed to arrive NO LATER than 19 June 2019 at 1200 hours (Noon) IST.  No other recipient should be “Cc” or “Bcc” in the e-mail submission. Bids should not be sent to the Procurement Associate/Procurement Specialist who signed the RFP or any other UNICEF employee as it will be invalidated.

Supplier will submit the proposals electronically at ind.bids@unicef.org in the following manner:

• Technical Proposal file clearly named as “Agency Name – Technical Proposal- RFP-2019-037-9149223”
• Financial Proposal file clearly named as “Agency Name – Financial Proposal- RFP-2019-037-9149223”
• Services Form to be signed and sent along with the technical proposal for acceptance of GTCs.

NOTE: THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL SHOULD BE PASSWORD PROTECTED. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THE PASSWORD WITH ANYONE UNLESS AND UNTIL ASKED THROUGH AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.

Bidders are advised to ensure that submissions are made well in advance before the closing time.  Late bids and those bids which do not comply with the bidding instructions will not be accepted. Bids received in any other manner will be INVALIDATED.

Due to the nature of this RFPS, there will be no public opening of proposals

Please copy the following weblink in new browser to open the RFP document.

https://unicef-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/rpsharma_unicef_org/ER5_8GfxzjlBlqvmQ8BZhEwBUEEVV5PygjybPt4ilpphTw?e=dXuadr

RFP-LTA-Customs Clearance_n_Forwarding Services.pdf