REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

     COUNTRY:                           Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS)

NAME OF PROJECT: Somalia Empowering Women Through Education and Skills Project “Rajo Kaaba”,

   PROJECT ID:                           P176898 Grant No.: IDA-E0740,

 Assignment Title: Women’s Leadership and Employability Skills Training

No.: SO-MOECHE-549350-CS-QCBS

Place of assignment: Mogadishu Somalia

Submission deadline: 15 June 2026

The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Somalia Empowering Women Through Education and Skills Project “Rajo Kaaba” and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE). The Project aims to strengthen women’s leadership, employability, and economic participation by equipping Somali women with market-relevant competencies, leadership capabilities, and pathways to sustainable livelihoods.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the development and delivery of women’s leadership and employability skills training programs targeting female employees, job seekers, and recent graduates across Somalia. The assignment will support curriculum development, training delivery, mentorship, trainer recruitment, monitoring and evaluation, and certification of participants. The Consultant will undertake all specific tasks and deliverables detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR).

The detailed TOR for the assignment can be found upon submission of written application at the e-mail address provided below. The duration of the consulting services contract shall be for twelve (12) calendar months, commencing from the effective date of contract.

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education now invites eligible firms (“Consultant”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. may be submitted while responding to the EOI).

The short-listing criteria are as follows:

1. Core business of the firm demonstrates at least ten (10) years’ experience in leadership development, employability training, workforce development, or related capacity-building programs.
2. Specific experience in conducting similar assignments involving curriculum development, employability and leadership training, mentorship programs, hybrid training delivery, gender-focused programming, or workplace skills development.
3. Experience of relevant services within environments similar to Somalia, including fragile, conflict-affected, low-resource, or comparable operating contexts.
4. The technical and managerial organization of the firm. (Provide only the structure of the organization). Do not provide CVs of staff. Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Financing - Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017, August 2018, November 2020, and September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub consultancy. In case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection method (QCBS) set out in the “Procurement Regulations”.

Interested Consultant may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 8:30am to 3.30pm Mogadishu time (Excluding public holidays).

Expressions of interest (EOI) must be delivered (in person or by e-mail) in a written form in three (3) hard copies (if not by e-mail) to the address below by: 15 June 2026 at 11:59 PM Hours (Mogadishu Time) – marked clearly as “Expression of Interest: Women’s Leadership and Employability Skills Training”

Somalia Empowering Women Through Education and Skills Project “Rajo Kaaba”,

Project Management Unit

Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Zoope Area, Mogadishu

Federal Republic of Somalia

Email: [email protected]