Design and Supervision Firms for Schools

Republic of South Sudan

Ministry of General Education and Instruction

County: Republic of South Sudan

Project ID: P178654; Grant No. E180

Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for Consulting Services

(Firm Selection)

Technical Assistance for the Assessment, Design and Supervision for refurbishment of Schools

Ref. No. SS-MOGEI-477747-CS-QCBS

• The Ministry of General Education and Instruction through the Government of the Republic South Sudan has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of implementation of project title: Building Skills for Human Capital Development in South Sudan (BSHCDSS). The Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) intends to use a portion of the proceeds of the grant for the rehabilitation of two hundred (200) selected school in Refugee and Host Community areas located in the six (6) states and one (1) administrative area of South Sudan. While the project aims to cover a total of two hundred (200) schools across the target states, the specific number and location of schools within each lot will be confirmed prior to the finalization of contracts.

• The consulting services (“the Services”) include Engineering Assessment of the existing infrastructures, Design and procurement support of works and Supervision for the rehabilitation of two hundred (200) selected schools for a period of three year. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment can be accessed at the following website: www.mogei.gov.ss. The schools are found in the following the six (6) states and one (1) administrative area of: Ruweng Administrative Area, Upper Nile State, Western Equatoria State, Central Equatoria State, Western Bahr El Ghazal State, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, Unity State. To ensure efficiency and effective delivery of the assignments, the procurement and contracts are divided into three packages namely:

• Package (One): Greater Upper Nile (Ruweng Administrative Area, Upper Nile State, Unity State)

• Package (TWO): Greater Equatoria (Western Equatoria State, Central Equatoria State)

• Package (THREE): Greater Bahr el Ghazal (Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State)

• The Ministry of General Education and Instruction now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the mentioned Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Consulting firms may express Interest for one or more packages. The shortlisting criteria are:

• A Minimum of at least 10 years’ specific experience of core business as a consulting firm in undertaking design, provision of construction management services and supervision of construction works.

• The Consulting firms should have Experience in design and supervision of the infrastructural related to rehabilitation and construction of schools or educational facilities with demonstrated experience in undertaking Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for construction projects funded by Multilateral organizations such as World Bank, AFDB etc.

• Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa or other countries in the world at similar level of development as Sub-Saharan Africa and Conflict affected countries such as South Sudan will be added advantage.

• Demonstration by Consulting firms of having successfully completed at least two (2) similar projects of scope and complexity in a similar operating environment over the past ten (10) years.

• Technical and managerial capability of the firm: (Provide only the structure of the organization, general qualifications, and number of key staff to include expertise in Project Management, Networks planning, Contract Management, Procurement Management, GIS Management, Information Technology / Systems Engineering, Environmental and social safeguards and social safeguard Management. Do not provide CV of the staff). Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

• The Consultant(s) will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) set out in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, September 2023 (Fifth Edition) which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org/procurement.

• 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” Fifth Edition of September 2023 (“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. However, the experience of a sub-consultant will not be considered while short-listing.

• A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the quality cost-based selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

• Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [weekdays Monday to Friday 0800hrs to 1700hrs local time excluding public holidays]. Email addresses: [email protected] and copy to [email protected].

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 1st April, 2025 at 5:00 pm.

Address for submission: Ministries Complex, Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Republic of South Sudan P. O. Box 567, Juba. Email: [email protected] and copy to [email protected].