Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), with financing from the European Union and AFD, is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from consulting firms, NGOs, and individual consultants to conduct a Change Management Needs Assessment.

CONSULTING SERVICES FOR CHANGE MANAGEMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Request for Expressions of Interest

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of the project: Change Management Needs Assessment

Ref.EEP/FP-1/CS/04/2026

Grant No.: CET1135 05

Client: Ethiopian Electric Power

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has received a financing from the European Union ("EU"), the management of which has been delegated to the Agency Française de Développement ("AFD"), and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the following project: Change Management Needs Assessment.

1. Summary of Change Management Need Assessment

1.1 Background

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) is implementing the RISED (Renewable, Integrated, Sustainable Energy & Digitalization) program aimed at modernizing the national power grid, enhancing renewable energy generation, and improving digitalization and capacity development. Major components include grid modernization (substation automation, STATCOM installation, NLDC expansion), grid rehabilitation (transformer workshop, emergency restoration), digitalization (OPGW expansion, predictive maintenance), renewable energy generation (Ashegoda Wind Farm rehabilitation, IPP support), and capacity strengthening (EEP Training Centre phase II with gender mainstreaming and change management programs).

The program's success depends not only on technical and infrastructure improvements but also on EEP's ability to transform its organizational systems, workforce, culture, and leadership to align with new operational demands. To support this transformation, EEP plans to conduct a Change Management Needs Assessment aimed at evaluating the organization's readiness for change and designing a tailored change management strategy. The assessment will analyse leadership commitment, staff readiness, communication flow, stakeholder engagement, and resistance to change while identifying the skill gaps and capacity-building needs required to drive transformation. The assessment will employ recognized change management models such as ADKAR, Prosci, Kotter's 8-Step Model or other relevant change management models and apply both qualitative and quantitative assessment methods, including interviews, surveys, focus groups, and document reviews.

1.2 Objectives of the Assessment

The aim of the change management needs assessment is to:

• Assess organizational readiness for change: leadership commitment, employee openness, communication, and skills.
• Identify or evaluate affected areas: departments, roles, systems, and processes.
• Understand stakeholder needs and resistance to shape engagement strategies.
• Define required support mechanisms: training, resources, leadership roles, and communication systems.
• Develop a tailored change management strategy aligned with EEP's context and strategic goals.
• Mitigate risks and improve the success rate of change initiatives.
• Align efforts with EEP's strategic vision and capacity-building programs, especially the curriculum of the future EEP's Training Centre.
• Build internal capacity by training the Organizational Change Management Office, including overseas exposure.

1.3 Scope of the Change Management Needs Assessment

The assessment's scope extends across all EEP business units, including Transmission, Generation, Engineering and Construction, and Finance and Resource Management, ensuring each unit's specific needs and challenges are captured. Key assessment areas include: Organizational Readiness Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Capacity and Skill Gap Assessment, Change Impact Analysis, Communication and Engagement Review, Risk and Resistance Analysis, Implementation Action Plan and Change Strategy Roadmap and Change Management Capacity Building.

1.4 Expected Deliverables

The consultant will produce both general and business unit specific deliverables:

• Inception Report: Outlining methodology, frameworks, and initial organizational context.
• Business Unit Deliverables

For each of the four major units (Transmission; Generation; Engineering & Construction; Finance & Resource Management) the following deliverables are required: Best Practice Documentation, Antecedent Factors Assessment, Stakeholder Analysis, Change Readiness Assessment, Training & Capacity Needs Assessment, Change Needs Proposal Report, Action Plan for Implementation and Quarterly Progress Reports.

1.5 Crosscutting Deliverables

In addition to business unit-specific outputs, the assignment will deliver crosscutting activities such as:

• Training for EEP counterpart and Change Management Office teams.
• Comprehensive documentation package (data, templates, reports, analytical tools).
• Global Exposure Program for up to five staff, followed by a post training report.
• Final consolidated report summarizing findings, strategies, and implementation roadmap.

2. Selection of Applicants

Ethiopian Electric Power hereby invites Applicants to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.

This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to:

• Consulting firms
• NGOS
• Individual consultants
• Joint Venture between NGO(s) and consulting firm(s)

Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines for AFD Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD's website: http://www.afd.fr.

The Applicant shall submit only one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV). If an Applicant (including any of the JV members) submits or participates in more than one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same Subconsultant may participate in several applications.

If the Applicant is a JV, the expression of interest shall include:

• a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by all members,

or

• a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement proposal,

In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Subconsultants.

Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications.

Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent similar services (since 2016) shall be submitted. A maximum of ten (10) past experiences shall be presented by Applicants.

Determination of the Applicants will be based on the criteria's listed in the below table:

For each experience submitted by the Applicant, check the boxes of the criteria which are met by the experience1.

Applicant Name:

Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:

• The contracts size;
• The nature of the Services: "technical assistance";
• The technical area and expertise: "change management", "capacity building programs"
• The location: "in Sub-Saharan Africa", "in the Client's country" (Ethiopia) or other.

Ethiopian Electric Power shall not analyze CVs of experts' profiles at this stage.

For a JV, its leader (regardless of its country of incorporation) and other member that has its registered office outside the any Client's country shall fulfil each of these criteria.

An application that does not meet any of these requirements will be rejected.

Among the submitted applications, Ethiopian Electric Power will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent.

The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

3. Guidelines for the Expressions of Interest

Expressions of Interest should be submitted in one (1) hard copy and one (1) soft copy in PDF format in a USB flash drive.

In order to ease the evaluation process, it is required that the application documents do not exceed Eighty (80) pages written in English language, gathered in one (1) file with a maximum size of 10 MB.

The expression of interest file shall include, at a minimum:

• The letter of expression of interest signed by the Applicant or representative of the JV;
• The copy of the co contracting (joint venture) agreement (if relevant);
• The presentation of the main Applicant (legal existence, organizational chart & staff, financial statement/turnover over the last 5 years etc., certificate of non-bankruptcy if available);
• The relevant past and ongoing references of the Applicant since January 2016 (see "Determination of the similarity of the experiences above") with brief description (year(s) of implementation, duration of Services, brief description...)
• A concept note of up to Two (2) pages describing briefly the understanding of the service, its methodology, its organization including articulation of international and local expertise, its recommendations and prerequisites;
• The signed Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Social & Environment responsibility (see appendix).

The Expressions of Interest must be submitted in a written form to the address below in person and by email no later than November,11, 2026 at 4:00 pm local time (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). And the proposal shall be valid for 90 days.

The submittals should be presented in English.

Note: In addition to the Email submission the applicants must submit One (1) original hard copy and One (1) electronic version on a flash drive physically or by courier to the address below.

The address referred to above is:

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP),

International Procurement & Logistics Office

Attn: Eng. Tsion Birhanu,

Executive officer, International Procurement & Logistics

Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 09, (Kotebe),

Ethiopian Electric Power Compound,

Block No. 09, Room No. 203

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected]

Copy to

Tadesse Biru, International Procurement, Manager

Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 09, (Kotebe),

Ethiopian Electric Power Compound,

Block No. 09, Room No. 105

For EOI Submission;

Mrs. Atsede Maereg Procurement Officer

Email: [email protected]

Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 09, (Kotebe),

Ethiopian Electric Power Compound,

Block No. 09, Room No. 106

EEP shall confirm within 24 hours the receipt of each Expression of Interest file received. In the absence of such confirmation received from the Client within 24 hours after sending its Expression of Interest file, the Applicant is invited to request receipt confirmation of its Expression of Interest file from the Client.

Request for clarification have to be sent in a written form exclusively to the Client, not later than ten (10) Working days (from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM local time) before submission.

Answers will be sent to all potential Applicants having with- drawn the Request for Expression of Interest from dgMarket.

An application that does not meet the above listed requirements will be rejected.

The Statement of Integrity, Eligibility, and Environmental and Social Responsibility form is also available on the DG Market website and EEP Website, attached as an appendix to the Request for Expressions of Interest notice.

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP)

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-11-11
• Bid closing time: 16:00
• Bid opening: 2026-11-11 16:00
• Bid opening (note): No Specific Opening Date and Time
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: Ethiopian Electric Power
• Published on: Ethiopian Herald (Oct 08, 2026)
• Posted at: 2026-10-08T09:14:17.000Z
• Source: Qelal Tenders