The Economic Community of West African States ("ECOWAS") Commission has received financing from the European Union ("EU") and the Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") toward the cost of the ECOWAS Agroecology Program in West Africa, and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under the Contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued.

ECOWAS now seeks Proposals to provide the following consulting Services : Audits of the financial, internal control systems and procurement procedures of national stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Agroecology Program in the 15 ECOWAS Member States, hereinafter referred to as the "Services". More details on the Services are provided in the attached Terms of Reference (Annex 1).

Eligible and interested applicants may:
- Obtain information from the Program Coordination Unit by writing to the email address below: procurement.pae.araa@gmail.com; et
- Download the Request for proposals documents from the following sites:
o ARAA : http://www.araa.org/
o AFD-DGMarket : https://afd.dgmarket.com/
In the event of any discrepancy in interpretation betwen the French and the English version of the documents, only the French version shall apply.

The Consultant must submit:
- The Technical Proposal in: one (1) original and one (1) digital copy in PDF (CD or USB flashdisk);
- The Financial Proposal in: one (1) original and one (1) digital copy in PDF and Excel (CD or USB flashdisk).

The Proposal submission address is: To the attention of the Executive Director of RAAF, Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF/ECOWAS - Agence Régionale pour l’Agriculture et l’Alimentation (ARAA/CEDEAO), 83 rue de la Pâture, Super Taco, Lomé, TOGO.

The Proposals will be opened in the presence of the applicants who wish to do so on the June 24, 2022 from 15:00 GMT at the same address as mentioned above.
The online opening option is not offered.