AUST: REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES)

Project: Nelson Mandela Institutes - African Institutions of Science and Technology (NMIAIST) Project – African University of Science and Technology (AUST)’s part.

Project ID No.: P-Z1-IA0-013

Grant No.: 2100155032824

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has received financing from the African Development Fund toward the cost of the ‘Nelson Mandela Institutes - African Institutions of Science and Technology (NMI-AIST) Project’, and the African University of Science and Technology( AUST), Abuja, the implementing agency intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the Development of Strategic and Business Plans for African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja. Nigeria.

The services included under this project are (1) the review of the AUST’s inception Business and Implementation Plan, and the relative achievements by the University in pursuit of the plan or otherwise; and (2) the development of a Strategic and Revised Business Plan that will promote improved performance of the University towards the realization of its aspirations of becoming a world-class university.

The African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).

Consultants may constitute joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list, and the selection procedure shall be in acco ith the Procurement Policy for Bank Funded Operations (October 2015), which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours –9.00am to 5.00pm local time or from the University’s website, www.aust.edu.ng.

Expressions of interest must be delivered either to the physical or email addresses below by 19th

April, 2022 at 12noon (local time) and mention “AUST’s Strategic and Business Plan”.

Attn: Victoria Agbo; Project Manager, NMI-AIST-Project

African University of Science and Technology (AUST),

Km 10, Airport Road,

Galadimawa,

Abuja, Nigeria

Tel: 234 806 639 1819

E-mail: vagbo@aust.edu.ng