REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES– FIRMS SELECTION)
Country: Ukraine
Project: Public Finance Management Support Programme for Ukraine
Grant: TF0B6630
Assignment Title: Capacity building in PIM
Reference No.: ME-CQ-1
BACKGROUND
Ukraine has received financial assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association (“World Bank”), acting as administrator of the grant funds provided by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union (“Donor”) under the EC - World Bank Partnership Program Part III for Europe and Central Asia Programmatic Single-Donor Trust Fund (TF073423) in an amount of three million eight hundred nine thousand Euro (EUR 3,809,000) (“Grant”) toward the cost of Public Finance Management Support Programme for Ukraine Project. The Letter Agreement regarding the Grant TF0B6630 was signed between the Ukraine and the World Bank on 09.02.2022 (“Letter Agreement”).
The Project is aimed to better manage public resources and consists of four parts: Part A “Country-wide launch of the HRMIS” (Project`s Part A), Part B” Enhancing Public Investment Management” (Project’s Part B), Part C “Better Governance and Oversight of State-owned enterprises” (SOEs) (Project’s Part C), and Part D “Project Management and Implementation Support”.
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine (MoE) is responsible for the implementation of Project`s Parts B, C, and partly D, the total amount of which is nine hundred forty-two thousand Euro (EUR 942,000).
The MoE (Client) is the lead institution responsible for the management of public investments in Ukraine. Since 2015, the Government has progressed towards improving country’s PIM system, which includes: transparent appraisal and selection procedures for public investment projects have been established; MoE developed basic procedures for monitoring of public investment projects; cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methodology adopted for Ukraine through a specific value of the social-discount rate and the MoE has applied the methodology to selected projects; state PIM Committee comprising the key Ministers and members of the Parliament’s Budget Committee has been established. However, substantial deficiencies remain, such as the lack of strategic prioritization, non-efficient investment portfolio management with manual-based PIM procedures; capacity constraints within PIM stakeholders and MoE etc. Strengthening the PIM system is one of the main objectives of the Government’s Strategy for reforming the Public Finance Management System for 2022-2025 adopted on 29 December 2021.
The MoE, within its Project’s activities aimed at strengthening and improving the efficiency of the Public Investment Management (PIM) system in public administration institutions (Part B) is going, inter alia, to i) establish a comprehensive database of the public investment portfolio and automation of the public investment decision making and management processes; ii) deliver capacity building of participating stakeholders for better management of public investment projects, including their coordination and monitoring, and iii) strengthen MoE’s capacities to coordinate and monitor public investments.
OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The objective of this assignment is to provide support to the MoE in enhancing its PIM system through capacity building in PIM.
The MoE is going to contract through a competitive selection an experienced consulting company to achieve the objective of the assignment through i) developing Guidelines for Project Implementation Management, ii) developing a training strategy, training curriculum/modules aimed at skills development for selection, appraisal, and implementation of public investment projects, and its implementation; and iii) carrying out PIM-related business processes analysis, and support for the change management process.
Estimated timeframe for the assignment is four (4) months, beginning from January 2023.
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine now invites eligible consulting firms (the 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.
The shortlisting criteria are as follows:
The Consultant shall be either a local or an international company, knowledgeable in development training strategy for state investment policies and experienced in project implementation management particularly in public investment management.
The Consultant, as a firm, shall meet the following qualifications and experience requirements:
Mandatory requirements:
- At least 5 years of relevant professional consulting experience on training strategies, including experience in development trainings/modules f2f, online and digital, similar assignments in the countries in Europe and/or Central Asia;
- Experience in developing guidelines, draft legislation, and in conducting business process reviews;
- Experience in development training courses/modules on investment project management under project cycle standards particularly in public investment management;
- Experience in preparing and implementing programs and projects with donor organizations and / or international financial organizations, in particular on the development training system;
- Availability of relevant staff and resources to carry out the required work, including access to international knowledge base;
- Experience in delivering trainings with verified certification of participant results;
- The availability of at least the following experts: investment project management specialist, public investment management specialist, legal specialist, trainer on public investment project management, web-based training modules developers all with at least 5 years of relevant practical experience.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience of cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and / or any other central executive bodies on the implementation of reforms in Ukraine;
- Experience in developing web-based training courses.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 in Section III of World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, dated November 2020 (The Regulations) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the CQS method described in details in the Regulations.
Further information may be obtained at the address below during office hours from 10:00 to 17:00 local time.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form in Ukrainian to the address below (in person, by courier or by mail, or by e-mail) by 15:00 January 13, 2023. The expressions of interest shall be marked in subject line: "ME-CQ-1: Expression of Interest".
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
12/2, Grushevskogo Str., Kyiv, 01008, Ukraine
Attn.: Yuliya Skubak
+38(044) 596-68-26
skubak@me.gov.ua, ovechkin@me.gov.ua with mandatory copy to vshpytalna@me.gov.ua
The Terms of Reference will be provided in response to the request to email indicated above.