ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Ministry of Agriculture & Land Reclamation Sustainable Agriculture Investments & livelihoods (SAIL PROJECT)
REQUES FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (Consulting Firms)
(IMPACT STUDY (Project completion Survey) (EGYPT ) ( SAIL PROJECT) Assignment Title: IMPACT STUDY (Project completion Survey) Reference No.: (EGY-1745-0024-CS-QCBS)
-The [Government of Egypt] [has received] financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) towards the cost of [Sustainable Agriculture Investments and Livelihoods “SAIL”] and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of consulting services. -The use of any IFAD financing shall be subject to IFAD’s approval, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the financing agreement, as well as IFAD’s rules, policies and procedures. IFAD and its officials, agents and employees shall be held harmless from and against all suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses and liability of any kind or nature brought by any party in connection with [Sustainable Agriculture Investments and Livelihoods “SAILL”]. – This request for expressions of interest (REOI) follows the general procurement notice that apppeared on the IFAD website on [NA], on UNDB on [NA] and on [NA] newspaper on [NA].
The (“the client”) 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. Interested firms should fill the template for expressions of interest and submit Requesting it from the following email (SAILPROJECT2022@GMAIL.COM) and send it to the address indicated below.
– The attention of interested consultants is drawn to IFAD’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy and the Revised IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud and Corrruption its Activities and Operations. The latter sets forth IFAD’s provisions on prohibited
– The policy is accessible at https://www.ifad.org/en/document-detail/asset/41942012. -The policy is accessible at www.ifad.org/anticorruption policy.
– practices. IFAD further strives to ensure a safe working environment free of harassment, including sexual harassment, and free of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in its activities and operations as; detailed in IFAD Policy to Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation and/Abuse. (3) -The consultant shall not have any actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest. A Consultant with an actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest shall be cdisqualified
⚫unless otherwise explicitly approved by the Fund. A consultant including their respective personnel and affiliates are considered to have a conflict of interest if they a) have a relationship that provides them with undue or undisclosed information about or influence over the selection process and the execution of the contract, b) participate in more than one EOI under this procurement action, c) have a business or family relationship with a member of the Purchaser’s board of directors or its personnel, tthe Fund or its personnel, or any other individual that was, has been or might reasonably be directly or indirectly involved in any part of (i) the preparation of this REOI, (ii) the shortlisting or selection proccess for this procurement, or (iii) execution of the contract. The consultant has an ongoing obligation to disclose any situation of actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest during preparation of the EOI, the selection process or the contract execution. Failure to properly disclose any of said: situations may lead to appropriate actions, including the disqualification of the consultant, the termination of the contract and any other as appropriate under the IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud and Corruption in its Projects and Operations. P3
عن ام تعلمة باك النصر
– A consultant will be selected in accordance with the [CQS] method set out in IFAD’ project procurement handbook that can be accessed via the IFAD website at: www.ifad.org/project-procurement.
The shortlisting criteria are: Item
Criteria
Points
For specific experience, evidence shall include successful experience in the execution of at least 4 projects of a similar nature and scope of works during the last 5 years. To ensure independence and impartiality, the firm should have not executed any contract under SAIL. The eligibility and qualification criteria are as per the Request for Expression of Interest General experience
A.
30
i
B.
– General experience: Previous experience in the previous 5 years in carrying out evaluation surveys in English is a compulsory requirement, including demonstrated experience in designing and conducting evaluations and of organizing surveys on the scale of this project (including survey and sampling design) Specific experience
30
70
i
Capacity and experience in organizing survey logistics
10
Established network of experienced enumerators, supervisors and data entry clerks Experience in data management, statistics and econometrics
20
iv
Experience in survey analysis and reporting of results
20 10
Experience in doing household survey work and carrying out evaluations in Egypt
10
Total Points
Minimum points required to pass
100 70 points
>
(3) The policy is accessible at https://www.ifad.org/en/document-detail/asset/40738506.
– To ensure independence and impartiality, the applying Firm should have not executed any contract under SAIL
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
Any request for clarification on this EOI including the PTOR should be sent via e-mail to the address below [sailproject2022@gmail.com] no later than [22/4/2025 at 12:00pm [El Ameria – Alexandria – Egypt]The client will provide responses to all clarification requests by [24/4/2025 at 12:00pm]. Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form using the forms provided for this purpose. EOIs shall be submitted to the address below no later than [28/4/2025 at 12:00pm Local Time]. Procurement Department:
[Sustainable Agriculture Investments and Livelihoods “SAIL”]
Address: Km. 34 Alexandria / Cairo Desert Road Amerya – Alexandria- Egypt
Telefax: 00203/ 4584405 034584303 – 034584302 E-mail: sailproject2022@gmail.com
عن جريدة الاهرام