Lesotho Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

LESOTHO

PUBLIC SECTOR FOUNDATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY PROJECT

GOVERNANCE

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Loan No./Credit No. 7492-LS

Project ID No. P174171

The Kingdom of Lesotho has received financing in the amount of US$ 12 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Public Sector Foundations for Service Delivery Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following components:

Component 1: Expenditure management strengthening. This component will support the strengthening of expenditure management functions, including in the areas of asset and procurement management.

Component 2: Human Resource Management and Organizational Transformation. This component aims to strengthen human resource practices and enable more effective management of the public sector payroll.

Component 3: Shared digital government foundations. This component will put in place an enabling environment to support digital transformation and a shared Digital Public Infrastructure, improve coordination and data exchange between and within ministries for more efficient delivery of selected services, and reduce the risk of disruption, loss and misuse of critical data and IT resources by strengthening cybersecurity infrastructure.

Component 4: Reform coordination and project management support. This component will support effective project management, respond to risks, foster coordination, change management activities, and other related change initiatives.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the

procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers

(September 2023) (Procurement Regulations) and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. The World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.

Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business

online, on the World Bank’s external website and implementing entity’s website and in newspapers of national circulation in the Borrower’s country.

Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the

provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above

mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Keneng Motjamela, Project Coordinator

P.O. Box 395, Maseru 100, Government Complex, Corner Kingsway, Maseru, Lesotho.

+266 22321357

[email protected]

www.finance.gov.ls