Strengthen Tax Policy Mechanisms and Analysis Tools

Request for Expressions of Interest for Consulting Services

Country: The Republic of The Gambia.

Project Title: The Gambia Public Administration Modernization for Citizen Centric Service Delivery (PAMP) Project

Assignment Title: Technical Assistance to Strengthen Tax Policy Mechanisms, Methodologies, Tools, and Capacity for Analysis and Reporting

Grant Number: IDA-E3820

Project ID NO: P176924

Procurement Method: Individual Consultant Selection Method (IC)

Reference No: GM-CPCU - MOFEA-522729-CS-INDV

Background

The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA), is implementing several reforms aimed at strengthening domestic resource mobilization, aimed at achieveing fiscal sustainability, and improving evidence-based policy formulation.

While substantial progress has been made in tax administration reforms, analytical capacity in tax policy analysis, formulation and revenue forecasting remains limited. The ability of MoFEA to evaluate the fiscal impact of tax reforms/measures, estimate tax expenditures, and assess the tax gap is currently constrained by limited technical capacity, data availabiity and, and the absence of standardized methodologies and analytical tools. To address these constraints, the World Bank under the PAMP Project is supporting the hiring of a consultant to strengthen MoFEA’s institutional capacity to design, analyze, and report on tax policy, by adopting sustainable mechanisms and tools for tax expenditure estimation, analysis, tax gap estimation, tax policy impact assessment and medium-term revenue projections.

Objective of the Assignment

This assignment emphasizes the feasibility, institutional ownership, and progressive improvement, ensuring that the first generation of methods and tools can be implemented immediately with available data while establishing a credible pathway for future enhancement. The overall objective of the assignment is to strengthen and institutionalize the capacity of the MoFEA’s Directorate of Revenue and Tax Policy (DRTP) and relevant Revenue Administration counterparts to design, apply, and routinely update practical tax policy analysis and reporting using fit-for-purpose methodologies and tools that are feasible under current data constraints, with a clear pathway for progressive improvements as data availability improves.

Scope of Work

The assignment will be carried out under the overall supervision of the Director of Revenue and Tax Policy, MoFEA, and in close coordination with the World Bank PAMP Coordination team and the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA). The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, the following tasks:

Task 1: Inception and Workplan

Task 2: Data and Institutional Engagement and Diagnostic

Task 3: Establish a Tiered Tax Policy Analytics Framework

Task 4: Develop and Institutionalize Methodologies for the core products

Task 5: Develop Practical Tools and Documentation

Task 6: Strengthen Data Governance and Policy–Administration Collaboration

Task 7: Integrate Outputs into the Budget and Fiscal Framework

Task 8: Capacity Building, Coaching, and Knowledge Transfer

Task 9: Develop a Medium-Term tax policy analytics Strengthening Roadmap (12-24 month plan, with clear indicator of moving from one tier to another).

The full Terms of Reference (TOR) will be made available upon request.

Duration

The assignment is expected to be completed within twelve (12) months from the contract signing date.

Qualification and Competency

• Advanced degree in Economics, Public Finance, Fiscal Policy, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in tax policy analysis, fiscal modeling, or macro-fiscal management.
• Demonstrated experience developing tax expenditure estimation/reporting or tax gap analytical methodologies in low- or middle-income countries.
• Knowledge of the Gambian tax system and economy will be an advantage
• Familiarity with macro-fiscal frameworks and public financial management systems.
• Familiarity with World Bank or IMF-supported fiscal reform programs is an asset.
• Proven ability to build capacity and transfer skills to government counterparts. Full TOR Availability Notice

The full Terms of Reference (TOR) will be made available upon request. Please send your request via email to the addresses provided below. Contract duration is twelve (12) months.

Submission of Expressions of Interest:

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA), through the Gambia Public Administration Modernization for Citizen Centric Service Delivery (PAMP) Project, now invites eligible individual consultants to express interest in providing the above Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services.

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” dated February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection Method (IC) set out in the Consultant Guidelines. Further information and the Terms of Reference can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 09:00 to 12:30 on Friday.

Expressions of interest should be delivered in written form to the address below (in person, or by mail) on or before 28th July 2026 at 12.30 noon Gambian time.

Central Project Coordination Unit

Royal Insurance Building

2nd Floor, Kotu Bertil Harding Highway

The Gambia

Email: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]