Depending on the production capacity of manufacturers, agreements could be reached for up to 12 million doses by 2025, according to the statement.
Under the tender, UNICEF will enter into conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said.
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This will enable UNICEF to purchase and ship vaccines without delay, once funding, demand, readiness and regulatory requirements are confirmed.
The collaboration, which would also include working with the Vaccine Alliance and the Pan American Health Organization, as well as Gavi, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and WHO, would facilitate vaccine donations from existing stockpiles in high-income countries.
The statement added that WHO is reviewing information submitted by manufacturers on August 23 and expects to complete a review for emergency use listing by mid-September.
The agency is reviewing applications for emergency licenses for two vaccines made by Bavarian Nordic and KM Biologics of Japan.
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In early August, the WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that spread to neighbouring countries.
More than 18,000 suspected cases of mpox have been reported in Congo so far this year, with 629 deaths, while more than 150 cases have been confirmed in Burundi, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Sweden and Thailand have confirmed mpox cases of clade Ib virus type, outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries.
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