The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) has
received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of " Catalyzing Entrepreneurship for Job Creation" and intends
to apply part of the proceeds for
environmental and social capacity building consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include support building the
capacity of MSMEDA and its branches, Participating Financial Intermediaries
(PFIs), and beneficiaries for implementing the project’s Environmental and
Social Management Framework (ESMF). Also, building the capacity of MSMEDA
and PFIs to monitor the implementation of subproject or site-specific
Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) as required.
The total period for implementing the consultancy is one year from the date of signing contract with room for
renewing contract as needed and with 120 Working days
The assignment is expected to start on November 20th, 2021.
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA)
now invites eligible national 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
(brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar
conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).
Evaluation Criteria:
The following criteria are mandatory
to qualify for applying:
· Physical presence and availability in Egypt.
· Excellent firm expertise working with both English and Arabic languages.
The shortlisting criteria are:
(a) Extensive local experience in the Egyptian context working in a similar
field (Supervising the implementation of ESMF activities)
(b) Proven track-record of working with multi stakeholder community.
(c) Proposed Briefed Methodology to carry out the tasks in the EOI.
Interested firms should pay attention 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 & August 2018 (“Procurement
Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of
interest. In case of conflict of interest related to this assignment:
Consultants shall not be hired for any assignment that would be in conflict
with their prior or current obligations to other clients, or that may place
them in a position of being unable to carry out the assignment in the best
interests of the Borrower. Without limitation on the generality of the
foregoing, Consultants shall not be hired under the circumstances set forth
below:
a. a firm that has been engaged by the Borrower to provide Goods, Works, or
Non-Consulting Services for a project (or an affiliate that directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that
firm), shall be disqualified from providing Consulting Services resulting
from, or directly related to, those Goods, Works, or Non-Consulting
Services. This provision does not apply to the various firms (Consultants,
contractors, or suppliers), which together are performing the contractor’s
obligations under a turnkey or design and build contract;
b. a firm that has been engaged by the Borrower to provide Consulting
Services for the preparation or implementation of a project (or an
affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with that Consulting firm), shall be disqualified from
subsequently providing Goods, Works, or Non-Consulting Services resulting
from, or directly related to those Consulting Services.
This provision does not apply to the various firms (Consultants,
contractors, or suppliers), which together are performing the contractor’s
obligations under a turnkey or design and build contract;
c. neither a Consultant (including personnel and sub-consultants), nor an
affiliate (that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with that Consultant), shall be hired for any
assignment that, by its nature, creates a conflict of interest with another
assignment of the Consultant.
d. Consultants (including their experts and other personnel, and
sub-consultants), that have a close business or family relationship with a
professional staff of the Borrower, or of the project implementing agency,
or of a recipient of a part of the Bank’s financing, or any other party
representing or acting on behalf of the Borrower, that is directly or
indirectly involved in any part of:
i. the preparation of the TOR for the assignment;
ii. the selection process for the contract; or
iii. the supervision of the contract, may not be awarded a contract, unless
the conflict stemming from this relationship has been resolved in a manner
acceptable to the Bank throughout the selection process and the execution
of the contract.
-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 WB Procurement Regulations.
-Further information can be obtained at the address below during office
hours (114 Mohie Eldin Abo ELzz St., ELDokki, Giza, Egypt) during office
hours 8:30 am to 4:00 pm or send to Email: sandra.zaki@msmeda.org.eg
-Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the postal
address or to the email address below by no later thanSeptember 21st, 2021
Attn: Sandra Joseph
Address: 14 Mohie Eldin Abo ELEzz st., Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Office no: 0233367024 - 0233367026 - 0233366743
E-mail: sandra.zaki@msmeda.org.eg