Research on Children’s Real-Life Experiences with Relational and Companionship AI in China

Dear Bidder,

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) wishes to procure the above-mentioned services through a competitive bidding process. In this respect, UNICEF would like to invite your organization to submit technical and financial proposals as outlined in this request for proposal and Annex B-TOR attached.

The objective of this contract is seeking to conduct Research on Children’s Real-Life Experiences with Relational and Companionship AI in China.

The deadline for submitting your proposals is 10:20am, 21 September (Beijing Time). Your proposals are preferably submitted by e-mail to [contact details removed] (no other recipients should be “cc” or “bcc” in your e-mail submission) with LRPS number in the subject line. Two e-mail submissions are mandatory, one for technical proposal with subject line written as LRPS-2026- 9205895 Technical Proposal, the other one for commercial, as LRPS-2026- 9205895 Commercial Proposal. Please submit your financial proposal using the Annex C – Financial Proposal template. If you have any enquiries, please record them in Annex F-Enquiries and Clarification form, and we will review them and provide a response accordingly.

*投标截止日期为北京时间2026年9月21日早上10点20分。[contact details removed]（提交邮件中请勿抄送或密抄其他人）。所有投标邮件主题需标明该标书标号（如未标清，将视同废标）。投标邮件需分两封邮件提交，一封为技术标投标文件邮件题目为LRPS-2026- 9205895 Technical Proposal, 另外一封为商务报价文件邮件题目请标注为LRPS-2026- 9205895 Commercial Proposal。请使用附件C-商务报价模板提交您的商务报价。若有任何疑问，请填写附件F-疑问与澄清表，我们会给与相应回复。

!! It is mandatory to send the stamped and signed “request for proposal for services form and declaration form” on page 3-5 of the tender document along with the Technical proposal email. !!

招标文件中第三至第五页的request for proposal for services form以及declaration form签字盖章后需随技术投标文件邮件一并提交。

All bidders interested in doing business with UNICEF must respond to all the points requested in the Bid/declaration form. By signing it, the vendor agrees that their company and its management have not been the subject of a final judgement or of a final administrative decision for any of the exclusion criteria outlined in the form.

Offers which fail against mandatory criteria are non-compliant and may lead to invalid bid submission.

To clarify any technical/commercial questions you may have, we will organize an online Pre-bid Meeting at 3pm, 4 September (Beijing time), via Microsoft teams meeting. Your participation is highly encouraged and recommended.

*我们将于2026年9月4日北京时间下午3点举办一场线上的标前澄清会，以便供应商更好的理解标书技术及商务投标要求, 期待您的参加。

Please send the RSVP for the pre-bid meeting to [contact details removed] before 5pm, 3 September (Beijing Time).

*请于9月3日 下午5点前发邮件至che@unicef.org确认参加标前说明会。