Call for Expression of Interest: Gestion Logistique (Burkina Faso)

Deadline: 27-Sep-2026

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is inviting qualified organizations to apply for funding to strengthen humanitarian logistics and supply chain management supporting displaced and vulnerable communities across multiple regions of Burkina Faso. The intervention will address major operational challenges, including supply chain disruptions caused by insecurity, isolated intervention locations, aging warehouses and vehicle infrastructure, fuel-management constraints, and the need for secure transportation. The project aims to improve warehouse and stock management, transport planning, vehicle maintenance, fuel management, logistics data tracking, technical capacity, and accountability. Eligible organizations must demonstrate recent humanitarian logistics experience, including warehouse and non-food item stock management, vehicle maintenance, and fuel management, as well as operational presence or rapid deployment capacity in key locations. What Is the UNHCR Burkina Faso Logistics Funding Opportunity? This UNHCR funding opportunity seeks capable organizations to strengthen the humanitarian logistics and supply chain systems required to deliver assistance safely and efficiently in Burkina Faso. Logistics is a critical support function for humanitarian operations because protection services, essential household items, durable solutions, and other assistance depend on reliable transportation, storage, inventory management, and field mobility. The intervention will focus on improving the capacity of humanitarian actors to maintain operational continuity despite insecurity, geographic challenges, infrastructure limitations, and budget constraints. Humanitarian Context in Burkina Faso Since 2015, Burkina Faso has experienced a multidimensional humanitarian crisis involving insecurity, disruption of basic services, and large-scale forced displacement.

The crisis has resulted in:

- More than two million internally displaced persons. - Tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers, primarily from Mali. - Increased pressure on host communities. - Limited availability of essential resources. - Difficult and unpredictable humanitarian access. - Significant security risks affecting field operations. The geographic dispersion of affected communities makes effective logistics particularly important for maintaining humanitarian assistance. Why Humanitarian Logistics Is Important Humanitarian logistics enables organizations to move people, equipment, supplies, and assistance to communities that need them. In Burkina Faso, humanitarian logistics operations face several challenges, including: - Insecurity and supply chain disruptions. - Remote and isolated intervention sites. - Difficult transportation routes. - Aging storage infrastructure. - Vehicle maintenance challenges. - Fuel-management constraints. - Budget limitations. - Volatile humanitarian access. - Security risks during transportation. The project aims to address these challenges and strengthen the logistics systems supporting humanitarian operations. Main Objectives of the Intervention

The intervention aims to:

- Improve humanitarian supply chain management. - Maintain continuous availability of essential household items. - Strengthen field-team mobility. - Optimize warehouse management. - Improve stock quality, safety, and traceability. - Reduce delivery times. - Strengthen transport planning. - Improve vehicle and equipment maintenance. - Strengthen fuel management. - Improve logistics data tracking. - Build technical capacity. - Strengthen accountability mechanisms. - Support safe and continuous humanitarian operations. Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Efficient supply chain management is central to the project. The intervention will help ensure that humanitarian supplies are appropriately: - Procured or received. - Stored. - Tracked. - Maintained. - Transported. - Delivered. Improved supply chain systems can reduce delays and help ensure that essential items remain available when and where they are needed. Warehouse Management Warehouse management is a major component of the intervention. The project will seek to optimize warehouses to improve: - Stock quality - Safety - Inventory control - Traceability - Storage efficiency - Availability of essential items Effective warehouse systems are particularly important for managing non-food items and other humanitarian supplies across geographically dispersed operations. Non-Food Item Stock Management The project will strengthen the management of non-food item (NFI) stocks. Organizations should be able to track stocks accurately and maintain appropriate systems for: - Receiving supplies - Storage - Inventory management - Stock monitoring - Traceability - Distribution planning Improved NFI stock management can help prevent shortages, losses, duplication, and unnecessary delays. Transport Planning Transport planning will be strengthened to improve the movement of humanitarian supplies and personnel. The intervention aims to reduce delivery times by improving: - Route planning - Transport scheduling - Fleet coordination - Delivery planning - Field mobility - Operational coordination Better transport planning can help humanitarian teams reach remote and isolated locations more efficiently. Secure Humanitarian Transportation Security is a major consideration in humanitarian logistics operations in Burkina Faso. The project will support operational continuity through secure transport arrangements, including military convoys where necessary. Transportation systems must account for the security environment and ensure that humanitarian movements are appropriately planned and managed. Vehicle Maintenance Vehicle availability is essential for field humanitarian operations. The intervention will strengthen vehicle maintenance services to maximize the availability and operational condition of humanitarian fleets.

Improved maintenance systems can help:

- Reduce v