UNICEF ROMANIA Address CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Information, which the bidder considers proprietary, should be clearly marked "proprietary", if any, next to the relevant part of the text, and UNICEF will treat such information accordingly. RIGHTS OF UNICEF UNICEF reserves the right to accept any proposal, in whole or in part; or, to reject any or all proposals. UNICEF reserves the right to invalidate any Proposal received from a Bidder who has previously failed to perform properly or complete contracts on time, or a Proposal received from a Bidder who, in the opinion of UNICEF, is not in a position to perform the contract. UNICEF shall not be held responsible for any cost incurred by the Bidder in preparing the response to this Request for Proposal. The Bidder agrees to be bound by the decision of UNICEF as to whether her/his proposal meets the requirements stated in this Request for Proposal. Specifically, UNICEF reserves the right to: contact any or all references supplied by the bidder(s); request additional supporting or supplementary data (from the bidder(s)); arrange interviews with the bidder(s); reject any or all proposals submitted; accept any proposals in whole or in part; negotiate with the service provider(s) who has/have attained the best rating/ranking, i.e. the one(s) providing the overall best value proposal(s); contract any number of candidates as required to achieve the overall evaluation objectives. PROPOSAL OPENING Due to the nature of this RFP, will be no public opening of proposals. PROPOSAL EVALUATION After the opening, each proposal will be assessed first on meeting of the technical requirements and subsequently on its price. The proposal with the best overall value, composed of technical merit and price, will be recommended for approval. UNICEF will set up an evaluation panel composed of technical UNICEF, World Bank and National Authority for the Protection of Child Rights and Adoption staff and their conclusions will be forwarded to the internal UNICEF Contracts Review Committee. The evaluation panel will first evaluate each response for compliance with the requirements of this RFP. Responses deemed not to meet all of the mandatory requirements will be considered non-compliant and rejected at this stage without further consideration. Failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions contained in this RFP, including provision of all required information, may result in a response or proposal being disqualified from further consideration. The proposals will be evaluated against the following: CATEGORY POINTS 1. Technical Evaluation Criteria 5 1.1 Overall Response Relevance of RFP with terms of reference Completeness of response
UNICEF ROMANIA Address CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Information, which the bidder considers proprietary, should be clearly marked "proprietary", if any, next to the relevant part of the text, and UNICEF will treat such information accordingly. RIGHTS OF UNICEF UNICEF reserves the right to accept any proposal, in whole or in part; or, to reject any or all proposals. UNICEF reserves the right to invalidate any Proposal received from a Bidder who has previously failed to perform properly or complete contracts on time, or a Proposal received from a Bidder who, in the opinion of UNICEF, is not in a position to perform the contract. UNICEF shall not be held responsible for any cost incurred by the Bidder in preparing the response to this Request for Proposal. The Bidder agrees to be bound by the decision of UNICEF as to whether her/his proposal meets the requirements stated in this Request for Proposal. Specifically, UNICEF reserves the right to: contact any or all references supplied by the bidder(s); request additional supporting or supplementary data (from the bidder(s)); arrange interviews with the bidder(s); reject any or all proposals submitted; accept any proposals in whole or in part; negotiate with the service provider(s) who has/have attained the best rating/ranking, i.e. the one(s) providing the overall best value proposal(s); contract any number of candidates as required to achieve the overall evaluation objectives. PROPOSAL OPENING Due to the nature of this RFP, will be no public opening of proposals. PROPOSAL EVALUATION After the opening, each proposal will be assessed first on meeting of the technical requirements and subsequently on its price. The proposal with the best overall value, composed of technical merit and price, will be recommended for approval. UNICEF will set up an evaluation panel composed of technical UNICEF, World Bank and National Authority for the Protection of Child Rights and Adoption staff and their conclusions will be forwarded to the internal UNICEF Contracts Review Committee. The evaluation panel will first evaluate each response for compliance with the requirements of this RFP. Responses deemed not to meet all of the mandatory requirements will be considered non-compliant and rejected at this stage without further consideration. Failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions contained in this RFP, including provision of all required information, may result in a response or proposal being disqualified from further consideration. The proposals will be evaluated against the following: CATEGORY POINTS 1. Technical Evaluation Criteria 1.1 Overall Response 5 Relevance of RFP with terms of reference Completeness of response
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