Provision of Air Transportation and Related Services

UNSOA has a requirement for the provision of door-to-door Airfreight forwarding services. Contractors may also be required to provide Ground Handling Services, Material Handling Equipment (MHE), associated labor, warehousing and yard storage, temporary bonded facilities and customs clearance to support airfreight of cargo. The services will be provided to various UNSOA locations and other nominated delivery points (referred to collectively as “Services” ). All Services will be provided on an ‘as and when’ required basis. UNSOA is seeking qualified logistics and transportation companies with international and national networks to provide services for Air movement of cargo that include, but are not limited to, UN-owned equipment, donor vehicles and equipment and national contingent equipment/materials, African Union equipment/material, to support UNSOA clients’ operational requirements. UNSOA intends to enter into a 1 Year Firm Fixed-Price Contract with an option to renew for another 1 + 1 year with a suitable Logistics /Freight forwarding companies (hereinafter referred to as “Contractor”), acting on behalf of UNSOA to provide all required services for collection, expediting and delivery of inbound and outbound predominantly road transported cargo from the point of entry/exit to final destination UNSOA is seeking a proposal for Air Transportation services, to be provided within the mission area as detailed in 1.1.3 above. The intent is to identify suitable Contractors who will undertake full responsibility for all aspects of UNSOA’s movements, using multi-modal transportation as necessary to best serve the requirements of a given moment. The Contractor shall provide door-to-door or Airport to Airport transportation of United Nations Owned Equipment (UNOE), Contingent Owned Equipment (COE), other shipmentsfrom point-of-origin to final destinations. Points of origin and destinations are listed, but not limited to the locations included in Section 7 Points of Origin and Destinations (below).Land points of entry and exit: transportation is inclusive of declared pick up / drop off points to / from points of exit and entry respectively. The services of the contract will cover, but shall not be limited to the following countries or territories: a) Somalia b) Somaliland c) Puntland d) Uganda e) Kenya f) Burundi g) Djibouti h) Ethiopia The contractor is to demonstrate safe and secure Air transportation of all cargo handled on behalf of UNSOA. The contractor is required to work in accordance with the accepted international best practices such as, but not limited to, IATA Dangerous goods regulations and ICAO technical instructions.