REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) For Consultancy for the provision of Technical Assistance for Data Collection for the National Learning Assessment in Somali and Mathematics

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA
Ministry of Education, Culture & Higher Education
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

COUNTRY:  Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS)
NAME OF PROJECT: Somalia Education for Human Capital Development
PROJECT ID:  P172434, Grant No: IDA-D8370,
Assignment Title:  Consultancy for the provision of Technical Assistance for Data Collection for the National Learning Assessment in Somali and Mathematics
Reference No.: SO-MOECHE-509342-CS-CQS
Place of assignment:  Mogadishu Somalia
Submission deadline: 14 th Sep 2025  
 
BACKGROUND
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of Somalia Education for Human Capital Development (SEHCD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education. The SEHCD project is designed to
provide interventions to improve system effectiveness, instructional quality, and learning outcomes across all Federal Member States.
The consulting services (The services) include (i) providing high-quality technical assistance on all aspects of the NLA related to data collection. This includes contacting sampled schools, preparing manuals for standardized administration of tests, arranging for administration of the assessment in schools, training enumerators, conducting quality assurance activities, data entry, and preparing a dataset for handover to Firm A for data processing/analysis. (ii) ensuring that the assessment generates credible, policy-relevant data aligned with national priorities and SDG 4.1.1. and (iii) Provide support and capacity development for MoECHE staff and the nascent National Learning Assessment Unit in operational aspects of conducting a national assessment..
The Consultant will undertake all the specific tasks and deliverables detailed out in the Terms of Reference (TOR).

 The detailed TOR for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.somalijobs.com, or it can be provided upon submission of the application in person or
by e-mail. The e-mail address is provided below.
 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 demonstrating at least 10 years in business with experience
   of carrying our similar services in education sector.
2. Specific experience in conducting similar assignments in education. Proven expertise in conducting large-scale data collection in the education sector.
   Strong familiarity with Somali educational structures. The Consultant shall provide the name and contact address of the Client (office and e-mail address and telephone number), date(s) of execution, name (s) of lead and associate firms, contract amount and financing sources.
3. Experience of relevant services within an environment like that of Somalia (working in Somalia or other locations with similar characteristics (Africa region, operating in locations with FCV characteristics).
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 Consultants Qualifications-based Selection method (CQS) 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: 14 th Sep 2025  at 12:00
Hours (Mogadishu Time) – marked clearly as “Expression of Interest: “Consultancy for the provision of Technical Assistance for Data Collection for the National Learning Assessment in Somali and Mathematics”
Human Capital Development Project Management Unit
Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education
Zoope Area, Mogadishu
Federal Republic of Somalia
Email: [email protected]