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Provision of Multimodal (Sea/Surface) Freight Forwarding Services (Door to Door, Port to Door, Door to Port, etc) for Movement of Cargo in Support of UN Operations Worldwide.

Issued by United Nations Procurement Division · via UN Procurement Division — Solicitations

Published
13 Feb 2026
Closes
31 Dec 2026, 23:59 UTC
Reference
EOIUNPD24180
Sector
Transport & Logistics

Details

OSCM/REOI v2023-01 [EN] United Nations 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 Procurement Division. You are therefore requested to direct all queries regarding this EOI to United Nations Procurement Division using the fax number or e-mail address provided below.

Title of the EOI:

Provision of Multimodal (Sea/Surface) Freight Forwarding Services (Door to Door, Port to Door, Door to Port, etc) for Movement of Cargo in Support of UN Operations Worldwide.

Date of this EOI: 13 February 2026 Closing Date for Receipt of EOI: 31 December 2026

EOI Number: EOIUNPD24180

Beneficiary Country/Territory: Global

Commodity/Service category: Freight Forwarding

Address EOI response by fax or e-mail to the Attention of: Sara Shakouri

Fax Number:

E-mail Address: [contact details removed]

UNSPSC Code:

78141500 - Transport arranging services 78101800 - Road cargo transport 78101700 - Marine cargo transport DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS This Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) is issued for the provision of Multimodal (Sea/Surface) Freight Forwarding Services (Door to Door, Port to Door, Door to Port, etc) procured through the United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) for movement of cargo in support of UN operations worldwide. Responding companies who meet UNPD's requirements for vendor registration will be added to UNPD's roster of freight forwarders and invited to participate in solicitations for sea/surface freight. Multimodal (Sea/Surface) Freight Forwarding Services are defined as follows: Movement of United Nations Owned Equipment (UNOE) or Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) from Origin (Door or Port) to Destination (Door or Port) via Sea/Surface freight. This may include full vessel charter, part cargo, liner service, etc as well as inland transportation, when necessary.

IMPORTANT:

1) If your company is already on the list of UN freight forwarders for sea/surface freight requirements, please do NOT respond to this EOI. Companies that are not receiving these tenders but are interested in doing business with UNPD are to please respond to this EOI. 2) Companies that have responded to UNPD's previous EOIs for similar services do NOT need to respond to this EOI. 3) Before responding to this EOI, your company MUST have an accepted status with the United Nations Global Marketplace (www.ungm.org) with "UN Secretariat" at the Basic Level, or above. 4) All Sea/Surface freight service providers responding to this EOI MUST ensure that they have selected the following UNSPSC Code under their UNGM account: 78101700 (Marine Cargo Services), 78101800 (Road Cargo Transport), 78141500 (Freight Forwarding). 5) This EOI will be posted for a period of one year, however UNPD will undertake adding of new vendors on …

Commodity group: Freight Forwarding

Issued: 13 Feb 2026

Expression of Interest issued by the United Nations Procurement Division.

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