The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University (HoA-REC&N-AAU) invites potential and licensed consultancy service providers (firms) to conduct a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the "Horn of Africa Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (HOA-ESR)" project

INVITATION TO BID FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

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Bid Ref No. PROC/HOA/NCB /S/001/2023/2015

The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University (HoA-REC&N-AAU) has been working towards uniting academia and practitioners to promote environmental conservation, natural resource management while facilitating strengthening and advocating for sustainable development and environmental governance across the Horn of Africa. HoA-REC&N-AAU has the broad goal of curbing the increasing trend of environmental degradation caused by mismanagement and conflicts that is aggravated by climate change, lack of coordination and collaboration to restore degraded ecosystems and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources by supporting local communities to transform their livelihoods, to cope with their changing physical environment in the Horn of Africa countries. This is done by strengthening capacity, raising environmental improving environmental governance and policy throughout the region by facilitating and stimulating practical and demand-driven action research to address societal problems.

HOA-REC&N-AAU is seeking to engage a firm of qualified consultants to conduct a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the "Horn of Africa Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (HOA-ESR)" project, which is being implemented in the Horn of Africa region since 2019 with financial support from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). HOA-ESR is HOA-REC&N-AAU's second-largest regional program that brought together six of the Horn of Africa countries, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia (Somaliland), and South Sudan.

The project is designed to strengthen the biodiversity portfolio across transboundary ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots in the selected countries in the Horn region, supporting the countries in their commitments to combating biodiversity loss and environmental degradation; promoting sustainable management of natural resources; and supporting sustainable livelihoods, promoting grassroots peace and security.

HOA-REC&N AAU invites potential and licensed consultancy service providers (firms) to conduct a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the "Horn of Africa Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (HOA-ESR)" project.

A detailed term of reference about the task is available at our website www.hoarec.org

Interested eligible service providers (firms) may obtain a complete set of bidding documents prepared in the English Language upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 200.00 (two hundred) at the address below from 8.30 AM to 5.00 PM from Monday to Friday.

Bidders shall submit sealed originals & copies of technical and financial proposals separately marked with the official stamp of the company to the address stated below on or before 20 April 2023 at 11:00 AM. The envelopes containing the proposals should be clearly marked as original and copied on their cover. Late bids shall not be acceptable.

Technical proposals will be opened in the presence of the bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on 20 April 2023 at 11:10 AM. at the address below.

HOA-REC&N-AAU reserves the right to reject or accept any or all bids.

For More Information.

Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network, Addis Ababa University (HoA-REC&N AAU)

Address: Gullele Botanic Garden compound, on the way from Addisu Gebeya to Winget Ring Road around Shegole Meda Area.

P.O.Box: 80773 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel. +251 91 204 2512