EWRC and EGTC Embedded Advisors

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Freetown, Sierra Leone 2 July 2019 Re: EWRC and EGTC Embedded Advisors MCCU Procurement Ref:110400|320700 1. The Government of Sierra Leone has established the Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit ("MCCU") as an autonomous entity with independent legal authority to oversee, manage, and implement a Threshold Program funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC"). MCC is a U.S. government agency focused on assisting countries dedicated to good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people. The MCC Threshold Program with Sierra Leone will provide up to $44.4 million to support significant policy reforms and improve governance in the water and electricity sectors. 2. MCCU now invites qualification documents from individual consultants to provide the consultant services. More details on these consultant services are provided in the Letter of Invitation (LOI) which incorporates the Terms of Reference (TOR). This procurement - open to all eligible individual consultants who wish to respond - is not for consulting firms. Submissions from consulting firms proposing professional staff as individual consultants shall be rejected. 3. MCCU intends to hire the following Consultant positions (the "Consultant"). a. Embedded Advisor - Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC): 1 Position b. Embedded Advisor - Electricity Generation and Transmission Company (EGTC): 1 Position More details are provided in the Terms of Reference of the LOI. 4. Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone. 5. Anticipated Start Date: August 2019 6. Duration of Assignment : The assignment is for a base period of six (6) months for each position and an additional six (6) months option period (if exercised and at the sole discretion of MCCU). 7. Individual Consultants will be selected under the Individual Consultants Selection (ICS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov/ppg). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award. 8. Consultants interested in receiving the LOI and submitting Qualifications should register their interest by sending an e-mail with subject: (Request for EWRC and EGTC Embedded Advisors LOI) to the Procurement Specialist on contact@example.gov with copy to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Consultants receive updates regarding this LOI. 9. The deadline for submission of qualifications is 10.00am GMT of 23 July 2019 Yours sincerely, Ndeye F. Koroma CEO. MCCU For Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/28805307 D ISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT