Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) only: Publication and Call for Competition will be Conducted once Scope of Work is Fully Defined and Approved. As part of its Governance Through Education programme, DFID is working to strengthen responsive and inclusive governance. We are doing this by demonstrating the delivery of effective services in moderate held areas. The objective of the Governance Through Education programme is: Strengthened governance structures delivering vital education services to people in the parts of Syria supported by moderate actors. There are currently 4 strands of the programme: 1) Stipends and set rates for education staff to ensure schools have the human capacity to deliver education; 2) Capacity building for Provincial Education Directorates to better manage education; 3) Improving the learning environment and quality of education; and 4) Collecting evidence of what works to continually improve implementation. One such service is paying teachers and school auxiliary staff a contribution to household expenses — a stipend — and paying Education Directorate staff set rates to deliver stipends and to develop long term systems to improve management of the education system. DFID currently supports a stipend programme known locally as Idarah in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. The programme is currently paying a stipend of 100 $ per staff member per month in Aleppo and Idlib. The contract with the current implementing partner ends in September 2016 and we wish to re-tender for services to deliver the programme from October 2016. The stipends will be paid from the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) — a cross-Government initiative, overseen by the National Security Council (NSC). For the purposes of this programme, the contract will be signed between the Supplier and DFID. The objective of the Governance through Education programme is: Strengthened governance structures delivering vital education services to people in the parts of Syria supported by moderate actors. It is envisaged that improved governance structures will have a positive impact on the delivery of education services provided in moderate opposition areas and by extension on the public's support for moderate and transparent government and service provision. Through this tender, DFID wishes to contract a Supplier to support the delivery of teacher stipend payments for the 2016/17 school year. The stipends will be delivered through the Education Directorates of Idlib and Aleppo Provinces, and the supplier will be required to help them strengthen their administration, finance and monitoring capacity. The recipient of these services is DFID.