Pre-Qualification of Consultancy Firms / Suppliers for a Roster (2027–2028)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)
Pre-Qualification of Consultancy Firms / Suppliers for a Roster (2027–2028)
Country: Somalia
Purpose: Establishment of a pre-qualified roster of consultancy firms / suppliers for 2027–2028
Reference No.: IRC/2SOM/REOI/001/2026
Place of Assignment(s): Various locations across Somalia, as determined per assignment

1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
   The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Somalia Country Programme is inviting eligible and qualified
   consultancy firms and suppliers to express interest in being pre-qualified for inclusion on IRC's roster
   of consultancy firms for the period 2027–2028. The roster is intended to enable IRC to engage qualified
   firms on an as-needed basis over the roster period, without the need to run a full competitive process
   for each individual assignment. Inclusion on the roster does not constitute, and shall not be construed
   as, a guarantee of work; specific assignments will be confirmed and awarded through Request For
   Quotation (RFQ) or Request For Proposal (RFP) bidding competitions among roster members, as
   determined by IRC based on program needs, budget availability, and the specific technical
   requirements of each assignment as per the specific terms of reference and scope of work developed
   (SoW/ToR).
2. KEY THEMATIC AREAS
   IRC seeks to pre-qualify firms across the following thematic areas, to be drawn upon on a need basis
   over the roster period. The anticipated Services or assignments may include but not limited to
3. Project Evaluations, including Baseline, Midline, Endline, and Final Evaluations.
4. Assessments, including Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessments (MSNA) and Rapid Needs
   Assessments (RNA), and analysis of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI),
   Protection, Safeguarding, Market/Labour Assessment/TVET, and Accountability to Affected
   Populations (AAP).
5. Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) of IRC activities and programmes in Somalia.
6. Learning and Knowledge Management Facilitation, including programme learning reviews, After
   Action Reviews (AAR), and real-time evaluations.
7. Partner Capacity Sharing, including training and workshop facilitation.
   Firms may express interest in one or more thematic areas. Firms are encouraged to clearly indicate
   the specific thematic area(s) against which they wish to be considered, as shortlisting and subsequent
   call-downs will be organized by thematic area for the terms of reference.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Interested firms should submit the submission package in English as outlined in Section 4 by email to
the following Email Address: [email protected] on Sunday, 11th October 2026 no later
than 11:59pm (EAT). Vendors must provide as much information/evidence as possible in order to
fulfill the requirement of the evaluation criteria indicated in the table above [email protected]
Subject line: e.g. "EOI – IRC Somalia Prequalification of Consultancy Firms Roster 2027–2028 –
Thematic Area(s) – [Name of Firm]"]
Queries regarding this REOI may be directed to [email protected]. IRC will not be liable
for any costs incurred by firms in the preparation or submission of their Expression of Interest. Your
response to this Prequalification does not automatically ensure that you will be selected to participate
in tender or be selected for any procurement with IRC