REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)
African Development Bank
Sierra Leone Country Office
Consultancy Services for the Study of Manufacturing Productivity and Innovation in Sierra Leone
Date of Issue: 3 June 2021
- The African Development Bank (the AfDB or the “Bank”) herby invites individual consultants to express their interest in the following assignment: A Study on Manufacturing Productivity and innovation in Sierra Leone (the “Assignment”).
- The consultant selected for the Assignment will be expected to work on all relevant workstreams associated with the launch and implementation of the study. The TOR
of the Assignment is provided as Appendix I to this Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI).
- Interested individual consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services envisaged under the Assignment (documents referencing past relevant experience, etc.). Interested parties are requested to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) comprising their curriculum vitae (CV), along with any additional and relevant supporting documentation.
- Eligibility criteria, establishment of the shortlist and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the “Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants”. Please note that interest expressed by an individual does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include the individual in the shortlist.
- The expected duration of the Assignment is 4 months (with possibility for extension). The Commencement Date is anticipated as 1 July 2021.
- Interested individuals may obtain further information at the email addresses below during office hours: 09:00 – 17:00 GMT. For the EOI to be considered, the consultant needs to be registered in the AfDB DACON Consultant Database by following the link: https://www.afdb.org/fr/projectsand-operations/procurement/consultancy-services-e-consultant/
- Expressions of interest must be received in electronic form to the email addresses below no later than 9 June 2021 at 23:59 GMT and specifically mentioning: “Expression of Interest –A Study on Manufacturing Productivity and Innovation in Sierra Leone”
Sierra Leone Country Office
African Development Bank
13 Lamina Sankoh Street
5th & 6th floor, Bishop Building
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Attn: Eva Taylor
Email: e.taylor@afdb.org;
For any requests for additional information, please contact the preceding email address.
- A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria:
- General qualifications and adequacy for the assignment to be undertaken (30%)
- Similar experience in the area of expertise of the assignment (50%)
- Experience with the Bank and/or multilateral development organizations (10%)
- Language proficiency (05%)
- Knowledge of the region (05%
