REFERENCE NUMBER: CCC/REOI/10/01/2022
PROCUREMENT ENTITY: COMESA COMPETITION COMMISSION
LOCATION: LILONGWE, MALAWI
OCTOBER 2022

1. The COMESA Competition Commission (the “Commission”) is inviting individual Consultants and Firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the following:

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TENDER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE COMESA COMPETITION COMMISSION OFFICE BUILDING AND OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO THE PROJECT
The procurement method used for this call for Expression of Interest is Request for Proposals as defined in the COMESA Competition Commission Procurement Rules.

2. The Expression of Interest is open to individual Consultants and/or Firms who satisfy the eligibility requirements as stated in the Terms of Reference (ToRs)
3. Purpose of this Expression of Interest –This Call for Expression of Interest targets Consultants (individuals and firms) from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (the “Common Market”) to offer consultancy services as described in this document. Applicants fulfilling the evaluation criteria will be shortlisted to submit full proposals for rendering services described in this Expression of Interest document.

4. Submission of Expression of Interest – The Expression of Interests shall be submitted on or before the Deadline either by (i) e-mail and/or (ii) hand delivery, registered mail or courier service.

The Deadline for the submission of Expression of Interests at the address and email address indicated below is 18 November 2022 at 13:00 Hours Malawi Local Time.

                COMESA Competition Commission

                Procurement Unit

                Kang’ombe House, Floor 5

                P O Box 30742

                Lilongwe

                Malawi

                E-mail: agmkandawire@comesa.int; with a copy to:  compcom@comesa.int

This deadline applies to both electronic submission (e-mail) and/or hand delivered, registered mail or courier service. Expression of Interests received after the deadline will be automatically rejected, and there shall be no exception on this.

The Expression of Interest shall indicate the reference number of the call and the name of the Applicant and shall bear the subject:

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TENDER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE COMESA COMPETITION COMMISSION OFFICE BUILDING AND OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO THE PROJECT (REF: CCC/REOI/10/01/2022)”.

All notifications concerning this procurement process, including modification of the results of the evaluation of the EXPRESSION OF INTEREST or cancellation notices, will be published on the COMMISSION’s website: https://comesacompetition.org/

5. Interested individual Consultants and/or Firms may seek clarification or/and additional information concerning this call, only in writing and by latest 12 November 2022 at 15:00 Hours, from the following contact points:

                    COMESA Competition Commission

                    Procurement Unit

                   Kang’ombe House, Floor 5

                   P O Box 30742

                   Lilongwe

                   Malawi

                   E-mail: agmkandawire@comesa.int; with a copy to:  compcom@comesa.int

6. All emails sent to agmkandawire@comesa.int without a copy to compcom@comesa.int shall be automatically rejected without exception.

7. The request for clarification in paragraph 5 of this Expression of Interest does and shall not alter the deadline for submission of the Expression of Interest. For avoidance of doubt, the deadline remains 18 November 2022 in all circumstances.

8. Description of the assignment:

Short descriptions of the assignments including more details on the scope of the contract are provided in the Terms of Reference.

9. The Commission herewith invites Individual Consultants and Firms to express interest as per the Terms of Reference.

10. Evaluation Criteria

Candidates successfully fulfilling the eligibility assessment will undergo a Qualitative Assessment scored on the basis of the criteria in the following table: