REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - GOODS & SERVICES VENDORS (UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office)

Background

For 80 years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF Afghanistan is providing support to the children of Afghanistan through diverse programme intervention. To achieve the programme objectives, UNICEF procures diverse goods and services every year.

Purpose of the this Request for Information (RFI):

UNICEF through its support to the government of Afghanistan, to meet the needs of children and their mothers procures multiple goods and services on need basis. Some of these supplies/services are procured from local vendors, manufacturers, and firms. UNICEF keeps a database of these local vendors that can be consulted at any time a tendering process is undertaken. As part of the UNICEF market engagement strategy and based on market evolution, renewed market assessment is undertaken to identify suppliers with the relevant experience and capacity to provide goods and services to UNICEF. UNICEF is requesting for information from all qualified suppliers and vendors to submit information about their company, goods, and services they provide and relevant documentation to support their experience claims. In this regard, UNICEF Afghanistan office intends to identify suppliers of goods and services from whom UNICEF will obtain bids through publicly advertised competitive process in future procurement. Please note that this process is to seek information about potential vendors/suppliers and their capacity to provide goods and services to UNICEF. It is not an invitation to tender or to submit a proposal. Interested vendors/suppliers with the relevant experience and capacity should please complete the form and select the goods and services categories of their interest. As a follow up to the RFI, UNICEF will arrange a sharing session on doing business with UNICEF. Please note that this Request for Information is strictly for companies/corporate organizations and not for individuals.

Note:

This is only a request for information for UNICEF Afghanistan country office to identify service providers and suppliers available in the market, it is not an indication of a tender or pre - qualification exercise.

Submission Process:

Interested companies must complete the RFI form online (through the link) and submit it to UNICEF online through KOBOTOOL.

Contact: [contact details removed] ACOservicebids@unicef.org akhanal@unicef.org znuraliev@unicef.org afaiq@unicef.org