17 November 2023 Dear Applicants,

REF: PROVISION OF CATERING SERVICES WITHIN AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION COMPOUND (AUC HEADQUARTERS)

1. The African Union Commission wishes to invite catering service providers from African international catering service providers to deliver their services within the African Union Commission Headquarters located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as per attached Terms of Reference (ToR).

2. The catering service providers shall be selected based on technical evaluation and quality of service and menu price, the pass mark for the technical evaluation shall be 70%.

3. Theproposalmustincludethefollowing:
   (i) Technicalproposal
   (ii) Financial proposal
   (iii) Financial proposal and technical proposal should be submitted separately.

4. The bid must be submitted to the following e-mail address: tender@africa-union.org with a copy to MeronW@africa-union.org

5. The title of the Procurement and Procurement Number must appear as subject of e- mail submissions

6. The Deadline for submission of technical and financial proposals is 15:00pm Addis Ababa Time, on 15th December 2023. Late submissions will automatically be disqualified.

7. ThisInvitation to Bid comprise of the following:
   Section I – This Letter of Invitation
   Section II - Terms of Reference

Yours sincerely,

Director, Operations Support Services Directorate