Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) wants to hire an expert, neutral, third-party auditing firm (Independent Verification Agent / IVA) to go out into the field and prove that the ministry’s clean energy project is strictly following its own environmental,

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

CONSULTING SERVICES-FIREMS SELECTION (NCB)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

Consulting Services - Firms Selection

Country: Ethiopia

Project: Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation  (ASCENT) Program

Assignment Title: verification of Strengthen Environmental and Social Safeguards Systems

Reference No.: ET-MOWE-ASCENT - 002-CS -QCBS

Project ID: P506061

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of National Electrification program (ELEAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for Independent Verification Agent (IVA) to verify results of DLR 3.9 (Environmental and social safeguards).

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The objective of this consultancy assignment is to conduct independent verification of the results achieved under DLR #3.9: Strengthening Environmental and Social Safeguards Systems under the ASCENT Ethiopia Program from the year March 2026 to September 7, 2026.

Scope of the work

The assignment shall be conducted nationwide covering all Program implementation regions and city administrations.

The Consultant shall undertake the following activities:

• Review ESMSG, RSG and Safe Work Procedure Manuals;
•  Conduct field verification at selected Program sites (Regions);
• Verify staffing positions and institutional arrangements;
• Verify implementation of ESMSG, RSG and SWPM;
• Verify GRM functionality;
•  Produce Results Verification Reports (RVR).
• DETAIL TOR ATTACHED: The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at https://www.mowe.gov.et/en/resource 

The Ministry of Water and Energy now invites eligible consulting firms ("Consultants") to indicate their interest in providing the Services.

Social Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

Short-listing criteria are:

Firm's Core business and years in business

Qualification and experience in the field of assignment and

Organizational, managerial and technical capabilities of the firm.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost

Based Selection method set out in the PPA Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9:00 am to 12:00 am noon and 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm after noon from gram Monday to Friday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) on or before 29th June 2026, 2:00 PM (Afternoon)

Address: Haile Gebresilasie Avenue 2nd floor, Room Number 211

P.O. Box: 5744

Tel: +251116898006

E-mail: dabimesfin@yahoo.com 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ministry of Water and Energy

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-06-29
• Bid closing time: 14:00
• Bid opening: 2026-06-29 14:00
• Bid opening (note): No Specific Opening Date and Time
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: Ministry of Water and Energy
• Published: Jun 13, 2026
• Posted at: 2026-06-13T10:28:47.000Z