Organization: UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
Location: Asia and the Pacific: India
Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
Sustainable trade and development
Public, Private Partnership
Closing Date: 2024-07-26
Date:12thJuly,2024
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION
RFQNºUNFPA/IND/RFQ/2024/018
DearSir/Madam,
UNFPAherebysolicitsaquotationforthefollowingservice:
“EngagingwithSeniorPrivateSectorLeadershipforBuildingCoalitionforReproductiveJusticeinBusiness:Asia Pacific Regional Dialogue”
AboutUNFPA
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency and has been operating in India since 1974. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled ensuring rights and choices for all.
UNFPA focuses on empowering young people with critical life skills including the provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services, ensuring universal access to high quality sexual and reproductive health and rights, and addressing gender discrimination and harmful practices such as gender biased sex selection and early, child and forced marriage. UNFPA leads in supporting the government in using demographic data to understand population dynamics, and to inform public policies and programmes, including those related to ageing. To know more about UNFPA, please click here.
Service Requirements/TermsofReference(ToR)
UNFPA champions the mainstreaming ofSRHRintocorporatepoliciesandpracticestoensurewomen’shealthand well-being in the workplace. As part of this initiative, UNFPA is organising a high-level roundtable event in Mumbai, India, to engage C-suite leaders from private sector companies across the Asia-Pacific region.
UNFPA India is issuing a formal Request for Quotation (RFQ) to solicit proposals to organise this high-level roundtable on its behalf to engage the private sector for commitments towards the Coalition of Reproductive Justice. This event will also focus on building acommunityofpracticewithprivatesectorpartnerswhoarewilling to champion sexual and reproductive health indicators through workplace policies, policy, and advocacy actions.
AboutTheCoalitionforReproductiveJustice
The Coalition for Reproductive Justice in Businessis an initiative led by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to improve the private sector’s role in enabling Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in workplaces globally. The Coalition strives to drive SRHR in the private sector through the development of ESG metrics, advocacy & outreach and capacity building.
The objective of the Coalition is to advance and mainstream the women and girls’ reproductive health agenda within the private sector. The Coalition aimstobuildamulti-stakeholderplatformtodefinemeasurableindicators that integrate sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals.
The UNFPA Coalition for Reproductive Justice in Business was established at the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly as an outcome of a series of events hosted by UNFPA in partnership with UN Foundation, UN Global Compact, Royal Philips and Overseas Development Institute.
The Coalition was launched during an event at the World EconomicForuminJanuary2023toexpandthe range of corporations and businesses that join and support the initiative.
The currentmembersincludetheUNGlobalCompact,UNFoundation,InternationalTradeCentre,Philips,, Essity, L’Oreal Fund for Women, Overseas Development Institute, Responsible Business Alliance, Gender Fair, Global Reporting Initiative, Global Fairness Initiative, Deloitte.
UNFPA and the Coalition members are coordinating their outreach efforts to rally new supporters to advocate for the mainstreaming of SRHR and gender equality in business.
Instructionsforsubmission
ProposalsshouldbepreparedbasedontheguidelinessetforthinSectionIIIabove,alongwithaproperlyfilled out and signed price quotation form and are to be sent by email to the contact person indicated below no later than: 26th July 2024 @ 23:59 hours.
NameofcontactpersonatUNFPA:
BidsIndia
Emailaddressofcontactperson:
Bids.india@unfpa.org
Pleasenotethefollowingguidelinesforelectronicsubmissions:
The following reference must be included in the email subject line: RFQ Nº UNFPA/IND/RFQ/2024/018 “Engaging with senior Private Sector leadership for building Coalition for Reproductive Justice in Business: Regional Dialogue”. Proposals, including both technical and financial proposals, that do not contain the correct email subject line may be overlooked by the procurement officer and therefore not considered.
The totalemailsizemaynotexceed20MB(includingemailbody,encodedattachmentsandheaders).Where the technical details are in large electronic files, it is recommended that these be sent separately before the deadline.
Any quotation submitted will be regarded as an offer by the bidder and does not constitute or imply the acceptance of any quotation by UNFPA. UNFPA is under no obligation to award a contract to any bidder as a result of this RFQ.
For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below.