Date: 11 Aug.

2022

Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 7000005769

Dear Sir/Madam,

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) hereby invite you to submit a written proposal for the
provision of services described herein below by applying the concept and approach as defined in the Terms of Reference
(Section II) and related documents attached hereto.

UNIDO Terms of Reference

Provision of services relating to an Energy Assessment development of basic Engineering and Feasibility Study –
Colombia

UNIDO Contact Details

UNIDO official dealing with this request: Aymen AHMED

e-mail: A.Ahmed@unido.org

Address: UNIDO HQ, Vienna, Austria

To ensure consideration, your complete, detailed proposal should be submitted via the UNIDO eProcurement portal by
2022-09-08 17:00:00 CET at the latest. Proposals received after the submission deadline will be invalidated.

It is your sole responsibility of the vendor to ensure that the proposal is submitted via the UNIDO eProcurement portal in
compliance with the terms and conditions of this RFP and by the submission deadline indicated above.

In order to enable you to submit a proposal, this RFP contains the following sections:

Section I: Instructions to Bidders

Section II: Terms of Reference

Section III: Proposal Submission Form(s) (UNIDO Financial Statement Form and online fields to be completed in the
system)

Section IV: Model Contract

Annex A: UNIDO General Conditions of Contract

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This RFP is for the provision of a complete package of technical services and supply with necessary supervision,
backstopping and training. It covers a total organizational responsibility as required by the Terms of Reference, dated 11
August 2022, which are attached hereto as Section II.

The terms and conditions set forth in this RFP will form a part of any contract should UNIDO accept your proposal. Any
such contract will require compliance with all factual statements and representations made in the proposal, subject to any
modifications to the proposal agreed to by UNIDO in the context of negotiations, in the event that negotiations have been
entered into.

Your proposal must be comprehensive and detailed. It must include information in sufficient scope and detail to allow
UNIDO to consider whether your company/organization has the necessary capability, experience, knowledge, expertise,
financial strength and capacity to perform the specified services satisfactorily. Your proposal shall clearly and concisely
respond to all points set out in this RFP. Any proposal which does not fully and comprehensively address this RFP may be
rejected.

You should strictly adhere to all requirements of this RFP. No changes, substitutions or other alterations to the technical
specifications or to the requirements stipulated in this RFP will be accepted unless approved in writing by UNIDO.

Nothing in or relating to this RFP shall be deemed a waiver, express or implied, of any of the privileges and immunities of
UNIDO.

You are invited, immediately after downloading the RFP, to advise UNIDO whether you intend to submit a proposal
under this RFP.

In case you have any queries or comments (“requests for clarification”) about this RFP, please upload your requests
directly in the eProcurement portal for consideration by UNIDO. In case you have informed via UNIDO's eProcurement
portal of your intention to submit a proposal, you will be kept informed throughout the bid submission period of any
clarification or amendment notes issued in respect of this RFP.

If you receive information about this RFP from any other source than UNIDO's eProcurement portal, your proposal may
be disqualified.

This RFP is not to be construed in any way as an offer to contract with your company/organization.

In this project, time is of the essence. Your ability to commence the services and complete it strictly in accordance with
the time frame contained in this RFP will be an important factor in awarding a contract.

We look forward to receiving your proposal.

With kind regards

UNIDO Procurement Services Division

Aymen AHMED/KP

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1. UNIDO'S EPROCUREMENT SYSTEM GUIDANACE

A step-by-step system guide (“UNIDO eProcurement system guide”) for the preparation and submission of
proposals by bidders can be downloaded from UNIDO's procurement web site at www.unido.org./procurement
Bidders are strongly encouraged to use UNIDO's eProcurement portal for the preparation and submission of
proposals. In the event that a bidder nevertheless wishes to prepare and submit his proposal in hard-copy
documents, the provisions of Section I, Instructions to Bidders, shall also apply mutas mutandis in such cases.
Please also refer to www.unido.org/procurement.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES

In response to this RFP, UNIDO invites proposals for the provision of the following services further described
in detail in the Terms of Reference, Section II:

UNSPSC Code Item Description

93142103 ED COL Zona de Salud El Bosque Consulting services

3. ACKNOWLEDGING PARTICIPATION BY THE BIDDER

Prospective bidders are kindly requested to inform UNIDO whether their company/organization intends to
submit a proposal before the deadline specified in the cover letter of this RFP. For this purpose, Please follow
the steps described in the UNIDO eProcurement system guide.

4. RFP DOCUMENTS

4.1 Bidders are expected to examine all corresponding instructions, forms, terms and specifications contained
in the RFP documents. Failure to comply with these documents will be at the bidders' risk and may affect the
evaluation of their proposals.

4.2 A prospective bidder requiring any clarification of the RFP documents may notify UNIDO by uploading
his request for clarification in UNIDO's eProcurement portal. UNIDO shall endeavor to reply via the portal to
any request for clarification that UNIDO receives not later than one (1) week before the deadline for the
submission of proposals. Written copies of the response (including an explanation of the query but without
identifying the source of inquiry) will be made available in the portal to all prospective bidders that
acknowledged their intention to participate in the RFP.

4.3 No later than one week prior to the deadline for submission of proposals, UNIDO may for any reason,
whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder, amend the RFP
documents. All prospective bidders that have received the RFP documents will be notified in writing of any
amendments. In order to afford prospective bidders reasonable time to take the amendments into account in
preparing their proposals, UNIDO may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission of proposals.

5. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

5.1 UNIDO requires that bidders provide professional, objective, and impartial advice and technical

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assistance, and at all times hold UNIDO 's interests paramount, without any consideration for future work, and
strictly avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate interests. Bidders shall not be hired for
any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to UNIDO, or that may place
them in a position of not being able to carry out the assignment in the best interest of UNIDO. All bidders found
to have a conflict of interest may be disqualified.

5.2 Without limitation on the generality of the above paragraph, a bidder shall not be eligible to participate in
this procurement or be considered for any eventual contract if the bidder, or any employee, executive, manager
or director thereof, is associated, or have been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of
its affiliates which have been engaged by UNIDO to provide consulting services for the preparation of the
technical specifications, terms of reference or any other substantive documents to be used for the procurement of
the services under this RFP.

5.3. Bidders may be requested to provide such evidence of their continued eligibility to UNIDO, as and when
UNIDO shall reasonably request.

5.4. Eligibility and qualification will also be based on the bidder meeting the below stated minimum
qualification requirements regarding the bidder's general and particular experience, personnel and equipment
capabilities, and financial position, as demonstrated by the bidder on relevant forms and templates attached to
his proposal:

Qualification Requirements [should be read and completed in conjunction with the requirements
specified in the terms of reference and on the "Questions" tab in the system].

Operational
Please confirm your company/organization's ability and readiness to
ABILITY & READINESS execute an eventual PO in accordance with this tender requirement.
Any deviation shall be clearly expressed in your offer.
Please confirm that: a) you are registered as a legal entity in
CERTIFICATE OF accordance with the laws of your country b) you have attached
INCORPORATION the Certificate to the offer.
Please confirm that you have included a short company description
COMPANY DESCRIPTION/ if available, the organizational structure.
STRUCTURE
Please confirm your company/organization’s capacity of
CAPACITY OF OPERATIONS provision of good/ services/works similar to the ones described
under this tender.
Please confirm that you have attached a completed and signed
STATEMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Statement of Confirmation.

Experience
Please confirm that your company/organization pursues the required
EXPERIENCE
experience in the TOR.
Please confirm that your company has attached references of similar
REFERENCES projects to the offer.

Ethics
Please confirm that none of the bidder's key personnel is associated
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - financial, family, employment wise - with concerned UNIDO

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officials, UNIDO experts/ consultants recruited under the relevant

project or with UNIDO's counterparts.
Please confirm that your Company/organization has no conflict
CONFLICT OF INTEREST of interest as defined in the UNIDO Procurement Manual, sub-
STATEMENT chapter 8.3.1, para. 184.
The Declarant accepts to abide by the terms of the UNIDO
POLICY EXCLUSION Policy on Exclusion from Funding and represents and warrants
FROM FUNDING that Declarant is not and has not been the subject of any of the
exclusion criteria stated in said Policy.

Financial
Please confirm that you have enclosed a certified copy of
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS the financial statement for the last 2-3 years of business.
Please confirm that your company has attached the
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FORM UNIDO Financial Statement Form duly completed and
signed.

Personnel

Please confirm that you have attached the CVs of the key
CVs staff assigned for provision of goods/services/works under
this tender.

6. PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS

6.1 Cost
The bidder shall bear any and all costs related to the preparation and/or submission of the proposal, regardless
of whether his proposal was selected or not. UNIDO shall in no case be responsible or liable for those costs,
regardless of the conduct or outcome of the procurement process.

6.2 Language of the Proposal

Unless otherwise specified, the proposal prepared by the bidder and all correspondence and relevant documents
exchange with UNIDO relating to the RFP shall be written in English language. Any printed literature furnished
by the bidder may be written in another language so long as accompanied by an English translation of its
pertinent passages in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the proposal, the English translation shall
govern.

6.3 Documents Comprising the Proposal

The proposal shall comprise the following information documents:

(a) Responses to all qualification requirements directly submitted via UNIDO's eProcurement portal;

(b) Substantive evidence that the bidder meets all requirements of the RFP. For this purpose, the bidder shall
upload duly completed and signed proposal submission form(s) (Section III) in UNIDO's eProcurement
portal, including documentation to demonstrate that the bidder meets all requirements of the RFP;

(c) Proposal price(s) and/or rate(s) directly uploaded in UNIDO's eProcurement portal.

The bidder shall upload in UNIDO's eProcurement portal both the electronic and pdf versions of all duly
completed, stamped and signed proposal submission form(s) and the cost-breakdown template. All signatures

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shall be effected by a duly authorized representative of the bidder.

6.4 Proposal Submission Form(s)

Subject to the detailed Terms of Reference contained in each RFP, the bidder shall structure the technical part
of his proposal by following the specific guidance contained in the attached proposal submission form(s), which
have been uploaded in UNIDO's eProcurement portal.

The operational and technical part of the proposal should not contain any pricing information on the services
offered.

It is advisable that the bidder's proposal numbering system corresponds with the numbering system used in the
Terms of Reference, Section II of the RFP, as well as the price schedule numbering in UNIDO's eProcurement
portal. All references to descriptive material and brochures should be included in the appropriate response
paragraph, though material/documents themselves may be provided as separate attachments uploaded in the
portal.

Information which the bidder considers proprietary, if any, should be dearly marked “proprietary” next to the
relevant part of the text and all efforts will be made to treat it accordingly.

When the bidder intends to obtain from sub-contractors highly specialized and substantive inputs essential for
the execution of the contract under consideration, all details required from the bidder shall also be provided for
each such proposed sub-contractor.

Other information/documentation requested in this RFP or which the bidder deems relevant for submission may
be uploaded as an attachment to his proposal in UNIDO's eProcurement portal.

6.5 Proposal Price(s)

The bidder must upload s eProcurement portal his proposed price(s) and/or fee(s) in the relevant price fields
which have been designated for this RFP. Depending on the RFP, a separate price schedule or cost-breakdown
template may be attached in the portal for completion by bidders.

All price(s) and fee(s) shall be quoted in Colombian Peso (COP).

By uploading commercial and/or price related information on UNIDO’s eProcurement portal, the bidder agrees
and accepts the following terms and conditions:

a. As total consideration for the services offered, the bidder’s best firm fixed price in COP to complete the
proposed services (please refer to UNIDO’s eProcurement system guide). Discounts, if any, which the bidder
may wish to grant to UNIDO and the terms of such discounts shall be indicated separately in the
appropriate field in the portal.

b. A detailed cost breakdown of the firm, fixed price referred to in sub paragraph a) above, highlighting the
costs foreseen to perform the different activities, divided by main categories (e.g. personnel, travel and local
costs, materials, other related costs broken down by items, etc.) in accordance with the below instructions and
the attached cost breakdown template (excel format).

In addition to the cost breakdown template, the bidder shall, in good faith, submit any additional data,
supporting document and information, which are reasonably required in order to allow UNIDO to perform a
proper examination and evaluation of all proposed prices. Failure to furnish all information requested on the
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cost breakdown template may render a proposal non-responsive.

If a cost is included in a particular item, do not duplicate the cost or any portion thereof in another item on the
form.

For professional services please state the names and position titles of each proposed member of key professional
staff who is expected to perform substantive part(s) under the contract, the number of man-months, man-weeks
or man-days each will perform and the proposed unit and total costs. For each member, the assignment should
be segregated into work performed within the relevant project area (work to be performed in the area covered
by the project and/or outside the contractor’s office; if applicable) and at the home office (work performed in
the contractor’s office; if applicable). All costs relating to social security, taxation, overhead, travel, profit, etc
should be included in the unit and total costs figures.

Travel costs (if applicable), in connection with the execution of the services shall include information such as:
round or one way trip; origin and destinations; mode of transportation (air, train, car, etc.); cost per trip
including airfare amounts. Air travel shall be shown at the economy class rates and/or similar.

6.6 Validity
Proposals shall remain valid for sixty (60) days after the deadline for submission of proposals. A proposal valid
for a shorter period may be rejected by UNIDO on the grounds that it is non-responsive.

In exceptional circumstances, UNIDO may solicit the bidder's consent to an extension of the period of validity.
The request and the responses thereto shall be made in writing. A bidder granting the request will not be
required nor permitted to modify his proposal.

7. WITHDRAWAL AND MODIFICATION OF PROPOSALS

The bidder may withdraw his proposal after the proposal's submission, provided that written notice of the
withdrawal is received by UNIDO prior to the deadline prescribed for submission of proposals. Please refer to
the UNIDO eProcurement system guide for guidance.

No proposal may be modified subsequent to the deadline for submission of proposals.

No proposal may be withdrawn in the interval between the deadline for submission of proposals and the
expiration of the period of proposal validity specified by the bidder in his proposal.

8. FORMAT AND SIGNING OF PROPOSAL

The proposal must be submitted directly via the UNIDO eProcurement portal.

By uploading the proposal in UNIDO's eProcurement portal, the bidder (i) confirms that his proposal has been
approved by a duly authorized representative of the bidder and (ii) agrees and acknowledges to be bound by the
terms and conditions of the RFP.

9. OPENING AND EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS

9.1 Opening of Proposals

All proposals submitted prior to the prescribed deadline for submission of proposals will be opened for access
by UNIDO'S authorized staff at a preset opening date specified in UNIDO'S eProcurement portal.

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Any proposal received by UNIDO after the deadline may be rejected and returned unopened to the bidder.

9.2 Clarification of Proposals

To assist in the examination, evaluation and comparison of proposals, UNIDO may at its discretion ask the
bidder for\ clarification of his proposal. The request for clarification and the response thereto shall be in writing
and no change in price or substance of the proposal shall be sought, offered or permitted. Failure of any bidder
to timely and duly respond to a request for clarification may result in the rejection of his proposal.

9.3 Preliminary Examination

UNIDO will examine the proposals to determine whether they are complete, whether any
computational/arithmetical errors have been made, whether the documents have been properly signed, and
whether the proposals are generally in order.

Arithmetical errors will be rectified on the following basis: If there is a discrepancy between the unit price and
the total price that is obtained by multiplying the unit price and quantity, the unit price shall prevail and the total
price shall be corrected. If the bidder does not accept the correction of errors, his proposal will be rejected. If
there is a discrepancy between words and figures the amount in words will prevail.

Prior to the detailed evaluation, UNIDO will determine the substantial responsiveness of each proposal to the
qualification requirements and mandatory technical and commercial evaluation criteria specified for this RFP.
For the purpose of this clause, a substantially responsive proposal is one which conforms to all the terms and
conditions of the RFP without material deviations. UNIDO's determination of a proposal's responsiveness is
based on the contents of the proposal itself without recourse to extrinsic evidence.

A proposal determined as not substantially responsive will be rejected by UNIDO and may not subsequently be
made responsive by correction of the non-conformity.

9.4 Evaluation and Comparison of Proposals

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical parts of the
proposals being completed prior to the price-related parts of the proposals being reviewed.

In the first stage, UNIDO will evaluate the technical parts of the proposals on the basis of their responsiveness
to the Terms of Reference in particular and the RFP in general, applying the following evaluation criteria:

Technical Evaluation Criteria [should be read and completed in conjunction with the requirements
specified in the Terms of Reference and on the "Questions" tab in the system].
Please confirm that your proposed members of key personnel
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS possess the required language qualifications specified in the
TOR.
Please confirm your ability to provide the good/services/works in
TIMELINE accordance with the timeline indicated in the bidding documents.
Please confirm compliance with and understanding of the
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TOR/Technical Specifications/Statement of Works.

Commercial Evaluation Criteria [should be read and completed in conjunction with the requirements
specified in the Terms of Reference and on the "Questions" tab in the system].
Please confirm that you have read and agree to the UNIDO
MODEL CONTRACT & GCC Model Contract including its General Conditions of Contract.

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As part of the evaluation process, UNIDO reserves the right to waive minor deviations from the requirements
and criteria, if they do not materially affect the capability and/or capacity of a bidder to perform the contract
under consideration.

In the first stage, each responsive proposal will be technically evaluated. A proposal shall be rejected at this
stage if it fails to meet the technical requirements.
In the second stage, the price-related parts of all proposals, which were found to be substantially responsive and
technically acceptable, will be compared.

10. SELECTION CRITERIA

In due consideration of UNIDO's procurement principles namely, best interest of the organization and best
value for money, the contract shall be awarded to the qualified bidder whose proposal has been found
substantially responsive, technically acceptable and offering the lowest cost to UNIDO.

11. CONTRACT AWARD

The contract will be awarded subject to (i) where relevant, successful negotiations of the contract, and (ii)
approval of contract award by the relevant authorized official of UNIDO.

UNIDO will notify the successful bidder in writing that his proposal has been accepted. Following the signature
of the contract with the successful bidder, UNIDO will notify unsuccessful bidders.

12. NOTIFICATION OF AWARD

The Procurement Official will send a notification of award to the successful bidder(s) and, notification(s) of
rejection to the unsuccessful bidder(s) within 5 days from the date of approval of the statement of award. The
notification(s) of rejection to the unsuccessful bidder(s) shall include the procedures and deadlines to protest the
award.

13. PROTEST PROCEDURES

A bidder who believes that it has been unjustly treated in connection with a procurement process may lodge a
protest within 10 days upon receipt of the notification of rejection of its proposal. The requirements and process
to lodge protests can be found on www.unido.org/unido-procurement.

Receivability of protests shall be made by UNIDO. UNIDO shall have the discretion to request additional
information from the bidder, if deemed appropriate. Unsupported allegations and assertions are not sufficient
for the process to continue. A decision rejecting the receivability of the protest by UNIDO is final and shall be
communicated in writing to the protesting bidder.

14. REVIEW OF THE MERITS AND CONCLUSION OF PROTEST

Upon review of a protest, UNIDO shall decide on the merits of the protest. The relevant Procurement Official
shall notify the protester of the final decision on the merits of the protest.

The contract(s) will be concluded with the successful bidder(s), unless UNIDO determines either to suspend the
process until the merits of the protest have been decided upon, or, if the totality of the circumstances militate,
cancel the procurement process and start a bidding process.
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Nothing in the above procedures or in any procedure or action by or relating to UNIDO with respect to or in
connection with a protest procedure shall be deemed in any way to constitute a waiver of any of the privileges
and immunities of UNIDO.

15. PUBLICATION OF AWARD

Within 14 days from the date of receipt of the countersigned contract, the relevant Procurement Official will
publish, subject to applicable thresholds and other conditions required by relevant funding partners, the award
notice. The award notice should, at a minimum, contain the following information:

 Contractor name and address;

 Description of procurement notice;
 Awarded currency and amount;
 Award date;
 Location/country;
 Funding partner.

The award notice shall, at a minimum, be published on the websites of UNIDO and UNGM, in addition to other
relevant websites as required by the funding partner(s).

The award notice shall be published on the above-referenced websites no later than 30 June of the year
following the financial year in which the awarded funds were legally committed.

16. RETENTION OF PROPOSALS

Following submission of the proposals and final evaluation, UNIDO will retain the proposals of both the
successful and unsuccessful bidders.

17. TYPE OF CONTRACT

A firm, fixed price is contemplated for the contract under consideration, covering all inputs required by the
contractor as stated in the Terms of Reference (Section II) and the model contract (Section IV) of the RFP.

18. NO COMMITMENT

This RFP does not commit UNIDO to award a contract. UNIDO reserves the right to accept or reject any
proposal(s), or to annul this RFP and reject all proposals, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected bidder(s) of the reasons
for UNIDO action.

UNIDO also reserves the right to negotiate and award only a portion of the requirement; to negotiate and award
separate or multiple contracts for the elements covered by this RFP in any combination it may deem
appropriate, in its sole discretion; to add new considerations, information or requirements at any stage of the
procurement process, including during negotiation with bidders; and reject the proposal submitted by any bidder
that has previously failed to perform properly or on time contracts of a similar nature, or of a vendor that, in the
opinion of UNIDO, is not in a position or is not sufficiently qualified to perform the contract.

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This RFP contains no contractual proposal of any kind; any proposal submitted will be regarded as a proposal
by the bidder and not as an acceptance by the bidder of any proposal by UNIDO. No contractual relationship
will exist except pursuant to a written contract document signed by the authorized official of UNIDO and by the
successful bidder(s) chosen by UNIDO.

19. SIGNING OF CONTRACT

After the successful bidder's acceptance of the UNIDO contract award, UNIDO will send the bidder the contract
documents incorporating all agreements between the parties. The successful bidder shall sign and date the
contract and return one original set of the contract documents to UNIDO no later than two (2) weeks of the
receipt of the contract documents.

20. CONTRACT BASIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Except as otherwise required by the circumstances of the case, the contract for the proposed services will be
based upon the terms and conditions of the attached Model Contract, Section IV, of the RFP.

21. PAYMENT

Payment will normally be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Model Contract. The Financial
Regulations and Rules of UNIDO preclude payment by letters of credit. Such provision in a proposal will be
prejudicial to its evaluation by UNIDO. The normal terms of payment by UNIDO are 30 days upon satisfactory
delivery of goods or performance of services and the acceptance thereof by UNIDO, whichever is later.
Progress payments may be allowed upon agreement between the parties. Bidders must therefore clearly specify
in their proposals if they offer payment terms different from those specified by UNIDO.

22. CONFIDENTIALITY

It is understood that this RFP is confidential and proprietary to UNIDO, contains privileged information, part of
which may be copyrighted, and is received by bidders on the condition that no part thereof or any information
concerning it may be copied, exhibited, or furnished to others without the prior written consent of UNIDO. This
condition may be exempted to the extent that the bidder may exhibit part or parts of the RFP to prospective sub-
contractors for the sole purpose of obtaining proposals from them. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
RFP, bidders will be bound by the contents of this Article whether or not their company submits a proposal or
responds in any other way to this RFP.

Information relating to the examination, evaluation, and comparison of proposals, and the recommendation of
contract award shall not be disclosed to bidders or any other persons not officially concerned with such process.

Any effort by a bidder to influence UNIDO in the examination, evaluation and comparison of the proposals or
contract award decisions may result in the rejection of his proposal.

From the time the proposals are opened to the time the contract is awarded, if any bidder wishes to contact
UNIDO on any matter related to his proposal, he should do so in writing to the address indicated in the cover
note of this RFP.

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23. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

UNIDO will notify the successful bidder in writing that his [bid/proposal] has been accepted. Upon signature of
the [purchase order/LTA] with the successful bidder, UNIDO will notify each unsuccessful bidder of the
outcome of the [ITB/RFP]. For awards exceeding EUR 200,000 (or equivalent) in value, award notices will be
published on the UNGM (www.ungm.org) and UNIDO (www.unido.org) websites, providing information on
the [ITB/RFP] number, brief description of the services/goods procured, date and amount of the award, name of
the contractor, and beneficiary country.

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