The African Union Commission has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of The Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda (BIASHARA) 2063 Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include: to get a health check for the existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Specifically to: -

1. Ascertain whether there was any data loss in SAP ECC arising from the system restore following the 2023 cyber-attack that occurred.
2. Conduct SAP readiness checks to ascertain AU readiness to move to SAP S4 HANA

The scope of the services include:

1. Access System performance and responsiveness
2. Ascertain Data accuracy and consistency

• Review Security measures and access control mechanisms

1. Review soundness of Integration with other systems and applications
2. Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of deployed user interfaces and their ease of use
3. Review Compliance with regulatory requirements

• Review adequacy of Backup and disaster recovery procedures
• Evaluate soundness of customization and configuration settings to the organisational needs

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.

The African Union Commission now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

1. Be a certified SAP Implementation Partner or SAP preferred vendor with at least 10 years’ experience in similar works or projects.
2. The firm should have solid experience of performing system reviews and must have completed at least 3 (Three) System reviews of SAP ECC 6.0 and above.

• Provide competent consultants who have at least 7 years’ experience in specific areas as specified in the TORs.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants Quality and Cost-based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 02 September 2024.