Appointment of a Management Consultancy Firm to Perform a Comprehensive Strategic and Financial Assessment and Review of ITU Telecom Events

Item Description:

The International Telecommunication Union (‘’ITU’’) issues the present Request for Proposal for the appointment of a Management Consultancy Firm to Perform a Comprehensive Strategic and Financial Assessment and Review of ITU Telecom Events. In the Preparation of their Technical and Commercial Proposal Bidders shall take into account that ITU’s maximum budget for the project is CHF 750,000.00.

For more information about the detailed Services to be performed please see Part IV to the Request for Proposal (‘’Terms of Reference’’).

Bidders must be aware that any contract resulting from this Request for Proposal shall contain the ITU General Conditions of Contract for the Provision of Services and Goods (Annex 6), this Solicitation Document, the successful bidder’s Proposal and any other specific terms and conditions detailed herein.

UNGM registration and access to the Request for Proposal

The present Request for Proposal is issued by means of a secured web-based e-tendering tool (In-tend) which is interfaced with the United Nations Global Marketplace (‘’UNGM’’). To access the Request for Proposal Document, address any correspondence to ITU, consult any updates, and submit a Proposal,
Bidders must be registered in UNGM (at least at the Basic registration level) following the Bidder Registration Process at the following link:
https://www.ungm.org/Account/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fVendor%2fRegistration.

Bidders may contact UNGM technical support (registry@ungm.org) for assistance during the registration process. It is highly recommended to insert at least the following UNSPSC codes: 80000000, 80100000, 80101500, 80101504, 80101505, 80101506, 80101507, 80101600, 80101601, 80101604, 80101607, 80101702, 80141505, 80141506, 80141507, 80141509, 80141510, 80141512, 80141513, 80141514, 80141600, 80141601, 80141603, 80141604, 80141605, 80141607, 80141612, 80160000, 80161500 and 84111600.

Once registered and logged-in on UNGM, select “Tender Notices” on the left menu, click on “Show More Criteria” and insert “ITU” in the ‘’UN Organization’’ field. A list of ITU’s recent solicitations will appear.

Request for clarifications, Acknowledgement Form and Proposal submission

Bidders requiring any clarification about the Solicitation Document, or the solicitation process itself, shall submit their queries in writing only via In-tend’s “Correspondence” tool by the deadline of Friday, 22 February 2019 at 15:00 hours (Geneva Time). A consolidated and anonymous list of all queries received, together with ITU’s answers, will be published on In-tend.

Bidders are kindly requested to indicate whether they intend to submit a Proposal by submitting an Acknowledgement Form (Annex 7) by the deadline of Wednesday, 27 February 2019 at 15:00 hours (Geneva Time).

Proposals must be submitted electronically as a searchable PDF file via In-tend by the deadline of Friday, 15 March 2019 at 15:00 hours (Geneva Time) as prescribed in Section 6 below.

Solicitation Document amendments and other notices

ITU reserves the right to amend the Request for Proposal prior to the Bid Closing Date. Accordingly, Bidders shall check periodically if any amendments or communications have been posted on In-tend.

Information -Supplier registration.pdf