Supply of Sorghum - REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Background
World Food Programme (WFP) (“WFP”), with its Headquarters located in Via C.G. Viola, 68/70, 00148 Rome, Italy, is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience by assisting almost 100 million people in around 83 countries each year. About 17,000 people work for the organization, most of them in remote areas, directly serving the hungry poor.
WFP would like to expand its international list of pre-approved suppliers for SORGHUM.
Sorghum specifications are available in Annex I.
Response
If you are interested in supplying sorghum to WFP, send us an email at sorghum.suppliers2022@wfp.org indicating:
1. Short description of your company
2. Company’s website
3. Capacity to supply white sorghum, red sorghum, or both white/red sorghum
4. Ability to meet WFP’s sorghum specifications (see Annex I)
5. Preferred supply method (containerized / bulk / breakbulk)
6. Experience with other international entities (if any)
Deadline for response to this EOI is 31 October 2022 at 16:00 hrs CET (Rome time zone).
Evaluation
WFP will regularly review responses to this EOI, until its deadline.
WFP will NOT consider incomplete responses or responses related to different items/commodities.
Only shortlisted companies will be notified by WFP and invited to proceed with WFP standard registration.
WFP standard registration
If shortlisted, WFP Vendor Management will contact you to complete WFP standard registration process.
This process is described in Annex II. In a nutshell, you will be requested to:
1. Submit documents for registration on UNGM, up to Level 2. To do so, you will have to provide company’s certificate of incorporation, 3 audited financial statements, and 3 reference letters.
2. Complete the Initial Paper Assessment form (“IPA”) with all its supporting documents.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at sorghum.suppliers2022@wfp.org