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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear prospective bidders,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">UNICEF Viet Nam is seeking
<b>a professional consultancy team</b> for an assignment named </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Survey and Formative Evaluation of the Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) Programme in Vietnam.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Purpose</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">:
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">(i) collect data on the IECD 'program’s situation in a qualitative and quantitative manner based on of the benchmark indicators and to (ii) evaluate the' program's effectiveness, efficiency, scalability, and sustainability.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Duration</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">:
</span><span lang="EN-GB">December 2020 – Oct 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Location:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Three project provinces of Dien Bien, Gia Lai and Kon Tum, Viet Nam</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">UNICEF Viet 'Nam's Country Programme 2017-2021 is designed to, among others, strengthen the enabling legal and policy environment for IECD
<i>(Integrated Early Childhood Development)</i> at the national level and strengthen the local capacities to develop an IECD model to be implemented in selected districts and communes of three provinces: Gia Lai, Kon Tum, and Dien Bien.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Details of the assignment can be found in the Request for proposal [9163013] and Terms of References at link:</span><span style="color:black">
<a href="https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/117563" target="_blank">https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/117563</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Contact:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UNICEF Vietnam – Supply Unit</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">304 Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email for submission of proposals:
</span><a href="mailto:procurementvn@unicef.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">procurementvn@unicef.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email for queries only:
<a href="mailto:dmha@unicef.org" target="_blank">dmha@unicef.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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