SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Country Côte d’Ivoire City Locality Abidjan Project Name Projet Compétences pour l’Employabilité et la Productivité (SKILLS) Procurement Titre Selection of an Individual Consultant, Expert in Grant Management Procurement réf. : MCA-CI/CONSULT/ICS/311 Type of Procurement Consultant services (Individual) Buyer Millennium Challenge Account-Côte d’Ivoire Publication Date : July 12th, 2023 Notice Deadline July 27th, 2023 – 3.00 pm UTC 1. The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire (the “Government” or “GoCI”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the “Compact”) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Côte d`Ivoire in the amount of approximately US$ 524.7 million (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through MCA-Côte d’Ivoire (the “MCA Entity” or “Buyer”), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Request for Qualification (“RFQ”) is issued. Any payments made by the MCA Entity under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov) and on the MCA-Côte d’Ivoire website (http://www.mcacotedivoire.ci). 2. MCA-Côte d'Ivoire hereby invites eligible individual Consultants to provide consultancy services as Expert in Grants Management. Individual consultants are invited to submit their CV’s and financial proposals. MCA-Ivory Coast will award the selected consultant a contract for a period of twenty-four (24) months including a base period of 12 months and an optional period up to the end of the Compact. set for August 05, 2025. 3. Requirements: The required qualifications for the Individual Consultant are described in the description of services and requirement of deliverables indicated in the Request for Qualification (RFQ). 4. Further details on consultant services, qualifications and eligibility criteria are provided in the RFQ documents available through the following link: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZl1aIVZkcbEUhRaHR4rThrgYOCBr7lxLkOk 5. This RFQ is open to qualified national or international individual consultants wishing to participate in the MCA-Côte d’Ivoire’s activities. 6. A Consultant will be selected under the Individual consultants Selection method, in accordance with “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” (P.1.B.3.10) which is provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov/ppg). 7. Consultants should express their interest by filling in the Registration form available at: https://forms.office.com/r/S5uG17yqRK Interested Consultants are invited to submit their application /cover letter, CV, and Financial Proposal in separate files to be sent all at once using the forms included in the RFQ documents, no later than July 27th, 2023 at 3.00 pm UTC. Proposals must be submitted by e-mail to:
[email protected] and include in the e-mail subject line: « ICS 311 - Name of the consultant ». Consultants may request clarifications by e-mail no later than 5 days before the submission deadline, so that responses be provided to all of them no later than 3 days before the submission deadline. Requests for clarification are received at
[email protected] and include in the e-mail subject line: «Selection of an Individual Consultant, Expert in Grant Management». Contact : Adresse : Immeuble Workshop, Bâtiment A, Indénié Abidjan-Plateau, 6 Rue des Sambas, Attention : Agent de Passation des Marchés, MCA-Côte d’Ivoire E-mail :
[email protected] DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT PLEASE CONTRACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.