Form AM 10-12 (April 2021) INVITATION TO BID – ITB Goods & related services Ref: 269BIH1000/1/ICT (Please quote this UNESCO reference in all correspondence) Date 20.12.2021 You are invited to submit a bid for Supply and delivery of information-communication technologies equipment (notebook computers) for education institutions in accordance with the present solicitation document. The Invitation to Bid (ITB) consists of this cover page and the following Annexes: Part 1 Annex I Annex II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Part 2 Annex VII Part 3 Annex VIII Annex IX Annex X Bidding Procedures Instructions to Bidders Bid Data Sheet Bid Submission Form Price Schedule Form Intention To Bid Form Bidder Information Form Supply Requirements Technical Specification Form Contract General Terms and Conditions Special Contract Conditions [if applicable] Model Performance Guarantee [if applicable] Your bid, submitted in a sealed envelope, should reach the following address no later than 10 January 2022. UNESCO - Antenna in Sarajevo of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe UN House, Zmaja od Bosne 7, 71000 Sarajevo SEALED TENDER - DO NOT OPEN ITB Ref: 269BIH1000/1/ICT Closing Date and Time: 10 January 2022, 17:00 (CET) This letter is not to be construed in any way as an offer of contract. Your bid could, however, form the basis for a contract between your company and UNESCO. Bidders are kindly requested to acknowledge the receipt of the ITB using the Intention to Bid Form on Annex V. For and on behalf of UNESCO: Siniša Šešum Head of Antenna in Sarajevo of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe Form AM 10-12 (April 2021) ANNEX I – Instructions to Bidders The Instructions to Bidders contain general guidelines and instructions on the preparation, clarification, and submission of Bids. A. INTRODUCTION 1. General UNESCO as the Purchaser invites Sealed Bids for the supply of goods to the UN system. 2. Eligible Bidders 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 the Purchaser to provide consulting services for the preparation of the specifications, and other documents to be used for the procurement of goods to be purchased under this Invitation to Bid. This bid is open to all national and international suppliers who are legally constituted and can provide the requested goods. Bidders are ineligible if at the time of submission of the offer: (a) The bidder is on the exclusion list published on the global portal for suppliers of the United Nations Organization, (http://www.ungm.org) due to fraudulent activities. (b) 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. (c)The bidder is excluded by the World Bank Group. 3. Fraud and corruption 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. For the purpose of this provision such practices are collectively referred to as “fraud and corruption” and defined as follows: • “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. Form AM 10-12 (April 2021) • “Obstructive practice” means acts intended to materially impede the exercise of UNESCO’s • contractual rights of audit, investigation