The Ethiopian herald Tuesday June 3, 2025
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
[CONSULTING SERVICES-FIRMS SELECTION]
Country-
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Procuring
Entity: Ministry of Agriculture
Name
of Program - Ethiopia Food System Resilience Program
Assignment
Title: Consultancy Service for Value Chain Development
Credit
No: -IDA-71560
Reference
No.: ET-MOA-470009-CS-QCBS
The
Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received
financing from the World Bank toward the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP)
and intends to apply part of the proceeds for Consultancy Service for Value
Chain Development.
1.
Objective of the Consultancy Service.
The
overall Objective of this assignment is to carry out an in-depth value chain
study, value chain development models, and provide capacity building for
implementing sustainable Value Chain development activities for FSRP
commodities based on the results of the survey through Identifying critical
bottlenecks, gaps, and opportunities and providing appropriate intervention
recommendations/value chain development models to enhance value chain
efficiency.
2.
Specific Objectives
2.1
Conduct a value chain study
2.2
Provide Capacity Building on Value Chain Development
3.
Scope of the Service
The
consulting firm will undertake the following tasks
3.1
Value chain analysis of the targeted commodities, and come up with concrete and
feasible intervention recommendations, validating with stakeholders and updating
the findings on
- Crop/Horticulture
on the target commodities (Maize, Common bean, Noug and potato) under 21 FSRP
Wordas across Seven regions in the Country specified on the TOR.
- Livestock
Development (Dairy Villages and Poultry Villages) under 9 FSRP Wordas across
seven regions the country specified on the TOR.
- Coffee
under 2 FSRP Wordas across Two regions in the Country specified on the TOR.
3.2
Value Chain Development/Business Advisory Services.
4.
The assignment will be performed on a lump sum basis. Detailed Terms of Reference
(TOR) can be collected from the address below or obtained from telegram channel
https://t.me/moaqcbsvcd or @MOAQCBSVCD.
5.
The Ministry of Agriculture FSRP now invites eligible consulting firms to
indicate their interest in providing these Services. Interested Consultants
should provide information demonstrating their qualifications and relevant
experience.
6.
The short-listing criteria are:
- Core Business and Years in
Business:
-
Type of Business
-
Years in Business
- Qualifications
in the Field of the assignment:
-
General Experience
-
Experience in similar project
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Technical and managerial Organization of the Firm:
-
Managerial and Technical Organization setup
Key
Experts will not be evaluated at the short-listing stage and, accordingly, CVS
should not be submitted.
7.
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, revised November 2017, July 2018, November 2020,
September 2023 and February 2025) ("Procurement Regulations"),
setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
8.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications.
Clear indication of the forms of association (joint venture of sub consultant)
is required. In the case of a joint venture, all partners will be jointly and
severally liable for the entire contract if selected.
9. A
Consultant Firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality & Cost
Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
10.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours:
8:30 AM-12:30 PM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM from Monday to Thursday and office hours
on Fridays are 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM.
11.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address
below (in person, or by e-mail) by June 17,2025 at 10:30 AM.
Address:
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ethiopia Food System Resilience (EFSRP)
Attention:
Ato Dereje Gedilu, Senior Procurement Specialist Tel. 0930071196
Street
Address: Megenanga to CMC Road, behind Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration
of Ethiopia
Floor/Room
Number: Block A,2nd Floor, Room Number 2-5
Ministry of Agriculture