Professional Services for the Implementation and Training of SAP ERP in UNESCO Brasilia Office
UNESCO form 801 (vi.06)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
REFERENCE NUMBER:
FABS-UBO-1100DESCRIPTION:
Professional Services for the Implementation and Training of SAP ERP in UNESCO Brasilia OfficeDEADLINE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOI:
April 24 2007 at 17:00Objectives and Scope
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is planning to integrate its Brasilia Office into
UNESCO’s central finance and budget system (SAP). For this purpose, UNESCO is requesting qualified companies
to express their interest in providing professional services for the implementation of an SAP finance and budget
solution for the UNESCO Brasilia Office. The solution should be able to handle a high number of operations (e.g.
some 1,000 payments per day) and be interfaced with several front-end applications; some of them in Portuguese.
Expected Output
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The replacement of UNESCO Brasilia Office’s existing ERP system based on Benner Corporativo, with anadapted version of UNESCO’s Finance and Budget System based on SAP R/3 version 4.7, including:
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Blueprintingo
Customizing and configuration of the systemo
Migration of data from the legacy systemo
Creation of reports for the management of UNESCO Brasilia Office and Headquarterso
Development of interfaces between the new system and the existing front-end applicationso
Training of key users in English and Portugueseo
Documentation (Implementation documents, system guides and training materials)Special Procurement Conditions and Additional Information
UNESCO invites suppliers capable of providing the services described above to submit their expression of interest.
In order to be considered as a potential supplier, interested enterprises should submit their Expression of Interest
including the following information:
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brief presentation of the enterprise including number of staff, turnover, years in businesso
reference list demonstrating qualifications for participating in the upcoming bidding processo
information regarding similar projects experience, including a brief description of each project, thegeographical scope and languages involved.
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contact information (full name and address, country, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, websiteand contact person)
The Expression of Interest and accompanying documents must be received by UNESCO no later than April 24
2007 at 17:00 on the postal address below. Alternatively, Expressions of Interest can be sent by e-mail or fax (max.
10 pages). Please indicate
Ref. No.: FABS-UBO-1100 on all submissions. Kindly forward a confirmation copy ofthe EOI (w/o Annexes) to
procurement.info@unesco.orgThis call for Expression of Interest does not constitute a solicitation. UNESCO reserves the right to change or
cancel the requirement at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. UNESCO also reserves the right to
require compliance with additional conditions when issuing the final solicitation documents. Submitting a reply to a
call for EOI does not automatically guarantee receipt of the solicitation documents when issued. Invitations to bid or
requests for proposals and any subsequent purchase order or contract will be issued in accordance with the rules
and procedures of UNESCO.
UNESCO Contact Information
7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Attn: Project Manager - Mr. Sergei Novikov
Fax: +33 (0) 1.45.68.57.89
E-mail: s.novikov@unesco.org