EBRD GPA TC Facility - Assistance in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement Accession

Project ID: 45817

Title: EBRD GPA TC Facility - Assistance in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement Accession

Selection Adviser: Agnieszka Kozlowska.

The Consultant will provide training on the GPA requirements and the GPA negotiation procedures to relevant government officials in the Ministry of Economy of Tajikistan and the State Procurement Agency of Tajikistan. The Consultant will also provide policy advice and legislative drafting in order to achieve the compliance of the public procurement legislation with the revised standards of the 2012 WTO GPA.

Specifically, the Consultant will actively support Tajik stakeholders in:
(a) reviewing the draft public procurement legal framework against the 2012 WTO GPA standards (“gap analysis”), in order to include GPA mandatory accession requirements in the presently developed public procurement primary and secondary legislation;
(b) developing a policy proposal on how to implement the 2012 WTO GPA standards, on eProcurement in particular in the national public procurement legislation;
(c) preparing the GPA negotiation strategy regarding the GPA coverage offer;
(d) developing the initial, revised and final WTO GPA offers;
(e) assisting in bilateral negotiations with GPA parties;
(f) advising during GPA ratification and implementation process;
(g) assisting in promoting the procurement standards of the WTO GPA to local businesses in Tajikistan.