Please read the detailed instructions below. ከስር የተጠቀመጠውን እያንዳንዱን መረጃ በጥንቃቄ ያንብቡ።

Call for Consultancy Service Financial Capacity Assessment

of Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA)

A. Background of Financing Agency (BftW)

Bread for the World (BftW) is an international development agency owned by the Protestant Churches in Germany based in Berlin. One of its regional offices is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, registered as an international NGO with the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Charities and Societies Agency, registration number 1295. Bftw works through various faith-based and secular civil society partners worldwide with whom they share similar values. The Horn of Africa Regional Office (RO) works with partners in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The main thematic areas of BftW are (1) new poverty and hunger crises, (2) Climate Change, (3) violence, fragility, (4) women’s right and empowerment, and (5) digital change.

BftW would like to invite interested audit or financial consultancy firms for pre-funding assessments of its partner’s following.

A. Financial Assessment

• To assess the financial management and internal control systems of:
• Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) – (Samara, Afar Region, Ethiopia)

B. Financial Review

• To conduct a voucher audit on a sample basis of the following project for the months April 2024- September 2025.
• Enhancing the democratization process in Ethiopia – Voters’ Education and Election Monitoring (Phase I) (A-ETH-2024-3030)

C. Verifying/Follow-up (Monitoring) implementation of a plan of action of the partner as per recommendations of a consultancy firm on financial capacity assessment findings (one-time follow-up assessment)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Language skills: English for reporting
• Renewed Business license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)
• Professional license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)
• Chartered Accountants registration certificate
• Tax Identification/Tax Payer Certificate
• Value Added Tax (VAT) Certificate
• Experience in auditing and financial consultancy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City,

Note: Minimum experience is five (5) years and above.

Those interested audit firms or financial consultancy firm who fulfill the above minimum qualifications can collect Terms of References (TOR) using the following e-mail solomon.kebede@padd-africa.org  and zinaye.alemu@padd-africa.org Submission date of technical and financial proposals no later than November 07, 2025 (No Exception).

Note:

• Technical and financial proposals must be submitted separately.
• All interested firms are required to submit their technical proposal via e-mail at: solomon.kebede@padd-africa.org  and zinaye.alemu@padd-africa.org 
• Financial proposal must be submitted physically to PADD’s office with a sealed envelope.

Consultancy firms are required to submit their financial offer for:

• Financial Assessment (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)
• Financial Review (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)
• Verification/Follow-up (Monitoring) Financial Assessment (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)  Separately.

PADD/Bftw physical address is the following:

Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development/Bread for the World, Horn of Africa Regional Office Around Besrate Gebriel Church,

next to Save the Children Bldg, near Togo Embassy,

All Africa Conference of Church Building (3rd Floor)

Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City, Woreda 03-0665 St., House No. 330

Telephone: Office: +251 113 85 13 11/12/13

NGOS (Local and International)

Woreda 03-0665 St., House No. 330