Registration - Pre-requisites for doing business with the UN

The United Nations only awards contracts for long term air charter requirements and short term passenger movements to actual air operators in a possession of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) authorising them to conduct the type of operations in the designated region and with all types of aircraft, which they intend to offer for United Nations contracts. Prospective contractors for United Nations aircraft charter services are required to demonstrate their ability to comply with the requirements of the United Nations and have sufficient financial resources to conduct safe operations. Registration to be considered for the provision of air transportation services to the United Nations (UN) in support of its peacekeeping missions around the world is a two-step process, consisting of both a technical and commercial application.

For each application the UN Procurement Division will conduct the commercial evaluation. The commercial evaluation is through the online UNGM process and air operators must register at Level 2. The Department of Field Support (DFS) will conduct the technical evaluation of each vendor to determine a potential contractor’s capabilities to perform the services required before any award of contract. For the technical evaluation, all documents must be provided in hard copy as "Certified True Copy" by the Authorities of Civil Aviation or other appropriate authority and in soft-copy on CD-ROM / flash drives delivered to the following address:

• Air transportation companies interested in being considered for the provision of air transportation services to the United Nations must comply with the below Technical and Operational Evaluation Criteria:
      >  Technical and Operational Evaluation Criteria (TOEC)
      >  TOEC Appendix A Rev 02
      >  TOEC Appendix B Rev 06
      >  TOEC Appendix D Rev 01
• The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)/Department of Field Support (DFS) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have, with the assistance of ICAO, established common aviation standards in the United Nations Aviation Standards for Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Air Transport Operations document (AVSTADS.)

• Updated 16 Jun 2016 - Air Transportation Companies under long term charter are required to have an active compliant aircraft-tracking unit that transmits real-time automatic geospatial tracking flight data with event logging capabilities to the United Nations Aviation Global Satellite Tracking Service provider Skytrac Systems Ltd.  Please review the attached document for a detailed description of the requirement.
• Air Transportation Companies operating helicopters must have Enhance Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), also known as the Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) installed on their rotary wing aircraft. Kindly refer to the attached document for further guidance and United Nations requirements  HTAWS Specifications.

Transition from ITB to RFP for long term air charter requirements

• UN is implementing a revised solicitation methodology for long-term air charter requirements (RFP method), specific eligibility criteria   apply for participation in pilot RFP(s).
• 30 July 2013 - ICAO Study on transition in solicitation methodology for air charter requirements - Briefing to Member States (30 July 2013)
• 03 October 2013 - Updated: Transition in solicitation methodology for long-term air charter requirements - Feedback from industry 
• 18 December 2013 - Air Charter Conference (18 Dec 2013): presentation and form for additional feedback
• 23 April 2014 - Updated UN responses to the questions from Air Charter Conference (18 Dec 2013) and implementation schedule for transition project
• 17 April 2015 - UN Air Conference lessons learnt from Pilot RFP and next steps for implementation
• 1 May 2015 - In the context of the transition from ITB to RFP and relevant changes made in the acquisition of long term air charter services, the UN is updating its Terms and Conditions of Contract, as indicated at the recent Air Conference on 17 April 2015.
  While no direct changes are anticipated for existing contracts, newly awarded contracts will be based on the template which can be found on the Procurement Division website under the following link. The updated Long Term Air Charter Agreement (April 2015 version) will be used in conjunction with the General Conditions of Contracts for the Provision of Services.

Information on the UN's assessment of Commercial Airlines participating in scheduled commercial flights can be found on this Frequently Asked Questions page.