CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW AND EXISTING ULGDP CITIES IN AMHARA AND TIGRAY REGIONS
Source: World Bank — Urban Local Govt Development Project
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
FOR
CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW AND EXISTING ULGDP CITIES IN
AMHARA &TIGRAY REGIONS
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPIUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CREDIT NUMBER 4994-ET PROJECT ID P101474
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received additional financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Local Government Development Project (ULGDP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consultant services.
The service is to provide the necessary technical assistance and capacity building in the planning, delivery, and sustained provision of municipal services and infrastructure (i) to eight new ULGDP cities in Amhara and Tigray regions to prepare them to benefit from performance grants in a potential second Bank financed ULGDP, (ii) to current eight cities in the same regions to improve their performance, and (iii) to the two regions in order to provide the essential long term support to cities beyond project tenure, since providing long term technical assistance tocities is the role of regional governments.
It is expected that the consultancy assignment will start on May 1, 2012 and will take approximately 12 months.
The Urban Governance and Capacity Building Bureau (UGCBB), of the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction now invite 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 mayassociate to enhance their qualifications.
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 (current edition).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours, i.e. 0830 to 1730 hours Monday to Friday.
Expression of Interest must be delivered to the address below not later than February 8, 2012, 5.30 P.M hours local time.
Supply Management Department Head
Support Services Coordination Bureau
Ministry of Urban Development &Construction
E-mail: zmedmem@gmail;udss@ethionet.et, Tel: 011 5531032, Fax: 011 5541289
Physical Address: Support Services Coordination Bureau, 1st Floor, Ministry of Urban Development &Construction Building, Opposite to National Bank of Ethiopia,
P.O. Box: 24134/1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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