19 January 2025

Dear Sirs,

REF: Development of a framework for Development of an IT-Based Energy Capacity Building Information System

1. The African Union would like to engage the services of a consulting firm to undertake the above referenced consultancy service. The African Union now invites interested and eligible bidders to submit technical and financial proposals for the assignment as per the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).

2. A FIRM will be selected under the Quality and Cost Based Selection Method procedures described in this RFP. The weight for technical and financial scores shall be 70% and 30% respectively.

3. The RFP includes the following documents:

Section 1 - Letter of Invitation

Section 2 - Information to Consultants

Section 3 - Technical Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 5 - Terms of Reference

Section 6 - Standard Forms of Contract.

4. The TECHNICAL and FINANCIAL proposal in ELECTRONIC form must be in TWO SEPARATE documents and PASSWORD protected and be delivered to the address below.
5. The deadline for submission of proposals is 1500 hours Algiers time on 10th February 2025. Late bids will be rejected.

6. Bidders may request for clarifications no less than seven (7) days from the deadline for submission, from afrec@africa-union.org; with copy to Bezas@africa-union.org;

7. Bidders must submit the following documents: (i) Certificate of incorporation (Company Registration); (ii) At Least 3 Contactable references in the last 5 years and (iii) Company profile demonstrating (iv) CVs of proposed Experts (v) Statements of Availability for the proposed experts. These documents must be part of the Technical Proposal.

8. The address for deposit of bids is: afrec@africa-union.org; with copy to Bezas@africa-union.org