Tenders are invited for Fiscal Agent Services

Fiscal Agent Services The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (“Government”) has applied for grant funding from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), called a Compact (the “Compact”), and intends to apply a part of the proceeds of that funding to payments for contracts for goods, works and services. The Government has formed a Compact Development Team (CDT) led by the CEO of the Lesotho Millennium Development Agency (“LMDA”), for the purpose of developing the Compact. To support these activities, MCC and the Government entered into a grant agreement, dated February 20, 2019, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time(as modified, the “Agreement”), whereby MCC granted to the Government an amount not to exceed nine million seven hundred forty thousand U.S. Dollars (US$9,740,000) under the authority of Section 609(g) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended (the “Act”), to facilitate the development and implementation of a proposed Compact between the United States of America, acting through MCC, and the Government to help accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction in Lesotho. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Compact, the Agreement, related agreements, and the availability of funds, the Government intends to use a portion of the funds to finance professional fiscal agent services from a legally constituted firm (“Fiscal Agent” or “Consultant”) to assist the Government with the implementation of the Compact program in a transparent and sound manner. The Fiscal Agent will provide such support in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in an agreement (the “Fiscal Agent Agreement”), a form of which is attached to this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) in Section VI.