Consultancy opportunity: Enhancing Transparency and Accountability within SOEs in Argentina
Request for proposals
Description
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is seeking a Consultant (either a firm or an individual) to support the transparency efforts of provincial-level state-owned enterprises (SOEs) within Argentina’s extractive sector. The Consultant will assist these SOEs in complying with the 2023 EITI Standard, promote the systematic disclosure of information, and collaborate with EITI Argentina to address any existing gaps. This work will contribute to enhancing transparency, strengthen SOE governance and commodity trading procedures and ensure that the financial activities of these SOEs are effectively disclosed and understood, further advancing Argentina’s commitment to transparency in the extractive industries.
Instructions
A Consultant will be selected following a quality and cost-based selection procedure. The Consultant should submit:
- A Technical Proposal in Spanish, outlining: (a) the experience of the firm / consultants, (b) the proposed methodology and work plan in response to the Terms of Reference (TORs) and (c) the key experts’ qualifications and competence. The Technical Proposal should not include any financial information. Technical proposals containing material financial information shall be declared non-responsive.
- A Financial Proposal in English, clearly indicating a lump sum financial proposal, inclusive of all costs associated with required travel and applicable taxes. The financial proposal should clearly differentiate fees from any other reimbursable expenses. The daily rate for the consultant fees should be clearly indicated. The Financial Proposal should be sent as a password protected PDF file. The passwords should not be sent. The passwords will be requested following the assessment of the technical proposals.
Proposals must be delivered by email to [email protected] by 18.00 CET on Thursday 10 October with the subject line “Consultant for supporting subnational SOE transparency in Argentina – proposal attached.”
All questions related to the project, its timeline and deliverables should be submitted to [email protected] by no later than 18.00 CET on Thursday 3 October. Responses to the questions will be made available on the tender page.
A propos de l'ITIE
Nous considérons que les ressources naturelles d’un pays appartiennent à ses citoyens. Notre mission consiste à promouvoir la compréhension de la gestion des ressources naturelles, à renforcer la gouvernance et la redevabilité publiques et des entreprises, et à fournir les données nécessaires à l’élaboration des politiques et au dialogue multipartite dans le secteur extractif. En devenant membres de l’ITIE, les pays s’engagent à divulguer des informations sur l’ensemble de la chaîne de valeur de l’industrie extractive – des conditions d’octroi des droits d’extraction, à la manière dont les revenus parviennent au gouvernement et profitent à la population. Par le biais de la participation à l’ITIE, 56 pays ont adopté un ensemble de règles communes régissant ce qui doit être divulgué et quand – la Norme ITIE. Dans chacun des pays ayant adhéré à l’ITIE, un groupe multipartite composé de représentants du gouvernement, des entreprises et de la société civile apporte son soutien à la mise en œuvre de la Norme ITIE.