Letter of Invitation
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS SECRETARIAT
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is an Organ of the African Union (AU) established by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter). The ACHPR’s Secretariat is headquartered in Banjul, The Gambia. It is the oldest and most accessible continental human rights treaty body in Africa. The ACHPR is mandated to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa, interpret the African Charter and to perform any other tasks which may be entrusted to it by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government. In this regard, the ACHPR carries out sensitization, public mobilization and information dissemination through seminars, symposia, conferences, workshops and missions in execution of its human rights promotion mandate. Within the framework of its protection mandate, the ACHPR ensures protection of human and peoples’ rights through its communication/human rights complaints handling procedure, amicable settlement of disputes, referral of cases to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, state reporting (including consideration of Non-Governmental Organizations’ shadow reports), provisional measures, urgent appeals and other activities of special rapporteurs and working groups and missions. With regards to the interpretation of the African Charter, the ACHPR is mandated to interpret the provisions of the Charter upon a request by a State Party, Organs of the AU or individuals.
1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) invites Potential bidders to submit proposal for Technical Support on it’s Electronic Case Management System (E-CMS),
2. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights now invites proposals to provide the following consulting services: Technical support services on Electronic Case Management System (E-CMS). More details on the services are provided in the attached Terms of Reference.
3. A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) and procedures described in this RFP.
4. The RFP includes the following documents:
Section 1 - Letter of Invitation
Section 2 - Information to Consultants
Section 3 - Technical Proposal - Standard Forms
Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms
Section 5 - Terms of Reference
Section 6 - Standard Forms of Contract.
6. Please inform us, upon receipt:
(a) that you received the letter of invitation; and
(b) whether you will submit a proposal alone or in association.
7. Bid Opening: Technical Proposals only will be opened at 15:00 on 17th June 2026 in the presence of bidders or bidders’ representatives who choose to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders. The venue for bid opening shall be the Conference Room of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.
8. Bid Submission modalities and submission deadline: This is a TWO ENVELOPE bidding. If submitted physically, bidders should ensure that the Technical and Financial proposals are enclosed in TWO separate envelopes sealed and both should be enclosed in one Outer envelope clearly indicating the Bid title and Procurement number. If submitted by email, they should be enclosed in two separate files. Proposals must be submitted no later than 16th June 2025 at 1500 hours.
Address for Bid submission:
The address for submission of bids is:
Executive Secretary to ACHPR
achpr.humanresources@africanunion.org
No. 31 Bijilo Annex Lay-out, Kombo North District, Western Region,
P. O. Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia
Tel: (220) 441 05 05 /441 05 06,
Fax: (220) 441 05 04;
Submission can be done in the following means
1. Couriers such as DHL
2. Hard copies
3. Emails where the two above fails not to be an option
Clarification Requests: Clarification requests should be addressed to: achpr.humanresources@africanunion.org
The bid is open to all eligible firms from all Member States affiliated with African Union.
Yours sincerely,
The Executive Secretary of ACHPR
