Public Expenditure Reform Support Program in Azerbaijan

Added: November 8, 2007 Modified: January 3, 2008Track Changes Deadline for receipt of proposals is January 28, 2008, as stated in the cover letter. The date in item 9 on the SF 33 incorrectly stated January 20, 2008.

Added: November 8, 2007 The contractor will promote the adoption and comprehensive implementation of expenditure planning and administration reforms which will (1) significantly improve the rationality and transparency of capital budgeting and medium-term expenditure planning processes; and (2) improve the transparency and cost-efficiency characterizing budgetary approval/tracking processes. This in turn will promote compliance with core anticorruption, economic competitiveness, and social equity/development goals of the Government of Azerbaijan, improve the sustainability of critical expenditure programs and maintain the growth path of the Azerbaijani economy. The contractor will build upon the progress being achieved in the expenditure planning and administration areas by current USAID programs (PIPE and TIMS, respectively).

USAID plans to award one cost plus fixed fee completion contract for this work, which will be performed over a period of two years beginning in Spring 2008 and at a cost in the range of $5-6 million. Authorized Geographic Codes are 000 and 110.