Provision of Employee Competency and Capability Assessment Services

Tender summary

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Egypt Catalyzing Entrepreneurship for job creation Loan No./89510 Assignment Title: Provision of Employee Competency and Capability Assessment Services Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): EG-MSMEDA-557211-CS-CQS Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the project of "Catalyzing Entrepreneurship for job creation", and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the provision of Employee Competency and Capability Assessment Services The consulting services (“the Services”) include the provision of Employee Competency and Capability Assessment Services with the objectives of Assessing the competencies and capabilities of employees, Supporting decision-making based on objective criteria, identifying strengths and development opportunities for each employee and Preparing Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for candidates. The total duration of the services is one month from the date of contract signature The assignment is expected to start on July 2026. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) now invites eligible national consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested firms should provide letter of expression of interest and information that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.) noting that Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage The shortlisting criteria are : Prior experience in implementing assessment centers (60 points) Strengths of previous work and relevance to the authority (40 points) The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.15, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 7th edition dated September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 3.15 The Bank requires that Consultants: a. provide professional, objective and impartial advice; b. at all times hold the Borrower’s interests paramount, without any consideration of future work; and c. in providing advice, avoid conflicts with other assignments and their own corporate interests. 3.16 Consultants shall not be hired for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to other clients, or that may place them in a position of being unable to carry out the assignment in the best interests of the Borrower. Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, Consultants shall not be hired under the circumstances set forth below: a.) a firm that has been engaged by the Borrower to provide Goods, Works, or Non-consulting Services for a project (or an affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that firm), shall be disqualified from providing Consulting Services resulting from, or directly related to, those Goods, Works, or Non-consulting Services. This provision does not apply to the various firms (Consultants, contractors, or suppliers), which together are performing the contractor’s obligations under a turnkey or design and build contract; b.) a firm that has been engaged by the Borrower to provide Consulting Services for the preparation or implementation of a project (or an affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that Consulting firm), shall be disqualified from subsequently providing Goods, Works, or Non-consulting Services resulting from, or directly related to those Consulting Services. This provision does not apply to the various firms (Consultants, contractor

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• Issued by to provide Goods, Works, or Non-consulting Services for a.
• Located in Egypt.
• Source notice P162835 on worldbank.
• Notice published 7 Jul 2026; Tenqual indexed it 4 Apr 2026.
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