Reporter Saturday December
13, 2025
INVITATION
FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Ref.EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-09
For Provision of Superintendent Services for WFP Ethiopia
Closing Date: 23 December 2025 at 12:00 hrs
A. Background
The United Nations World Food Program
in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia invites interested and qualified
companies to submit their Expressions of Interest
(EOI) for provision of superintendent
services for food commodities imported.
B. Objective
This invitation for expression of interest aims to identify qualified companies to provide pre-inspection, offloading
inspection, documentation, and reporting services. The
shortlisted companies will be invited to participate in
a competitive bidding process to provide the above-mentioned
services. Based on the results of the bidding process, WFP may conclude a contract with one or more companies for the provision of the named services.
C. Service Requirement
I. Carry out pre-inspection activities on food commodities,
coordinating with all stakeholders, reviewing
the checklist, familiarizing oneself with the offloading site, and verifying the availability of necessary inspection equipment.
II. Conduct offloading inspection
which involves
visual inspection of food containers, bulk and break
bulk consignments, monitoring and assisting in
the destuffing process, assessing the quantity and
condition of commodities received.
III. Provide detailed inspection
reports and submit to stakeholders as required.
IV. The contracted company will
be required to have an office/representatives
based in WFPS operational areas in the
country.
D. Eligibility Criteria
This Invitation for Expression of Interest is open to qualified local companies in Ethiopia. Companies must have a
representative or office in the relevant WFP
operational warehouse location (or be
willing to establish an office/ assign
a representative upon contract award) and should be able to provide services in the specified locations.
E. EOI process
To participate in the pre-qualification exercise, companies are required to provide the following:
- Letter of Expression of
Interest with official letterhead
- Supporting documents.
-- Brief company profile (max. of 5 pages), including organization structure and contact details (e-mail
addresses and telephone contact numbers are
mandatory, website, address/physical location,
fax numbers).
-- Certificate of Incorporation
for PLC or Share
Company
-- Trade registration License and
Renewed
Business License
-- Taxpayer and VAT registration
certificates
-- Valid certification from the Ethiopian National Accreditation
Office (ENAO)
-- Independently conducted Audit
report of the
last two years.
-- Letters of recommendation from
at least
three (3) clients. (Letters should be written in
English/translated into English)
-- All documents should be
presented in English.
Failure to provide the above specified required documentation
will result in the company's exclusion from
further consideration.
F. Closing Date of Submission and
Contact Details
The Expression of Interest (EOI) along with the required documents must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and
delivered to WFP Country Office in Addis Ababa at the
address provided below, no later than 23 December
2025, 12:00 hrs.
WFP Address:
Attention:
Logistics Unit - Contracting Section
World Food Programme - P.O. Box 25584 - Bole Sub City, Woreda 02 Ring Road, Opposite cargo terminal, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
- The cover of the envelope
should contain the
following information - EOI Reference Number (EOI-
ETCO-LOG-2025-09), Date of Submission, and the
Name of the company.
- All EOIs should be duly signed
and stamped.
- Any request for clarifications should be sent to the following email address: addis.logisticscontracting@wfp.org
WFP will not consider incomplete
or unsigned submissions as well as submissions after
the stipulated deadline.
This request for EOI is not an
invitation to tender nor does it imply automatic
selection to WFP's shortlist. No rates/ prices
are required at this stage, and this invitation does not bind WFP to issue any tenders or contracts to the
companies expressing their interest. Furthermore, WFP
reserves the right to change or cancel this process
or any of its requirements at any time
during the process.
WFP does not charge any fee for
companies to
participate in the entire process.
The
United Nations World Food Programme Ethiopia Country
Office