Framework Agreement for Consulting Services in Fragile Contexts

The ‘Framework Agreement for Consulting Services in Fragile Contexts’ (FA) shall serve to mobilise expertise more easily and speed up the preparation of required expert input for project identification and preparation and improve the quality of consulting services through longer-term engagement of skillful service providers on the basis of module ToR’s such as: 1) Pre-feasibility study; 2) Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD); 3) Analysis of the Project Executing Agency (PEA); 4) Peace and Conflict Analysis (PCA); 5) Analysis of Target Groups and Project-Affected People (ATG). The FA will be awarded to several companies (‘Panel of Consultants’). The panel consultants shall be responsive to individual calls; offer their services on largely standardized terms; be in position to offer adequately qualified experts for the particular tasks; work in fragile states; implement the services swiftly, implying a short mobilization period and timely execution of services.