Project ID: P122812
Borrower/Bid No: A3/CS-10

This notice was originally published on 8 September 2015 and has been updated on 1 October 2015. Please note that the deadline has changed from 22 September to 14 October 2015.
 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Azerbaijan
Agricultural Competitiveness Improvement Project
Loan No. 8286-AZ
Assignment Title: TA for drafting secondary legislation and conducting a feasibility study for optimizing Veterinary Services structure and management
Reference No. A3/CS-10
 
The Government of Azerbaijan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Agricultural Competitiveness Improvement Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
 
The consulting services ("the Services") include drafting secondary legislation and conducting a comprehensive feasibility study to inform reforming the delivery of veterinary services of public interest county-wide, justify it on cost/benefit or cost/efficiency grounds (PEST analysis), identify and document possible gaps or shortcomings (SWOT analysis), and propose suitable mitigating measures. It is estimated that a total input of sixty (60) work/days will be required, deployed in several missions on site during the period October 2015 – February 2016. Duty station of the assignment will be Baku, Azerbaijan. The following is a tentative schedule for planned missions to Azerbaijan: (1st mission to Azerbaijan – 20 days in October 2015, 2nd mission to Azerbaijan – 17 days in December 2015, 3rd mission to Azerbaijan – 17 days in February 2016). The number and timing of missions to Azerbaijan will be discussed and agreed with the Consultant during the first visit. Interested consultants may obtain ToR on this assignment from the following email address: [email protected].
  
The Agricultural Competitiveness Improvement Project now invites eligible individual consultants ("Consultants") to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Key qualification requirements under this assignment are: degree in Veterinary Medicine; at least 15 years of professional experience and at least 10 years' experience as a senior policy maker in a State Veterinary Service that has successfully implemented a restructuring program; documented track record in field veterinary practice and/or administration of Veterinary Services; post-graduate degree in field relevant to law, economics, business administration; documented track record in legal drafting and/or preparing strategic documents;
 
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers January 2011 edition ("Consultant Guidelines"), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
 
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
 
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 0900 to 1800.
 
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by September 22, 2015.
 
Project Management Unit/Agricultural Competitiveness Improvement Project
State Service on Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture
Zaur Aliyev, Deputy Chief
80, U. Hajibeyli Str., Government House, Room 803
Baku AZ1016, Azerbaijan
Tel: +99412 4937108
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]