Provision of Language Technology Services

OSCM/REOI v2023-01 [EN] United Nations Headquarters Procurement Division REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) This notice is placed by UNPD. The accuracy, reliability and completeness of the contents of furnished information is the responsibility of United Nations Headquarters Procurement Division. You are therefore requested to direct all queries regarding this EOI to United Nations Headquarters Procurement Division using the fax number or e-mail address provided below.

Title of the EOI:

Provision of Language Technology Services

Date of this EOI: 17 August 2026 Closing Date for Receipt of EOI: 6 September 2026

EOI Number: EOIUNPD24632

Beneficiary Country/Territory: Global

Commodity/Service category: End User Technology & Applications

Address EOI response by fax or e-mail to the Attention of: Weiwei Liu

Fax Number: Not Applicable

E-mail Address: [contact details removed]

UNSPSC Code:

43230000 - Software 43233402 - Data conversion software 43233413 - Voice recognition software 43233420 - Text to speech conversion software 82111804 - Written translation services DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS The Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) of the United Nations enables the orderly and effective conduct of intergovernmental deliberations by providing procedural and technical secretariat support, authoritative advice and high‑quality conference services, including multilingual meeting and documentation services. These services are delivered to intergovernmental and expert bodies at United Nations Headquarters and at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, as well as to conferences held elsewhere under United Nations auspices. DGACM also serves as the Secretariat‑wide coordinator for multilingualism, ensuring a coherent and consistent approach to this core United Nations value. As part of its ongoing efforts to leverage the latest technology in multilingual documentation services,

DGACM intends to procure:

(1) Machine translation model APIs for integration into its internal computer assisted translation (CAT) system “eLUNa”, which is cloud-hosted on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services and used by DGACM as well as other specialized agencies in the United Nations system (eLUNa processes approximately 300 million words per year and serves around 1,500 users across participating entities); (2) Machine translation quality evaluation APIs to automatically assess the quality of machine translation outputs; (3) Speech-to-text model APIs to convert the audio recordings of meetings into text (the total duration of meetings to be transcribed is approximately 3,000 hours per year); (4) Voice-to-voice model APIs for real-time multilingual meetings (the total duration of relevant meetings is approximately 18,000 hours per year); and (5) Pre-editing/pre-formatting APIs to automatically pre-edit/pre-format English files in accordance with predefined editorial rules and styles. …

Commodity group: End User Technology & Applications

Issued: 17 Aug 2026

Expression of Interest issued by the United Nations Procurement Division.