Deadline: 16 October 2017
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Office for Eastern Africa has opened a request for proposals for professional services to strengthen Cultural and Creative Industries in Rwanda.
UNESCO requires that bidders, contractors and their subcontractors adhere to the highest standard of moral and ethical conduct during the procurement and execution of UNESCO contracts and do not engage in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or obstructive practices.
Activities referred to as “fraud and corruption”
For the purpose of this provision such practices are collectively referred to as “fraud and corruption”:
- “Corrupt practice” is the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, an undue advantage, in order that the person receiving the advantage, or a third person, act or refrain from acting in the exercise of their official duties, or abuse their real or supposed influence;
- “Fraudulent practice” is a knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact aiming at misleading another party in view of obtaining a financial or other benefit or avoiding an obligation, or in view of having another party act to their detriment ;
- “Collusive practice” means an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including influencing improperly the actions of another party ;
- “Coercive practice” means impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party.
- “Obstructive practice” means acts intended to materially impede the exercise of UNESCO’s contractual rights of audit, investigation and access to information, including destruction, falsification, alteration or concealment of evidence material to a UNESCO investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption.
- “Unethical practice” means conduct or behaviour that is contrary to Staff or Supplier codes of conduct, such as those relating to conflict of interest, gifts, hospitality, postemployment provisions, abuse of authority and harassment.
Eligibility Criteria
- This bid is open to all national suppliers who are legally constituted, can provide the requested services.
- Bidders should not be associated, or have been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of its affiliates, which have been engaged by UNESCO, to provide consulting services for the preparation of the Terms of Reference, and other documents to be used for the procurement of services to be purchased under this Request for Proposal.
- Bidders are ineligible if at the time of submission of the offer:
- The bidder is on the exclusion list published on the global portal for suppliers of the United Nations Organization, due to fraudulent activities.
- The name of the bidder appears on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List which includes all individuals and entities subject to sanctions measures imposed by the Security Council.
- The bidder is excluded by the World Bank Group.
How to Apply
Proposals should be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Rwanda
For more information, please visit UNESCO Request for Proposals.