Latest Universal Postal Union (UPU) Funded Tenders

This call for tenders concerns the provision of services to the UPU to execute a pilot project to implement unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to deliver logistics services for the designated operator of Mongolia. The total duration of the pilot project, including preparations and actual test flights, shall be 10 months.

This call for tenders concerns the provision of services to the UPU to execute a pilot project to implement unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to deliver logistics services for the designated operator of Bhutan. The total duration of the pilot project, including preparations and actual test flights, shall be 16 months.

This call for tenders concerns the provision of a study to assess safe transport and secure borders, identifying all relevant internal and external stakeholders (including the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UPU), examining multimodal regulations and the integra-tion thereof, and assessing opportunities to improve safe and secure interoperability, harmonization and col-laboration between postal, cargo, customs and transport stakeholders across multimodal supply chains.The study should also examine all currently available internationally facilitated security certification systems to identify gaps and synergies. This should include a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of all UPU-managed security and safety projects, in order to identify factors facilitating or preventing the achievement of safe transport and secure borders, and to identify solutions for the achievement of maxi-mum multimodal safety and security on a global scale. The SWOT analysis should examine activities con-ducted through the UPU over at least the last three years. It should provide a final analysis and recommenda-tions, inclusive of budgetary assessments, aligned with a three-year implementation period and the relevant UPU work plans for the Dubai cycle (2026-2029) to ensure that synergies are identified and lev...

This call for tenders concerns the provision of services to the UPU to execute a pilot project to implement unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to deliver logistics services for the designated operator of Fiji. The total duration of the pilot project, including preparations and actual test flights, shall be 11 months.

This call for tenders concerns the provision of services to the UPU to execute a pilot project to implement unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to deliver logistics services for the designated operator of the Maldives. The total duration of the pilot project, including preparations and actual test flights, shall be 10 months.

This call for tenders concerns the provision of consultancy services to guide the UPU through a structured decision-making and design process to evaluate two distinctive options with regard to the UPU headquarters building in Berne, namely a) major renovation and modernization of the existing building and b) demolition and construction of a new building on the site. This process will be executed in two phases (phase 1 - strategic definition and preliminary studies and phase 2 - concept design and option validation), in accordance with the standards of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA).The exhaustive scope of the deliverables, as well as delivery and limiting conditions are specified in detail in Annexes 2 (Specifications for the multidisciplinary design team - phases 1 and 2) and 3 (BIM information requirements).

This call for tenders concerns the provision of a certificate life cycle management (CLM) solution.

This call for tenders concerns the provision of travel services to the UPU for a period of four years.

AI Solutions for Reverse Logistics Project for Circular Electronics Management

This call for tenders concerns the provision of consultancy services to the UPU for the conduct of a study tentatively titled “Study on postal-enabled reverse value chain (RVC) approaches for the circular economy of packaging.”The consultancy shall provide analytical, technical and stakeholder support to inform the UPU-s future work on sustainable packaging and postal circularity. The consultancy aims to generate practical knowledge, stakeholder engagement, and initial country-level experience that can contribute to UPU-s programme development.Specifically, the Vendor shall:− Conduct an analytical study of packaging waste management and circular economy systems, identifying where postal networks can play a value-adding role, particularly in reverse logistics and traceability;− Assess potential revenue and financing mechanisms that can strengthen postal participation in packaging circularity while ensuring commercial and environmental sustainability, including preliminary indicators for tracking material recovery, carbon reduction, and community benefits;− Map and analyze the stakeholder landscape including DOs, government entities, recyclers, packaging producers, technology providers and development partners, as well as identify potential areas for cooperation with the UPU;− Support the delivery of at least three country-level projects, to be selected by the UPU, to demonstrate postal-enabled RVC approaches for packaging circularity and to generate lessons for broader applica...