Provision of UN Requisitioner Training for United Nations (UN) staff, on an as and when required basis.

The United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC) located in Brindisi (Italy) seeks a qualified Contractor for the establishment of a long-term contract for the development and delivery of the “UN Requisitioner Training” for United Nations (UN) staff, on an "as and when required basis" for an initial period of three (3) years, with the sole option of the UNGSC to extend the term of the contract for two (2) additional period of one (1) year each (3+1+1 years). The UNGSC requests the development and delivery of a customised training programme, the “UN Requisitioner Certification Programme”, from now on referred to as the “Certification Programme”. This Programme must be based on topic elements extracted from commercial procurement-based training courses, to be customised as outlined in this SOR and integrated with specific references to the UN Procurement Manual regarding the activities, roles and responsibilities of the UN Requisitioner. The Certification Programme will be addressed to UN staff familiar with the development of tender technical specifications, the technical evaluation of tender proposals and bid offers, the vendor performance evaluation, and other contract management activities. The training goal of the “Certification Programme” is to enable trainees to gain solid knowledge and application of quality-focused requisitioning processes, including drafting technical specifications and tender technical evaluation criteria, evaluating Suppliers’ tender proposals and bid offers, monitoring and evaluating Suppliers’ performance, following industry, UN procurement and contract management best practices and standards. The Certification Programme must be delivered in the English language and shall include the following three (3) phases: Phase 1: Distance Modular Training, comprising: - one online Programme Introductory Webinar - three recorded tutor-led module introductory videos - three pre-webinar Module exercises - three live tutor-led webinars - three written Module review assignments - three Programme Module Coursebooks - online Students’ Discussion Forum Phase 2: Online Training Workshop consisting of one (1) five-day online training workshop Phase 3: Programme Certification assignment that must comprise one written assignment The Certification Programme must: - integrate theory with practice - be delivered online in English to a group of a minimum of 6 to a maximum of 12 trainees - last from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 9 months, including the online modular training, the one-week online training workshop and the final Programme students` examination phase. Proposing Companies must have, among others, a minimum of three (3) years of professional training experience in delivering training courses in English on any of the topics of the Certification Programme and related fields. GENERAL NOTES: The UNGSC will provide the full technical specifications and administrative instructions with a solicitation document to be issued at a later stage after the closing date of this EOI. The Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) does not constitute a solicitation. The UNGSC reserves the right to change or cancel the requirements during the REOI and solicitation process. Thus, submitting a reply to this REOI does not automatically guarantee that your company will be considered for receipt of the solicitation documents when issued.