Submission time as indicated in eTendering system (event ID: 8599

Dear Bidder,

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby announce Call for Proposal for Engaging an NGO/CSO as Responsible Party for managing business grants program for the provision of strategic investments to packaging value chain companies that facilitate the development of packaging cluster in Across Georgia, with particular focus of Tbilisi and adjacent Area (as packaging hub) Georgia

A pre-proposal conference will be held on:

Time: 04:00 PM

Date: 26 February 2021

Via Zoom meeting

 ZOOM link: https://undp.zoom.us/j/86783083533

Meeting ID: 867 8308 3533

The UNDP focal point for the arrangement:

Nino Dzneladze; E-mail: nino.dzneladze@undp.org; Telephone: +995 577 720620

Please note that this procurement process is being conducted through the online tendering system of UNDP. Bidders who wish to submit an offer must be registered in the system. Visit this page for system user guides and videos in different languages:

 Resources for Bidders | UNDP

Detailed Terms of Reference as well as other requirements are listed in the Call For Proposal available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system” (https://etendering.partneragencies.org)

UNDP/GEO10/Event ID: 0000008599

In the course of preparing and submitting your Bid, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the system shall prevail.

Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are signed and stamped and in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets).

You are kindly requested to indicate whether your company intends to submit a Bid by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 26 February 2021. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records.

If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using

username: event.guest

password: why2change

The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email to procurement.geo@undp.org;

 cc: nino.dzneladze@und.org

Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password:

1. Minimum length of 8 characters.

2. At least on capital letter.

3. At least one number.

New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed.

For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet requirement.

The user guide and videos are made available to bidder in the UNDP public website in this link:

Resources for Bidders | UNDP

The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues with the e-tendering system.

No hard copy or email submissions will be accepted by UNDP.

UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thanks you in advance for your interest in UNDP procurement opportunities.