ሪፖርተር እሑድ የካቲት 1 ቀን 2018 ዓ.ም
REQUEST FOR
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)
Country: Ethiopia
Program: Rural Financial Intermediation Program III
Assignment: Consultancy Service
for Preparation of the Impact Study of the Rural Financial Intermediation
Program
Selection Method: Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)
IFAD Grant No. 2000003210
Reference No.IFAD/RUFIPIII/DBE/NCB/CS/09/2025/26
1. The Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia has received: financing from the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the Rural Financial Intermediation Program
III (RUFIP-III), under which a portion of the funding will be utilized towards
qualified payments on assignments for the consultancy services. The Development
Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) is one of the state- owned financial institutions
engaged in providing project finance for projects and lease financing for small
and medium enterprises (SMEs) to support the overall economic development of
the country. DBE has received finance from International Fund for Agriculture
Development (IFAD) towards the cost of RUFIP III and intends to apply part of the
proceeds for the requirement of consulting service, for which this REOI is
issued.
2. DBE would like to receive expressions
of interest (EOIs) from legally formed consulting firms to conduct Consultancy Service
Preparation of the Impact Study of the Rural Financial Intermediation Program
III (RUFIP III).
3. Objective of the Consultancy:
The planned study aims at carrying
out a Impact survey, which will consist of quantitative and qualitative methodologies
and will compare the situation with and without the project. This study
constitutes one of the stages of the project evaluation. The assessment aims at
establishing and measuring the project's outcomes and impacts on its target
population and measure the effectiveness of the project in achieving its
objectives. This will allow measuring the changes in project outcomes and impact
attributable to the project's interventions and the degree to which the
programme reached its objectives by comparing changes between beneficiaries and
non-beneficiaries using a mixed-methods approach, and by assessing progress
against baseline values.
4. The assignment is expected to
be completed within six consecutive months starting from the signing agreement.
5. Before preparing its EOIs, the
consultant is advised to review the preliminary terms of reference which
describe the assignment and details the evaluation of the technical
qualifications which is summarized hereunder:
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No.
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Description
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Weight (100%)
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1
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Specific experience, applicants
must submit at
least Two Certificates of
satisfactory execution
(Testimony) of contracts
related to the assignment
provided by contracting parties
to the contracts
Successfully completed in the
course of the last
[insert required number of
years] five (5) years.
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45%
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2
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General experience of the
consulting firm
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20%
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3
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Presence of long-term staff in
the consulting firm
with hands-on experience in the
development of
impact study
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10%
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4
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Long term profitability as is
evidenced by positive
net income in each of the past
3 years (2023, 2024
and 2025).
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15%
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5
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Average annual turnover in the
years 2023, 2024
and 2025 of at least 200,000.00
ETB or equivalent;
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10%
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6. The consultant shall not have
any actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest. All
consultants are required to comply with the Revised IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud
and Corruption in its Activities and Operations (hereinafter, "IFAD's
Anticorruption Policy") in competing for, or in executing, the contract.
(Refer https://www.itad.org/ en/w/corporate-documents/policies/policy-on-preventing
fraud-and-corruption-in-its-activities-and-operations for IFAD's Fraud and
Corruption including Conflict of Interest matters and https://www.ifad.org/en/document-detail/asset/40738506
for IFAD's Policy to Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment, Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse).
7. The Fund requires that all
beneficiaries of IFAD funding or funds administered by IFAD, including the
client, any consultants, implementing partners, service providers and suppliers,
observe the highest standards of integrity during the procurement and execution
of such contracts, and commit to combat money laundering and terrorism
financing consistent with IFAD's Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the
Financing of Terrorism Policy. (Refer https://www.ifad.org/
en/document-detail/asset/41942012).
8. The selection process will be
conducted using Quality and Cost Based Method of Selection (QCBS) as laid out
in the IFAD Procurement Handbook that can be accessed via the IFAD website at
www.ifad.org/project-procurement. The client will evaluate the EOIs using the
criteria provided above. The shortlisted consultant(s) will be provided with
the detailed TORS and asked to submit a detailed technical and financial offer.
The evaluation will include a review and verification of qualifications and
past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award.
9. The 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.
10. Consultants/Applicants shall
submit the required documents for the EOI consideration including business
registration certificate, trade license, VAT registration certificate, past work
experience related documents including supporting documents such as completion certificates,
client testimony, Audit report (2023-2025) conducted by independent auditor, CVs
and credential of the long term staff and organizational structure.
11. Interested applicants many obtain
further information from DBE Head Office, Procurement Directorate, in front of
DBE head office (Kiyamed Building 1st floor). Tel. +251 11 5578088, ext. 364;
Fax +251 11 553 7982.
12. The Expression of Interest/
Eols shall be submitted in English. one original and one copy, Eols shall be
submitted into the tender box prepared for the purpose on or before February 24,2026
at 4:00 P.M (in the afternoon) at the Development bank of Ethiopia, in front of
front of DBE head office (Kiyamed Building 1st floor).
The
applicants shall submit EOls as per the formats. The applicants can obtain
these forms from DBE website. dbe.com.et
DBE reserves
the right to accept or reject a part/all of the entire bid.
Development
Bank of Ethiopia