Selection and Employment of an independent procurement audit service for Five years procurement Audit of ETOL (P501017) and Additional Financing (P182107) programs, by MoE

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) COUNTRY: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NAME OF PROJECT : Ethiopia Education Transformation Operation for Learning (ETOL) Loan No./Credit No./TF No./Grant No. TF-C7771, TF-C8111 & IDA 77010 Project ID No. P501017 Assignment Title: Consultancy service for Independent Procurement Audit of the Ethiopia Education Transformation Operation for Learning (ETOL) including Project activity’s under GFPP for the period of 2018 E/C to 2022E/C. Reference No.: ET-MOE-562913-CS-QCBS The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank and other Development Partners toward the cost of ETOL and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting service intended duration is for Two (2) months. Objectives of the assignment The objectives of the IPA will be to: Review the procurement, contracting, and implementation processes and timeliness and appropriateness of awards for a sample of contracts under ETOL, to confirm their consistency with the agreed procedures. And also review the implementation status of agreed Procurement Program Action Plans. Seek a professional opinion on compliance by the procurement processes with the general principle of economy and efficiency, equal opportunities, transparency and verify technical compliance, physical completion and price competitiveness of each contract in the selected representative sample of contracts; Review the capacity of implementing agencies (MoE and Regional Education Bureaus) in handling procurement efficiently, comment on the quality of procurement and contracting, and identify reasons for delays, if any, and overall how procurement management facilitates program implementation; Identify any indicators of questionable standards of ethics in the procurement management and oversight environment that make the processes vulnerable to fraud and corruption or collusive and obstructive practices,