United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) seeks expression of interest from suitably qualified firms to provide fast internet services for UNSOS offices in Dhobley & Jowhar Airports in Somalia for a period of three years. The requirement is listed but not limited to;

1. 20 Mbps dedicated, ie not shared, symmetrical Internet connectivity at UNSOS Office with redundancy on the last mile with an additional bandwidth up to 100 Mbps based on the needs of UNSOS.
2. Testing access to the Internet.
3. Terrestrial/fiber-based, high-speed Internet service
4. Redundant access to the Internet (redundancy on the last mile)
5. Provide UNSOS with public IP address range with dedicated Internet service (/29 range)
6. Option to increase to increase the service, if required.

Further details and solicitation documents containing technical details will be issued thereafter to interested firms.

Firms interested should submit their EOI and include: 

• UNPD Internet Site: http://www.un.org/depts/ptd/pdf/eoi14121.pdf

or

• UNGM Portal: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/59782

Submit the above physically in sealed envelopes, or by e-mail, clearly labeled “Expression of Interest for the provision of fast internet services for UNSOS offices in Dhobley & Jowhar Airports in Somalia” at the UNSOS Offices by 11:00hrs, Monday, 14 August, 2017 to the address below.

The Chief Procurement Officer,

UNSOS EOI – Provision of fast internet services for UNSOS offices in Dhobley & Jowhar Airports in Somalia

P.O. Box 67578-00200,

Nairobi, KENYA         

Email address: unsoa-procurement@un.org

Please note that this notice does not constitute a solicitation and UNSOS reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement at any time in the Expression of Interest/ bidding process. Companies short-listed as a result of this EOI will receive the invitation to bid for the sale by UNSOS. Queries on this EOI may be addressed to unsoa-procurement@un.org.