REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

GUMA VALLEY WATER COMPANY

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANT FOR THE FREETOWN WASH AND AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT REVAMPING PROJECT (WASHAERP)

Date Issued: 26th July 2019

Sector: Water Supply and Sanitation

Financing Agreement Reference: Various

Project ID No.: P-SL-E00-004

 

Context :

  1. The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone has received financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) toward the cost of the Freetown WASH and Aquatic Environment Revamping Project (WASHAERP) and intends to apply for additional financing from other sources, including the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Fund for International Development (OFID), Kuwait Fund, Islamic Development Bank (ISDB), Saudi Fund, Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund (AF), ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency toward co-financing of the project. It is further intended to apply part of the financing to eligible payments under the contract for a Financial Management Technical Assistant (Financial Management TA) to support the Executing Agency, Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), and partner implementing agencies to implement project-related financial management services.
  2. Services include working as a member of a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists to provide relevant specialist expertise including execution of all project financial management activities which include: (i) Coordinating technical experts’ inputs for the preparation of Annual Workplans and Budgets, and Procurement plans; (ii) Maintenance of project accounts Initiating and processing disbursement requests and in consultation with technical specialists and the project manager; (iii) opening and keeping all relevant books for proper accounting and financial management in line with International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS); (iv) reconciliation of accounts, disbursements and procured goods, works and services to ensure consistency; (v) preparation of interim quarterly and annual financial reports in accordance with IFRS for SMEs and any other project-related financial management reports; (vi) coordination and support of all arrangements for annual project audit. The assignment is to be performed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and will require full time input over a period of at least 36 months renewable on annual basis subject to satisfactory performance.
  3. GVWC now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing this service. Interested consultants must provide information (detailed curriculum vita including bio-data, copies of academic and professional qualification certificates and contact details), indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. Key qualification requirements include a Chartered Accountant with a minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline; (ii) at least 5 years of post-professional qualification practical experience in financial management; (iii) demonstrable working experience in managing finances/accounts of donor-funded projects, especially AfDB-funded projects; (iv) demonstrable experience in International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), particularly IFRS for SMEs; (v) working knowing in Sage Pastel or similar accounting software, as well as Microsoft Office software; (vi) verifiable experience as a technical assistant for multilateral and bilateral donor funded project in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in countries in transition; (vii) fluency in English (listening, reading, writing, speaking).
  1. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy and Methodology for Bank Group Funded Operations” (BPM), dated October 2015 which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
  1. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours: 08:00 – 16:30 Hrs., Sierra Leone time.
  2. Expressions of interest must be delivered by email or hand copy to the address below not later than 13th August 2019 at 16:00 hrs. and labelled « Financial Management Technical Assistant”.

Attn :

Procurement Officer, Guma Valley Water Company 7th Floor, 12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street Freetown, SIERRA LEONE

Tel: +232-78-430-430/+232 88 275 970

Email: gumaprocurement@yahoo.com, with copy to r.lubunga@afdb.org

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