Project ID: P163399

Project Title: East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP)

Borrower Bid Reference: ET-ET HOLETA-225709-CS-QCBS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTANT SERVICES – SELECTION OF FIRMS FOR LABOUR MARKET NEED ASSESSMENT AND TRACER STUDY)

Under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Holeta Polytechnic College has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consultant services. The consulting services include labour Market need Assessment Study and Tracer Study.

The consultant is expected to undertake Labour Market Need Assessment Study and Tracer Study for 2009 and 2010 E.C graduates of Holeta Polytechnic College. The consultant is to consult and support the college on its vision to become a flagship institute in Ethiopia and East Africa by providing comprehensive information on the employability of its graduates including the uptake of self-employment opportunities and assess the needs of labor market in the catchment area of the college. The consultancy will undertake the labour market needs assessments in the area of agriculture specialization in general and Agro-processing in particular. Labor market success depends on having skills, but also on a dynamic and vibrant economy that generates jobs for workers and demand for the goods and services that entrepreneurs produce, and on well-functioning labor market institutions. The assignment is requested to consider an estimated timeframe in proposal for consideration. This will be considered as estimation and will be revised based on the finalization of the labor market assessment methodology. The detail Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment can be obtained at the College address mentioned at the end of this document.

The Holeta Polytechnic College now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in proving the services. Interested Consultant should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services. The shortlisting criteria are: core business and years in business, qualifications in the field of the assignment, technical and managerial organization of the firm, and general qualification and number of key staff qualifications and experience of the firm such as relevant experience & technical and managerial capability of the firm.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. & 1:30 to 5:30 P.M. East Africa Time from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 to 5:30 A.M. & 1:30 to 5:30 P.M. East Africa Time on Friday. Expressions of interest must be submitted by email or delivered in person to the address below at or before 4:00 P.M. East Africa Time on 14 May 2021. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 and its latest revision (“Procurement Regulations”). Consultant may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. 

This is a detailed Expression of Interest with all the required Terms of Reference which can be obtained at the address given below. Any documents submitted with this EOI will not be returned and all expenses related to participation in this Expression of Interest shall be borne by the applicants.

The addresses are:

Holeta Polytechnic College which is found in Holeta Town at a distance of 30km from Addis Ababa on the way to Ambo town.

Attention: Project Manager, EASTRIP.

EASTRIP Office, Room Number 3.

Telephone: Office +251(0)-112-37 0919 or +251(0)911819080

E-mail: [email protected] OR [email protected]

Holeta Polytechnic College, Holeta, Ethiopia.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization/Department Holeta Polytechnic College
Name Getachew Chibsa
Address Holeta
Province/State Eastern Africa
Country Eastern Africa
Phone +251906130030
Email [email protected]