The FDRE Ministry of Industry now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES-FIRMS)

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)

Ministry of Industry

Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks Support Project (IAIP-SP)

Agro-Industrial Sector

Financing Agreement reference: 2100155038616

Project ID No.: P-ET-AAG-006

Issued on: April 3, 2025

The FDRE Ministry of Industry has received financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of the IAIP-SP; and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for Environmental and Social Compliance Audit of Burie, Bulbula and Yirgalem Integrated Agro-industrial Parks (IAIPS) in Ethiopia.

The services included under this project are:

1. Identify Bank integrated safeguard system requirements relevant to the project, including social risks (Gender-Based Violence/Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment, Forced Labour, Child Labour, Modern Slavery, etc.), vulnerability/adaptation to climate change.
2. Identify the applicable national legislations, regulations, norms, standards, and procedures, including national legal Authorizations, Permits and Certificates required prior to actions.
3. Analyze available reports on the project including the project appraisal report, the Loan/grant agreements, the project periodic implementation reports, the aide-memoires, any relevant documentation, and records available and necessary for the assessment of the project Environmental and Social safeguards (E&S) performance.
4. Organize an opening meeting with the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) team and, if applicable, representatives of the project implementing agency, contractors, supervising engineers, third- party monitoring actors, etc.
5. Organize an opening meeting with the Bank's project team.
6. Determine and agree on the scope, methodology and specific set of criteria for the compliance audit with the Project Implementation Entity.
7. Update/analyse the actual/effective capacity of the PCU team in relation to the management and monitoring of the implementation of agreed mitigation measures and related E&S documents applicable to the project
8. Hold consultation(s) with the relevant regulatory agencies and stakeholders (including but not limited to the regional project implementation unit (PIU), local beneficiaries, project affected persons, civil society, government ministries, and contractors, etc.), on the status of the project with respect to identified E&S risks and impacts as well as planned and implemented mitigation measures and legal permits.
1. Carry out project site visits to evidence the implementation of the environmental and social risks and impacts management activities, including the performance of the contractors and supervising engineers, and the residual/unforeseen environmental and social risk and impacts.
10. Evaluate the overall performance of the borrower and that of the project coordination unit
11. To assess the Bank's performance in terms of the effectiveness and quality of the assistance it has provided to the borrower, whenever necessary.
50. Prepare comprehensive a report. The report should present a cogent analysis on findings and causes as related to the predetermined performance audit scope and criteria. It should present a logical (qualitative and quantitative) examination of the effectiveness of mitigation measures, residual risks, environment-health and safety issues, etc. The report will also include a Corrective Action Plan summarizing the concrete recommendations for follow-up actions on findings and remedial measures including clearly estimated costs, specific roles, and responsibilities.
1000. Organize a closing meeting with the PCU and its contractors and those responsible for the functions audited (including the Bank).

The purpose of this meeting is to present the audit findings to ensure that they are clearly understood and acknowledged by the PCU. Any outstanding disagreements between the audit team and the auditees should be discussed and recorded.

The FDRE Ministry of Industry now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (provide brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, technical and managerial organization of the firm, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).

Consultants may constitute joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy.

A Consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selections (QCBS) method. The starting date of the assignment will be on June 1, 2025 and the assignment is envisaged to be completed within four months from contract signing date. The services and requirements for this Consultancy are stipulated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) that can be obtained from the address below.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank's "Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations", dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank's website at http://www.afdb.org

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours Monday to Friday from 9:00AM to 5:00PM.

Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below in hand or via email by 5:00PM local time on April 18, 2025; and the Expression of Interest must be marked as "Expression of Interest for Environmental and Social Compliance Audit of Burie, Bulbulla and Yirgalem IAIPs in Ethiopia".

Attention:

Mr. Tibeb Y., Procurement Specialist

Ministry of Industry

5th  floor, Office Number 513

P. O. Box 704 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tele: +251 11 550 2070; +251 95 517 9516

E-mail: antuwa@gmail.com

The Federal Democratic republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)

Ministry of Industry