Dynamic Purchasing System: Expert services in education related to developing countries
DPS is a fully electronic procurement procedure that allows suppliers to join at any time and in which individual contracts are competitively tendered within the system. It is a tool to acquire expert services.
This DPS covers expert services in education related to developing countries. The assignments tendered through this DPS may include, for example,
- expert advice and support to EDUFI and to developing country ministries and organizations in development of education,
- conducting analytical studies, reviews and evaluations
- drafting and updating policy guidelines and other documentation,
- drafting and supporting developing action/project plans,
- organising trainings and workshops
The DPS covers externally funded initiatives and projects, such as Team Europe Initiatives The Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) and Opportunity-Driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training in Africa (TEI OP-VET) as well as other similar work of the Finnish National Agency for Education, including FinCEED and Education Finland. The DPS covers the years 2025-2030.
Entities that meet the following criteria may participate in the DPS:
- Entities need to have a business ID
- Minimum annual revenue of 50 000 €
- The company must have provided services in the education sector related to developing countries for a minimum of 120 person-days within the past 5 years
In addition to that, they need to:
- Not have engaged in actions contrary to competition law
- Not be under EU/UN sanctions
Please note that the full and exact criteria can be found in the criteria section in Cloudia portal, as well as questions and answers.
How to join the DPS?
Companies that comply with the requirements can send a request to join the DPS. The request will be processed in maximum 10 working days from the submittal of the request, provided that no additional information needs to be asked from the requester.
To facilitate sending the request, we have created instructions. You can find the instruction by PDF here:
Contract notice
Please find the contract notice of the DPS on the following platforms:
Official service for public procurement Hilma
Accepted suppliers
The list of suppliers accepted in the DPS is available in the Cloudia Supplier Portal.
Please note that to view all details, you must register and log in to the service. To access the list, open the contract notice in Cloudia and select the "Accepted suppliers" tab from the sidebar.
Calls open
Opportunity-driven VET and Skills in Africa (TEI OP-VET): Technical Expertise for Nigeria
As part of EU funded Team Europe Initiative Opportunity-driven VET and Skills in Africa, the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI has opened a tender for technical assistance in Nigeria. OP-VET is currently searching for international OP-VET expert to support skills development in pharmaceutical manufacturing in Nigeria.
Deadline for submitting offers is 17 June, 12:00 Helsinki time (noon, not midnight).
Materials for the call for tender can be found from Dynamic Purchasing System “Expert services in education related to developing countries (DPS)” established by EDUFI. Offers can only be submitted through the DPS system. Offers sent by email will not be accepted.
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