THE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 1. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has a requirement for the Provision of Language Training Services in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this regard, it is being planned to outsource this requirement that includes but limited to training in the following languages:- a) UN Languages: Arabic; Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. b) Others : Lingala,Kikongo,Tshiluba and Kiswahili 2. MONUSCO will undertake a competitive bidding exercise shortly and accordingly intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to those companies who would express their interest and provide initial relevant information demonstrating their ability to fulfill MONUSCO requirements. In addition, the interested companies will be requested to complete UN Vendor registration preferably for level 1 on the vendor database accessible on ungm.org. 3. The EOI should specify brief relevant information about the company including the company’s profile, capacity/capability and experience. Vendors will be shortlisted based on their ability to provide the relevant documents showing that they are authorized to undertake business in DRC. 4. Please note that this request for EOI is not an invitation for submission of a 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 and submission of an EOI would not automatically warrant receipt of the (RFP) documents. MONUSCO reserves the right to reject EOIs received after the deadline indicated below. 6. The expressions of interest may be submitted by email to [email protected] with cc to: [email protected] or else by facsimile (see below), hand-delivery or courier, clearly marked with the inscription "EOI - Provision of Language Training Services to MONUSCO, DRC." - and addressed as follows to be received not later than 12th Febuary 2018, 15:00 hours Goma time (GMT +2). OiC Procurement Section MONUSCO Bravo Compound, Avenue de la Corniche, Goma, DRC Fax: +39 083 124 5167 or +243 81 890 5167 [email protected]