REQUEST OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – FIRMS SELECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
UGP-Central
2022/22/07
- The Government of Mozambique, represented by the Ministry of State Administration and Public Servant (MAEFP) has applied for financing from the World Bank, toward the cost of the Mozambique Urban Development and Decentralization Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
- The consulting services (“the Services”) objective is to provide comprehensive technical assistance to the Government of Mozambique, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in the implementation of fiscal decentralization, strengthening the public finance management mechanisms of the central government and the decentralized level.
- The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found in the attachment.
- The MAEFP – PDUL/PMU 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: (i) Experience in fiscal and finance reform; (ii) Experience in strengthening of financial revenues (iii) and Experience in intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer System (IFTS). Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
- 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 and August 2018, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
- Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, in the form of a consortium or a sub consultancy but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and or 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. However, the experience of the sub-consultant will not be considered in the evaluation for the short list.
- A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations.
MZ-MAEFP-301670-CS-QCBS