UNICEF has now issued a Invitation to Bid in order to select a supplier for the provision of Supply and Installation of Offset Printing Machine . Machine Description Offset Printing machine Printing stock Max. sheet size: 530 mm x 740 mm (20.87 in x 29.13 in) Min. sheet size: 210 mm x 280 mm (8.27 in x 11.02 in) straight printing: 280 mm x 280 mm (11.02 in x 11.02 in) straight printing with pile support plate: 300 mm x 280 mm (11.81 in x 11.02 in) perfecting mode Max. print format: 510 mm x 740 mm (20.08 in x 29.13 in) Thickness: 0.03 mm - 0.60 mm (0.0012 in - 0.0236 in) Gripper margin: 8 mm - 10 mm (0.32 in - 0.39 in) Print output. Maximum: 15,000 sph Plate cylinder. Cylinder undercut: 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) Distance from lead edge of plate to lead edge of print: 59.50 mm (2.34 in) Plates Length x width: 605 mm x 745 mm (23.82 in x 29.33 in) Thickness: 0.25 mm - 0.30 mm (0.0098 in - 0.0118 in) Blanket cylinder Length x width, blanket: 616 mm x 772 mm (24.25 in x 30.39 in) without metal-backed 627 mm x 772 mm (24.69 in x 30.39 in) metal-backed Thickness blanket: 1.95 mm (0.0768 in) Cylinder undercut: 2.30 mm (0.0906 in) Pile heights. Feeder: 1,060 mm (41.73 in) Delivery: 597 mm (23.50 in) standard delivery 1,160 mm (45.67 in) high-pile delivery Sample configuration. Basis: Speed master SX 74-4 with high-pile delivery Number of printing units: 4 Length: 7.93 m (312.21 in) Width: 2.90 m (114.17 in) Height: 1.93 m (75.98 in) This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.