COMFWB has been implementing its medium-term strategic plan which focus on supporting provision of business development services to entrepreneurs and creating Jobs for women and youths through creation and strengthening of existing Business incubation centres.
The COMFWB General Assembly and the COMESA Council of Ministers have made decisions on the need to strengthen the Legal instruments of COMFWB such as the COMFWB Charter and the COMFWB Board Charter.
1.The COMFWB Secretariat is inviting Individual Consultants to submit their CV and Financial Proposal for the following services:
SHORT TERM CONSULTANCY FOR REVIEWING THE COMFWB CHARTER AND DRAFTING COMFWB BOARD CHARTER - RE-ADVERTISED
The Terms of Reference defining the minimum technical requirements for these services are attached as Annex 1 to this Request for Expression of Interest.
2.Only Individual Consultants are eligible for this assignment.
3.The maximum budget for this contract is US$5,000.00 for expert service/ consultants’ fees only. Proposals exceeding this budget will not be accepted.
4.Your Expression of Interest must be presented as per Expression of Interest Forms attached as Annex 2 to this Request for Expression of Interest, in the English language and be accompanied by copies of all the indicated supporting documents. If the supporting documents are not in English, these shall be accompanied by a certified translation into English.
Your application documents clearly marked and email bearing the subject “: SHORT TERM CONSULTANCY FOR REVIEWING THE COMFWB CHARTER AND DRAFTING COMFWB BOARD CHARTER should be emailed to the following address:
JMasanche@comesa.int - and copy to comfwb@comesa.int
5.The deadline for submission of your application, to the address indicated above, is: 10th October 2025 at 16:00hours Malawi time
6.Physical submission of applications is NOT allowed.
7.Your CV will be evaluated against the following criteria.
General qualifications : 20
Adequacy for the assignment : 60
Experience in the region : 20
Total : 100
8.Your proposal should be submitted as per the following instructions:
(i) PRICES:
The financial proposal shall be inclusive of all expenses deemed necessary by the Individual Consultant for the performance of the contract.
(ii) EVALUATION AND AWARD OF THE CONTRACT:
Expressions of Interest determined to be formally compliant to the requirements will be further evaluated technically.
An Expression of Interest is considered compliant to the requirements if:
•The financial proposal does not exceed the maximum available budget for the contract.
The award will be made to the applicant who obtains the highest technical score. Expressions of Interest not obtaining a minimum score of 70% will be rejected.
(iii) VALIDITY OF THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
Your Expression of Interest should be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of deadline for submission
9.The assignment is expected to commence within two (2) weeks from the signature of the contract.
10.Additional requests for information and clarifications can be made until 7working days prior to deadline indicated in the paragraph 6 above, from:
The Procuring entity: COMFWB Secretariat
Contact person: Head of Procurement
E-mail: JMasanche@comesa.int
Copy to comfwb@comesa.int
For more information, kindly download the
ANNEX 1: Terms of Reference
ANNEX 2: Expression of Interest Forms
