CONSULTING Services – Firm Selection
Source: World Bank — Productive Safety Net APL III
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING Services Firms Selection)
Ethiopia
Productive Safety Net Program
IDA Credit No: 4666-ET
The Food Security Coordination Directorate of the Ministryof Agriculture has received financing from the World Bank, toward covering the cost of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), APL III and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
Objective of the Audit:
The consulting services ("the services") include review ofprocurement, contracting, and implementation processes for a sample of contracts under the PSNP/ HABP, to confirm their consistency with the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), procurement plan approved at the region and woreda level, PIM and the FA;
To seek a professional opinion on compliance by the procurement processes with thegeneral principle of economy, efficiency, equal opportunities, transparency and verify technical compliance, physical completion and price competitiveness of each contract in the selected representative sampleof contracts;
To review the capacity of implementing agencies (Federal, regions and woredas) in handling procurement efficiently, comment on the quality of planning, procurement, contracting, procurement internal control, record keepingand 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 recommendactions needed to improve project procurement performance in light ofdeficiencies.
The Food Security Coordination Directorate of the Ministryof Agriculture now invites consulting firms to express their interestin providing the service. Interested firms/consultants must provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services. The short listing criteria are: General experience in consulting assignment, experience in similar conditions and availability of skills among staff.
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) ("Consultants Guidelines"), setting forth theWorld Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualification.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection method set out in the consultant guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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 April 6, 2015, 10:00 A.M.
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)- Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Sector (DRMFSS)
Near Nefas Silk Technical & Vocational Education & Training College
Procurement Unit, Room No. 38
Contact person: Woldehawariat Kalbore, Tender Committee chair person
P.O.Box:5686 E-mail:
Fax No: +251115505994 Tel. No: 0114 4212 24 or 0114 42 1966 Ext.215
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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