Consultancy opportunity: Enhancing transparency and accountability around ASM production in the DRC
Request for proposals
Description
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with the support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, is seeking a competent and credible firm to support EITI DRC in promoting transparency and accountability in artisanal and small-scale mining in the copper-cobalt-zinc value chain. The consultant must be from a reputable company or group of individual(s) with a proven reputation, perceived by the EITI International Secretariat to be credible, trustworthy, experienced and technically competent. Proposals should be submitted in French following the guidelines noted in the attached terms of reference.
A consultant will be selected following a quality- and cost-based selection procedure.
Application instructions
Consultants should submit:
- A Technical Proposal, 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, 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] 15:30 CET 10 September 2024 with a subject line ‘DRC ASM – technical and financial proposal’.
The criteria for assessing the technical proposals will be based on the following:
- Experience of the Consultant relevant to the Assignment
- Adequacy and quality of the proposed methodology, and work plan in responding to the Terms of Reference (TORs)
- Experience of the Consultant (as a firm) with previous EITI projects, if known
- Key qualifications and competence based on the Qualification requirements (see section on qualification requirements above)
The weights given to the Technical (T) and Financial (P) Proposals are:
T = 70%
P = 30%
Proposals will be ranked according to their combined technical (St) and financial (Sf) scores using the weights (T = the weight given to the Technical Proposal; P = the weight given to the Financial Proposal; T + P = 1) as following: S = St x T% + Sf x P%.
About EITI
We believe that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens. Our mission is to promote understanding of natural resource management, strengthen public and corporate governance and accountability, and provide the data to inform policymaking and multi-stakeholder dialogue in the extractive sector. By becoming a member of the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), countries commit to disclose information along the extractive industry value chain – from how extraction rights are awarded, to how revenues make their way through government and how they benefit the public. Through participation in the EITI, more than 50 countries have agreed to a common set of rules governing what has to be disclosed and when – the EITI Standard. In each country that has joined the EITI, a multi-stakeholder group, composed of government, companies and civil society, supports implementation of the EITI Standard.