School grants and Teacher Training Institutes operating cost fund management service

Specific Procurement Notice (SPN) Request for Bids Contract title: Provision of Financial Management Services for School Grants; TTI’s Operational Cost and Beneficiary Payment for Scholarship, Tutors and Teachers Fund Management Service Employer: Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) Project: Building Skills for Human Capital Development in South Sudan (BSHCDSS) Country: South Sudan Grant No.: E1800/TF0C1764 RFB No: SS-MOGEI-568101-NC-RFB Issued on: 25th September, 2026 Procurement of non-Consulting Services for the Provision of Financial Management Services for School Grants; TTI’s Operational Cost and Beneficiary Payment for Scholarship, Tutors and Teachers Fund Management Service

1. The Government of South Sudan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Building Skills for Human Capital Development project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Provision of Financial Management Services for School Grants; TTI’s Operational Cost and Beneficiary Payment for Scholarship, Tutors and Teachers Fund Management Service. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.”
2. The Ministry of General Education and Instruction now invites sealed Bids from competent Service Providers for Provision of Financial Management Services for School Grants; TTI’s Operational Cost and Beneficiary Payment for Scholarship, Tutors and Teachers Fund Management Service as per the Schedule of Requirements below: LOTS-NO Contract Description Location Completion Period Per Lot Tender Security LOT-1 Provision of School Grants Fund Management Services 200 Schools, across the 10 states and 3 administrative areas 12 Months

Bid Securing Declaration LOT-2 Provision of TTI’s Operational Cost Fund Management Services 10 TTIs, across the 10 states and 3 administrative areas 12 Months Bid Securing Declaration LOT-3 Provision of Beneficiary Payment for Scholarship, Tutors and Teachers Fund Management Services 200 Schools & 10 TTIs, across the 10 states and 3 administrative areas 12 Months Bid Securing Declaration 3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers -” Seventh Edition of September, 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 16th October, 2026 at 14.00 hours. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 16th October, 2026 immediately after bid submission closing time of 14.00 hours Local Juba time at MOGEI – PIU Office. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening. 5. The Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration. 6. The Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration 7. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. 8. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Attention: Project Director Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), Ministries Complex, P.O. Box 567, Juba- South Sudan Email: [email protected] OR [email protected] Website: www.mogei.gov.ss

Address for Bid submission CONFERENCE ROOM, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION, LOCATION: P.O BOX 567, MINISTRIES COMPLEX, JUBA TOWN – SOUTH SUDAN

Attention: The Honorable Undersecretary (MOGEI)

Address for Bid opening CONFERENCE ROOM, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION, LOCATION: P.O BOX 567, MINISTRIES COMPLEX, JUBA TOWN – SOUTH SUDAN