International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).

ICAO works with the Convention’s 193 Member States and industry groups to reach consensus on international civil aviation Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies in support of a safe, efficient, secure, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible civil aviation sector. These SARPs and policies are used by ICAO Member States to ensure that their local civil aviation operations and regulations conform to global norms, which in turn permits more than 100,000 daily flights in aviation’s global network to operate safely and reliably in every region of the world.

In addition to its core work resolving consensus-driven international SARPs and policies among its Member States and industry, and among many other priorities and programmes, ICAO also coordinates assistance and capacity building for States in support of numerous aviation development objectives; produces global plans to coordinate multilateral strategic progress for safety and air navigation; monitors and reports on numerous air transport sector performance metrics; and audits States’ civil aviation oversight capabilities in the areas of safety and security.

The Procurement Section supports ICAO’s Corporate and Technical Cooperation programmes. We leverage our considerable global and technical cooperation & assistance experience in areas, such as civil aviation infrastructure, aviation security and safety, air navigation, communications and many other categories of goods and services. We support our partners throughout ICAO in their work. Our specialized services and over 60 years experience are critical for the successful implementation of large-scale projects.

Together with our ICAO partners, we offer end-to-end procurement, including:

• Supply market analysis
• Procurement planning and strategy
• Preparation of solicitation documents
• Management of tender processes and evaluation of proposals
• Contracting of suppliers and contract management
• Definition and implementation of quality assurance and inspection
• Organization of transportation and inspection
• Logistics management
• Installation, testing and verification through the Technical Cooperation Bureau

ICAO implements best practices in procurement in order to achieve efficient and transparent processes that deliver best value for money.

Ethical behaviour is a requirement in ICAO procurement. ICAO expends public funds and it is committed to ensuring all procurement actions stand-up to public scrutiny. ICAO staff are responsible for protecting the integrity of the procurement process.  Suppliers must observe and act in accordance with the highest standards of ethics and professional conduct in their dealings with ICAO and must abide by the UN Supplier Code of Conduct.

No. As a result, the Express Interest button will not work for ICAO opportunities. Interested suppliers must carefully read the instructions provided under the Links/Documents tab of each procurement opportunity. 

Since April 2025, QUANTUM is the e-procurement platform used by ICAO to manage its procurement process digitally.  QUANTUM is a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system powered by Oracle Cloud and used by several UN agencies, including ICAO, for managing financial, procurement, and administrative operations. 

While ICAO procurement opportunities continue to be advertised on UNGM, the solicitation documents are only accessible through the QUANTUM Supplier Portal.

To participate in any ICAO Solicitation, companies must therefore create a supplier account in QUANTUM by following this link: Oracle Applications.  For companies with an existing active account, access is available via this link: Quantum Supplier Portal.

Please note that there is currently no integration between the two systems: supplier accounts on Quantum and UNGM are not connected. Supplier / account numbers, user names and passwords from UNGM are not valid in Quantum, and vice versa.

• Registration in Oracle QUANTUM: Oracle Applications
• Access to Oracle QUANTUM for companies with active accounts: Quantum Supplier Portal
• UNSPSC codes: www.unspsc.org
• ICAO (main page): www.icao.int
• ICAO Procurement page: www.icao.int/procurement
• If a procurement protest needs to be submitted, please refer to the solicitation document or the ICAO Procurement Code  for the applicable procedure.

• Procurement value: $95.03M
• Number of countries the organization procured from: 40
• Percentage of total UN procurement: <1%
• Ranking by procurement value: 19th
• Top category: Transportation, Storage, Mail Services
• Top country: Peru

To learn more about the procurement volume of each UN organization, visit the Annual Statistical Report and use the interactive dashboard.