Request for Expressions of Interest - Consultant to support LEITI on beneficial ownership transparency

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Introduction

This request for expressions of interest is now closed.

The EITI International Secretariat is seeking to strengthen its support to Liberia on beneficial ownership transparency. To enhance its current support, the Secretariat is seeking a consultant to enhance EITI’s implementation support to Liberia on beneficial ownership. This will entail supporting the EITI multi-stakeholder group (MSG) in Liberia, key government agencies, and Liberia Business Registry in facilitating policy discussions and improving disclosures of beneficial ownership information. The objective is to improve government and company disclosures, move towards systematic disclosure of data on beneficial ownership and build capacity among LEITI stakeholders in collecting, disclosing, and analysing the BO information.

The consultant must be a reputable firm perceived by the MSG to be credible, trustworthy and technically competent. In order to ensure the quality and independence of the exercise, the consultant is required, in their proposal, to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest, together with commentary on how any such conflict can be avoided.

A consultant will be selected following a quality- and cost-based selection procedure.

Cconsultants should submit:

A Technical Proposal, outlining: (a) the experience of the firm / consultants, (b) the proposed methodology and work plan in response to the Terms of Reference (TORs) and (c) the key experts’ qualifications and competence. The Technical Proposal should not include any financial information. Technical proposals containing material financial information shall be declared non-responsive.
A Financial Proposal, clearly indicating a lump sum financial proposal, inclusive of all costs associated with required travel and applicable taxes. The financial proposal should clearly differentiate fees from any other reimbursable expenses. The daily rate for the consultant fees should be clearly indicated. The Financial Proposal should be sent as a password protected PDF file. The passwords should not be sent. The passwords will be requested following the assessment of the technical proposals.

Proposals must be delivered by email to skasimova@eiti.org by 27 October 2020.

About EITI

We believe that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens. Our mission is to promote understanding of natural resource management, strengthen public and corporate governance and accountability, and provide the data to inform policymaking and multi-stakeholder dialogue in the extractive sector. By becoming a member of the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), countries commit to disclose information along the extractive industry value chain – from how extraction rights are awarded, to how revenues make their way through government and how they benefit the public. Through participation in the EITI, more than 50 countries have agreed to a common set of rules governing what has to be disclosed and when – the EITI Standard. In each country that has joined the EITI, a multi-stakeholder group, composed of government, companies and civil society, supports implementation of the EITI Standard.