Provision of Duty Free (PX) Services to MINURSO, Laayoune, Western Sahara

1. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (hereinafter referred to as “MINURSO” or “the United Nations), seeks Expressions of Interest (EOI) from duly registered companies for the Provision of Duty Free (PX) Services to MINURSO, Laayoune, Western Sahara. 2. MINURSO will undertake a competitive bidding exercise shortly and accordingly intends to issue an Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified companies that have expressed their interest and provided initial relevant information demonstrating their ability to fulfill MINURSO requirements. Therefore, interested companies are required to complete the UN Vendor Registration process into the United Nations Global Market Place (UNGM) database. The vendor database is accessible at: www.ungm.org. A detailed Specification will be provided to companies short listed for the receipt of the Solicitation document. 3. The EOI should specify relevant information about the company including the company’s profile, capacity/capability and experience, an indication of similar Contracts undertaken within the last twelve (24) months (if any) and copies of the registration certificate and license(s) of the company. 4. Please note that this Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) is not an invitation for submission of offers. Its purpose is to identify qualified companies that would be interested to participate in the solicitation when issued. 5. MINURSO reserves the right to change or cancel the requirements at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. Submission of a reply to this EOI does not guarantee that your company will be invited to participate in the solicitation when issued. Only vendors deemed qualified upon completion of an objective evaluation of their EOI submission will receive the final tender solicitation documents. 6. The expressions of interest may be submitted by email to: minursoprocurement@un.org with copy to mtioui@un.org or by facsimile to: +212 528 986 052 clearly marked with the inscription "EOI – Provision of Duty Free (PX) Services to MINURSO, Laayoune, Western Sahara (2020/EOI/MIN/02)'' no later than 8 July 2020@18:00 hours (Laayoune Time) Laayoune, Western Sahara.