KAZAKHSTAN
EDUCATION MODERNIZATION PROJECT
Loan No. 8709-KZ
Assignment Title: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Project by an Independent Party
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): KZEMP/CQS-07
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter – the World Bank) toward the cost of the Education Modernization Project (hereinafter – the Project).
Project’s objective is to improve quality and equity in primary and secondary education, particularly in rural and disadvantaged schools. The executive agency is the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – MoES).
MoES intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Project by an Independent Party.
The objective of these consulting services is to evaluate the Project activities and its effectiveness through a comprehensive evaluation of activities implemented within the Project and their outputs and outcomes, as well as to verify achievement of the PDO and its intermediate results for an independent assessment.
The scope of services includes evaluating the effectiveness of the Project activities by reviewing all documents and comparative analysis of the education system before and after the impact of the Project, as well as verifying the achievement of Results Framework.
Expected duration of the assignment: from October 2022 till May 2024.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Client”) invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) 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 (but not biographical details of individual experts).
The shortlisting criteria are:
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by the WB Borrowers of January 2011 revised on July 2014 (hereinafter – Consultant Guidelines), 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.
Consultants will be selected through the Consultants’ Qualification Based Selection method in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09.00 till 18.00 (Nu-Sultan time).
Expressions of interest signed by authorized manager in the PDF format must be submitted to the e-mail: n.kaulanova@eduproject.kz or to the address below by the deadline of September 26, 2022
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Education Modernization Project Management Unit
Attn: Mrs. Nuriya Kaulanova, PMU Procurement Specialist
Office 1004, 10th floor, Kazyna Towers Business Center,
10 Mangilik El ave., Nur-Sultan city
For additional information, please, contact Project Management Unit
by e-mail: n.kaulanova@eduproject.kz or tel: +7 7172 64 57 94