Provision of Blood for the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions

Issuing organisation: UN Secretariat

Notice type: Request for EOI

1. The United Nations (UN) is conducting market research to identify potential suppliers of blood that is capable of supplying the UN Peacekeeping Missions. The United Nations requires approximately 150 units of blood per month, across all blood types, with quantities expected to vary in proportion to operational demands from UN missions. The UN seeks suppliers capable of collecting, processing, testing, storing, and distributing blood and blood products in accordance with World Health Organization standards and other internationally recognized standards and best practices (e.g., FDA, AABB, ISBT, EDQB, or equivalent). The supplier should be capable of the delivery of blood and maintenance of cold chain to UN Peacekeeping Missions and other UN offices. The current list of UN Peacekeeping Missions/Offices that require the delivery of blood includes UNMISS (South Sudan), UNISFA (Abyei Region, Sudan), MONUSCO (Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo), MINUSCA (Central African Republic), UNON (Kenya), UNSOS(Somalia), UNIFIL (Lebanon), UNDOF (Syria) and UNSOH (HAITI), with the possibility of expansion to additional locations as operational needs evolve. 2. Full Technical Specifications related to the above indicated requirements will be released with the solicitation documents. 3. Interested vendors must have attained an approved Level 2 registration with the UN Secretariat at the time of any award made arising from this planned solicitation. Interested vendors must also be registered for the applicable commodity codes stipulated herein. 4. Due to the high volume of communications, the UN Secretariat is not in a position to issue confirmation of receipt of responses, conduct a question-and-answer session pertaining to this Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) or provide any additional details concerning the upcoming solicitation. The purpose of this request is to identify well-qualified suppliers who wish to participate in the solicitation. 5. Responses must be submitted only once electronically as specified in the Vendor Response Notice below.

UNSPSC classification:

• 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment
• 41100000 — Laboratory and scientific equipment
• 42000000 — Medical Equipment and Accessories and Supplies
• 42220000 — Intravenous and arterial administration products

Beneficiary countries: Countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Timor-Leste Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao, Special Administrative Region of China North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Tanzania, United Republic of United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U. S. Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Antarctica Palestine, State of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro Kosovo South Sudan

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