Annex 1

Response to Invitation to Tender document (ITD)

For the supply of

Basic Education Curriculum & Course books Consultant

to

The British Council Sudan

Name of Consultant:

Email address:

Telephone number:

Please submit to by the deadline of 11th August 2016.

Section 1: Content proposal for suitability for task
Please provide a summary of your experience and expertise in this field. Please make specific reference to the role or roles you feel you are most appropriate for and explain how your experience has prepared you for this role.
Maximum 2000 words
Selection Criteria weighting 30%
Points / Evaluation Methodology
15 / A detailed response that directly responds to the requirement with no ambiguity and relevant examples provided.
10 / A less detailed response that broadly responds to the requirement with some ambiguity and no/irrelevant examples provided.
5 / A response that is not entirely relevant to the requirement, with ambiguity and lacking specific detail.
0 / No response or a response that is entirely irrelevant.
Response:
Section 2: Experience of working successfully in an international context, with evidence of team work in particular working with other writers.
Please outline your experience and track record in successfully developing and/or delivering content for an international audience. In your response, you are asked to specify:
-  which countries/regions you have worked in and details of content/training provided
-  any challenges you faced and how you overcame them
-  how you successfully managed working with other writers
Maximum 2000 words
Selection Criteria weighting 30%
Points / Evaluation Methodology
15 / A detailed response that directly responds to the requirement with no ambiguity and relevant examples provided.
10 / A less detailed response that broadly responds to the requirement with some ambiguity and no/irrelevant examples provided.
5 / A response that is not entirely relevant to the requirement, with ambiguity and lacking specific detail.
0 / No response or a response that is entirely irrelevant.
Response:
Section 3 – A proven track record in developing textbooks which are age, culturally and contextually appropriate.
Please describe you approach to writing ELT textbooks for Primary School students and how you ensure that they are age, contextually and culturally appropriate.
In your response, you are asked to include;
·  an outline of your approach to textbook writing
·  an explanation of how you ensure that your work is age, contextually and culturally appropriate
·  examples from your own work which demonstrate the above.
Selection Criteria weighting 30%
Points / Evaluation Methodology
15 / A detailed response that directly responds to the requirement with no ambiguity and relevant examples provided.
10 / A less detailed response that broadly responds to the requirement with some ambiguity and no/irrelevant examples provided.
5 / A response that is not entirely relevant to the requirement, with ambiguity and lacking specific detail.
0 / No response or a response that is entirely irrelevant.
Section 4: Competitive pricing – Cost/Charges
It is essential that the British Council enters into an arrangement where pricing is clearly defined and transparent against an efficient and effective approach.
To satisfy this objective each supplier is asked to use the template below to outline the proposed approach to be used to deliver each of the outputs (as described in the scope of work & outputs section of the Invitation to Tender document), plus the breakdown of cost.
·  All prices must be given in US dollars.
Selection Criteria Weighting - 10%
Section 4 will be evaluated as below:
The lowest all-inclusive cost proposed will receive 10% - All other submissions will be allocated a % score pro rata.

First Consultancy

Output / Cost
(in USD) / Time for Completion
(in weeks)
Revise, and rewrite if necessary, the pupil’s book and the activity book for grade 6 (Book 4)
Revise, and rewrite if necessary, the pupil’s book and the activity book for grade 7 (Book 5)
Quality assurance of the pupil’s book, teachers book and the activity book for grades 8 (Book 6).
Quality assurance of the pupil’s book, teachers book and the activity book for grades 9 (Book 7).
Others

Second Consultancy

Output / Cost
(in USD) / Time for Completion
(in weeks)
Develop the teacher’s guide for grades 3 (Book 1)
Develop the teacher’s guide for grades 4 (Book 2)
Develop the teacher’s guide for grades 5 (Book 3)
Develop the teacher’s guide for grades 6 (Book 4)
Develop the teacher’s guide for grades 7 (Book 5)
Others

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