Training and impact assessment consultancy services

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTANT SERVICES)

GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF TINKHUNDLA ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

SWAZILAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROJECT (SLGP)

Public Sector Management

CONSULTANT SERVICES

Project ID No. P095232

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – CONDUCTING A TRAINING EVALUATION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY

This request for expression of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in the dg market on the 13 December 2010.

The Government of Swaziland received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) toward the cost of the Swaziland Local Government Project. The project includes three components, as follows:

The Government of Swaziland intends to apply part of the loan proceeds for consulting services. The implementing agencies are the Project Support Team, the twelve urban local governments and the Micro Projects Programme.

The objective of this assignment is to conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the training and mentoring provided by the two mobile teams; the rural capacity building mobile team (RCBMT) and urban capacity building mobile team (UCBMT) who were employed under the project to respectively provide capacity building to Tinkhundla and the Urban Local Governments (ULGs). The assignment seeks to evaluate the benefits to the local governments (ULGs and Tinkhundla) accruing from the implementation of sub-components 1(b) and 2(b) of the project.

Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (May 2004 and revised in October 2006 and May 2010 edition). The consultancy will be procured using Individual Consultant Selection (ICS)

The Project Support Team now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.

The consultant will need to meet the following criteria:

The consultant will be required to conduct an assessment of how the project has impacted on local government planning and budgeting, financial management, audits, and asset management and produce a report on findings for presentation to stakeholders. The consultant will be expected assess the effectiveness and impact of the mentoring/handholding (soft components) of the project.

The expected duration of the assignment is limited to 60 working days and will be undertaken during the month of January 2019.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 0800 – 1300, 1400 – 1645 Mon –Thurs (1400 – 1630 Fri).

Expressions of interest should be clearly marked and delivered to the address below by Thursday 27 September 2018, 16:30pm

The Project Coordinator

Swaziland Local Government Project Support Team

Portion 1 of Lot No. 308 next to St. Marks High School along Mbovane Street 2nd house from the junction with Mbhilibhi Street opposite Intfutfuko Flats

Tel: +268 2404 9797/2231

E-mail: [email protected]