Global Long-Term Arrangement for Services (LTASs) for the provision of consultancy services to UNICEF in Education

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a service provider for the Establishment of Global Long-Term Arrangement for Services (LTASs) for the provision of consultancy services to UNICEF in Education.

UNICEF requires specialized technical expertise from consultancy firms to support its education work, including analyses, programme design, research, and evaluations that advance results for children. To address increasing demand and ensure timely, high-quality support, UNICEF will establish non-exclusive Long-Term Arrangements for Services (LTASs) with organizations in the education sector. These LTAs will enable rapid deployment of qualified experts to provide technical assistance, advisory services, and capacity building across headquarters, regional, and country offices, including Centers of Excellence in Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, and Panama. The LTAs will accommodate diverse institutional capacities and pricing structures, with an emphasis on consortia that include programme country institutions to strengthen local expertise. The scope of services will be structured across ten defined service categories, which are as follows:

1. Education sector analysis

2. Education sector planning

3. Education sector budgeting, costing and financing

4. Education management information systems (EMIS) advisory services

5. Curricula, school leadership, teaching and learning

6. Digital learning

7. Education research

8. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

9. Learning assessment and measurement of skills

10. Equity, Inclusion, and Out‑of‑School Children

Initially valid for three years and extendable up to seven years based on performance and market review, the LTAs aim to streamline procurement processes, reduce lead times, and ensure access to high-quality, contextually relevant expertise. Multiple LTAs will be awarded to ensure broad regional coverage and responsiveness to UNICEF’s varied operational needs.

By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.