Procurement of a Service Provider for Matching, Placement and Follow-up of Youth Apprenticeship Program in Gonder, Bahirdar and Kombolcha Cities - Ethiopia

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Client: The Ministry of Labor and Skills

Name of the project: Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP)

Grant No. D732-ET

Assignment Title: Selection, Matching, Placement and Follow-up of round two Youth Apprenticeship program in Amhara cluster (Gonder, Bahirdar and Kombolcha)

Reference No. ET-MOLS-376035-CS-CQS

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (UPSNJP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the service provider is expected to find apprenticeship placements for 3,256 youth who will be selected from 3 cities. In order to place all youth in a desirable apprenticeship placement, the firm needs to carefully consider the type of firms selected, including the size, location, sector and apprenticeship absorption capacity.

The objective of the service:

The objective of the consulting services is to identify, register, select, coach and monitor at least 814 firms (with each firm having the capacity to host at least 4 apprentices) who are responsible for hosting 3,256 apprentices in the three cities (Gonder (1,481), Bahirdar (1,369), and Kombolcha (406)) under UPSNJP.

The service provider is expected to collaborate closely with MoLS, regional bureau, cities and OSSCs staff for the successful implementation and contribute to learning and analyzing lessons learnt for the next roll out of the youth employment activities to expand them in to the selected three cities.

The consultants is expected to implement this project in line with the Project Implementation Manual, guideline and Project Appraisal Document and other relevant UPSNJP project documents

The estimated implementation period for the assignment is 9 months.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website:

https://mols.gov.et/am/

The Ministry of Labor and Skill now invite 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. The shortlisting criteria are core business and years in business, relevant experience, technical and managerial capability of the firm. The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria.

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 November 2017 and August 2018 (“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 Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hour’s 9:00AM to 5:00PM Addis Ababa time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below in Hard copy and Soft copy (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by November 20, 2023 on or before 4:00 pm Addis Ababa time (afternoon).

The Ministry of Labor and Skill

Urban Productive Safety Nets and Jobs Project (UPSNJP)

Attn: Ato Alexander Endale: procurement & Finance executive office

Ato Yilkal Anteneh: procurement specialist

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lam Beret Buss Station area, near to Ethiopian Technical and Vocational Training Institute,

The Ministry of Labor and Skill, Finance and Procurement Executive office, floor 4

Tel: +251116-671-425

E-mail: Alexander Endale: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Yilkal Anteneh: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Submission Deadline Date/Time

Nov 20, 2023 00:00