A study to support contract transparency in Central African Republic
Request for Proposals.
Description
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with the support from the USAID, is seeking a competent and credible firm/individual to conduct study to support contract transparency in Central African Republic (CAR). The project aims at supporting contract and license disclosures through the angle of Requirement 2 of the EITI Standard, relative to transparency of legal and institutional framework and license allocations and contracts. The consultant must be a reputable company or group of individual(s) with a proven reputation, perceived by the EITI International Secretariat to be credible, trustworthy, experienced and technically competent. Proposals should be submitted in French following the guidance noted in the attached terms of reference.
Application instructions
Consultants 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. When preparing your proposal, we kindly ask you to include a section on potential conflicts of interest. This section should identify any areas of work, including past, present or future consultancies related to the EITI, which might pose a conflict of interest. Please also describe strategies that you intend to use to minimize those risks.
- 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 - open financial proposals will result in disqualification. The passwords will be requested following the assessment of the technical proposals.
Proposals must be delivered by email to skasimova@eiti.org by Friday, 13 May 2022.
All questions related to the project, its timeline and deliverables should be submitted to skasimova@eiti.org by no later than Friday, 29 April 2022.
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.