Ministry of Higher Education

Maldives

Announcement No: (IUL)475/475/2022/134

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Republic of Maldives

Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth (MEERY) Project

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D4800

Assignment Title: Consultancy Firm or Institute to Review National Competency Standards with Logbooks and Develop Curricula, Learning Materials and Assessment Resource Books.

Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): MV-MOHE-310084-CS-QCBS

The Government of Maldives has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth (MEERY) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) includes the all tasks related to the review and development of national competency standards and all its supporting materials. The assignment requires minimum seven key staffs and is to be for 12 months’ duration.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below.

The Ministry of Higher Education now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) 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. The shortlisting criteria are:

• Must be a registered and operating Educational/Skills Training Consultancy firm or an Institute providing similar services in Maldives (Please provide Valid Firm/Institute Registration Certificate).
• Must be registered with the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (Please submit Tax Clearance Report dated no later than 30 days from EoI submission).
• Must have minimum 2 years of experience in curricula or standards development.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the 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 Consultant’s Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1300 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail/post) by 7^th September 2022 (Wednesday) 1300 hours (local time).

Project Management Unit

Ministry of Higher Education

Attn: Ms. Afaaf Mohamed Saeed, S. Procurement Specialist

4^th Floor, Fen Building, Ameenee Magu

Male’, Maldives

Tel: 00960 3026982 / 3026975

Email: [email protected]

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