INVITATION TO BID FOR THE SUPPLY OF PRINTING MATERIALS (LOT1, 2 and 3) Invitation to bid
Reference: LITB-2025-9198722
Beneficiary countries or territories: Malawi
Published on: 18-Jul-2025
Deadline on: 31-Jul-2025 00:00 (GMT 2.00)
Description
UNICEF has now issued an Invitation to Bid in order to select a supplier for the supply of printing items. Bidders should submit their price list using a template provided. In addition to
the price list bidders should provide the following: 1. Environmentally Friendly Paper Use • Do you use environmentally certified or recycled paper in your printing processes? • If
so, could you please share the relevant certifications (e.g., FSC, PEFC, Blue Angel, etc.)? 2. Waste Management • What procedures do you have in place for the disposal or recycling of
printing waste (e.g., ink, paper offcuts, chemicals)? • Are there any sustainability reports or documentation you can share? 3. Ethical and Safeguarding Policies • Do you have
policies in place regarding Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), child safeguarding, and labor rights? • If available, please share copies or summaries of these
policies. 4 List of Printing Machines in use by the vendor This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the
UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be
automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly
available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and
opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if
there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to
be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with
UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of
your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All
vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender
documents relating to this tender.