Consultancy for Statistical Compendium — South Sudan Statistical Capacity Building Project

SOUTH SUDAN –NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS (NSDS)

STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT/PREPARATION ACTIVITIES

Request for Expression ofInterest (REOI)

For

Development of a National Compendium of Statistical Concepts Consultancy

Country: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

Name of Project: SOUTH SUDAN –STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT

Credit No.: 5537-SS

Project No.: P144139

Procurement SSSTACAP/IC-3.7/2016

February 2016

This Request for Expressions of Interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in UNDB on 3rd July, 2014, 2014 and The Citizen on 3rd July, 2014 and The Juba Monitor on 4th July 2014.

The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Proposed South Sudan National Strategy for theDevelopment of Statistics (NSDS): Statistical Capacity Building Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards the cost of the Development of a National Compendium of Statistical Concepts Consultancy service.

The assignment will last for a period of 1 Months with an option for extension subject to satisfactory performance expected to start March/April 2016.

The consultant shall be in charge of all matters as detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR) that are stated under the scope of the assignment below.

• Objective of the Assignment

• To prepare National Compendium of Statistical concepts and definitions for the South Sudan NSS.

• To build capacity at the NBS and MDAs to build on the compendium and use it.

• To create buy-in from other stakeholders to ensure that the compendium is applied whenever relevant.

• Scope of Service

All of the above tasks will be conducted by the consultantin close collaboration with the Statistical Production Directorate, MDAs, NCT and external experts working with NBS staff. The consultant will perform but not limited to the following activities;

a) Draft National Statistical Compendium of Standards, Classifications, Concepts and Definitions

b) Draft sectors compendiums ;

i) Crops, Livestock, Forestry, Wildlife, Environmental and Fisheries Compendium

ii) Hotels, Restaurants, Tourism, Recreation, Sporting, Information and Communication Compendium

iii) Health, Education, Human Services, Population and Vital Statistics Compendium

iv) Industrial, Petroleum and Mining Compendium

c) Collects and CompileStatistical or sectoral concepts and definitions within the context of South Sudan.

d) Standardizes all the SouthSudan concept and definitions with international best practices

e) Perform any other task related to the activity as directed by the NBS.

• Selection Criteria:

The candidate shouldhave following qualifications and experience:

(a) Holds a Master or Bachelor degree in Statistics, Mathematics or other a relevant discipline;

(b) Have at least ten years of relevant experiences in statistical capacity, with experience in survey methodology and statistical standards

(c) Relevant experience in Preparing National Compendium of Statistical Concepts and definitions in the East Africa countries.

(d) Demonstrates significant experience in preparation of National Compendiums of Statistics, capacity building, training, strategy development, applying technical solutions to address programmatic issues and implementation; and

(e) Good capacity for and experience in knowledge transfer and excellent communication skills.

(f) Excellent command in written andspoken English

The NCT of the National Bureau of Statistics would therefore like to invite eligible individual applicants to indicate their interest in providing the above mentioned services. Applicants are encouraged to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services require, and must furnish their Curriculum Vitae (CV) in accordance to the World Bank Cv submission format to ([email protected]).

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employmentof Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by WorldBank Borrowers dated January 2011 ("Consultant Guidelines"), setting forth the World Bank's Policy on conflict of interest

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011.

Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address given below from 9:00 to 16:00 Hrs on the working days. (Monday through Friday)

Expression of interest (EOI) must be delivered to the address below by 7th March 2016 at 14:00 Juba time.

ADDRESS:

NSDS Coordination Team-NCT,

National Bureau of Statistics

Attention: Mr. Atem Bul

NSDS Coordinator,

May Street, Juba

P.o.box 137

Tel: +211 956055890,

E-mail: [email protected]

Juba, South Sudan