REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

 

Republic of Moldova

Education Quality Improvement Project

Credit No. IBRD-95360

Reference No.: MD-MOED-477185-CS-CQS

Assignment Title: Consulting services to conduct the research to measure the quality of educational practices applied in Early Child Education institutions

 

The Ministry of Education and Research (MoER) has received financing from the World Bank Group toward the cost of the Education Quality Improvement Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for individual consulting services.

 

The consulting services (“the Services”) is to design and implement comprehensive base-line research on a representative sample, using the Teach ECE observation tool, in order to measure the quality of the teaching practices in ECE institutions, which will benefit from the training (within the EQIP project it is planned to train approximately 2000 teachers from the preschool stage). The duration of consultancy is four months and is expected to begin in October 2025.

 

For more information, please see the Terms of References.

 

The MoER now invites eligible Consulting Company (“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.

 

The shortlisting criteria are:

(i) General experience (30 points):

• At least 5 years of experience in conducting large scale qualitative studies, data analysis and studies in sociology;
• Experience in conducting surveys in the educational sector would be an advantage;
• Experience in implementation of the studies financed by World Bank or other international bodies would be an asset.

 

(ii) Specific experience (70 points):

• Experience in developing methodology for sociological surveys (both quantitative and qualitative);
• Experience in developing methodology for impact evaluation would be an asset;
• Experience in statistical analysis of collected data (using SPSS, STATA etc.) and drafting reports;
• Experience in evaluation of the quality of educational practices would be an asset.

 

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

 

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” July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest and eligibility.

 

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.

 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualification Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 09 00 to 17 00 hours.

 

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by April 4, 2025, 16:00 o’clock, Moldova local time.

 

Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova,

Education Quality Improvement Project (EQIP)

Attn: Sergiu Harea, project coordinator

Stefan cel Mare 180, 13th floor, room no. 1307,

mun. Chisinau, Republic of Moldova MD-2004

Tel/fax: 022 23-25-02

E-mail: eqip@mec.gov.md copy to cezar.captaciuc@gmail.com