| Overview : The United Nations, works with the Government of Malawi, to support national developments efforts, respond to emergencies and ensure peace and security. The UN in Malawi has in recent years been moving towards better coordination through the implementation of UN reforms and the rapid evolvement of development assistance environment towards more flexible aid modalities such as Common Funds/Common Services. This progress has enabled the UN Country Team to work more closely, acting as one family and speaking with One Voice. The Delivering as One Operational Platform outlines how this vision is to be achieved, through implementation of the “Four Ones” proposed in the report of the High level Panel, namely: (1) One Programme; (2) One Leader; (3) One Budgetary Framework, and (4) One Office/Common Services. The progress in achieving this vision is expected to be gradual, and in the case of Malawi, steps are already being taken to strengthen the level of collaboration in several areas, one of them being joint procurement. In this context, UNDP Malawi, on behalf of the entire UN Organization in Malawi, is managing the process to establish Long Term Agreements (LTAs) for air travel services. The UN Agencies with operations in Malawi which may benefit from this Long Term Agreement(s) (LTA) as per agreed terms and Conditions shall be: FAO; ILO; UNAIDS; UNDP; UNDSS; UNFPA; UNHABITAT; UNHCR; UNICEF; UNODC; UNV; UNWOMEN; WFP; and WHO. Combined volume of business for all the UN agencies based in Malawi in 2017 was over USD 1,700,000 in air travel category. Each UN agency shall designate one representative authorized to speak and act on its behalf with regard to administrative and contractual issues. As a result of this bidding process, UNDP shall sign non-exclusive Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) with three (03) successful service providers who demonstrate through a written proposal a high degree of experience, ability, competency and best practice in air travel services for three (03) years renewable every one (01) year subject to satisfactory performance, which will be assessed bi-annually. It is also understood that any resulting LTA will be non-exclusive, and shall not impose a minimum guarantee on sales volume on the part of the UN agencies. | 
