DESCRIPTION OFREQUIREMENTS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

The United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is seeking Expression of Interest (EOI) to procure an Event Management Application for UNECA Conference Services.

UNECA requires sophisticated tools to facilitate participant engagement, streamline event logistics, and ensure the seamless execution of event services. The solution should support functionalities such as attendee management, event scheduling, real-time updates, networking features, and detailed analytics to measure engagement and event success.

The objective is to procure an existing, proven event management system that is fully customizable to UNECA’s needs. The solution must offer both a mobile application and cloud backend support for event planning, management, and post-event analysis.

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. In order to be eligible for UN Registration, please make sure to declare in writing the Prerequisite for Eligibility criteria itemized from A-F as contained in EOI instruction on the notice. 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 later stage. Those interested should write to the above-mentioned email address to submit their “Expression of Interest” by the deadline of 31 January 2025. Interested vendors should submit a fully completed Vendor Response Form to the link provided. It is to be noted that the successful bidder will be required to Register in UNGM before Contract award.

1. Awash Insurance S.C.  invites all interested and eligible bidders/ suppliers, both local and international, for the Supply, Installation, Configuration and Commissioning of Digital channels that meet the requirements of the Company indicated in the Request for proposal (RFP) document.

1. The bid and RFP documents can be obtained from the Company in the following address upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 1,000.00 (One Thousand Birr) at the time of purchasing the bid document from: –

Awash Insurance S.C, Ras Abebe Aregay Street, Awash Towers, P.O Box: 12637, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel  : +251-115-570001

Fax : +251-115-570208

• Suppliers can register and obtain bid documents in any one of the following ways:
• By appearing in person and registering on their own behalf;
• By registering through a domestic company who acts as a commercial agent;
• Through bidder’s embassy.
• Local bidders should submit renewed license, VAT registration, TIN certificate and current year tax clearance.
• International bidders are required to submit an authorized license or certificate that certifies the bidder to transact the subject matter of the bid from the country of origin.
• The bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of 2% of the bidder’s fixed fee for the “Supply, Installation, Configuration and Commissioning of Digital channels” in one of the following forms:
• CPO;
• Bank guarantee;
• Bid Bond issued by a well-known foreign bank and confirmed through a recognized domestic bank in Ethiopia and the bidder should inform Awash Insurance S.C.  by fax or e-mail to collect the bid bond before the closing date.
• The bid remains floating from January 27,2025 to February 10,2025 and shall be closed on March 10,2025 at 3:30 PM and opened in the presence of bidders or their representative on the same date at 4:00 PM at the Company’s Management Meeting Room, 15^th Floor, Ras Abebe Aregay Street, Awash Towers. Bids presented by any bidder after the closing date and time shall not be accepted.
• Sealed bids marked as “Tender for the Supply, Installation, Configuration and Commissioning of Digital channels” original and copy in separate three wax-sealed envelopes marked of General Proposal, Technical Proposal and Financial Proposals, wax-sealed in one big envelop must be delivered to the address specified above and submitted in the box prepared for this purpose on or before March 10,2025 3:30 PM
• Awash Insurance S.C.  reserves the right to accept or reject all or parts of this bid.

INVITATION FOR OPEN BID

(Ref No. ZISC/Pro/01/2025)

1. Zemen Insurance S.C (ZISC) invites interested and eligible competitive bidders to participate in the bidding for the Procurement of Supply, Installation, configuration, commissioning, and support services of Integrated Core Insurance Solution.
2. The bid document can be obtained from the company Finance Department upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB Birr 500.00 (Five Hundred Birr).
3. The bid remains floating from Jan-22-2025 up to March-07-2025 and will be closed on March-07-2025, 10:00AM, and opened in the presence of bidders or their representative on March-07-2025 the same date at 10:30AM at the Company’s Meeting room, Haile and Alem Building, Bole road, Zemen Insurance S.C 2nd Floor Meeting Room.
4. The bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of Birr 600,000.00 (Six hundred Thousand) or equivalent in USD in the form of unconditional Bank Guarantee or Cash Payment Order (C.P.O).
5. All bidders must be submitted in the tender box prepared for this purpose at Zemen Insurance S.C during office hours on/before March-07-2025, 10:00AM at the second floor meeting room.
6. Bidders should present copy of renewed trade license, Tax clearance certificate and VAT registration certificate.
7. Failure to comply any of the conditions stated above shall result in automatic rejection.
8. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Human resource and property Administration department. Direct line 251-116-15-14-93/251-115-57-58-50.
9. Zemen Insurance S.C reserves the right to accept or reject all or parts of this bid.

Haile & Alem Building

Zemen Insurance S.C

HR and Property Administration Department

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia