Procurement Audit EFY 2009/10 in 11 UPSNP cities

Source: World Bank — Urban Productive Safety Net Project (UPSNP)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Urban Productive Safety Net project (UPSNP)

Credit No.:_57560 – ET

Assignment Title: Independent Procurement Audit of the Urban Productive Safety Net Project (UPSNP) for 2009 EFY

 Reference No. : MUDH/UJCFSA/UPSNP/C-024/2017

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from International Development Association (IDA) toward the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net Project (UPSNP)], and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include review of procurement processing, contracting, and implementation processes for all contracts under the UPSNP and all implementing agencies (11 cities), to confirm their consistency with the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), procurement plan approved at Federal and City levels, UPSNP Project Implementation manual (PIM), UPSNP Procurement Manual and the Financing Agreement (FA).

The objectives of the Procurement Audit are as follows:

To seek a professional opinion on compliance by the procurement processes with the general principle of economy, efficiency, equal opportunities, transparency and verify technical compliance, physical completion and price competitiveness of each contract in the selected all contracts;

To review the capacity of implementing agencies (Federal and Cities) in handling procurement efficiently, comment on the quality of planning, procurement processing, contracting, procurement internal control, record keeping and identify reasons for delays, if any and overall, how procurement management facilitates project implementation; 

To identify any indicators of questionable standards of ethics in the procurement management and oversight environment that make the processes vulnerable to fraud and corruption or collusive and obstructive practices, and report any suspicious cases; and to recommend actions needed to improve project procurement performance in light of deficiencies.

The estimated implementation period for the assignment is 7 weeks;   beginning of March 2018 to end of April 2018.

The Federal Urban Job Creation and Food Security Agency, invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: qualification and experience of the firm in the field of assignment, technical and managerial capabilities of the firm, consultant’s core business and years in business and information on the general qualification and number of  key staff but not individual experts’ bio data.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011 revised July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on Least Cost Selection (LCS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9:00AM (morning) to 5:00PM (afternoon). Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by January 25, 2018 on or before 3:00pm (afternoon) 

Federal Urban Job Creation & Food Security Agency (UJCFSA)

Urban Productive Safety Net Project (UPSNP)

Attn: Ato Debebe Barud -Project Coordinator/ Mesfin Ekubu - Project Procurement Specialist

E-mail: debebebarud2000@gmail.com / mesfinebf@gmail.com

YOBEK Building 8th floor –Room No. B-505, B-806, UPSNP Coordination Unit

P.O. Box: 43161

Tel. No: +251-115 578706, +251-115 579123, +251 115 575037

Fax : +251-115 575008