REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

This notice is placed on behalf of UNECA. You are therefore requested to direct all your queries to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa using the fax number provided below.

Title of the EOI: Provision of services to maintain and support the existing software and licenses on yearly basis and to procure additional licenses in the future (as specified by the client) for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Date of this EOI: 11 August 2017

Closing Date for Receipt of EOI: 27 August 2017

EOI Number: EOIUNECA14171

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

Fax Number: +251115511874

E-mail Address: Mengistu5@un.org

UNSPSC Code: 43232202

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia hereby seeks Expression of Interest (EOI) from qualified and experienced vendors with valid license to provide service to maintain and support the existing software and licenses (Base Software (unit 1), Space Management Module (unit 1), Rendition Module (unit 1), Administrator/ Records Manager (unit 15), Records Coordinator (unit 11) and knowledge worker (unit 105)) on yearly basis and  to procure the additional licenses (Administrator named User, Records Coordinator Named User, Knowledge Worker Named User, Casual Contributor Named User and Inquiry Na med User ) in the future (as specified by the client) for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Vendors who express their interest will be invited to participate in a tender through "Request for Invitation to Bid" (ITB). This tender will envisage the selection of individual/firm to undertake the above mentioned services within the described specifications that are detailed in the ITB.

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 N umber. Thus, only those vendors who are registered or provisionally registered or have started their registration process in UNGM will be eligible to receive the solicitation document-ITB. (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 27 August 2017.

Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should complete the Vendor Response Form (http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/eoi14171.pdf) of this EOI and fax it or email it to UNECA before the closing date set forth above.