20, AVENUE APPIA CH-1211 GENEVA 27 SWITZERLAND TEL CENTRAL +41 22 791 2111 FAX CENTRAL +41 22 791 3111 WWW.WHO.INT Tel. direct: +41 22 791 1310 Fax direct: +41 22 791 14156 E-mail : garciacasalm@who.int In reply please refer to: Consultancy anaemia Your reference: 25 October 2018 Request for Proposals: Consultancy (P3) - WHO anaemia project You are hereby invited to submit a proposal for consultancy services relating to the advancement of the WHO project on anaemia by collaborating in preparing documents, organizing meetings and developing systematic reviews on anaemia and iron compounds. The services required by the World Health Organization (WHO) are more fully described in the Terms of Reference attached to this Request for Proposals (RFP). WHO, a public international organization consisting of 194 Member States, is dependent on contributions it receives for the implementation of its activities. You are therefore requested to propose the best and most cost-effective solution to meet WHO's requirements. This RFP is open to individuals engaged in the field of medicine or health-related areas with proven expertise in anaemia, evidence search and systematic reviews. The proposal should be prepared and submitted in the English language and should include the following information: Completed General Profile filled-in through the http://www.who.int/careers/en/ (download the profile as a PDF document, and include it as part of the e-mail submission); Filled in questionnaire; and Letter of interest (including financial proposal). Proposals should be submitted to WHO in writing no later than the 18 November, 2018 at 17:00 hours Geneva time ("the closing date"), with subject line of "Consultancy P3 WHO anaemia project", emailed at the following address: nutrition@who.int We look forward to receiving your response to this RFP. Yours sincerely, Juan Pablo Pea-Rosas Coordinator Page 2 Annex: Additional provisions applicable to the RFP WHO may extend the closing date for the submission of proposals by notifying all bidders thereof in writing. Any proposal received by WHO after the closing date for submission of proposals may be rejected. No proposal may be modified after its submission, unless WHO has issued an amendment to the RFP allowing such modifications. WHO may request any bidder in writing to provide clarification of any part of its proposal. Bidders shall not be entitled to change the price or substance of the proposal during this exchange. In its review of proposals received, WHO will give due consideration to the principles of economy and efficiency, and the responsiveness of the proposals to the needs of the project concerned. As such, WHO does not bind itself in any way to select the bidder offering the lowest price. In addition, WHO reserves the right: a) To award separate contracts for parts of the work or services to one or more bidders of its choice; b) To cancel the solicitation process and reject all proposals at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders and without any obligation to provide reasons for WHO's action; c) To award a contract on the basis of WHO's particular objectives to one or more bidder(s) whose proposal(s) is/are considered to be the most responsive to the needs of the Organization and the activity concerned; d) Not to select any bidder and not to award any contract. WHO shall not in any way be obliged to reveal, or discuss with any bidder, how a proposal was assessed, or to provide any other information relating to the evaluation/selection process or to state the reasons for elimination to any bidder. NOTE: WHO is acting in good faith by issuing this RFP. However, this document does not oblige WHO to contract for the performance of any work or the provision of any services. WHO also reserves the right to enter into negotiations with one or more bidders of its choice, including but not limited to negotiation of the terms of the proposal(s), the price quoted in such proposal(s) and/or the deletion of certain parts of the work or services called for under this RFP. Bidder(s) who is/are selected by WHO to provide the services will be required to sign WHO's consultant contract. Within 30 days of receipt of the contract, the successful bidder shall sign and date the contract, and return it to WHO according to the instructions provided at that time. If the selected bidder does not accept the contract terms without changes, WHO has the right not to proceed and instead contract with another bidder of its choice.