consutancy Service to Undertake performance Assessment

Source: World Bank — Urban Local Govt Development Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

 FOR

CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF ULGs PERFORMANCE IN2013/2014(EFY 2006) FOR THE SECOND ULGDPIN 44 CITIES ACROSS ETHIOPIA, WITH IMPACT ON ALLOCATIONS IN 2015/16 (EFY 2008)

THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPIUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Program ID: P133592

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will receive financing from the World Bank towards thecost of the Urban Local Government Development Program (ULGDP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the above mentioned consultancy service. The service is to carry out annual performance assessment for the upcomingsecond phase of ULGDP (ULGDP II). The geographic scope of the assessment will comprise 18 cities which are currently within ULGDP and 26 new cities which will be added to the program under ULGDP II – full list of cities are presented immediately below. This EOI concerns the assessments forthe two first performance cycles of the new Program (ULGDP II).

The assessment will cover the following ULGs:

The assessment will include, but not be limited to, the following maintasks:

➢  Undertake annual assessments of the performance of the urban local governments(ULGs) against a number of Minimum Access Conditions (MCs) and Performance Measures (PMs), with defined sub-indicators. The MCs and PMs will cover issues within areas such as planning, budgeting, financial management, revenue mobilization procurement, and social and environmental safeguards as well as issues related with plan achievements and implementation performance. The review will be based on review of legal framework, regulations, ULGA performance, actual field visits and other documentation and evidence, such as audit reports, and assessments;

➢  Assist the Ministry in conducting workshopswhere the findings of the assessments will be presented.

The focus of the assessment will based on the following three main areas:

(i)                 Compliance ofthe ULGs with minimum access conditions, - these will be based on yes, not questions to the issue of compliance;

(ii)               Review of the ULGs' progress against the institutional performance indicators, using a  pre-designated performance scoring system; and

(iii)             Review of the performance on physical /infrastructure delivery indicators, using a pre-designated scoringsystem.

It is expected that the consultants will stay in each ULGA for approximately 3-4days depending on the number of actual MCs and PMs under development.A system of quality assurance will be put in place by the consultant to ensure a standardized approach, and it is expected that each team of 4-5 consultants should have capacity, experiences and skills within local government planning, governance, budgeting, revenue mobilization, procurement, infrastructure delivery, and social and environmental safeguards.

The Urban Governance and Capacity Building Bureau (UGCBB), of the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction invites all eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

The consultant will be selected in accordance with procedure set out in the IDA Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank, January, 2011.

Consultants may obtain further information from the address below during office hours: 8:30 A.M -12:30 Noon and 1:30 P.M -5:30 P.M from Monday to Thursday, and   8:30 A.M -11:30 A.M and 1:30P.M -5:30 P.M on Friday.

Dead line for the applicationis 15 days after the announcement on the Ethiopian Herald Newspaper and UNDB.

Urban Good Governance Capacity Building Bureau

Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction

E-mail: uggcbb@gmail.com,Tel: 011 5540634/0115531031, Fax: 011 5540630

Physical Address: Urban Good Governance Capacity Building Bureau,

Project Management department 2^nd Floor, Room No. 203, Ministry of Urban Development, Houising and Construction Building,

Opposite to National Bank of Ethiopia, P.O. Box: 24134/1000, Sudan Street,