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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.7pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms/institutions/organizations for
<b>Research on Integrated Water Resources Management in the context of climate change, sea level rise, and rapid socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The overall goals of the research is to analyze options for integrated water management in the context of climate change and rapid but uneven
development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta in support of long-term sustainable development, for consideration by decision makers and investors in development and investment planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Solicitation documents and Addendums (if any) are posted on the following website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=17818">http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=17818</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red">You are kindly requested to notify UNDP by 8 September 2014 on whether you intend to submit a proposal</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.
Contact address: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">United Nations Development Programme
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Email: <a href="mailto:nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org">
nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Attention: Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen, Procurement Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Deadline for submission:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">22 September 2014 (Hanoi time) – submission of proposal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Within 23 September 2014 (Hanoi time) – submission of password<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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