SELECTION
OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST
FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Electronic
Submissions through WBGeProcure
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ASSIGNMENT
OVERVIEW
Assignment
Title: IMPACT EVALUATION FOR SRI LANKA SME SKILLS PROGRAM
Assignment
Countries:
ASSIGNMENT
DESCRIPTION
The SME
Skills Program in Sri Lanka will seek to improve the capacity of LASPs, and
thus support Sri Lanka FIG clients in delivering high-quality skills-building
services (business management) to their client MSMEs.
The
overarching objective of SME Skills Program is to increase the business
management skills of MSMEs in Sri Lanka to mitigate as much as possible the long-term
negative impact of the pandemic, with a specific focus on women owned MSMEs
through IFC certified local training providers.
The SME
Skills Program is seeking an Evaluation Firm to deliver an evaluation to
measure the impact of the program. The firm will report to the
Project Lead(s) of the SME Skills Program and the FIG Regional Skills Program
and will work with other pertinent members of the country team.
FIG Advisory
in Asia Pacific leverages on IFC’s global presence, to drive thought leadership
and deliver expert advice to our clients towards achieving greater access to
finance in our priority markets in the region.
To this end, FIG Asia facilitates the development, launch and
implementation of skills and training-support projects, as well as to build the
capacity of Local Advisory Service Providers (LASPs) who could deliver
high-quality advisory services to MSMEs, and thus promote greater financial
inclusion and market creation.
FUNDING
SOURCE
The World
Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under
the following:
- BB: Bank Budget
- TF0A5194: IFC
SUBMISSION
REQUIREMENTS
The World
Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the
services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are
qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar
assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate
skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals).
Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB.
Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in
the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI,
they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified
in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP)
phase.
Expressions
of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure
RFx Now
NOTES
Following
this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally
invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the
availability of funding.
Only
those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the
RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not
been shortlisted.
If you
encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an
e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior
to the submission deadline.