The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is seeking Expression of Interest (EOI) from qualified and experienced vendors with valid license to provide Ice Cream (gelato) and Sorbet services to United Nations staff, conference delegates, and other officials and visitors to the UNECA and other UN agencies


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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

This notice is placed on behalf of 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) using the fax number or e-mail address provided below.

Title of the EOI: Provision of Ice Cream Outlet services with long term contract at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia     

Date of this EOI: 19 July 2017

Closing Date for Receipt of EOI: 9 August 2017

EOI Number: 14104

Address EOI response by fax or e-mail to the Attention of: Michael Getachew

Fax Number: +251115511874

E-mail Address: getachew17@un.org

UNSPSC Code: 80131502

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is seeking Expression of Interest (EOI) from qualified and experienced vendors with valid license to provide Ice Cream (gelato) and Sorbet services to United Nations staff, conference delegates, and other officials and visitors to the UNECA and other UN agencies. The vendor(s) will supply ice cream and sorbet with the following requirements: made of fresh product and fruits; made of natural raw ingredients; contains no preservatives, artificial colors; hydrogenated fats or flavors; use pasteurized milk for Ice Cream (gelato); possibility of offering gluten free Ice Cream (gelato); possibility of offering fasting Ice Cream (gelato) and Sorbet;  possibility of offering sugar free Ice Cream (gelato) and Sorbet.

Vendors who express their interest will be invited to participate in a tender through "Request for Proposal" (RFP). This tender will envisage the selection of vendor to undertake the above mentioned services within the described specifications that are detailed in the RFP.

UNECA is precluded from entering into a contract with vendor that is not fully registered with United Nations Global Market lace (UNGM) and not obtained UN Global Market Place (UNGM) Vendor ID Number. Thus, only those vendors who are registered or provision all registered or have started their registration process in UNGM will be eligible to receive the solicitation document- RFP. (Use the following site to be registered at UNGM website : https://www.ungm.org).
Those interested vendors who fullfill the above requirements are required to submit the Completed Vendor Response Form plus all required supplemental documentations through the above mentioned e-mail address on or before 9 August 2017.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION (IF ANY)

By submitting an EOI, the Applicant acknowledges that neither the United Nations nor the Applicant intends to create any contract or other relationship under which the United Nations is legally obliged to conduct the Expression of Interest process for the works in any manner or to proceed to tender on the basis set out in this Invitation to Expression of Interest or any other basis and that there is in fact no such contract or other  relationship in existence.

UNECA reserves the right to verfiy statements and not to invite all those companies who had expressed interest. Only eligible individuals/firms that are successful at this pre-qualification stage will be invited to participate in the tender through a Request for Proposal (RFP).

Interested vendors should submit a fully completed Vendor Response Form to the above-listed email address attaching all supporting documents. All questions should be sent through the same email address not later than 10 days before the closing date. The UN reserves the right to reject incomplete Expressions of Interest responses.
Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should complete the Vendor Response Form  in un website of http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/eoi14104.pdf of this EOI and fax it or email it to UNECA before the closing date set forth above

NOTE

Information on tendering for the UN Procurement System is available free of charge at the following  address: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice

Only the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) has been authorised to collect a nominal fee from vendors that wish to receive automatically Procurement Notices or Requests for Expression Of Interest. Vendors interested in this Tender Alert Service are invited to subscribe on http://www.ungm.org.

Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should complete/submit the Vendor Response Form of this EOI either electronically (through the link available here) or send it via fax or e-mail to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (UNECA) before the closing date set forth above.

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