THE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 1. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), seeks Expression of Interest EOI from duly registered companies for the Provision Personal Protection Equipment items TO MONUSCO -DRC. 2. The authorized representatives of manufacturers of the Personal Protection Equipment items shall have sufficient supply capacities to fulfill the requirements of the UNr and shall deliver goods to the location (MONUSCO DRC-GOMA), in accordance with Incoterms 2010, in line with the delivery time requirements . 3. MONUSCO will undertake a competitive bidding exercise shortly and accordingly intends to issue a Invitation to Bid (ITB) to those companies who would express their interest and provide relevant information demonstrating their ability to fulfill MONUSCO requirements. In addition, the interested companies shall be requested to complete the UN Vendor registration for Level 2 on the vendor database accessible in UNGM (new Vendor only). A detail specification will be provided to companies shortlisted for receipt of the documents. 4. Please note that this request for EOI is not an invitation for submission of bid. 5. MONUSCO reserves the right in selecting the Invitees for the competitive bidding based on substantial and proven records of performance in the subject field of activities. Submission of an EOI would not automatically warrant receipt of the documents; MONUSCO reserves the right to reject EOI’s received after the deadline indicated below. 6. The Expression of Interest may be submitted by email to monusco-procurement@un.org, copy freddy1@un.org, clearly marked with the inscription “EOI- PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT TO MONUSCO -DRC and addressed as follows, to be received no later than 01 October at 15.00 hours Goma time (GMT +2) CPO - Procurement Section MONUSCO Utex Africa Compound Avenue Colonel Mondjiba, Ngaliema, Kinshasa, DRC Email: monusco-procurement@un.org; freddy1@un.org