SEED FINANCING FACILITY (LEHSFF)
CONSULTING SERVICES TO SUPPORT SETUP, MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR LESOTHO ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AND
SEED FINANCING FACILITY (LEHSFF)
COMPETITIVENESS AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION PROJECT
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
“RE-ADVERTISEMENT’’
(CONSULTING SERVICES- FIRM SELECTION)
Country : Lesotho
Project Name : Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion (CAFI) Project
Credit No. : 7169-LS
Assignment Title : Consulting Services to Support Setup, Management, and Provide Capacity Building and Ongoing Support for Lesotho Entrepreneurship Hub and Seed
Financing Facility (LEHSFF)
RFP Number : CAFI-WB-0053
Reference No. : LS-MTI-498529-CS-QCBS
CONSULTING SERVICES TO SUPPORT SETUP, MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR LESOTHO ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AND
SEED FINANCING FACILITY (LEHSFF) (CAFI-WB-0053)
The Government of Lesotho has received a credit from the International Development
Association (IDA) of the World Bank to implement the Lesotho Competitiveness and
Financial Inclusion (CAFI) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting
services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include the services to support setup, management,
and provide capacity building and ongoing support for Lesotho Entrepreneurship Hub and
Seed Financing Facility (LEHSFF), and the assignment is to be implemented over a period
of twenty-four (24) months which may be followed by a one-year of mixed remote and in person
support to the LEHSFF Management Team.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development through CAFI Project
Management Unit (PMU) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate
their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information
demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to
perform the Services (brochures including the name of the country in which the firm is
registered; experience of projects related to the assignment, including brief descriptions of
most recent relevant assignments showing location, client, costs and staff involved, etc.).
The short-listing criteria are:
(a) quality of submission;
(b) core business and years in
business;
(c) experience of a firm on similar assignments (relevant experience); (d) technical
and managerial capability of the firm; (e) firm’s experience working in developing countries
especially in the SADC region; and (f) international, potential association with local
consulting fi rms.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address
given below and at the following website: www.cafi .org.ls.
The attention of interested Candidates is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and
3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers “February 2025
(“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy
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.
The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection
(QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [08h00
to 16h30 hours local time].
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form, in sealed envelopes labelled
“CONSULTING SERVICES TO SUPPORT SETUP, MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDE CAPACITY
BUILDING AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR LEHSFF (RPF NO: CAFI-WB-0053)” with the
name of the firm on the reverse side of the envelope, to the address below in person or
by mail on or before Friday, July 04, 2025 at 14h00. E-mail submissions should be sent
to procurement@cafi .org.ls with a copy to tmohejane@cafi .org.ls and lnthunya@cafi .
org.ls.
The Managing Director
Lesotho Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion Project
1st Floor ‘Matanki House
P.O. Box 747,
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Tel.: (+266) 22 315 100
Summary
- perform the Services (brochures including the name of the country in which the firm is.
- Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy.
- name of the firm on the reverse side of the envelope, to the address below in person or.
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