Job
Re-Advertisement for Terms of Reference for the Development of Key Circular Training curricula in Somalia
- Organization: Save the Children
- Location: Somalia
- Deadline: Sun Aug 09 2026
- Category: Program/Project Management
About this opportunity
**INVITATION TO BID FOR CONSULTANCY**
1 **Title of Consultancy**
**RE-ADVERTISEMENT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA IN SOMALIA.**
2 **SCI Contracting Office**
**Save the Children Somalia/land Country Office**
3 **Period of Consultancy**
The duration of this assignment overall is **45 days**, including preparation of the curriculum and resources as well as training of instructors. Specific schedules will be agreed upon with the selected consultant/consultancy firm.
4 **Consultant type required**
**Consultancy Firm (International only)**
5 **Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs**
Save the children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultant will cover their own Logistical arrangements, costs; including food, accommodation, local transport and all cost associated with data collection work and whole activities.
6 **Taxation Provisions**
The consultancy firm shall be responsible for all taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office.
7 **Travel requirements**
The consultancy firm will cover all travel costs (tickets) and arrange local travel to field sites.
8 **Security requirements**
The consultancy firm will comply with standard of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training (applicable to international consultants) prior to travel to Somalia.
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**Professional quality and Expertise**
The following are the minimum requirements for the Consultant Firm to be considered for carrying out the assignment.
- Advanced University degree in education, Learning psychology or Pedagogy, economics, environment or related field
- At least 7 years’ experience in market-oriented curriculum development and training, especially in circular economy or related field
- Experience in client-centered training development and facilitation including the use of participatory tools for information harvesting.
- Demonstrated experience and proven record in employment or workforce development using market systems approach
- demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling, and succinct analytical report wide variety of stakeholders including the private sector that inform quality curriculum development.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Strong background and experience in using participatory design process during curriculum development process to align to client needs. ·
- Demonstrable experience in conducting research prior to curriculum development especially in a context similar to Somalia. ·
- demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling, and succinct but client-centered curricula that can be adapted and replicated by learning.
- Excellent communication and documentation skill
**11 EVALUATION CRITERIA**
**The proposals submitted by consulting companies will be evaluated based on the following criteria:**
**Essential Criteria- Pass/Fail**
1-The Bidder and its staff agree and Sign to comply with SCI policies embedded below at this ITB. The Bidder is to download below listed items, read, understand and sign off appropriate section in below.
a) Terms & Conditions of Bidding
b) Supplier Sustainability Policy and the included mandatory policies
2-The bidder must provide **official documentation** that demonstrates their **legal status and professional registration**, including but not limited to:
- **Valid certifications** related to the field of expertise
- **Registration certificates** issued by relevant authorities
- Any other legal documents verifying the entity's authorization to operate, such as **business licenses** or **accreditation** from recognized regulatory bodies.
**Capability Criteria (Technical Evaluation):**
3-Detailed technical proposal with clear understanding of the TOR and Methodology of how the consultant intends to conduct assignment with detailed work plan, clear milestones, methodologies, data analyses plan including any software to be used for analysis.
This to be evaluated based on:
1. **Overall quality, clarity, organization and relevance of the technical proposal document**
2. **The level of work plan detail and how it is related to the proposed methodology**
4-Two Copies of the previous similar reports relevant to the subject matter.
5-Experience in conducting similar assignments related to the subject matter as proven experience. This to be evaluated based on:
1. **Prior experience in design for job-oriented curriculum for Circular economy** **- Please provide at least two similar previous contracts and/or LPOs from UN, INGOs and Government**
2. **CVs for Technical Lead as well as all other key technical personnel for the proposed technical team detailing qualifications and experience from UN, INGOs and Government**
3. **Cover letter introducing the company, outlining their technical expertise and interest for the assignment including their technical suitability.**
4. **Updated Company Profile (Optional)**
**Commercial Criteria (Financial Evaluation):**
6 Detailed financial proposal with budget breakdown including all expenses, fees, and taxes.
**Note:** For the technical analysis, **a company must pass the essential criteria and score 60% and above on the capability** to be considered in the next evaluation process and the ultimate decision will be based on interview performance
11-**Application Procedure**
- Interested consultant (s) who meet the consultancy requirements are requested to submit their bid and each application package should include the above required minimum requirements.
Applications can be submitted by:
**Protected Email box below**
- Email should be addressed to Somalia.Tenders@savethechildren.org
- Should you need any clarifications please direct your queries to Somalia.procurement@savethechildren.org and expect responses within maximum of two working days.
- Note – this is a sealed tender box which will not be opened until the tender has closed. Therefore, do not send tender related questions to this email address as they will not be answered.
The subject of the email should be **RE-ADVERTSEMENT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA (PLASTIC RECYCLING, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GREEN PACKAGING IN SOMALIA.**
- All attached documents should be clearly labelled so it is clear to understand what each file relates to.
- Emails should not exceed 15mb – if the file sizes are large, please split the submission into two emails.
- Do not copy other SCI email addresses into the email when you submit it as this will invalidate your bid.
All applications MUST be submitted on or before the closing date below to be considered for the assignment. **Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.**
12-**Closing date for Applications**
Interested consultants shall submit their applications through the above procedures **or before 09th August 2026, EAT.**
**TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA (PLATIC RECYCLING, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GREEN PACKAGING IN SOMALIA.**
**Action Title:** Initiative for Marketable Practices in Agri-business, Circular Economy and Technology (IMPACT).
**Project SOF:** 20801179.
**Dates:** 01 January 2025 - 31 December 2027.
**Project Locations:** Somalia.
**Thematic Areas:** Child Poverty - Food Security and Livelihoods – TVET.
**Sub themes:** TVET.
**Project Objective:** To increase access to renewable energy, accelerate transition to the circular economy, and expand sustainable agri-food value chains in Somalia.
**1. INTRODUCTION**
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
1 **Title of Consultancy**
**RE-ADVERTISEMENT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA IN SOMALIA.**
2 **SCI Contracting Office**
**Save the Children Somalia/land Country Office**
3 **Period of Consultancy**
The duration of this assignment overall is **45 days**, including preparation of the curriculum and resources as well as training of instructors. Specific schedules will be agreed upon with the selected consultant/consultancy firm.
4 **Consultant type required**
**Consultancy Firm (International only)**
5 **Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs**
Save the children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultant will cover their own Logistical arrangements, costs; including food, accommodation, local transport and all cost associated with data collection work and whole activities.
6 **Taxation Provisions**
The consultancy firm shall be responsible for all taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office.
7 **Travel requirements**
The consultancy firm will cover all travel costs (tickets) and arrange local travel to field sites.
8 **Security requirements**
The consultancy firm will comply with standard of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training (applicable to international consultants) prior to travel to Somalia.
9
**Professional quality and Expertise**
The following are the minimum requirements for the Consultant Firm to be considered for carrying out the assignment.
- Advanced University degree in education, Learning psychology or Pedagogy, economics, environment or related field
- At least 7 years’ experience in market-oriented curriculum development and training, especially in circular economy or related field
- Experience in client-centered training development and facilitation including the use of participatory tools for information harvesting.
- Demonstrated experience and proven record in employment or workforce development using market systems approach
- demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling, and succinct analytical report wide variety of stakeholders including the private sector that inform quality curriculum development.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Strong background and experience in using participatory design process during curriculum development process to align to client needs. ·
- Demonstrable experience in conducting research prior to curriculum development especially in a context similar to Somalia. ·
- demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling, and succinct but client-centered curricula that can be adapted and replicated by learning.
- Excellent communication and documentation skill
**11 EVALUATION CRITERIA**
**The proposals submitted by consulting companies will be evaluated based on the following criteria:**
**Essential Criteria- Pass/Fail**
1-The Bidder and its staff agree and Sign to comply with SCI policies embedded below at this ITB. The Bidder is to download below listed items, read, understand and sign off appropriate section in below.
a) Terms & Conditions of Bidding
b) Supplier Sustainability Policy and the included mandatory policies
2-The bidder must provide **official documentation** that demonstrates their **legal status and professional registration**, including but not limited to:
- **Valid certifications** related to the field of expertise
- **Registration certificates** issued by relevant authorities
- Any other legal documents verifying the entity's authorization to operate, such as **business licenses** or **accreditation** from recognized regulatory bodies.
**Capability Criteria (Technical Evaluation):**
3-Detailed technical proposal with clear understanding of the TOR and Methodology of how the consultant intends to conduct assignment with detailed work plan, clear milestones, methodologies, data analyses plan including any software to be used for analysis.
This to be evaluated based on:
1. **Overall quality, clarity, organization and relevance of the technical proposal document**
2. **The level of work plan detail and how it is related to the proposed methodology**
4-Two Copies of the previous similar reports relevant to the subject matter.
5-Experience in conducting similar assignments related to the subject matter as proven experience. This to be evaluated based on:
1. **Prior experience in design for job-oriented curriculum for Circular economy** **- Please provide at least two similar previous contracts and/or LPOs from UN, INGOs and Government**
2. **CVs for Technical Lead as well as all other key technical personnel for the proposed technical team detailing qualifications and experience from UN, INGOs and Government**
3. **Cover letter introducing the company, outlining their technical expertise and interest for the assignment including their technical suitability.**
4. **Updated Company Profile (Optional)**
**Commercial Criteria (Financial Evaluation):**
6 Detailed financial proposal with budget breakdown including all expenses, fees, and taxes.
**Note:** For the technical analysis, **a company must pass the essential criteria and score 60% and above on the capability** to be considered in the next evaluation process and the ultimate decision will be based on interview performance
11-**Application Procedure**
- Interested consultant (s) who meet the consultancy requirements are requested to submit their bid and each application package should include the above required minimum requirements.
Applications can be submitted by:
**Protected Email box below**
- Email should be addressed to Somalia.Tenders@savethechildren.org
- Should you need any clarifications please direct your queries to Somalia.procurement@savethechildren.org and expect responses within maximum of two working days.
- Note – this is a sealed tender box which will not be opened until the tender has closed. Therefore, do not send tender related questions to this email address as they will not be answered.
The subject of the email should be **RE-ADVERTSEMENT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA (PLASTIC RECYCLING, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GREEN PACKAGING IN SOMALIA.**
- All attached documents should be clearly labelled so it is clear to understand what each file relates to.
- Emails should not exceed 15mb – if the file sizes are large, please split the submission into two emails.
- Do not copy other SCI email addresses into the email when you submit it as this will invalidate your bid.
All applications MUST be submitted on or before the closing date below to be considered for the assignment. **Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.**
12-**Closing date for Applications**
Interested consultants shall submit their applications through the above procedures **or before 09th August 2026, EAT.**
**TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CIRCULAR TRAINING CURRICULA (PLATIC RECYCLING, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GREEN PACKAGING IN SOMALIA.**
**Action Title:** Initiative for Marketable Practices in Agri-business, Circular Economy and Technology (IMPACT).
**Project SOF:** 20801179.
**Dates:** 01 January 2025 - 31 December 2027.
**Project Locations:** Somalia.
**Thematic Areas:** Child Poverty - Food Security and Livelihoods – TVET.
**Sub themes:** TVET.
**Project Objective:** To increase access to renewable energy, accelerate transition to the circular economy, and expand sustainable agri-food value chains in Somalia.
**1. INTRODUCTION**
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
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