United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified companies to submit tenders as follows:

UNESCO-USLS (USLS) represents the UNESCO Staff Savings and Loan Service, is an integral part of UNESCO and operates under the authority of the Director-General. The USLS is not therefore considered a legal entity separate from UNESCO. The object of the USLS is to provide the possibility to its members on a mutualist basis of investing their savings and of borrowing money for suitable purposes.

USLS maintains two independent investment Funds, in euros and in US dollars, for the investment of savings deposited by members in either of these currencies.

USLS is looking to replace its current IT system and is seeking consultancy services to finalize the terms of reference for this new IT solution, selecting the most appropriate solution and potential support during the transition phase of new IT solution implementation and data migration by the selected vendor in accordance with the complete set of Solicitation Documents.

As described in more detail in Annex III of the request for proposal document, the planned activities in this project are to:

MANDATORY ACTIVITIES:

     + Screen the market for vendors who have the best fit at an expected reasonable

        price for the needs and operations of USLS,

     + Assist USLS in finalising a request for proposal and Selecting a new IT  

        system/vendor,

OTHER POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES UPON USLS REQUEST:            

+ On request: provide recommendations and advisory services to USLS during implementation and migration of data phase to be done by the selected IT system vendor. The selected vendor will therefore lead and implement the new IT solution and current data migration into the new system,

     + Complete a compliance review at the end of the implementation (optional activity,

        subject to USLS’ approval). 

Please refer to attached procurement notice.