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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: Consultancy firm for undertaking comprehensive studies to understand
continental level water security diagnostic of Africa and selected transboundary basins.
Reference No. ET-AUC-436723-CS-QCBS
A. Background
The Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa (RCRP) is a
World Bank 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 main aim is
strengthening the resilience of populations to climate-related shocks in Eastern and
Southern Africa. The RCRP Series of Projects (SoP) allows to tackle common challenges
amongst countries in the Region while benefiting from a programmatic framework that
will allow scalability (countries can join at different times) and economies of scale. The
RCRP SOP aims to reduce people's vulnerability to climate shocks by making catalytic
medium-to-large-scale investments in protective water infrastructure, watershed
management, storage, and safety nets. The RCRP is expected to include at least three
operations, overlapping in time, over a period of 10 years (2023 – 2032). The program will
be implemented by the African Union Commission (AUC) with support from
implementing partners over a period of three years.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include Selection of Consulting firm for
undertaking comprehensive studies to understand continental level water security
diagnostic of Africa and selected transboundary basins.
B. 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.

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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.

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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 05th November 2025 at 15:00 Hours Local
Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Only submitted Expression of Interests (EoIs) mentioning the reference number “ET-AUC-
482170-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
Fax: +251 (0) 11 551 0442; +251 11-551-0430
E-mails: [email protected]