Terms of reference to GBV Service Provider in Support of Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project

Job description

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA

Ministry of Education, Culture & Higher Education

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) - NGOs only

COUNTRY:                           Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS)

NAME OF PROJECT:          Somalia Education for Human Capital Development

PROJECT ID:                         P172434 Grant No.: IDA-D8370

Assignment Title:               GBV Service Provider in Support of Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project

Reference No.:                       SO-MOECHE-473565-CS-QCBS

Place of assignment:              Mogadishu Somalia

Submission deadline:            8th Mar 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 Project; being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education. The 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) Carry out regular GBV risk mapping in the project intervention areas by means of consultations and participatory approaches, both in terms of the context and, more particularly, risks that are likely to be exacerbated or potentially prevented by project implementation and propose effective and ethical prevention and mitigation measures to be implemented by the different project stakeholders (ii) Design and implement risk awareness-raising and prevention campaigns for both the concerned communities including school children and the workers hired for the project. (iii)   Ensure that survivors have access to holistic care, including psycho-social, medical, (iv) Support the project in implementing a GRM and, more particularly, in filing, managing, and reporting GBV complaints during project implementation, in accordance with the accountability and response framework that will be drafted and established to ensure ethical and confidential management of GBV complaintsand legal support under a survivor-centered response protocol. (v) Support the project in monitoring and evaluating GBV prevention and response activities in an ethical manner. The service provider will undertake all the specific tasks and deliverables detailed out in the Terms of Reference (TOR).

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The detailed TOR for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.moe.gov.so  and  www.somalijobs.com or it can be provided upon submission of 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 (“Service Provider”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested service provider 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).

Skills and qualifications

The short-listing criteria are as follows:

        i.            Core business of the firm demonstrating at least 10 years in business with experience of carrying out similar services (GBV prevention response and addressing GBV or protecting women and children in donor funded project intervention zones).

      ii.            Specific experience in conducting similar assignments (a) Community engagement training and promotion of behaviour change (c) Organization of safe spaces for women and girls; (d) Case management, psychosocial and psychological support; (e) Medical referrals and establishment of collaboration agreements with competent health care facilities, and (f) Legal assistance.   The service provider 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.

    iii.            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). The service provider should have an operational presence in all FMSs and Banadir region.

1. 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 Service Providers 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.

Service providers 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.

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

Attachments

TOR GBV Service Providers Capacity Assessment - SEHCD (2).pdf

How to apply

Interested service provider 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: 8th Mar 2025 at 12:00 Hours (Mogadishu Time) – marked clearly as “Expression of Interest: “GBV Service Provider in Support of Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project”

Human Capital Development Project Management Unit

Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education

Zoope Area, Mogadishu

Federal Republic of Somalia

Email: procurement@moe.gov.so