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Request for Expression of Interest   

 

This notice is placed on behalf of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) cannot provide any warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of contents of furnished information; and is unable to answer any enquiries regarding this EOI. You are therefore requested to direct all your queries to UNECA using the fax number provided below.

Title of the EOI:

Provision of Travel Management Services to the United Nations (UN) Agencies in Addis Ababa

 

Date of this EOI:

21 December 2009

 

Closing Date for Receipt of EOI :

12 January 2010

 

EOI Number:

     

 

E-mail Address:

bidofficer@uneca.org

 

Address EOI response by fax for the Attention of:

Mr. Ali Todaro, Chief, General Services Section

 

Fax Number:

+251 115 511874, Tel. No. 0115445466

 

UNCCS Code:

633200

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), as a lead agency  to procure the services of  qualified Travel Agent/s for the provision of travel management services to the UN community in Addis Ababa, hereby seeks to pre-qualify suitable firms (local, international companies and joint ventures) that have specialty in the area of travel management services. 

Short-listed and eligible firms that passed the pre-qualification stage will be invited to participate in the tender for travel management services in a form of a Request for Proposal (RFP).

The successful contractor/s, within 30 days of signature of contract, will be required to obtain a license for work in Ethiopia and establish an office in Ethiopia so as to provide a fully integrated system for travel services from reservations to ticket delivery, including computerized reservations system to ensure the most efficient routings; least costly plans of action to ensure timely services including hotel reservation on behalf of the UN Traveler, ground transportation, provision of information on visa, and vaccination requirements; methods of resolving routine travel constraints and problems. The contractor/s will have an office on the premises of UNECA and under no circumstances should business for any other client be transacted through this dedicated office.

UNECA is precluded from entering into a contract with a firm that is not fully registered with UNECA.  Those interested in responding to this invitation but not currently fully registered, as vendors with UNECA, are encouraged to register.  Registration Form and “Vendor Response Form” could be downloaded from www.uneca.org/procurement or similar documents could also be collected from the UNECA, General Services Section, 2nd floor, Room no. 2N11.  In order to be eligible for UN Registration, please make sure to declare in writing the   Prerequisite for Eligibility criteria  itemized from A-E   as contained in  EOI instruction  attached.

Those interested should write to the above-mentioned e-mail address or fax number to submit their “expression of interest” with filled pre-qualification questionnaire by the deadline of 12 January 2010.

NOTE

 

Information on tendering for the UN Procurement System is available free of charge at the following  address: http://www.ungm.org/Notices/Notices.aspx

Only the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) has been authorized to collect a nominal fee from vendors that wish to receive automatically Procurement Notices or Expression Of Interest.  Please subscribe to  http://www.ungm.org/Registration/Login.aspx

 

Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should complete the Vendor Response Form of this EOI and fax it to UNECA before the closing date set forth above

 

:: Pre-Qualification Questionnaire