Procurement of Consultant Services for Electronic Government Procurement System — Public Sector Foundations for Services Delivery Project, Lesotho

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REoI) (FIRM SELECTION) Country: Kingdom of Lesotho Project: Public Sector Foundations for Services Delivery Project (P174171) Loan No. : 74920 -LS Assignment Title: Procurement of Consultant Services for Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System, Readiness Assessment, Strategy Development, Preparation of Tender Documentation and Implementation Roadmap. Activity Reference No.: LS-MOFDP-517584-CS-QCBS The Kingdom of Lesotho through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MoFDP) has received credit financing (Loan No.: 74920-LS) from the World Bank towards the cost of the Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery and intends to apply part of the proceeds for Procurement of Consultant Services for Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System, Readiness Assessment, Strategy Development, Preparation of Tender Documentation and Implementation Roadmap. (“the Services of the consultant will be required to complete the assignment in six (6) months and the consultant should ensure full consistency with Terms of reference.

The expected commencement date is 01 December 2025 after relevant competitive assessment. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://www.gov.ls/tenders-2/ and by sending a request to keneng.motjamela@gov.ls The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are: • Relevance and suitability of the core business of the firm to the subject assignment • Similar assignments completed for the public sector in the last years in the African region • Appropriate resource availability, technical, managerial and financial capability of the firm. 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” Fifth edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with Open Competitive Selection of Quality and Cost Based Selection method as set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form as follows: • 1 Original and five (5) hard copies Or • 1 soft copy Submissions of the EoIs by e-mail or in person must be made by the 30th October 2025 at 12:00hrs local time to Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Second Floor, Procurement Office 2010, Finance House, Government Complex, Kingsway.

Submissions must be clearly titled (including on the submission envelope where applicable): “Expression of Interest, Procurement of Consultant Services for Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System, Readiness Assessment, Strategy Development, Preparation of Tender Documentation and Implementation Roadmap).” Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery Project - Coordinating Office Attn: Keneng Motjamela, Project Coordinator Address: P.O. Box 395, Maseru 100, Lesotho Finance House, Third Floor Lesotho Tel: +266 22321357 E-mail: keneng.motjamela@gov.ls; masingoaneng.sekete@gov.ls