Consultancy for single Treasury Account (STA)

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia PFM Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES– FIRMS SELECTION)

COUNTRY- ETHIOPIA

                       NAME OF PROJECT:  Public Financial Management Project

                    Credit no. IDA-57660

Assignment Title: Assessment on the Extension of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangements in the Federal Government of Ethiopia  

Reference No: ET-MOFEC-COPCU-935-CS-QCBS /

The Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the Public Financial Management Project /PFMP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services of Assessment on Extension of the Treasury Single Account (TSA)

The consulting services (“the Services”) include:

• Assess the bank account structure at the Federal, Regional and Woreda level and the transaction processing systems available in the banking system that has a bearing on extending the ZBA arrangements at the Federal, Regional and Woreda level.
• Desk review of the PFM legal framework, existing agreements with National Bank of Ethiopia and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia on provisioning of banking services to the government and relevant Technical Assistance reports from development partners. 
• Consult with the relevant staff of Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MOFEC) , National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE )
• Identify changes required in the legal framework and business processes including changes in the budget release and expenditure control procedures to complement the extension of the ZBA arrangements.
• Review the IFMIS functionalities and implementation plan to ensure that the system support the proposed extension of the ZBA arrangements. 
• Conduct field visits in Oromiya National Regional State head of Finance and Economic Cooperation Bureau, one zone and two woreda’s finance offices which are around 50 km from Addis Ababa.
• Based on the finding of the assessment and the feedback from Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MOFEC) prepare implementation guide line and manual for extending the Zero Balance Arrangement (ZBA) arrangements in line with TSA.
• The consultant expected to provide recommendations and develop a concept paper and implementation plan for further development of the ZBA arrangements.

The Ministry of Finance & Economic Cooperation now 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:

• Proven experiences  of  Public Financial Management  specifically in the area of treasury single account design  and implementation  and government Banking arrangement,
• Strong experiences in developing and/or  evaluating  Federal, Regional Woreda public financial management system’
• Proven relevant experiences in areas including IFMIS functionalities  or banking software or  design features of modern payment systems or banking system and cash management etc
• Proven experiences of working in large areas like regions and deployment of different professionals

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 edition (“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 Quality& Cost Based Selection Method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours hours i.e. 09:00 to 17:00 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 20 October 2016

Ministry of Finance & Economic Cooperation (MoFEC)

Channel One Programs Coordinating Directorate (COPCD)

Kifle ketema - Arada, kebele11/12 6th Floor Room No. 621

Sidist kilo in front of Lion Cage Park

Phone: 0115570594/91, E-mail: copcuproc@gmail.com