Request for Expressions of Interest

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Implementing Agency: Africa Center of Excellent for Water Management (ACEWM)

Place of assignment: Addis Ababa University- College of Natural and Computational Science -4 kilo Campus
Name of Project: Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II)
Project ID: P151847: Credit No: IDA-57940
Assignment Title: Development of Water Resource Knowledge Management Repository .
Procurement Reference No: ET-AAU-ACEWM-CS-LCS/Sep/2021-II

1. The consulting services “The Services” include Development of Water Resource Knowledge Management Repository- the assignment will take 6-months form the commencement the work;
2. The detailed Term of Reference (ToR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below www.acewm-aau.org. Those who wish to obtain TOR through email can request us: acewm.proc@aau.edu.et;
3. The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management hosted under Addis Ababa University, now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Consultancy Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are:
   Core business and years in business
   Specific experiences of conducting in similar assignments/or Development of Water Resource Knowledge Management Repository;
   Technical and managerial capability of the firm, structure of the organization, general qualification and number of staffs. Detail of Key Experts will not be evaluated at this short listing time;
4. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraph 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing–Goods, Works Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (Procurement Regulations), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
5. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations;
6. Interested consultant may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 8:00 am to12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5:00 pm (local time);
7. Expressions of interest shall deliver only including relevant documents (no more than 70 pages) to the address below in person or by E-mail: acewm.proc@aau.edu.et no later than Sep 28, 2021. If your interest to send EOI by email, first sequentially arrange the documents and include in one PDF/Compressed file). The subject line of the email is EOI for Development of Water Resource Knowledge Management Repository;

1. 1. Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM)
      College of Natural and Computational Science- 4 kilo Camps-Addis Ababa University
      New Building (Digital Lapidary), 4th floor- Office No- 403
      E-mail: acewm.proc@aau.edu.et, P.O.Box – 11756
      www.acewm-aau.org
      Attn: Senior Procurement Specialist
      Tel: +251118122975/+251996988670/
      Addis Ababa, Ethiopia