SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: The World Bank Enterprise Survey 2025 in South Africa
Assignment Countries:
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
The World Bank Enterprise Survey 2025 in South Africa is a survey of private sector establishments and measures the characteristics of firms and their experiences in the business environment.
The firm-level survey will consist of the global ES module (www.enterprisesurveys.org), with specific questions for measuring the business enabling environment.
The expected sample size is 1,000 completed interviews.
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 ( description of similar assignments,
experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among
staff, etc. for firms). Please no attachments. 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.
********************************************************************************************************PLEASE USE THE DESIGNATED FIELDS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF
INTEREST. EOIs SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 3 PAGES IN LENGTH. THE WORLD
BANK TTL WILL NOT OPEN OR CONSIDER ANY ATTACHMENTS. ALL
INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE EOI ON THE PLATFORM. ********************************************************************************************************
a.
No attachments (unless there are reasons to have
them)
b.
Edit qualification criteria as follows (note –
this is a manual step!):
1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of
the assignment and have experience in similar projects.
2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of
the firm.
3. Provide information on their core business and years in business.
4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.
5. Provide Information demonstrating an ability to operate successfully
in assignment countries. For the Request of Proposal stage (RFP), you will be
required to provide this and other information about the subcontractors.
6.
Vendor is willing to use the World Bank's Survey Solutions platform and data
hosting server. Only vendors willing to use the World Bank's Survey Solutions
platform and data hosting server can be shortlisted for the RFP stage. (click
on the MANDATORY option, for this one and previous)
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility restrictions apply:
- [Please type list of restrictions]
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.