UNICEF - Procuring supplies for children

Become a supplier

UNICEF:

only purchases goods and equipment to implement its mandate;

purchases primarily from manufacturers and authorized representatives;

evaluates and registers suppliers with which it does business;

uses competitive tendering for all procurement;

invites an appropriate geographical range of suppliers to tender;

purchases products that comply with recognised technical standards;

does not purchase from companies employing child labour, nor manufacturers of land mines and their components.

does not purchase from companies found to have undertaken unethical, unprofessional or fraudulent activities.

If your company sells items of interest to UNICEF, complies with our procurement policies and has export capabilities, you are invited to send your company profile following the steps described below. If your profile matches our needs, we will contact you for further information.

Apply to become a UNICEF supplier

UNICEF is interested in diversifying its supplier base and in finding new suppliers that can provide quality goods at competitive prices. All applications to become a supplier with UNICEF are to be made via the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) website http://www.ungm.org.

Please follow the instructions provided on the UNGM website. For more information contact us at: supplierapplications@unicef.org

To be invited to an Invitation To Bid (ITB)

All bidders must first ensure that they are registered with the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM). When a company registers with the UNGM, they should choose UNICEF at step 11 of the UNGM application. UNICEF Supply Division reviews applications and determines whether it will accept the supplier application or not on the basis of the relevance of the suppliers' products to UNICEF.

Simultaneously, bidders must provide the following information (unless this information has already been provided to UNICEF within the previous 12 months):
i) their most recent and complete copy of their audited financial statements, with comparative figures for the previous year; signed by their company's auditing/accounting firm. (An English translation is required, if the statements are not in English);
ii) their Quality System Certificate.

These documents should be sent to UNICEF Quality Assurance - Supplier Evaluation Unit, UNICEF Plads, Freeport, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.

This information will be used by UNICEF for evaluation and approval purposes before awarding a contract. It is in the interest of the bidders to provide information as complete as possible, as contracts will only be awarded to suppliers who meet UNICEF's supplier selection criteria.

From time to time, Supply Division seeks Expressions of Interest from suppliers of particular products that UNICEF is considering purchasing.

To see the latest Requests for Expression Of Interest click here