Technical Assistance Team on Contract Management and Procurement

Source: World Bank — Irrigation and Drainage Project

REQUIST FOR CONSULTANTS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Technical assistance team on Contract Management and Procurement

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ministry of Water Irrigation and Energy

World Bank Financed Ethiopian Nile Irrigation and Drainage Project

Financing:                               World Bank

Credit No:                               4333-ET

Project ID:                              P092353

Borrower Bid Ref.:                MoWIE/TA/01/14

Contract/Bid No                     Technical Assistance Team on Contract

                                                 Management and Procurement

Deadline                                  November 07/2014

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a credit from the World Bank towards the cost of Ethiopian Nile Irrigation and Drainage Project (ENIDP)and intends to apply part of the proceeds of the credit to the construction operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes in the Megech- Seraba and Ribb areas. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the rural income growth through increasing both the amount of land under irrigation and the effectiveness and sustainable increaseagricultural output and productivity in these project areas.

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GOE) has agreed with the World Bank to implement the Irrigation and Drainage Project extracting water from Lake Tana (Megech- Seraba) and from the Ribb Dam reservoir (Ribb) Farms of thearea will be connected  with irrigation water supply on about 20,000 ha (17,300 ha net irrigated). Accordingly the economic growth of the framers is expected to increase substantially from present levels. After a transition period, the GOE intends to charge farmers an irrigation service fee (ISF) for the full cost of operation and maintenance (OAM), including energy cost to make the system financially sustainable.

The project consists of four technicalcomponents I. Irrigation Development II. Agricultural and Marketing Development and III. Irrigation Management and IV. Program management. 

Currently the megech- seraba construction contract (CC) and management service contracts (MSC) are ongoing.

There are also other ongoing and upcoming procurements and contracts in an Amhara Region mainly under component 2 and 3. All the activities require close contract management and procurement support and supervision.

Therefore, the MWIE needs to facilitate the deployment of a Technical Assistance on contract management and procurement to enhance the capacity of the ministry and the Regional implementing agencies (IAS) in this regard.

The MWIE now invites competent consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the above service. Interested consultants must provide information indicating their professional capability and experience to perform the service. Such information should include description of similar assignments, experiences in similar conditions availability of appropriate skills among staff, financial capability, etc.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers January 2011. 

Expression of interest received by theabove contracting authority will be reviewed, and following the review, a short list of selected qualified candidates will be compiled. Candidates included on the short list will be notified and subsequently be invited to respond to request for proposals for the required service.