REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AT AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

 

AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES- FIRMS SELECTION)

SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION AND OTHER AFRICAN UNION ORGANS PROJECT (P126848)

Grant No. IDA H9390

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO DEVELOP A CONTINENTAL DASHBOARD WITH AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT ENABLES TRACKING AND REPORTING ON AU MEMBER STATES’ IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE ON AGENDA 2063 AND SDGS GOALS AND TARGETS

Reference No.: ET-AUC-188090-CS-QCBS

The African Union Commission has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the “Support for Capacity Development of the African Union Commission and Other African Union Organs Project (P126848)”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

Development Objective of the Project (P126848): Strengthen African Union Commission’s capacity to facilitate economic development results and transformation through enhanced institutional efficiency. This will be achieved by enhancing the AUC’s internal human resources and management systems, and supporting result-oriented external partnerships and collective actions designed to enhance the implementation of regional economic development initiatives in priority areas (e.g. regional trade, energy, infrastructure, governance, natural resource management) for the benefit of African Union member states, the Regional Economic Communities and African citizens.

Specific Objective of the Assignment

The overall objective of this assignment is to promoting data visualisation and analytics and thereby boosting the utilisation of reports on Agenda 2063 and SDGs at sub-national, national, regional and continental levels for effective use and management of information by RECs and AU Member States in tracking the development of Agenda 2063 and SDGs.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: (https://au.int/bids) or can be obtained at the address given below.

The African Union Commission now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

(a)          Qualifications and experience of the firm;

(b)          Relevant experience related to the assignment

(c)           Technical organization and management of the firm

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 8:00-13:00hrs and 14:00-17:00 hours, Addis Ababa Time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form following the above shortlisting criteria to the address below (by e-mail) by September 15, 2020 at 14:00 Hours Local Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

African Union Commission,

Attn: Head of Procurement Travel and Store Division

Building C, Room 327

P.O.Box 3243, Roosevelt Street

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700 – Ext 4305

Fax: +251 (0) 11 551 0442; +251 11-551-0430

E-mail: tender@africa-union.org and Zemenua@africa-union.org (Please submit to both email)

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