REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTERST CONSULTING SERVICES – SELECTION BASED ON CONSULTANT’S QUALIFICATIONS (CQS)
LESOTHO
Institutional Support to the Enhancement of public Financial Management Project
Consultancy Service related to Organisation Capacity Assessment of Key Public Finance Institutions and Develop a Five-year Action Plan for PFM Reform in Lesotho (2019-2023)
Sector: Public Financial Management Reform
Financing Agreement reference: 2100155025968
Project ID No: P-LS-K00-003
The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has received financing from the African Development Fund toward the cost of the Institutional Support for the Enhancement of Public Financial Management Project (ISEP), and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for Organisation Capacity Assessment of Key Public Finance Institutions and Develop a Five-year Action Plan for PFM Reforms in Lesotho (2019-2023)
The services included under this project are: to undertake independent assessment of the quality and performance of PFM systems in Lesotho including strength and weakness of the existing systems with emphasis on internal audit, public procurement, external audit, public scrutiny and oversight; to undertake a procurement capacity assessment in line with the OECD tool for the assessment of procurement systems; and to undertake the organisational capacity assessment of the Office of the Auditor General in accordance with Supreme Audit Institutions assessment methodology; and develop a medium term or five-year action plan for improvement. It will also include comparative analysis of the decentralised and centralised procurement functions as well as assessment of the procurement business process and procedures with the aim to move e-procurement in the longer term. The duration of the assignment is 3 months.
The government of the Kingdom of Lesotho through the Ministry of Finance now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services including brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the shortlist and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” May 2008 Edition, revised July 2012, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afbd.og.
Interested firms may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 08:00 hours to 16:30 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by 17th January 2019 at 16:30 hours and mention “Consultancy Organisation Capacity Assessment of of Key Public Finance Institutions and Develop a a Five-year Action Plan for PFM Reform in Lesotho (2019-2023)”.
Attn: Procurement Officer
Public Finance Management Reform Secretariat
Ministry of Finance
Corner Kingsway and High Court Road
P.O Box 395
Maseru
Government Complex, Finance House, Third Floor, Office number 3044
Tel: +266 28324748. Email: lsopfm@gmail.com
Website : www.finance.gov.ls
