Recruitment of Individual Consultant for e-GP Manager

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia PFM Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT

COUNTRY- ETHIOPIA

NAME OF PROJECT- Public Financial Management Project

Credit No. IDA-57660

Assignment Title: Selection & Employment of Individual Consultants for Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) Project Manager

Procurement plan Package No: - ET-MOFEC-COPCU-13997-CS-INDV

This Request for Expressions of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in Development Business No. DB Reference Nº: WB 1067/03-16 Posted on March 8/2016. 

The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of Public Financial Management Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for selection and employment of an individual consultant, e-GP Project Manager, to be based in the Federal Public Procurement and Property Administration Agency (FPPPAA).

The recruited e-GP Project Manager shall be responsible for the day to day management of the implementation of E-Procurement under the oversight of FPPPAA. The Project Manager will also have the following duties and responsibilities: -

• Carry out e-GP readiness assessment survey as the first activity under the e-GP component of the project.
• Lead and manage the technical team that will provide critical support for the implementation of the e-GP project.
• Ensure the availability of the system infrastructure (with regard to the help desk, support training, information technology (IT) infrastructure and network connectivity).
• Support the e-GP Technical and Steering Committee key decision making through provision of documentation and communication of agreed specifications, goals, objectives, scope, outputs, resources required, budget, schedule, project structure, roles and responsibilities.
• Develop and update detailed project plan, budget for the project and supplemental plans (risk, change, capacity building, monitoring and communication management plans) and obtaining the requisite approvals.
• Monitor the project's progress against the approved plan and budget and provide formal progress reports to the Director General monthly.
• Update and maintain a project charter outlining management structure, reporting and coordination arrangement, staffing requirement, and project plan.
• Coordinate and review of consultants' reports and advise the e-GP Technical Committee on the quality of the outputs, particularly as they pertain to the project goals and objectives.
• Take responsibility for deliverables as defined in the project plan.
• Ensure that the e-GP project utilizes 'best practice' in large-scale project management, including quality management principles,
• Prepare and maintain a Risk Management Plan which identify, analyze risks, and provide strategies to manage them. 
• Prepare and coordinate e-GP technical and the steering committee meetings and acting as a communication focal point to the e-GP Technical and the steering committees and consistently provide Quality Assurance requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• At least MBA/MSC/MA or equivalents of an advanced degree with a major in a relevant discipline (eg. Procurement Management, Business or Commerce, Information Technology);

• A minimum of 10 years of direct relevant experience in Public Procurement, including  senior expertise in the management of Procurement in the public sector;

• Experience in managing at least one e-Procurement system or project and /or experience in information system project development, implementation and management for at least two years in public sector.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC), Channel One Programs Coordinating Directorate (COPCD), now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these Services. Interested Individual consultants must provide CVs with supporting documents and information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, qualifications, and so forth).

Contract Terms

The e-GP Project Manager will be engaged for two years time-based contract annually renewable with satisfactory annual performance review result.

Remuneration: Attractive and Negotiable.

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 and as revised July 2014] (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

An individual consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultants method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 09:00 A.M to 12:30 A.M hours and from 2:00 P.M to 5:00 P.M hours, Monday to Thursday and 09:00 A.M to 11:30 A.M and 2:00 P.M to 5:00 P.M on Friday.. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below on or before  October 05, 2017, 4:00P.M.

Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC)

Channel One Programs Coordinating Directorate (COPCD)

Sidist Kilo, Yekatit 12 Square, King George Avenue

MoFEC Building, 6th Floor, Room No. 621

Tel. No: +251-111-57-05-94/91, Postal Address-1905

E-mail address: copcuproc@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia