Call for EOI: Regulatory Review of Malaysia’s Competition Law on State-owned enterprises

With the goal of more open economies, this project aims to identify how the UK can partner with Malaysia on competition policy, especially on SOEs and eventually contribute to more open competition, trade and investment. The UK is committed to work together with governments, civil society, research-based organisations, academia, multilateral partners and the private sector to support this effort.

Objectives

This Research Project will:

• enhance understanding on the political-economic, regulatory and institutional challenges, gaps and opportunities in applying the Malaysian Competition Act 2010 (CA 2010) on SOEs across various sectors
• identify existing and potential economic or trade tools that could be used to enhance the implementation of CA 2010 by SOEs and towards achieving competition neutrality
• engage with various stakeholders (governments, regulators, businesses, multilaterals, civil societies etc.) to identify implementation gaps
• identify key actors that shape the CA2010 as well as its implementation by SOEs
• produce documents reporting on the findings of the project for the attention of the British High Commission Malaysia
• organise at least two in-house webinars or policy dialogues to discuss the findings of this research

Application process

EOI needs to be delivered latest by 11.59pm (local Malaysia time), Wednesday, 15th September to:

Assessment criteria

EOI will be assessed against the following criteria:

• alignment with the above mentioned objectives, detailed in the Terms of Reference
• outcomes are achievable within the funding period (by end of March 2022)
• project design includes clear monitoring and evaluation procedures
• risk and financial accountability procedures
• the organisation’s safeguarding policies that ensure protection of beneficiaries
• feasibility of project delivery under current circumstances (COVID restrictions)
• overall value for money of the budget and delivery approach