Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Project II
Source: World Bank — Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Project II
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Name of Project: General Education Quality Improvement Program II
(GEQIP-II)
Credit No: 5315-ET
Project ID: P129828
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing in the amount of USD 550 million equivalents from the World Bank and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to paymentsfor goods, re-printing of textbooks and related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), UK Department of International Development (DFID), Italian Development Cooperation, Finland Ministry ofForeign Affairs, and US Agency for International Development (USAID).
The project includes the following components:- (i) Curriculum, Textbooks, Assessment, Examinations and Inspection; (ii) Teacher Development Program (TDP); (iii) School Improvement Program (SIP), including school grants; (iv) Management and Capacity Building, including EMIS; (v) Improving the Quality of Learning and Teaching through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT); and (vi) Program Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communication.
The project will finance the consultancy services in the following areas:
a) Education management, planning, curriculum and assessment
b)Monitoring and evaluation
c) Teaching material development
d) Licensing and re-licensing organizational development
e) Education management and information systems;
f) Development of college teachers education e-learning application and
g) Project implementation, financial management, procurement, and audit
The project will finance the procurement of goods in the following areas;
a) Development, Printing and Distribution of Supplementary materials and Workbooks
b) Re-printing and Distribution of Textbooks
c) Braille Adaptation and Transcription
d) Vehicles and motorcycles
e) Establishment of Education Cloud and;
f) Office, laboratory and IT equipment and infrastructure and audio visual equipment
Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank and pooled funds under the multi-donors trust fund will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's "Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits" dated January 2011" and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank's "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers" dated January 2011".
Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank's international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business, and in local newspapers.
Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to prequalify/bid underICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copyof advertisement requesting expressions of interest for consultancy contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below.
Ministry of Education
Planning and Resource Mobilization Directorate,
GEQIP Procurement Unit
New Building 2nd Floor, Office Number 202, Arat Kilo, P.O. Box: 1367
Tel: +251-11-1564042
Fax: +251-11-1551093
E-mail: geqip@gmail.com
Addis Ababa,
