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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Request for proposal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms for Conducting Micro Assessments under the programme cycle of One Plan 2012-2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The purposes of the micro assessment are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><i>Capacity development objective:</i> It supports the three UN Agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, and UNICEF) and the Government to identify the status, strengths and weaknesses in the National Implementing Partners’ (NIP) capacity for financial
management and areas for capacity building by the Government and other partners.
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><i>Financial management objective:</i> It assists in the identification of the most appropriate cash transfer modalities, procedures, and scale of assurance activities to be applied by the UN Agencies and the Government for the NIP.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Full solicitation documents can be obtained by visiting UNDP website (under tender section) at
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.undp.org.vn">http://www.undp.org.vn</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in">Contact details:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Procurement Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">UNDP Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">72 Ly Thuong Kiet Hanoi – Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Tel. 84 4 3 942 1495<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Email: <a href="mailto:nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org">
nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org</a> (for inquiries)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Email: <a href="mailto:bidding.vn@undp.org">
bidding.vn@undp.org</a> (for proposal submission)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Submission deadline: 17.00 hrs, 25 January 2013 (Hanoi time)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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