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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Ms. Ngan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 Tax 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,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Please take note of the following key dates:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Advertisement Date:</span></b><span style="color:black"> 4<sup>th</sup> August 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Deadline for Submission of Clarification Questions:</span></b><span style="color:black"> 8th August 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Mandatory Pre Bid Meeting on 12<sup>th</sup> August at 2pm Hanoi Time (Link in the RFP document)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Proposal Submission Deadline:</span></b><span style="color:black"> 18th August 2025 COB 5PM EAT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Proposal Submission Email:
</span></b><span style="color:black">Please submit the technical and financial proposals separately in the below emails;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Technical Proposal </span><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><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Financial Proposal </span><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><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Mono";color:#203864">Stephen Kairu
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</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>
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<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>
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