Hiring of Consultants for Incentives Verification and Performance Management — Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development, South Sudan

Republic of South Sudan Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development (MoPSHRD) Project Management Unit (PMU) COUNTRY: Republic of South Sudan PROJECT: Building Institutional Foundations for an Effective Public Service Project (BIFEPS) PROJECT ID: P500500 GRANT No: IDA-E3270 CONSULTING SERVICES: Incentives Verification, performance Management and Young Professionals Recruitment Consulting Services for Reform Champions and Young Professionals Programs DUTY STATION: MoPSHRD Project Building, Juba- South Sudan Ref No: SS-MPSHRD-450865-CS-INDV The Government of South Sudan (GoSS), through the Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development (MoPSHRD) has received a grant of US$15 million towards the implementation the “q”.

Approved by the World Bank (WB) Board of Directors on September 3, 2024, BIFEPS is in the process of achieving the effectiveness conditions in readiness for implementation. The project development objective is to “strengthen institutional and human resource capabilities in selected sectors”. It will be implemented through the following components: The project is structured around four main components: (i) Strengthening policies, procedures, and systems for civil service management (ii) Institutional development to create sustainable public sector capacity s; (iii) Incentivizing the effective implementation of selected sector reforms; and (iv) Change Management and Project Coordination MoPSHRD is seeking to use a portion of the grant to procure consulting services to support the ministry in the recruitment and selection of YPs, and performance management and incentives verification of both Young Professionals and Reform Champions The consulting services (“Services”) is required to provide and implement a comprehensive framework for YPs recruitment, selection, onboarding and management; and performance management and incentives verification for the YPP and RCP as detailed in the terms of reference.

Duration: The assignment period is expected to take 24 months, renewable based on satisfactory performance of the consulting Firm and availability of funds and the consultancy firm is expected to carry its duties with comprehensive and consistent physical presence in Juba, Republic of South Sudan The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.mofp.gov.ss or can be obtained upon request through: procurement.bifeps9@gmail.com The MoPSHRD 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. The short-listing criteria are as follows: • The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in the field of Strategic Management or equivalent for a period of a minimum of 10 years. • The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least 2 assignments of similar or equivalent nature in the last 10 years.

Details of similar assignments, name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted. Expression of Interest should include enumeration of these similar past assignments. • The technical and managerial organization of the Consultant. (Provide only the structure of the organization, general qualifications, and number of key staff (Do not provide CV of staff). Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested consultancy 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, August 2018 and November 2020 [Procurement in investment Project Financing; Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services], setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other consultants in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

The nature of association, whether it is a joint venture or a sub consultancy, should clearly be stated. In case of joint venture, the Consultant leading the joint venture should be mentioned. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Interested Consultant may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 10:00 to 16:00 hours South Sudan on all working days. Expressions of interest (EOI) should be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by February 14, 2025 at 5.00 P.M (South Sudan Time) marked clearly as – “Expression of Interest for the Incentives Verification, performance Management and Young Professionals Recruitment Consulting Services for Reform Champions and Young Professionals Programs.” and submitted to the address below.

Attention: Program Coordinator (BIFEPS) Project Management Unit (PMU), Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development (MoPSHRD) Location: Ministries Complex Juba, Republic of South Sudan E-mail: procurement.bifeps9@gmail.com