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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Dear Potential Vendor,
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">DAI invites firms to submit a proposal for work to be funded by USAID under the USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security activity.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Please find link below for: <a href="https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/20230220-rfp-vues-req-earth-hour.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">Request for Proposals
(RFP)</span></strong></a> and accompanying <a href="https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/20230220-vues-req-sow.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">Statement of Work (SOW)</span></strong></a> for <strong><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Designing
and Organizing Earth Hour activities in Danang in 2023, RFP VUES-REQ-23-0011</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ngocentre.org.vn/vi/node/60923">https://www.ngocentre.org.vn/vi/node/60923</a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Questions must be submitted no later than 18:00 (GMT+7),
<b>February 24, 2023</b> via email to </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:VUESProcurement@dai.com"><span style="color:#0070C0">VUESProcurement@dai.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Proposals must be submitted no later than <strong><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">18:00 (GMT+7), March 5, 2023</span></strong> via
email to </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:VUESProcurement@dai.com"><span style="color:#0070C0">VUESProcurement@dai.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Issuance of this solicitation does not constitute a commitment, award, or engagement on the part of DAI nor does it commit DAI
to any future commitment, award, or engagement. However, we will use responses submitted to assess whether procurement for these technical services is appropriate to meet USAID’s needs.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security looks forward to receiving your proposal.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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