Dear Sir/Madam Greetings from UNICEF Sudan! Please find attached the LRPS#9198921 or Mapping and Assessing maturity of Social Protection System in Sudan.   Offer submission deadline is 15.08.2025, @ 12:00 Noon, Sudan local time. Its now extended until 15th of August 2025, at 12:00 Noon Sudan Time. Pre-bid meeting will be on 03.08.2025, at 12:00 NOON Sudan Time. Interested bidder to attend, please note the Pre-bid meeting link attached in UNGM together with the bid documents. Bidders are requested to inform UNICEF as soon as possible by email to Ali Alsheikh @ [email protected] that they have received this Solicitation Document. IMPORTANT: BIDS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATED ABOVE # ANY BIDS SENT TO THE ABOVE-NAMED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. Questions from Bidders. Bidders are required to submit any questions in respect of this Solicitation Document by Email to Ali A. Alsheikh at [email protected] Copying Eltayeb Saedd @ [email protected]  The deadline for receipt of any questions is [05.08.2025 at 12:00 Noon, Sudan time. The questions acceptance deadline is extended until 05.08.2025 at 12:00 Noon, Sudan time. IMPORTANT: BIDS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATED ABOVE # ANY BIDS SENT TO THE ABOVE-NAMED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. Offer submission: Offers to be submitted in soft copies only through UNICEF secure e-mail specified below: ([email protected]) and the reference LITB#9198921 Assessing maturity of Social Protection System in Sudan should the message subject title. Annexures: This Bid document attached consists of the following Sections & Annexes: 1- Section 1- LRPS document including the UNICEF General Terms and Conditions of Contract (Services) which are attached as Annex A 2- Section 2 - Annex B Terms of Reference/Statement of Work including the Technical Proposals’ Evaluation Criteria. Annex C- Financial Template Maturity Assessment Annex D- MDM template Annex E- UNGM vendor registration process guidance document). Annex F- PSEA Advocacy materials Instructions to Bid: Bidders are requested to ensure to write the delivery lead time together along with the price. BIDS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN USD CURRENCY Bids received in any other currency will be invalidated It is important that you read all of the provisions of the LRPS to ensure that you understand UNICEF’s requirements and can submit a Bid in compliance with them. Note that failure to provide compliant Bid may result in invalidation of your Bid Currency of the tender - Offers are accepted in USD. Please note that for successful local bidder quoted in USD, UNICEF will transfer payment of the respective Contracts/Purchase Orders to the contractor’s USD account, and UNICEF will not be responsible for any transaction between the bank and the supplier. All corporate entities should be registered on the United Nations Global Marketplace website ( https://www.ungm.org/Account/Registration) before engaging in any activity with UNICEF. In case your firm is not registered yet on the UNGM site, you are advised to register and provide the UNGM number within your bid document, guidelines on how you can register as supplier on UNGM is attached for your easy reference. Thank you and best regards, Ali A. Alsheikh