PROVISION OF GENERAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND OTHER RELATED WORKS FOR THE IRMCT, ARUSHA BRANCH

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) invites qualified interested firms to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in the upcoming competitive bidding exercise to establish a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for the provision of General Building maintenance services, including Labour, Material and general equipment at The United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“IRMCT” or “the Mechanism”) at Arusha. The IRMCT compound is located at Haki Road, Plot No. 486 Block A, Lakilaki, Arusha, Tanzania. It is approximately 60,000m2 comprising of reinforced concrete buildings, Office, Archive, court, pedestrian check, pressroom and security gate booths, as well as additional prefabricated office buildings, ablution units and cafeteria. The compound has a tarmac circulation of roads, paved car park, earth service road and extra gravel car park, metal cladded warehouse and modified sea container offices. The aim is to establish a contract for a period of 1 year (initial period) with an option to extend the contract for four (4) consecutive periods of one (1) year each, up to a maximum contract period of five (5) years under the same terms and condition. The contractor will provide maintenance services related to but not limited to: • Structural components of buildings • Electrical systems and generators • Plumbing services • Masonry and concrete works • Metal and aluminum works • Painting and carpentry • Glass repair and installation. The Contractor shall provide manpower, supervision, materials, tools and equipment necessary to perform these Services. All the services are to be carried out in compliance with national and international standards and building regulations. Specific Requirements/Information Interested vendors must posses the necessary technical expertise and capacity to provide the required services, as only suitably qualified vendors will be invited to participate. Vendors are required to complete the attached self-declaration form (Annex A) and return the form via email to unon-procurement-rfx@un.org. with a copy to grace.macharia@un.org. Vendors expressing interest must be registered with the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) at minimum of Basic Registration Level. Vendors not registered in UNGM will not be eligible to paricipate in the tender Exercise at a later stage. Details of the technical evaluation criteria and other particular requirements will be provided under at the tender stage. Vendors possessing the following attributes are strongly encouraged to participate: (a) Inclusive of persons with disabilities, (b) A demonstrated commitment to achieving gender equality, (c) Woman-owned business status, (d) Originating from developing countries, countries with economies in transition, or least developed countries. An Expression of Interest does not guarantee paricipation in the request for proposal as only suitably qualified vendors will be invited to pariticpate.