The World Bank is looking to improve the quality, reliability, and accessibility of project data with the aim to establish a centralized system to consolidate information from various projects in its Yemen portfolio. This will provide additional analytics based on the consolidated information complemented by public and secondary data sources. The ultimate objective is to ensure consistent reporting, better oversight, and evidence-based decision-making across the portfolio.

The World Bank is looking to recruit a Monitoring Agent (MA) to undertake desk independent results verification of projects and activities within the Yemen portfolio for Bank's financed projects and to report on the outputs, value for money, the achieved results, compliance with Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) requirements, red flags and possible risks for delays and mitigation measures taken by the implementing agencies, contractors, consultants, suppliers and other entities as referred in project documents. The MA will also provide recommendations for improving data quality of TPM data and reporting and provide training to locally hired third party monitoring agents to build capacity for better quality data and reporting.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Portfolio Monitoring Agent

Assignment Countries:

• Yemen, Republic of

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The World Bank is looking to improve the quality,reliability, and accessibility of project data with the aim to establish acentralized system to consolidate information from various projects in its Yemen portfolio. This will provide additional analytics based on theconsolidated information complemented by public and secondary data sources. Theultimate objective is to ensure consistent reporting, better oversight, andevidence-based decision-making across the portfolio.

The World Bank is looking to recruit a Monitoring Agent (MA) to undertake desk independent results verification of projects and activities within the Yemen portfolio for Bank's financed projects and to report on the outputs, value for money, the achieved results, compliance with Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) requirements, red flags and possible risks for delays and mitigation measures taken by the implementing agencies, contractors, consultants, suppliers and other entities as referred in project documents. The MA will also provide recommendations for improving data quality of TPM data and reporting and provide training to locally hired third party monitoring agents to build capacity for better quality data and reporting.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:

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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) with a number of pages that do not exceed 20 pages. 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.

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