January 19, 2025 to January 31, 2025

Bid number: 

ET-AUC-442587-CS-QCBS

The African Union has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include development of risk management policy and framework and development of internal control framework for Africa CDC with estimated level of effort 43 man-weeks for a duration for 15 weeks. The assignment will commence in April 2025.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below upon the submission of a written request to the address below. The ToR will be sent by email upon request.

The African CDC 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 are invited to submit their expressions of interest in accordance with the following shortlisting criteria. Please ensure that your submission shall address only the below specified criteria.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage and firms are not required to submit CVs of their key experts.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 Revised September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

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 Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 8:00 to 17:00 hours, Addis Ababa Time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form following the above shortlisting criteria to the address below (by e-mail) before 31st January 2025 at 15:00 Hours Local Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention,
Supply Chain Division
Administration Directorate
Lafto Square, Haile Garment,
Africa CDC Office, A2 Tower, 7th floor, Room No. 708
E-mail: Tender@africacdc.org and Zemenua@africacdc.org (Please submit your request and submission to both emails)