Consultancy Services for Independent Technical Assurance ITA

Saint Lucia has announced a tender invitation for the Consultancy Services for Independent Technical Assurance ITA , aimed at improving structural stability and addressing erosion concerns in the tender area. The tender is situated in Saint Lucia, and it represents a key infrastructure initiative designed to enhance safety and environmental resilience. The tender is scheduled to close on 07 Aug 2026, giving interested contractors ample time to review requirements and submit their bids. The official tender notice number is not specified, while the WWW Reference Number is 12455726. Eligible bidders and organizations are encouraged to access the detailed tender documents and specifications to gain comprehensive information about project scope, eligibility criteria, and submission procedures.To download the complete tender documents, bidders are required to register on the website.

Tender Details

Title	Consultancy Services for Independent Technical Assurance ITA
WWT Ref No	12455726
Tender No	LC-OECS COMMISSION-558060-CS-QCBS
Country	Saint Lucia
Financer Name	The World Bank
Summary	Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services Independent Technical Assurance ITA Project Title OECS Skills and Innovation Project Borrower Bid Reference LC OECS COMMISSION 558060 CS QCBS Procurement Method Quality And Cost Based Selection Submission Deadline Date Time Aug 07 2026 04 30 Notice No OP00454957 The OECS now invites eligible consulting firms Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services The minimum required qualifications and experience are listed in section 8 0 of the TOR below The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III paragraphs 3 14 3 16 and 3 17 of the World Bank s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers September 2023 and Procurement Regulations setting forth the World Bank s policy on conflict of interest To obtain the maximum degree of comparison among Expressions of Interest EOIs and facilitate the evaluation process the EOI should be a maximum of 20 pages including annexes with the following information included below Any pages exceeding this limit will not be considered for evaluation or shortlisting Title page with name of firm submitting the EOI should contain name of firm or joint venture and or a sub consultancy if applicable address email telephone name of contact person and date of submission Expression of Interest including the firm s general and specific experience pool of experts etc Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should clearly indicate whether the association is a joint venture and or a sub consultancy In the case of a joint venture all partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract if selected A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection QCBS method set out in the Procurement Regulations Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08 30 a m 4 30 p m 0830 to 1630 hours Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OECS Skills and Innovation Projects P O Box 179 Morne Fortune Castries Saint Lucia TEL 1 758 455 6349 68 E mail procurement oecs int An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be sent by August 7 2026 at 4 30 p m to Yasmine Anatole Procurement Officer At the following email address procurementbids oecs int copied to skip oecs int The email submissions should include the Firm s name and address and shall be clearly marked in the subject line as Expression of Interest Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance ITA Terms of Reference Independent Technical Assurance ITA Consultancy Technical Assurance and Iterative Validation of the KTIP OECS Virtual Campus and Regionally Interoperable Post Secondary EMIS Architecture under the OECS Skills and Innovation Project SKIP Revised draft v 6 22 June 2026 1 Background and Project Context The OECS Skills and Innovation Project SKIP is a World Bank financed regional operation implemented by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OECS Commission and the participating OECS Member States of Grenada and Saint Lucia The Project s Development Objective PDO is to enhance youth transversal and advanced technical skills strengthen regional collaboration in post secondary education and foster collaborative innovation across the OECS Member States The OECS SKIP is structured around four components Component 1 Fostering Regional Collaboration for Skills and Innovation in the PostSecondary Space implemented by the OECS Commission supports regional public goods including a shared strategic framework for postsecondary education harmonised standards and assessment tools regionally interoperable digital platforms and mechanisms for crosscountry collaboration Component 2 Strengthening PostSecondary Institutions and Collaborative Innovation implemented nationally by Grenada and Saint Lucia finances institutional strengthening Regional Enhancement Plans REPs programme modernisation and collaborative innovation projects drawing on the regional frameworks and tools developed under Component 1 Component 3 Project Management and Technical Assistance supports regional and national project implementation units and technical assistance Component 4 Contingent Emergency Response Component CERC enables rapid reallocation of resources in the event of an eligible emergency Component 1 is designed to generate regional platforms standards and systems that benefit all nine OECS Member States and create economies of scale that individual countries cannot efficiently achieve on their own Key activities under Component 1 include i development of a regional strategic framework for postsecondary education ii common learning standards and assessment tools for priority skills iii harmonised standards for postsecondary faculty and institutional leadership iv the OECS Virtual Campus v the Knowledge Technology and Innovation Platform KTIP and vi a regionally interoperable postsecondary Education Management Information System EMIS architecture 1 1 Current state of the three Component 1 platforms The three platforms that fall within the scope of this assignment are at materially different stages and follow materially different delivery models The Independent Technical Assurance ITA Consultancy s engagement is calibrated to those differences Knowledge Technology and Innovation Platform KTIP The KTIP is in advanced development by the OECS Software Development Team SDT and is estimated to be approximately 80 complete based on the latest project assessment Remaining activities include completion of outstanding functionality integration performance optimisation security hardening documentation testing and deployment readiness activities There is no approval to build milestone for KTIP The ITA s engagement shall commence with a comprehensive baseline assessment of the existing platform including validation of the platform s current state of completion architecture code quality security posture scalability interoperability operational readiness and alignment with project objectives The baseline assessment shall establish an independent technical benchmark against which future remediation certification Results Based Financing RBF approvals for expenditures for a tranche of activities and deployment decisions shall be evaluated OECS Virtual Campus LearnBoard approximately 80 complete The Virtual Campus is deployed and is in advanced development by the SDT for the OECS MyPD Model The remaining work consists of feature completion integration with EMIS and KTIP hardening and predeployment activities as aligned with the OECS SKIP Project Appraisal Document As with KTIP there is no approval to build milestone the ITA s engagement begins with a baseline audit of the existing build Regionally interoperable postsecondary EMIS architecture to be sourced as a Digital Public Good DPG The product will not be built from scratch under SKIP It will be sourced as an established Digital Public Good such as the DHIS2Ed Education Toolkit and SEMIS with adaptation and configuration carried out by the SDT and partners to meet OECS regional requirements There is no approval to build milestone for EMIS either the ITA s engagement begins with validation of the DPG suitability assessment and the proposed adaptation scope The ITA s engagement shall commence with an independent assessment of the DPG selection process validation of the DPG suitability assessment and review of the proposed adaptation scope The ITA shall evaluate technical suitability interoperability scalability sustainability upgradeability security data governance implementation risks and value for money and assess whether the proposed approach represents an efficient sustainable and regionally appropriate investment aligned with the objectives of the SKIP programme Across all three platforms a prior technical assessment confirmed the viability of the chosen delivery approach but identified material risks related to scalability and performance at the regional level integration across heterogeneous systems production readiness data governance and crosscountry compliance and capacity constraints and longterm sustainability To mitigate these risks the OECS Commission will engage a suitably qualified firm to serve as an Independent Technical Assurance Consultancy ITA providing independent technical assurance and certification across the lifecycle stages relevant to each platform operating under the iterative reviewandvalidation model set out in Section 4 Independence is a foundational requirement The credibility of the ITA s findings depends on a firm distinction between the ITA s assurance role and the SDT s development role The ITA reviews and validates the SDT implements The ITA s recommendations should specify what must be remediated and to what standard with the implementation approach reserved for the SDT This distinction set out in detail in Section 4 1 Section 7 and Section 10 is foundational to the assignment and is nonnegotiable 2 Objective and Role of the ITA The objective of this assignment is to provide independent evidencebased technical validation of the existing builds KTIP and Virtual Campus and of the sourced EMIS DPG and its adaptation and to provide feedback to the SDT

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Deadline

07 Aug 2026

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Publishing Date

23 Jul 2026

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