Provision of Unarmed Security Guard Services to the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor ...

1. The United Nations Procurement Division, Regional Procurement Office (UNPD/RPO), hereby invites qualified vendors to submit their Expression of Interest for the participation in the upcoming solicitation for the Provision of Unarmed Security Guard Services to the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Burundi (OSASG). 2. The UNPD/RPO on behalf of the OSASG, requires these services from qualified, competent and licensed and accredited service provider(s). This requirement includes, but is not limited to, provision of unarmed security guard services within Burundi. 3. The proposed term of Contract(s) shall be for an initial one (1) year period with an option to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year periods (1+1+1), at the sole discretion of the UN, to extend under the same terms and conditions and at the same prices as agreed by the UN and the successful vendor(s). Importantly this proposed extension is entirely subject to the continuation of UN mandate, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance of the service provider(s). 4. The provider(s) of the unarmed security guard services is required to contribute to, and become an integrated part of, the UN premises security system at each applicable UN facility within Burundi. The contracted security services are predominantly related to manning certain access control posts, foot and mobile patrols, surveillance of infrastructure, and safety of parked vehicles within the perimeter lines of the existing installations. The estimated number of guards required to provide the scurity services is foreseen to be about seventy-seven (77) unarmed guards for OSASG-B at one or more UN sites only in Bujumbura, Burundi. NB: All above quantities are estimates. 5. The UN reserves the right to split the contract award amongst multiple service provider(s) and any resulting Contract(s) shall be non-exclusive. 6. Companies interested in being considered for shortlisting for receipt of the UNPD/RPO solicitation document are requested to submit a written Expression of Interest therein specifying the company's profile, as per Vendor Response Form attached hereunder providing: (a) Address, contact person, active telephone numbers as well as functional e-mail contacts; (b) Company’s registration ID number (if already registered with UN) and UNGM registration number (www.ungm.org). c) Company must be registered in UNGM atleast at Level 1 in order to be considered to participate in this UN solicitation. d) Confirm the company’s capability to provide these services to OSASG within Burundi; and e) Indicate commitment that if the solicitaion is issued, the company is ready to offer its services by the set bid close date and a copy of this included as part of the Technical Evaluation submission. 7. Note that companies that have previously submitted EOIs for similar services with the UN must re-submit full documentation as detailed above. 8. Please note, this is NOT an invitation for submission of bids. Its purpose is to identify companies that would be interested to participate in the solicitation when issued. 9. A detailed Scope of Work (SOW) will potentially be provided in the future to companies shortlisted for receipt of official UNPD/RPO solicitation. 10. The UNPD/RPO will examine the outcome of this request for EOI and will consider those firms that have expressed their interest providing the required information as to their ability to fulfill UNPD/RPO’s requirement. 11. The UNPD/RPO reserves the right to change or cancel the requirements at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. Thus, submitting a reply to this EOI does not automatically guarantee that your company will be considered for receipt of the solicitation when issued or award thereafter. The tender and any subsequent commitment to contract will be issued in accordance with UN rules and regulations. 12. The Expressions of Interest (EOI) may be submitted only by e-mail no later than close of business 14 February 2017 to email address: unesb-rpo@un.org with a copy to aguma@un.org. 13. UNPD/RPO reserves the right in selecting the invitees for the solicitation.