Expression of Interest for Engineering Firms (EOI)

UNICEF has now issued an INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) TO REGISTER POTENTIAL FIRMS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS (LTAs) FOR THE PROVISION OF ENGINEERING SERVICES IN VARIOUS PROVINCES IN ZAMBIA BRIEF BACKGROUND The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Zambia Country Office (ZCO) is supporting the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) in the implementation of Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes that will be implemented in various provinces of Zambia over a period of 4 years with funding from the European Union (EU). One of the key interventions under the programme will be the construction of Early Childhood Education (ECE) centers and rehabilitation of selected health facilities to enhance service delivery in Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC). UNICEF Zambia is therefore looking for competent engineering firms for the provision of the following services: 1. Site Assessment (of existing buildings & proposed new construction sites) 2. Design Services and Production Technical/Tender Documents 3. Technical Support to Procurement 4. Quality Assurance and Site Supervision IMPORTANT NOTE: This Expression of Interest (EOI) will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the expression of interest documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.