Letter of Invitation

Date: July 11, 2021
Dear Mr./Ms.: Eligible Consultant

1. The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (hereinafter called “Client”) has received financing (hereinafter called “the funds”) from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) toward the cost of advisor Senior Capital Markets Legal Compliance Consultant to support the development of legal and regulatory framework to establish capital market in Ethiopia. The Client intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued.

2. The Ministry of Finance now invites proposals to provide the following consulting Services: Individual consulting service to support the development of capital markets surveillance and enforcement systems . More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (TOR).

3. A consultant shall be selected under the quality-based selection method (Consultant’s qualifications) and cost. The candidate should possess hands-on experience, including at senior level, on capital markets surveillance, compliance, and enforcement; Diverse international experience, especially in developing countries (ideally those at the early stage of their capital market development); in drafting legislation and regulations for capital markets; in setting up and building capacity of capital market regulatory agencies, etc. The detailed evaluation criterions are stated in the Terms of Reference (TOR)

4. This Request for Proposals includes the following documents:
 This Letter of Invitation;
 The letter of Submission of the Proposal;
 Technical Proposal;
 Financial Proposal;
 Terms of Reference;
 Standard Form of Contract.

5. Your proposal shall comprise your Proposal Submission Form, a Technical Proposal (including curriculum vitae (CV)), a Financial Proposal net of taxes and the signed Statement of Integrity, and must be submitted to: agelgelu@mofed.gov.et with a copy to mezgebua2011@gmail.com, aberag11@gmail.com by addressing to Ministry of Finance (MoF), Channel One programs Coordinating Directorate, MoF main building, sadist Killo, yekatit 12 Square, King George Avenue, 4th Floor, Room no.403, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on or before August 04, 2021 at 3:00pm local time . If necessary, you may request any clarifications by sending an email to the same email address above before July 26, 2021 at 5:00 pm
Best regards,