description introduction and background unicef works towards realization of the rights of children as prescribed in the convention of the rights of the child. in an effort to achieve its goals, unicef guyana and suriname applies various programme strategies and interventions at different levels. through these interventions there have been significant achievements and lessons learnt. unicef continues its support in the areas of (1)survive and thrive (2) education and skills; (3) child protection; (4) climate resilience and wash (5) social protection and inclusion and cross sectoral change strategies. there is an ongoing requirement for production of communication, advocacy and visibility materials that document key children's issues and ongoing responses in the field through high quality content packages, to support unicef and the government of suriname#s communication, advocacy and visibility efforts with policy makers, media, donors, partners and the public at large. these high-quality content packages include design packages, advocacy toolkits, photo packages, human interest stories, videos and short films that document unicef#s work and programming. these content packages will be disseminated through different channels including television, website, social media platforms, external media networks, partner networks and donor reports. unicef requires the services of reputed content production companies on long term arrangement which offers printing services. as important accountability, public information and resource mobilization tools for the organization, the deliverables must be of the highest quality. ii. purpose and objectives unicef suriname is seeking to enter long-term arrangements with companies to provide quality, timely and professional printing services. as a result of this request for proposal for services (rfps) process, unicef suriname will establish non-exclusive long term arrangements with multiple companies for the initial term of two (2) years with an option to extend for two (2) more additional one-year periods at the discretion of unicef suriname, subject to satisfactory performance by the service provider. iii. description of services qualified vendors are invited to submit proposals for the provision of the below described services. unicef may award an lta for all services included in the bid, or for a specific category only to one or multiple proposers, depending on the technical strengths and expertise of the prospective proposers, following a comprehensive evaluation as indicated in section #evaluation process and awards#. important: vendors may submit proposals for the provision of services in all or some of the categories. all submissions should clearly identify for which category of services the vendor is quoting. unicef suriname publishes several important reports and other communication products in print or digital format, and therefore requires the services of vendors who are experts in graphic pre-press workflows, and 4-colour printing. alternative versions and accessible versions of these products may also be required. other print materials that may also be required include leaflets, brochures, posters, banners, t-shirts and corporate branding products. iv. delivery and reporting requirements the vendor might receive project requests at any given time throughout the duration of the lta, based on which separate contracts will be issued. projects may vary in size, timeline, level and may require creativity.