This notice is placed by GPSS. The accuracy, reliability and completeness of the contents of furnished
information is the responsibility of Global Procurement Support Section. You are therefore requested
to direct all queries regarding this EOI to Global Procurement Support Section using the fax number or
e-mail address provided below.
Title of the EOI:
Provision of Sea Transportation and Related Services to United Nations Support Office in Somalia.
Date of this EOI: 10 December 2025 Closing Date for Receipt of EOI: 31 January 2026
EOI Number: EOIGPSS24015
Beneficiary Country/Territory: Somalia
Commodity/Service category: Freight Forwarding
Address EOI response by fax or e-mail to the Attention of: Martha Nyadoi
Fax Number:
E-mail Address: dos-pd-gpss@un.org; martha.nyadoi@un.org
UNSPSC Code:
78141501 - Freight forwarders services
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS
United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) has a requirement for the provision of Door-to-door Sea
freight forwarding and related services. Contractors will also be required to provide sea freight, terminal
handling Services, Material Handling Equipment (MHE), associated labor, warehousing and yard storage,
temporary bonded facilities, customs clearance, and close liaison with various Government authorities to
support inland movement of cargo.
UNSOS intends to enter a three-year (3) contract with an option to extend for another 1 + 1 year at the sole
discretion of the UN, extension of UNSOS’s mandate and satisfactory performance of the vendor.
The Contractor shall provide door-to-door transportation of United Nations Owned Equipment (UNOE) and
Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) from point-of-origin to different destinations. This sometimes shall
require multimodal transport.The types of consignment encompassed by the Services will include military
equipment, dangerous goods, vehicles, heavy equipment, UNOE, COE, temperature-sensitive and general
cargo, personal effects, and household goods. The Contractor must have appropriate Material Handling
Equipment (“MHE”) with appropriately qualified personnel, to handle such cargo at the various locations.
Related Services include; Transportation and Transshipment/Transit arrangements,Ground
Handling,Warehousing,Local Storage,Packaging and Labeling, Cargo tracking and Tracing Material
Handling Equipment (MHE) and Complete Customs clearance solutions for all Ports of Entry/Exit and crossborder movement of cargo for which the Contractor is responsible along the identified routes and through
the identified points of entry/exit.
The List of Operational locations include; Somalia (Mogadishu,Barawe,Marka,Kismayo,Manda),Kenya
(Garissa & Mombasa),Somaliland,Uganda,Burundi,Djibouti,Ethipia,Nigeria,Ghana and Sierra Leone.
Bidders must note that UNSOS will obtain quotations through a secondary bidding process, which will be
implemented during the life of the contract in the form of a Request for Offer (RFO). Only those Contractors
who are qualified and awarded under the initial contract will be obligated to respond to this secondary
bidding process. The contract prices submitted during the initial bidding shall serve as maximum ceiling
prices, which shall not be exceeded in any future responses
Detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) with the technical specifications,quantities required will be
shared in the solicitation document which will be sent out to all qualified companies/vendors shortlisted for
receipt of official UNPD/GPSS solicitation.
To be awarded a contract ,a vendor must be registered at the appropriate level with the UN Secretariat
through the UNGM.
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SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION (IF ANY)
The Contractor shall be required to deliver services in full compliance with international standards, including
the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules), the United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules,
New York 2008), the applicable Incoterms and ISO 9001 quality management standards. All services must
also adhere to the terms and conditions outlined in the Contract, in accordance with the United Nations
General Conditions of Contracts (UNGCC) and must meet the satisfaction of UNSOS.
NOTE
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Vendors interested in participating in the planned solicitation process should submit the Vendor
Response Form of this EOI electronically (through the link available on the next page) before the
closing date set forth above.