Provision of Catering Services at the Transit Camp situated within the MONUSCO/United Nations En ...

1. The United Nations Procurement Division, Regional Procurement Office (UNPD/RPO), hereby invites qualified vendors to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in an upcoming solicitation for the Provision of Catering Services at the Transit Camp situated in the MONUSCO / United Nations Entebbe Support Base (UNESB), Uganda on a long term basis. 2. The UNPD/RPO on behalf of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), seeks to engage professional/qualified, competent, licensed and accredited service provider(s) capable of availing Catering Services to Military Contingents and Formed Polices Units on rotation and on Short Visits at the Transit Camp situated within MONUSCO/United Nations Entebbe Support Base (UNESB), Uganda. MONUSCO/UNESB is located right next to the Entebbe Old Airport area, Uganda. 3. The Contractor shall be expected to provide a variety of food and beverages including freshly baked products and a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables procured either locally from local markets or imported from international markets. Where applicable, the food products shall meet the UN Rations Standards. The Contractor shall provide full service operations required for the preparation and service of three meals per day. 4. The proposed term of Contract(s) shall be for an initial one (01) year period with an option to extend for an additional one (1) year successive period (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) subject to UN budgets and continuation of mandates as determined by the UN General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations and the satisfactory performance of the vendor(s). 5. The UN reserves the right to split the Contract award amongst multiple service providers 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 clearly written Expression of Interest therein specifying the company's profile, as per Vendor Response Form attached hereunder providing: 6.1 Address, contact person, active telephone numbers as well as functional e-mail contacts; 6.2 Company’s registration ID number (if already registered with UN) and UNGM registration number (www.ungm.org). 6.3 Company must be registered in UNGM atleast at Level 1 in order to be considered to participate in this UN solicitation. 6.4 Written confirmation of the company’s capability to provide these services to the United Nations; and 6.5 Indicate commitment that if the solicitaion is issued, your company is ready to prepare an offer to provide these services by the set proposal close date and a copy of this included as part of the Technical Evaluation submission. 7. Note that companies that have previously submitted EOI for similar services with UN must re-submit full documentation as detailed above. 8. Please note, this is NOT an invitation for submission of Proposals. Its purpose is to identify companies that would be interested to participate in the solicitation when issued. 9. A detailed Scope of Work (SOW) with the technical requirement, staff estimates required, etc. will be provided within the UN's tender document which will be sent out to all qualified companies/vendors shortlisted for receipt of official UNPD/RPO solicitation. 10. The UNPD/RPO will examine the outcome of this request for EOI and will consider qualified firms including that have expressed their interest providing the required information as to their ability to fulfill UNPD/RPO’s requirement. No further details can be made available prior to the issuance of the tender as this stage is only to identify interested and qualifying vendors for this 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. Interested vendors must complete and submit page 4 (i.e. Vendor Response Form) of this EOI document indicating the EOI Number in the subject. At this stage, please do not submit any additonal information and no questions will be answered. The expressions of interest (EOI) may be submitted by mail or by using the emails provided clearly marked with the inscription “Expression of Interest - Provision of Catering Services at the Transit Camp situated in the MONUSCO / United Nations Entebbe Support Base (UNESB), Uganda". UNPD Regional Procurement Office P.O. Box 710 UN Entebbe Support Base Old Entebbe Airport Road Entebbe, Uganda Attn: unesb-rpo@un.org 13. EOIs not addressing the above criteria to the satisfaction of UNPD/RPO shall not be considered for the solicitation to bid, if and when issued. UNPD/RPO reserves the right in selecting the invitees for the solicitation. 14. The Expressions of Interest (EOI) may be submitted only by e-mail no later than Close of Business 25 April 2018 to email address unesb-rpo@un.org. 15. If you have questions related to UN vendor registration, please follow the instructions below or contact unesb-rpo@un.org with a copy to register@un.org. 16. This request for Expressons of Interest (EOI) is issued subject to the conditons contained in the EOI introductory page on this website. UNPD/RPO reserves the right in selecting the invitees for the solicitation. Thank you for your interest.