Environment and Social Risk Management Audit/ESRMA

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES– INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

COUNTRY: Federal Democratic Republic Of Ethiopia

NAME OF PROJECT: Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project

Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: - IDA 6312-ET      

Project ID: - P163383

Assignment Title: - Environment and Social Risk Management Audit/ESRMA

Reference No.: - ET-MOALR-306655-CS-INDV

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (RLLP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting service (“the Services”) includes Environment and Social Risk Management Audit/ESRMA on Selected woredas of the Project. The service will be commenced on October 17, 2022 and shall be finalized in 80 staff days. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained from our office or can be obtained at the email address kinfumz@yahoo.com/yebega2008@gmail.com.

The Ministry of Agriculture now invites eligible individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Individual Consultants shall provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications, capability which should include General and specific experience, technical and managerial capability of the individual consultant and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The short listing criteria are:

• General experience and capability which should include specific experience.
• Years of relevant experience and technical and managerial capability of the consultant.
• The consultant shall present documentary evidence that properly delivered similar assignments.
• The consultant shall have similar experience in the Environment and Social Risk Management Audit and should indicate years of experience in similar assignment.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.  In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: Selection and employment of consultants under IPF by World Bank Borrowers July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August  2018 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest, as per paragraph 3.17of the Procurement Regulations.

The individual Consultants may associate with other individual consultant to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the individual consultant method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours: 8.00 AM to 9.00 PM hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) on or before October 6, 2022, time 2:30PM.

Attn: Ato Yebegashet Legesse or Ato Kinfe Bekabil

Sustainable Land Management Program, Resilient Landscape and Livelihood Project

CMC Road, behind Geological Survey

Block B, Room number 4-2

City: Addis Ababa, Bole Sub City

Telephone: +251-116461300/ +251 – 911343837/+251-911-193610

Email:- kinfumz@yahoo.com/ yebega2008@gmail.com