SamHaS Consulting is an independent advisory practice specialising in public procurement, infrastructure contracts, FIDIC, contract management and capacity building. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and available for assignments internationally and remotely.
Former World Bank Senior Procurement Specialist · FIDIC Certified Trainer
Samuel Haileselassie Kebede is an international public procurement and contract-management specialist with extensive experience in development-financed procurement, infrastructure procurement, contract administration, procurement policy, standard procurement documents, capacity building and professional training.
He has 42+ years of professional experience, including 27 years with the World Bank, of which over ten years were at the Bank's headquarters in Washington, DC. His 19 years of international experience span Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the USA. At the World Bank he held senior procurement roles, including positions in the Bank's procurement policy and governance functions. His work included the development, review and implementation of procurement documents, procurement regulations and standard procurement documents, quality assurance and review of procurement, capacity building, contract management, infrastructure procurement and the development of guidance documents.
He contributed to the development and review of World Bank procurement documentation and guidance in areas including Works, Design-Build, EPC/Turnkey, Design-Build-Operate for water and wastewater, Plant Design, Supply and Installation, Information Systems, Framework Agreements, performance-based contracting, evaluation methodology and contract management.
He has extensive experience designing and delivering procurement and contract-management training for government officials, project implementation teams, procurement practitioners, engineers, consultants and other professionals. Has delivered in-person training in multiple countries, including the USA, Türkiye, Egypt, Tunisia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Pakistan and Italy.
Independent advisory, contract-management support and capacity building for governments, development-financed projects, consulting firms and contractors.
Procurement policy, governance and operations: development, review and implementation of procurement regulations and standard procurement documents, quality assurance, capacity building, and support to infrastructure procurement and contract management on financed projects.
Procurement, contract management and capacity-building work with governments, project implementation teams and development-financed projects across three regions.
Before joining the World Bank, worked in various capacities including as an individual contract management consultant, Engineering Manager with a contractor on a major highway project, and Contract Management Division Head at the Ministry of Construction in Addis Ababa. Also worked as a project supervisor in Assab and Massawa and as Inspection Head for a development project in southern Ethiopia.
Fundamental Construction Contracts
Certificate No. FIDIC-CT-1.1-1648
Issued by FIDIC Credentialing Limited
Achieved 3 December 2025 · Valid to 2 December 2028
Advice is only useful if it changes a decision. We focus on the specific document, evaluation, contract or claim in front of the client.
SamHaS has no interest in the outcome of a procurement or a claim beyond giving the client a sound basis for its decision.
Complex procurement and contract issues can be explained plainly. We write and speak so that decision-makers, not only specialists, can act.
Wherever possible, an assignment should leave the client's team better able to handle the next one.
Regions served: Ethiopia, East Africa, the Horn of Africa, Africa, the Middle East and development-financed projects worldwide.
