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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Greetings. Could you please help circulate the below and attached Request for Proposal from ILRI, for consultancy services on HR matters?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you so much for your kind support,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We are pleased to formally invite your firm to submit a proposal in response to the referenced RFP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Please take note of the following key dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Advertisement Date:</b> 1st August 2025<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<b>Deadline for Submission of Clarification Questions:</b> 7th August 2025<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Mandatory Pre Bid Meeting on 11<sup>th</sup> August at 3pm Hanoi Time (Link in the RFP document)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<b>Proposal Submission Deadline:</b> 14th August 2025 COB 5PM EAT<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<b>Proposal Submission Email: </b>Please submit the technical and financial proposals separately in the below emails;<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Technical Proposal <b><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:ILRIvietnamTechnicalproposal@cgiar.org" title="mailto:ILRIvietnamTechnicalproposal@cgiar.org">ILRI-vietnamTechnicalproposal@cgiar.org</a></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Financial Proposal <b><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:ILRIvietnamFinancialproposal@cgiar.org" title="mailto:ILRIvietnamFinancialproposal@cgiar.org">ILRI-vietnamFinancialproposal@cgiar.org</a></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving food and nutrition security and reducing poverty in developing countries through
research for efficient, safe, and sustainable livestock systems. ILRI operates under strict budgetary constraints and places high importance on cost-effectiveness and value for money in all procurement engagements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Vendors are therefore encouraged to submit competitive proposals that reflect ILRI’s not-for-profit status, including cost structures that are transparent, fair, and considerate of our
mission-driven operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#242424">Regards,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#203864">Stephen Kairu
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#7F0000">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#1F497D"> Procurement & Logistics</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#242424"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:black">International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#242424"><br>
Naivasha Road</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#242424">Box 30709 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#242424">Office Tel : +254 20 422 3306 / 3335| Mobile : +254 732 594 772</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:s.w.kairu@cgiar.org">s.w.kairu@cgiar.org</a> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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