United Nations Children’s Fund Nigeria Country Office
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is calling for interested qualified Service Providers to submit applications to become prequalified in relation to upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) to be issued by UNICEF for Contractual Management Services
Background
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office plans to establish a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with an international organization to manage the provision of the professional services of vaccine security social mobilization. Learning and girls education, water and environmental sanitation consults and other professionals to support UNICEF programmes with the Government of Nigeria in its goals of eradicating polio and strengthening routine immunizations, Improvement of learning and girls education and provision of safe water sources. Estimated number of consultants for 2013 is 540 and the LTA duration is for up to two (2) years.
Major Tasks
1. Manage a pool of consultants and technical experts for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of specific activities at the federal, state and LGA levels per the individual work schedules.
2. Organize the movement of these consultants throughout the states and LGAs and FCT for effective coverage of programme activities as specified in programme schedules.
3. Provide a monthly summary report of all activities and expenditures on authorized activities of personnel
Qualifications, Specialized Knowledge and Experience
- Reputed NGO or Consultancy/Management organization with experience of large scale project management and human resources management in social mobilization activities of development programmes
- Capacity to handle disbursements of large sums of money with experience in field monitoring and investigations.
Mandatory Requirements for Pre-Qualification
- 1. Minimum of 5 years of existence: submit legal Registration Certificate,
- 2. Minimum of 3 years of experience in provision of similar services and implementation of similar contracts: submit List and details of completed/ ongoing contracts in Nigeria, including certificates of satisfactory completion of similar projects.
- 3. Financial Capacity of average annual turnover of USD1M for the last three years and Financial Sustainability: submit audited financial statement and/or credit rating report
- 4. Personnel: office organogram and CVs of minimum of three (3) key staff
Submission of Expression of Interest (EOI)
Interested service providers are encourage to complete and submit the Supply Profile Form (SPF), which can be downloaded from www.unicef.org/nigeria/about_3841.html or obtained by sending an enquiry to abujasupply@unicef.org
EOIs should be sent to e-mail: abujasupply@unicef.org not later than 20th February, 2013 COB. Please quote “EOI Contractual Management Services” as subject in your correspondence.
This EOI does not constitute a solicitation. We do not require bids or proposals at this stage; we merely seek your expression of interest in participating in the tender.
A response to this Request for Expression of interest does not automatically ensure that you will be selected to participate in the tender.
UNICEF reserves the right to change or cancel the requirement at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. UNICEF also reserves the right to require compliance with additional conditions as and when issuing the final tender document.
If you have any additional question about this EOI, please contact Bakhtiy or Sharipov, Supply Manager e-mail: abujasupply@unicef.org
