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Consultancy services to provide Expert Service Pool (ESP) for Early-Stage Project Preparation in African Island and Archipelagic Economies, with an Optional Call-Off Window for Selected Projects in African Landlocked Countries. PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 513/AUDA/DITIR/GEN/QCBS/2026 Expressions of interest with supporting documents must be delivered in written form to the address below or by email on or before September 22nd, 2026, 14:30hrs (South African Time). All EOIs must be marked “513/AUDA/DITIR/GEN/QCBS/2026 - Consultancy services to provide Expert Service Pool (ESP) for Early-Stage Project Preparation in African Island and Archipelagic Economies, with an Optional Call-Off Window for Selected Projects in African Landlocked Countries” in the subject line of the email. EOIs can also be sent by email, addressed to the address below. Interested Consulting Firms may also obtain further information at the address below during office hours (09:00 - 17:00 South Africa time) or send clarification emails to [contact details removed]; Telephone: [contact details removed]; and Privacy Policy: AUDA-NEPAD Procurement Office collects and uses your personal information for “Procurement Process” when you intend to compete and deliver any service or goods for the organization either individually or as a firm based on your consent. Your personal data is our highest security and kept for a period strictly necessary for the purpose set out. This privacy notice supplements the AUDA-NEPAD standard privacy notice and should be read in conjunction with the same available on AUDA-NEPAD website. Please address your applications as follows:

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Title of the Consultancy:

Consultancy services to provide Expert Service Pool (ESP) for Early - Stage Project Preparation in African Island and Archipelagic Economies, with an Optional Call -Off Window for Selected Projects in African Landlocked Countries

Consultancy type:

(individual or firm) Firm / Consortium of Firms Directorate & Division Directorate of Infrastructure, Industrialisation, Trade and Regional Integration (IITR) Procurement Number (from procurement plan) 513/AUDA/DITIR/GEN/QCBS/2026

Background

AUDA-NEPAD is the African Union development agency mandated to coordinate and execute priority regional and continental development programmes in support of Agenda 2063. Through the Directorate of Infrastructure, Industrialisation, Trade and Regional Integ ration, AUDA -NEPAD supports Member States in originating, preparing and advancing infrastructure, industrialisation, trade and regional-integration projects. The African Islands Initiative (AII) provides a dedicated framework for Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Seychelles. It responds to the particular development constraints of island and archipelagic econo mies, including small domestic markets, climate and disaster exposure, high logistics costs, fragmented connectivity, limited institutional capacity and weak access to structured project-preparation support. The Expert Service Pool (ESP) will operationalise the multidisciplinary expert capacity required under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Service Delivery Mechanism (SDM) Technical Assistance Project for the African Developing Island States. The ESP will support a screened and approved portfolio of early -stage projects and integrated programmes in infrastructure, industrialisation, special economic zones, trade facilitation, blue economy, climate resilience, energy, water, transport and digital connectivity. The assignment will be delivered as a portfolio -standardised consulting-firm engagement. AUDA - NEPAD will retain responsibility for country ownership, project intake, screening, scoring, prioritisation, portfolio approval, contractual direction and decision s on progression, deferral, replacement or discon

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

CONSULTANCY SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Consultancy services to provide Expert Service Pool (ESP) for Early -

Stage Project Preparation in African Island and Archipelagic Economies, with an Optional Call- Off Window for Selected Projects in African Landlocked Countries

PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 513/AUDA/DITIR/GEN/QCBS/2026

METHOD: QUALITY AND COST BASED SELECTION (QCBS) – FIRMS ONLY

1. INTRODUCTION

AUDA-NEPAD is the African Union development agency mandated to coordinate and execute priority regional and continental development programmes in support of Agenda 2063. Through the Directorate of Infrastructure, Industrialisation, Trade and Regional Integ ration, AUDA - NEPAD supports Member States in originating, preparing and advancing infrastructure, industrialisation, trade and regional-integration projects. The African Islands Initiative (AII) provides a dedicated framework for Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Seychelles. It responds to the particular development constraints of island and archipelagic econo mies, including small domestic markets, climate and disaster exposure, high logistics costs, fragmented connectivity, limited institutional capacity and weak access to structured project-preparation support. The Expert Service Pool (ESP) will operationalise the multidisciplinary expert capacity required under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Service Delivery Mechanism (SDM) Technical Assistance Project for the African Developing Is land States. The ESP will support a screened and approved portfolio of early -stage projects and integrated programmes in infrastructure, industrialisation, special economic zones, trade facilitation, blue economy, climate resilience, energy, water, transport and digital connectivity. The assignment will be delivered as a portfolio -standardised consulting -firm engagement. AUDA-NEPAD will retain responsibility for country ownership, project intake, screening, scoring, prioritisation, portfolio approval, contractual direction and decision s on progression, deferral, replacement or discontinuation. These are not ESP tasks. The firm will take over and validate the approved screened portfolio, undertake early -stage preparation, maintain quality and evidence controls, support the PIDA Quality L abel (PQL) and other formally designated standard

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