Individual Consultant to Develop Organizational Structure for the Lesotho Public Procurement Authority (LPPA).

Country: Kingdom of Lesotho

Project: Public Sector Foundations for Services Delivery Project (P174171)

Loan No. : 74920 -LS

Assignment Title: Individual Consultant to Develop Organizational Structure for the Lesotho Public Procurement Authority

Activity Reference No.: LS-MOFDP-491817-CS-INDV

RE: REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REoI)

(INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

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 Individual Consultant to Develop Organisational Structure for the Lesotho Public Procurement Authority (LPPA). (“the Services of the consultant will be required to complete the assignment in two (2) months and the consultant should ensure full consistency with Terms of reference. The expected commencement date is 08th September 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/. The detailed Terms of Reference for the assignment can also be obtained by contacting [email protected]

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning now invites eligible individual Consultants “Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Individual consultants 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 core experience and qualification of the individual consultant with the subject assignment.

• The consultant must have successfully completed at least three (4) organizational structure or strategic design projects within the past 7 years, preferably in the Southern African region public sector.

• The consultant should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in providing organizational strategic design 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” 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 Individual Consultants 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

Submissions should be send in person by the 14th August 2025. The EoIs should be sent to Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Second Floor-Procurement, Finance House, Government Complex, Kingsway (Procurement Office 2010), on or before 14th August 2025 at 15:00hrs local time.

Submissions must be clearly titled (including on the submission envelope where applicable): “Expression of Interest, Individual Consultant to Develop Organisational Structure for the Lesotho Public Procurement Authority (LPPA).”

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: [email protected]; [email protected]