Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Program

Source: World Bank — Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Program

                                                                             GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change

Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Project

Credit No.TFOA4442 and TFOA4467

Project ID No. P156475

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopiahas received financing in the amount of US$ [$18,000,000 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Project], and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the United States Department of State (USDOS GrantTFOA4442); and Norway Ministry of Climate and Environment (MoCE Grant TFOA4467)

The project will include the following components: -

The three components financed by the grant and ERPA are interlinked. Component 1 (grant) will finance actions to improve or introduce investment, institutions, and incentives at local levels such as investments in extension across land uses; work to coordinate and leverage the potential of sister initiatives (for example, the PSNP, SLMP, AGP, and NICSP) and private sector activities to deliver on forest sector goals; and support the FDRE’s ongoing land use planning processes at basin, woreda, and community scales. Component 2 (grant) will finance actions to improve the statewide enabling environment, targeting specific enhancements in policy development, OFLP human resources (for example, the Oromia REDD+ Coordination Unit (ORCU), the investment climate for private sector development such as cookstoves marketing, risk management capacity throughout the state, development of the BSM, and improvements in information such as OFLP M&E, MRV, and an Oromia-wide Forest MIS. Component 3 (ERPA) will consist of ER payments made possible by the work on the enabling environment and relevant start-up costs that will be financed by the grant in Components 1 and 2.

The goods, works and services to be procured under ICB procedures include but not necessarily limited to supply of vehicles, technical assistance and study services. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Credits, January 2011, revised July 2014 , and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines.Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011, revised July 2014.

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and in the Ethiopian Herald local newspaper.