DEADLINE: 25TH JULY, 2022
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE SELECTION OF AN AIR TRANSPORT EXPERT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DRAFTING OF AN AIR TRANSPORT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECOWAS MEMBER STATES
The ECOWAS Commission has received Grants from the African Development Fund (ADF) and intends to use part of the Grant amount to finance the service contract for the selection of an Air Transport Expert to assist the Department of Infrastructure in the drafting of an Air Transport Strategic Plan for ECOWAS Member States.
The services under this contract mainly consist on but are not limited to:
(i) Support the Air Transport Division in the monitoring and implementation of all projects under the PASTACO programme;
(ii) Conduct a brief analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on Air Transport in the ECOWAS region. Based on the analysis, establish a medium-term plan (2027), and incorporate the existing major changes to the aviation sector and to regional mobility following the COVID-19 pandemic. Lay the foundation for a longer-term discussion that will take full account of future challenges to air travel;
(iii) Develop an ECOWAS Air Transport Strategic Plan that will serve as a framework for the future of air transport
(iv) Prepare the annual consolidated work programme and budget for the PASTACO project in conjunction with project partners such as ICAO and BAGASOO;
(v) Produce quarterly, monthly reports on the project’s implementation including the activities of all project partners;
(vi) Assist with the organisation of coordination meetings of ECOWAS and stakeholders, workshops for the validation of various reports by the Member States and participate in joint technical committee meetings on the implementation of the project;
(vii) Perform any other activity related to the project as may be assigned by the Commissioner for Infrastructure of the ECOWAS Commission;
(viii) Through a regional conference on air transport, facilitate consultation among actors in the region’s air transport sector and draw on the outcome to develop the Air Transport Strategic Plan;
(ix) Monitoring and evaluation of the nine Supplementary Acts on Air Transport in ECOWAS Member States;
(x) Participation in the activities of the SAATM, as organised and sponsored by the African Union Commission and the AFCAC;
(xi) Revive the activities of the Steering Committee of ECOWAS Airlines by relying on the existing operators including Asky Airlines, Air Peace, Air Cote d’Ivoire, AWA, Air Senegal, Air Burkina, and Cabo Verde Airlines;
(xii) Prepare the report of the experts’ meeting, the draft resolution to be submitted for consideration and validation by the ministers of transport; and
(xiii) Organise coordination meetings between ECOWAS and stakeholders including the suppliers of aviation services.
The contract period shall be one (1) year, renewable based on satisfactory assessment. The working languages will be English and French.
The ECOWAS Commission invites all interested eligible and qualified individual Consultants to submit their candidacy to provide the services described above. The Consultants must produce a letter of expression of interest and their curriculum vitae, providing clear information on their experience and expertise with respect to the assignment (CV, references of similar services demonstrating that they are qualified, description of their experiences and tasks in similar assignments, availability, etc.).
The eligibility criteria, preparation of the shortlist, and the selection procedure shall comply with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants” (May 2008 edition – revised in July 2012), available on the Bank’s website: http://www.afdb.org.
the selection criteria are indicated below:
Qualification (30%)
▪ Hold a Master’s degree (Bac + 5) in air transport such as civil aviation engineering, aviation law, air transport management and/or civil engineering or a related discipline.
▪ Proven sound knowledge of ICAO’s standards and recommended practices (SARP), and the operational and regulatory environment in Africa
Experience (60 %)
▪ The candidate must have ten (10) years relevant work experience and must have held managerial positions, preferably in Africa, in civil aviation/air transport administration, with an airline, an airport management company, air navigation services or a similar organisation in the aviation industry, or a national, regional/ international organisation involved in the development of air transport standards, services, programmes or policies.
▪ Must demonstrate of having executed at least two (2) similar projects/missions (technical assistance), in the implementation of a national or regional aviation programme.
▪ Must demonstrate of having executed at least one (1) similar project/mission (technical assistance), with international organizations or Donors such as AfDB, ECOWAS and World Bank.
▪ Must demonstrate of having executed at least one similar project/mission (technical assistance) in the ECOWAS region.
Language skills (10%)
▪ Individual consultants must be able to read, write, and speak fluently any one of the official languages of ECOWAS (English, French or Portuguese). Working knowledge of any other official language of ECOWAS will be an added advantage.
Interested Consultants can obtain further information from the email addresses mentioned below during office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm (GMT+1) on working days. The TORs can also be consulted on the ECOWAS (http://www.ecowas.int/doing-business-in-ecowas/ecowas-procurement/ ) and AfDB (see below) Websites.
The expressions of interest should be submitted or sent to the address (physical or electronic) below not later than July 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. (GMT+1), Nigeria Time and must be clearly marked: “selection of an Air Transport Expert to assist the Department of Infrastructure in the drafting of an Air Transport Strategic Plan for ECOWAS Member States”.
For delivery in person or by Mail:
Procurement Division under the Directorate of General Administration,
1st Floor, ECOWAS
Commission, Plot 101 Yakubu Gowon Crescent, Asokoro District,
P. M. B. 401 Abuja Nigeria.
Email: sbangoura@ecowas.int and place in copy: procurement@ecowas.int;
ikkamara@ecowas.int; ecapo-chichi@ecowas.int
