South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics - Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for Conduct of Training in Basic and Advanced Excel Application

SOUTH SUDAN –NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS (NSDS)

STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT/PREPARATION ACTIVITIES

Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

for

Conduct of Training in Basic and Advanced Excel Application

Country:        REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

               Name of Project:    SOUTH SUDAN –STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT

Credit No.:         5537-SS

Project No.:        P144139

April 2016

This Request for Expressions of Interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in UNDB on 3rd July, 2014, 2014 and The Citizen on 3rd July, 2014 and The Juba Monitor on 4th July 2014.

The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Proposed South Sudan National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS): Statistical Capacity Building Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards the cost of Basic and Advanced Excel Application Software Training..

The training will be for 50 statisticians or technical staff of NBS and MDAs (Ministry, Department and Agency) who are involved in statistical activities. The training is expected to start May/June 2016 in two batches.

The applicant shall be in charge of all matters as detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR) that are stated under the scope of the assignment below.

Objectives

The main objective of this Basic and Advanced excel training program is to capacitate those handling statistical data within the MDAs to be able to analyze and communicate to users’ accurate information. Also, the course aims to give participants:

• A basic understanding of excel and its applications; 

• Extended knowledge in some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities of Excel by automating some repeated tasks, troubleshooting errors, sharing workbooks with others in secure manner, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, and sharing Excel data with other applications.

Scope

The training will be for 50 statisticians or technical staff of NBS and MDAs in both basic as well as advanced excel software applications for an estimated duration of four weeks face to face practical training.

[[[Selection Criteria

The service provider should have following qualifications and experience:

• Has adequate training physical facilities in Juba

• Has minimum of three years experience in delivering Information Communication Technology training

• Has adequate qualified trainer in the subject

• Capable of delivering training in English Language

The NCT of the National Bureau of Statistics would therefore like to invite eligible service providers or training entities to indicate their interest in providing the above mentioned services. Applicants are encouraged to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services require, and must furnish their application and information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Interested service providers or training entities may obtain further information at the address given below from 9:00 to 16:00 Hrs on the working days. (Monday through Friday)

Expression of interest (EOI) must be delivered to the address below by 21th April 2016,  04:00pm, Juba time.

ADDRESS:

NSDS Coordination Team-NCT,

National Bureau of Statistics

Attention: Mr. Atem Bul

NSDS Coordinator,

May Street, Juba

P.o.box 137

Tel: +211 956055890,

E-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Juba, South Sudan