African Union Commission

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Name of Project: Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa 2 Project (RCRP2).

Project ID: P181308

Assignment Title: Conduct a Diagnostic and Strategic Analysis of Hydromet Selected Countries and Regional Institutions, with recommendations to strengthen Weather,

Climate and Hydrological systems for Improved Multi-Hazard Early Warning Services

Reference No. ET-AUC-506713-CS-QCBS

1. Background
The African Union Commission (AUC) is implementing the Regional Climate Resilience Program (RCRP) for Eastern and Southern Africa which is a World Bank
funded program where a regional multi-phase Series of Projects (SOP) are implemented to respond to the increasing frequency, intensity, and impact of climate shocks on
people, livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems. The Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa 2 Project (RCRP2) includes Malawi (RCRP2- MW) and the African Union (RCRP2-AU) and scales up the Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa (RCRP-1) in Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Sudan, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), and the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO). Malawi's inclusion will prioritize
the management of the transboundary Shire River Basin, which is significant for the region, particularly for Malawi and Mozambique. It will also enhance coordination between
Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique in improving early warning systems and sharing information, as these countries are often affected by the same tropical
cyclones. The participation of the AU will support the coordination among all five countries and three regional organizations involved in RCRP-1 and RCRP-2; advance the
objective of knowledge sharing, coordination, and promote a harmonized approach to addressing climate change in a gender equitable and inclusive manner. The AU's
involvement will scale up the support provided by SADC and ENTRO, facilitate knowledge exchanges and address gender gaps in resilience. Furthermore, the AU's
participation will allow other member states to benefit from the studies, trainings, and secondment programs conducted under the project. This could potentially encourage more countries to adopt a coordinated approach to managing the effects of climate change, both within future phases of the project and beyond, for a broader impact at the
regional level. Successive SOPs will either expand the geographical coverage or scale up investments in RCRP countries. The overall objective of RCRP2-AU is to strengthen
resilience of communities to water-related disasters in Africa which is structured around the following components:
1. Risk Management and Climate Financing.
2. Infrastructure Investments and Sustainable Asset Management for Climate Resilience.
3. Adaptive Climate Services for Resilient Communities.
4. Project Management.
5. Contingent Emergency Response Component.
The project's five components integrate regional and national dimensions, promoting policy harmonization, knowledge generation, capacity development, and coordination
across RCRP countries.
The AUC Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action (AMHEWAS) Programme is specifically implementing Sub-component 1.4 of the project document which include:
(i) the development of regional hydromet diagnostic and roadmap for data collection and transmission to support the operationalization of the AMHEWAS Program; (ii) a
comprehensive study on raising climate finance in member countries, (iii) trainings for decision makers and technical experts on various thematic topics including hydromet,
disasters risk management, and climate finance, and (iv) expanding the Africa Union’s (AU) secondment program by bringing hydrologists, meteorologists, and disaster management experts to improve collaboration on water resources and disaster risk management.
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3. Overall objective of the Consultancy
The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct a diagnostic study using the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) methodology and regional standards, as well as
assessments carried out by development partners (including the World Bank), to establish the capacity of meteorological, hydrological and climate services in selected
Member States and regional centers (RCRP plus), and provide technical assistance for a capacity building initiative informed by the study, to strengthen data/ICT, policy and
institutional capacities of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Member States that contribute to overall Multi-Hazard Early Warning.
1. Shortlisting Criteria
African Union Commission now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the aforementioned consultancy services. Interested
Consultancy Firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the aforementioned consultancy
services. Interested firms are invited to submit their expressions of interest in accordance with the following shortlisting criteria. Please ensure that your submission shall
address only the below specified shortlisting criteria.

Shortlisting Criteria
1. Firm’s core business: The Consultancy firm should have a core business on water resources management; environmental and climate consulting; geospatial and data analytics; public policy and
institutional analysis; and research and capacity building.
2. Years in Business: The Consultancy firm should have Minimum of 5 years’ experience in developing
or applying conceptual frameworks and assessment methodologies for water security, especially using
the World Bank Water Security Diagnostics Framework. Moreover, strong experience in water resource modeling, climate impact analysis, and use of geospatial and satellite data are critical areas.
3. Specific Experience: The Consultancy firm should complete a minimum of 5 relevant similar
assignments and consultancy services financed by the World Bank or other international financing
Institution. It should specifically have demonstrated experience in in the African continent.
4. The Consultancy Firm should have an adequate staff with the required skill and
qualification, specifically in water resources, climate change, environmental science, economics, and
policy analysis.
Interested Consultancy Firms are not required to submit technical proposals, technical approach and methodology, work plan and key experts.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage and firms are not required to submit CVs of their key experts.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.
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 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-
consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants’ Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form following the above shortlisting criteria to the address below (by e-mail) before 06 th February 2026 at 15:00 Hours
Local Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Only submitted Expression of Interests (EoIs) mentioning the reference number “ET-AUC-506713-CS-QCBS“ in the subject field of the e-mail, will be considered.
African Union Commission,
Attn: Head, Supply Chain Management Division - Operations Support Services Directorate
Building C, 3rd Floor,
P.O Box 3243, Roosevelt Street
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700 – Ext 4305
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