Consultancy for the development of the Student Coexistence Strategic Guide

Agency: UNICEF | Reference: 9206941 | Type: Request for proposal PART I – OBJECT OF THIS CALL FOR SERVICE PROPOSALS 1. Context 1.1 UNICEF promotes the rights and well-being of all children, in everything it does. Together with its partners, it works in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing its efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, for the benefit of all children, everywhere. 2. Bidding 2.1 The purpose of this Call for Service Proposals is to invite proposals for the Consultancy for the development of the Student Coexistence Strategic Guide, as detailed in the Terms of Reference. 2.2 This Call for Service Proposals document consists of the following elements: • This document • UNICEF's General Terms and Conditions of Contract (Services), attached as Annex A to this document. • MDM Form for vendor registration • LRPS-2026- 9206941 Document 2.3 This Call for Service Proposals is an invitation to negotiate and shall not be construed as an offer that can be accepted nor shall it create any contractual, legal, or restitutionary rights. There shall be no binding contract, including process contracts or any other agreements or arrangements, between the Proponent and UNICEF, and nothing in or in connection with this Call for Service Proposals shall impose any liability on UNICEF, unless and until UNICEF and the selected Proponent have signed a contract. PART II - PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS 1. Proposal Submission Schedule 1.1 Acknowledgement of receipt of the Call for Service Proposals. Proponents are requested to inform UNICEF as soon as possible that they have received this Call for Service Proposals by sending an EMAIL to the following address: contratoscostarica@unicef.org, 1.2 Proponent Inquiries. Proponents shall submit any questions related to this Call for Service Proposals by EMAIL to the following address: contratoscostarica@unicef.org. The deadline for receiving questions will be October 15, 2026, at 11:59 PM. Proponents shall formulate their questions as clearly and concisely as possible. Furthermore, Proponents shall inform UNICEF, immediately and in writing, of any ambiguity, error, omission, discrepancy, inconsistency, or other defect they have observed in any part of the Call for Service Proposals, providing detailed information about it. Proponents shall not benefit from such ambiguities, errors, omissions, discrepancies, inconsistencies, or other defects. UNICEF will compile the questions received. UNICEF may, at its discretion, immediately send a copy of any anonymized question and its answer to all other invited Proponents and/or publish them on the UNICEF website and/or answer the question in a bidding conference. After any such bidding conference, UNICEF may prepare and publish on its website a Q&A document. 1.3 Amendments to the Call for Service Proposals Documents. At any time prior to the Proposal Submission Deadline, UNICEF may, for any reason, whether on its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a potential Proponent, modify the Call for Service Proposals by an amendment. If the Call for Service Proposals was already publicly available online, the amendments will also be published online. In addition, all amendments made to the Call documents will be notified in writing to all potential Proponents who have received the Call for Service Proposals directly from UNICEF. In order for potential Proponents to have a reasonable period to incorporate these amendments into their Proposals, UNICEF may, at its sole discretion, extend the Proposal Submission Deadline. 1.4 Bidding Conference. A bidding conference will be held on November 16 at 10:00 AM (Costa Rican time); on the Microsoft Teams platform (See link reference in the Terms of Reference) 1.5 Submission Deadline. The Proposal Submission Deadline is: November 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM. Proposals received by UNICEF after the Submission Deadline will not be accepted. 2. Language 2.1 The Proposal prepared by the Proponent and all correspondence and documents relating to the Proposal exchanged between the Proponent and UNICEF shall be in Spanish. DOCUMENTS AND LINKS: • TDR Guia Estrategica Convivencia Estudiantil.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=319997&documentId=2128294 • LRPS-2026-9206941.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=319997&documentId=2128295 • MDM_Vendor Master Registration Template for Institutional Vendors (4).xlsx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=319997&documentId=2128296 CONTACT: • Email: contratoscostarica@unicef.org