Hiring a firm for Enhancing livelihoods of direct support beneficiaries through hand craft skill development and market linkage.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP) Grant No. D732-ET Assignment Title: Hiring a firm for enhancing livelihoods of direct support Beneficiaries through hand craft skill development and market linkage. Reference No . ET-MOUDI-574806-CS-QCBS The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (UPSNJP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) will scaling up the successful handicraft skills development and market linkage model to reach more carefully selected DS beneficiaries and enhance their income and household consumption. The objective of the assignment: To strengthen, the livelihoods of 1,500 Direct Support beneficiaries-at least 70% of whom are women-in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Jimma, and Wolaita Sodo by providing targeted handicraft skills training and establishing sustainable value chain market linkages, thereby enabling at least 600 beneficiaries (40% of trainees) to access new or improved income-generating opportunities and demonstrate increased economic self-reliance. The estimated implementation period for the assignment is 6 months. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be requested from the below email address of “ yihenewtilaye21@gmail.com” The Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office under Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure now invite eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are core business and years in business, relevant experience, technical and managerial capability of the firm. The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with