Assisting Invest Moldova Agency (MIA) in selecting and preparing Moldovan SMEs for B2B Export Missions

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES: Assisting MIA in selecting and preparing Moldovan SMEs for B2B Export Missions REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT Sector: General industry and trade sector IDA Credit No. 71740 IBRD Loan No. 94230 Project ID No. P177895 Reference No. MD-CEP-560558-CS-CQS The Republic of Moldova has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Competitiveness Project (MSME) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include providing support to the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Invest Moldova Agency to carry out activities related to the evaluation/selection and preparation of app. 140 Moldovan SMEs for the B2B export missions. The assignment will be performed in the period August 2026 – June 2027 and shall be aligned with the export missions calendar provided in Tabel 1 of these ToRs. The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment is attached to this request for expressions of interest . The Project Implementation Unit of the MSME Competitiveness Project now invites eligible local 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 (required qualifications and experience of the firm, but not individual experts’ bio data). This assignment requires a local Consultant, which may be a consulting firm or a consortium of consulting firms, with proven knowledge of the local SME sector and export /trade promotion, that meets the following requirements: Has a minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience and knowledge of SME sector and export facilitation, export readiness assessment, and market analysis, demonstrated through similar assignments