Consultancy Services to Provide Pre- Procurement and Project Implementation Consultancy Services for the GARGAARA Financial Management and Reporting System and Supporting Infrastructure – Somalia

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA – MoF

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

Country: Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)

Name of the Project: Somalia Capacity Advancement, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship, through Digital Uplift   Project (SCALED-UP),

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services to Provide Pre- Procurement and Project Implementation Consultancy Services for the GARGAARA Financial Management and Reporting System and Supporting Infrastructure

Individual/Firm: Individual Selection

Project ID: P168115

Deadline    Date:   February 20, 2021

Ref No.  MoF/SCALED-UP/EOI/2021/0002

1. Background: The Ministry of Finance (MoF), on behalf of the Government has recently incorporated an apex development finance institution called Gargaara. It will be operating on commercial terms and conditions, including market-based pricing and take care to ensure not to crowd out private commercial institutions. This institution will work closely with Somali financial intermediaries and international development financial institutions (DFIs) to expand commercial access to finance for businesses and individuals with a view to improve lives and livelihoods of ordinary Somalis.

Gargaara is set up to leverage private capital, when its ready and forthcoming, to encourage entrepreneurship and support generation of jobs through high-growth MSMEs and access to finance. This new apex institution is structured on private sector principles and will benefit from a range of innovative approaches and blending tools to attain a far greater leverage of the US$15 million initial public funds being injected through the Somalia Capacity Advancement, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship, through Digital Uplift Project (SCALED-UP), a US$31 million four-year World Bank project that aims to support progress towards increased access to basic digital financial and government services targeting entrepreneurship and employment, particularly for women. Further down the line, Gargaara will be opened to sequential private sector investment and shareholding through follow-on fund-raising, from international sources including DFIs thereby sustaining the most dynamic MSMEs and provision of jobs, in a capital-constrained environment.

The MoF intends to use part of the proceeds from SCALED-UP to hire and Individual Consultant (Provide Pre- Procurement and Project Implementation Consultancy Services for the GARGAARA Financial Management and Reporting System and Supporting Infrastructure).

2. Scope of Work: The scope of work of the Consultant will coordinate activities related to pre- and post-procurement of the financial management and reporting system and supporting infrastructure being procured and implemented for GARGAARA and all other specific tasks detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment that can be found at the following website:  www.mof.gov.so and link https://mof.gov.so/publication/tor-consultancy-services-pre-procurement-and-project-implementation-gargaara-financial or can be provided upon submission of application in person or by e-mail. The e-mail address is provided below.
3. Duration: The proposed duration for the assignment is twelve (12) calendar months from starts date.
4. Selection Criteria: The selection shall be based on qualification, experience and skills of the candidate and followed by an interview. The qualifications, experience and competencies include:
5. The consultant will have at minimum an under graduate degree in finance, business administration, commerce or related disciplines with extensive international project and organizational change management experience in varying project portfolios. Experience in similar information system, infrastructure and information security turnkey projects is mandatory.
6. The consultant will have at least 10 years’ experience implementing technology projects with additional experience working within the financial services sector. Experience in business analysis, requirements management, project implementation, development of business and technical requirements, project and change governance and, reporting within matrix structures is necessary. The candidate should be agile and possess excellent interpersonal skills with a passion for excellence.

• The Consultant should have experience working in Somalia with public sector experience.

5. The Ministry of Finance now invites eligible consulting (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the above-mentioned Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services and furnish the Curriculum Vitae (CV).

6. 6. Attention of interested Consultants is drawn to section III, para 3.14,3.16 & 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Projects Financing Goods, Works, Non -Consulting and Consulting Services, July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
7. 7. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations.
8. Interested Consultant may obtain further information (in person or by e-mail) at the address below during office hours from 8.00 a.m.– 4.00 p.m. Saturday to Thursday except on public holidays.
9. Deadline for submission: Expressions of interest should be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) by February 20, 2021 at 4.00 p.m. local Time.

Attention; the Acting Project Coordinator

SCALED UP Project

Ministry of Finance

Federal Government of Somalia

Shangani District

Mogadishu, Somalia

Email Address: bidsmof1@gmail.com