Human-Centered Design Training, Design Research & Strategy and Design Production Services, Contract 4

Tender No.: RFPS-NYH-2019-503110

Commodity: Long Term Arrangement for Human-Centered Design Training, Design Research & Strategy and Design Production Services 

To meet the rising need for services around innovations requiring design research, strategy, humancentered design methodologies and creative direction and implementation of scalable innovative technology-based platforms and programme activities, UNICEF Office of Innovation wishes to enter into one or more Long Term Agreement (LTA) and/or Individual Contract with service providers who can provide varying design-based services to support:

1) New and developing technology products and platforms which are gaining traction or already at scale,
2) UNICEF globally in learning and improving applicable, sustainable and strategic designbased thinking and research techniques in its work, and
3) Advocacy and visual communications materials, both static and dynamic, that can maintain, uplift and support the scale-up of UNICEF and UNICEF’s innovation work.

Service providers are expected to work on a variety of outputs ranging from, but not limited to, human-centered design workshops, design thinking strategy, implementation and advisory, design research methodology implementation or trainings, service design strategy and implementation, systems architecture and design, scalable designs of websites and apps especially for low-bandwidth settings, branding development, printed publications, presentation materials, signage and designs for exhibitions and events, user interface and user experience designs, media communications materials, motion graphics, photography, film, virtual reality, and potentially 3-D printing.

Below are some examples of the scope of work anticipated:
● Design Research & Strategy
● Design Thinking workshop facilitation
● Information design and systems architecture
● Virtual Reality (VR) Filming
● Wayfinding design for events and exhibitions
● Digital marketing collateral
● Mapping tools and interactive maps
● Data visualization - digital and print both interactive and static
● Motion graphics/Animation
● Document templates which are built in accessible platforms like Powerpoint and Google Docs
● Presentation decks
● Branding and Identity
● Print design and layout
● Digital interface design (apps, websites, new platforms)
● 3-D printing

Purpose: 3 years plus two 12-month optional extension