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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges.
As part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded Technical Assistance Platform (TAP) project, PATH collaborated with Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) to develop Vietnam nation HIV/AIDS information system (HIV INFO).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Under CDC TAP project, we are looking for a vendor to focus on research and develop a pilot Machine learning/Deep learning for HIV/AIDS forecasting based on de-identification HIV/AIDS data. Detailed SOW (scope
of work) and proposal requirements are in the attached <b>RFP#2024-TAP-03.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please circulate the RFP to whom it may concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline for proposal submission is no later than
<b>5:00 PM on 22nd May 2024, Hanoi time</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you and Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On behalf of PATH,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vietnam Procurement team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#242424"><img width="91" height="35" style="width:.9513in;height:.368in" id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image001.png@01DAA55E.0A2CD4B0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#242424">W:
<a href="https://www.path.org/where-we-work/asia-pacific/vietnam/"><span style="color:#467886">https://www.path.org/where-we-work/asia-pacific/vietnam/</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451">Vietnam Procurement Team</span></b><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451"> </span></i></b><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451">Address: #1101, 11th Floor, Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam </span></i><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451">Tel: 84-24-3936 2215<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451">Email:
<a href="mailto:vietnam.procurement@path.org"><span style="color:#467886">vietnam.procurement@path.org</span></a></span></i><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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