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72000000 – Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified companies with the required expertise and experiencto provide service in reference to a project that aims to address the Business Center Renovation, Interior Design and Furniture Supplies for UNECA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The firm is expected to provide Business Center Renovation, Interior Design and Furniture Supply. The ECA Souvenirs and Business Center, located on the 1st floor of the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA), provides various business Centre services as well as sells selected UN branded items to internal and external clients. However, the demand for UN memorabilia items has increased gradually. Following this, the need to redesign the room and replace the existing furniture with a modern one arises. Hence, UNCC-AA is seeking for experienced vendor to execute the required design and installation services. Scope of work • To design the room’s layout and install accordingly taking into consideration: – remove the existing 7 table & chairs and replace with 3 modern ones (two for laptop/ printing service requirements and the third one for the receptionist); – transparent and lockable shelves (preferably with light) to display UN branded items/ souvenirs for sell ; – change the existing bulbs with powerful watt, – interior decor to make the center more attractive; and – lockable shelves with drawers to store the souvenirs. Hence, it is expected that the winning vendor will work on the layout of the ECA Souvenirs and Business Center (in 3D) including recommending and supplying of suitable table and chairs, display shelves, artworks, lighting, interior décor etc. to make the room stunning. The successful bidder will be contracted to provide the required service which will further be specified under the Bid Document. Interested firms will be invited to the tender by “Request for Proposal” (RFP) at a later stage. The detailed specifications/requirement will be contained in the RFP Bid document. Please note that the UNECA is precluded from entering into contract with a firm that is not fully registered with UNGM. Those interested in responding to this invitation but not currently fully registered as vendors with UNGM, are encouraged to register before submission of the bid. Further details may be obtained by visiting https://www.ungm.org/Vendor/Registration. Those intrested should submit “Expression of Intres” by the provided link on or before the deadline of 09 November 2023.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION (IF ANY)By submitting an EOI, the Applicant acknowledges that neither the United Nations nor the Applicant intends to create any contract or other relationship under which the United Nations is legally obliged to conduct the Expression of Interest process for the works in any manner or to proceed to tender on the basis set out in this Invitation to Expression of Interest or any other basis and that there is in fact no such contract or other relationship in existence. UNECA reserves the right to verify statements by the EOI respondent and not to invite all those companies who had expressed interest. Only eligible firms that are successful at this pre-qualification stage will be invited to participate in the tender invitation. Interested vendors should submit a fully completed Vendor Response Form to the link provided . All questions which the vendors should have must be sent through the above email address not later than 3 days before the closing date. The UN reserves the right to reject incomplete Expressions of Interest responses. It is to be noted that the successful bidder will be required to Register in UNGM at Basic before Contract award.
Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should submit the vendor Response Form of this EOI electronically through the link
