Request for Technical and Financial Proposal of Consultancy Service

Invited by: Education Development Trust (Ed Dev Trust)

Project Name: Technical Assistance to Reinforce GEQIP-E Ethiopia

Owner: Pillar 3 (Post Conflict Response)

Invitee: Individuals/Firms with strong experience in education, research, and strategy development

Consultancy Topic: “Develop an Accelerated Education for Learning Recovery Strategy and Implementation Manual

• Duration of assignment: 30 working days
• Opening Date of Announcement: 08 September 2023
• Closing Date of Announcement: 22 September 2023 @ 02:00 PM

Founded in 1968, Education Development Trust celebrates over 50 years of transforming lives by improving education around the world. Education Development Trust has been implementing the FCDO-funded TARGET programme (which stands for Technical Assistance to Reinforce General Education Quality Improvement Programme for Equity, GEQIP-E) in Ethiopia since August 2019, by providing targeted Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Education at Federal, Regional, Woreda and school levels.

The overall mission of the TARGET programme is to reach 9,000 schools and provide support to GEQIP-E and the general education sector more broadly, with the aim of improving student learning together with enhancing equity and efficiency. TARGET is designed to complement and amplify the effects of GEQIP-E by addressing systemic challenges, particularly through enhancing education delivery and school leadership practices. Its vision is to improve school and system performance through direct interventions and relevant system-strengthening achievement by working on four integrated tasks. Currently, our organization started to implement the post-conflict response as one of the key interventions targeting conflict-affected regions of Tigray, Amhara, and Afar. It aims to strengthen the delivery capacity of the Regional Bureaus and proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve key challenges.

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to develop an accelerated learning recovery program strategy and implementation manual to be utilized as a guiding document by post-conflict affected regions, particularly Tigray, Education Bureaus to deliver accelerated education or learning program in the regions. The assignment involves conducting a co-creation workshop and providing familiarization training to REBs on the strategy and implementation manual to help facilitate quick rollout.

Key Considerations:

• The desired consultancy service is from a Legally Registered Firm/individual consultant most preferably with proven experience in related assignments in the Ethiopian Education Sector as well as a strategy development and implementation manual to be utilized as a guiding document by post-conflict affected regions, particularly Tigray.
• Interested firms/individuals are expected to attach on the email Copies of Legal Documents (Renewed License) and Profile/CVs indicating that they are qualified to perform the services including a description of similar assignments done and experience in similar conditions.
• Selection of consultancy will be done using comprehensive criteria developed for the purpose.

Note:

1. If there is any question/ request for clarification, please write to the same email below before 18 September 2023
2. The terms of reference for the study should be requested via the e-mail below. etprocurement@educationdevelopmenttrust.com    
3. The technical proposal submitted via etprocurement@educationdevelopmenttrust.com financial proposals should be submitted in separate sealed envelopes to EDT.
4. The closing hours of this announcement is on September 22, 2023 @ 2:00 PM
5. Ed Dev Trust has the right to cancel or reject any or all the bids.
6. Address: Education Development Trust, Ethiopia Country Office, Jemma Building 5th floor, Adjacent to Dream Liner Hotel, Meskel flower Area, Addis Ababa, Kirkos Sub-city, Woreda 02/03, Telephone: +251-11-470-2879

Submission Requirements:

• Financial Envelope (Original and Copy)-EDT Office on working Hours.

Working Hour

• Monday -Thursday 8.00am - 5.00PM, Friday 2.00am – 1.00 pm

The technical Proposal should be submitted via e-mail to: -

• etprocurement@educationdevelopmenttrust.com  before closing date of this announcement.

Ed Dev Trust has the right to cancel the tender.