Description UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Date of Request for Expression of Interest (REoI): 22 October 2020 Closing date for receipt of Expression of Interest (EoI): 12 November 2020 Reference: REoI – UNICEF Commodities This REOI is for future sourcing purpose and is intended to screen the market and does not impact current LTAs Description of requirements: UNICEF is requesting Expressions of Interest from eligible vendors in preparation for a solicitation exercise for various UNICEF Education items categories. The categories identified are listed below: Category 1: Paper Printing (recycle paper) Category 2: Office/Stationery Supplies Category 3: Publications/Reading and Learning Materials-English-French- Spanish Category 4: Office/Stationery Supplies/Furniture/Machine &Equipment Supplies with Catalogue Category 5: Students' supplies Category 6: Classroom’ Supplies Category 7: Play materials Category 8: Visibility materials (Decals, Flags and Banners) Category 9: Physical education/Sport For an itemised list of products with detailed specification, please refer to accompanying Excel spreadsheet (Annexes 1& 2) which is an example and is not exhaustive. More items under the same category can be added at the later stage during the solicitation. For more details on item specifications, please visit UNICEF web Catalogue: https://supply.unicef.org/ U materials are not standard and will be not found in the Catalogue. Potential suppliers: This REoI is addressed to vendors with experience in the sourcing and supply of a wide range of commodities pertaining to the above citatory of items. UNICEF is particularly interested in identifying competitive vendors that can ideally offer all items for administrative efficiency. However, it is not a mandatory criteria. Vendors are to review the list and express interest in the commodity group fit for its business structure. it is not mandatory to express interest in all commodity group. To be considered for the planned tender it is preferable, but not a requirement for potential suppliers to have a website providing detail listing of their product and service range. SECTION A: Vendor/s meeting below criteria are encouraged to express interest Interested Vendors must submit all of their Quality Management System certifications and ISO certification. Vendors must be registered in UNGM and provide registration number ISO 9001 certification is desirable but not Mandatory Vendors to confirm having all required certificates of conformity as listed in the product                                 specification list. Test reports for all products will be required at the solicitation Vendors to provide In-House Quality Control (QC) and inspection processes for incoming and outgoing goods Interested vendors must submit all of their Quality Management System certifications and ISO certification Vendors to specify available warehouse space of the company Vendors will be required to provide full details of any third (3rd) party company contracted for supply of all/any item for which expression of interest is submitted Audited balance sheets and income statements must be provided to the UNICEF Supplier Evaluation Unit when requested   SECTION B: REQUIREMENT OF PRODUCT/SERVICES CERTIFICATION Only products/services having pre-market approvals / market clearances will be considered in the planned solicitation. SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT: The UN strongly encourages all vendors to actively participate in the Global Compact. The Global Compact promotes principles of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption  www.unglobalcompact.org SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT: UNICEF Supply Division is looking for alternative materials to be used in the products on this REOI which could be considered sustainable to the environment during the raw manufacturing process all the way to disposal by the end user. Should you have a better solution than the one specified for the raw material component of the product, you are requested to highlight in your response to this REOI or by providing link to your website containing full detail. Procedure for submission of EoI: Interested Vendors are requested to complete the below Vendor Registration form and return it to UNICEF by email to: [email protected] on or before 12 November 2020. Email Subject must be: REOI-SD-EDU-2020-01 UNICEF Commodities Deadline for Clarifications: 02 November 2020 Please note: Prices are not required at this stage; Questions about e.g. conformity of the vendor’s products will not be entertained; This REoI does not constitute a solicitation. Submitting an EoI does not automatically guarantee receipt of the solicitation document when issued; UNICEF reserves the right to require compliance with additional conditions as and when issuing the final solicitation document. UNICEF reserves the right to change or cancel the requirement at any time during the REoI and/or solicitation process. Thank you.