REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Consultancy Firm to Conduct Economic Feasibility Study and Market Analysis for Aquaculture Species

Announcement Reference No: (IUL)30-TFSM/30/2025/5

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: D176 - MV  

Procurement Ref: MV-MOFMRA-452160-CS-CQS

The Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Transforming Fisheries Sector Management in South-West Indian Ocean Region and Maldives Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under Consulting Services. The consulting services required is to hire a Consultancy Firm to “Conduct Economic Feasibility Study and Market Analysis for Aquaculture Species”.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources now invites eligible consultants to submit Expression of Interest. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

Required Documents

Interested parties must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications, experience, and responsiveness to this TOR:

• Letter of expression of interest.
• Company Registration certificate.
• Company profile.
• CVs of the proposed team members (along with educational certificates and individual reference letters for each proposed team member).
• Evidence of firm/person capacity to meet the requirements stipulated in section 8.
• A detailed list of similar assignments conducted as proof of evidence. Evidence may be reference letters / work completion letters as well as contracts successfully concluded as a firm.
• Methodology, Sampling, Data collecting and analyzing methods.
• Work Schedule and Financial Proposal.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

For additional information and clarifications please email to [email protected].

Interested Consultants shall submit their Expression of Interest and Technical and Financial Proposal by email to [email protected], Cc: [email protected]  no later than 30^th January 2025, 1400 hours Maldives time.

The address referred to above for obtaining further information and proposal submission is:

Ms. Aishath Ahmed

Procurement Specialist

Transforming Fisheries Sector Management in the South-West Indian Ocean Region and Maldives Project

Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources

H. Palmayrah – 3A, Sosun Magu

Tel: +960 3033484

Fax: +960 3326558

Email: [email protected]