CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A FIRM TO ROLLOUT THE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM (MPTS) IN BO AND KOIDU NEW SEMBEHUN CITY COUNCILS

GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE MINISTRY OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: Sierra Leone Name of Project: Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project - RUSLP Grant No.: IDA-D8420 Project ID: 168608 Date of Issue: 20th May 2026 Assignment Title: Consulting Services for a Firm to Rollout the Municipal Property Tax System (MPTS) in Bo and Koidu New Sembehun City Councils Reference No .: SL-MOF-550138-CS-QCBS I.0 BACKGROUND The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Finance (MOF), is implementing the Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (RUSLP) to improve urban management, strengthen service delivery, and enhance disaster preparedness in key urban centers. The project is financed by a US$50 million IDA grant and US$6.73 million GEF co-financing . To ensure strong alignment with decentralization reforms, the Project Management Unit is housed within the Fiscal Decentralization Division (FDD). RUSLP supports the Western Area and all six secondary cities, as well as central government institutions responsible for land management, local governance, and environmental resilience. The project development objective (PDO) of the RUSLP is to “improve integrated urban management, service delivery, and disaster emergency management in Western Area and secondary cities of Sierra Leone”. The PDO will be achieved through the following three main components: (1) Institutional Capacity Development in Integrated Urban Management; (2) Resilient Municipal Infrastructure Investment and Urban Greening; and (3) Emergency Management Institutional and Capacity Development. Component 1 has the following two subcomponents: a. Strengthening Integrated Urban Planning and Spatial data Infrastructure; and b. Upgrading Urban Property Tax Administration and System. A core element of the support under subcomponent 1b is the modernization of municipal property tax administration , which remains the most viable and predictable source of own-sour