Request for expressions of Interest (REOI) for

Implementing Agency for Care-service for Left-behind Children of

CHINA Guangdong Compulsory Education Project (GDCEP)

Country: China

Project Name: Guangdong Compulsory Education Project (GDCEP)

Loan No.: 8791-CN

Name of Consultation Service: Implementing Agency for Care-service for Left-behind Children

Reference No.: GDZXLS302-A

I. about the consultation service

Guangdong Compulsory Education Project (GDCEP) has entered the implementation stage. In order to fulfill the organization and implementation of the Care-service for Left-behind Children, Guangdong Provincial Department of Education plans to employ a consulting agency to undertake part of the organization and implementation of the Care-service for Left-behind Children.

The Care-service for Left-behind Children involves a large number of rural left-behind children in the project counties (cities, districts). The project school's care service for rural left-behind children is relatively weak, the project implementation period is long, and the project is highly professional. Consulting agency is introduced to undertake research, training, provide professional guidance for project schools, carry out research on the system and pattern of care service for rural left-behind children, and provide professional support for the organization and implementation of the project.

II. The specific contents of the consultation service are as follows:

i. Carry out investigation research activities

Research Scope	Research Objects	Research Ways（choose one）	Research Contents	Research Results
15 project counties (cities, districts)	Leaders and staff of relevant departments in charge of the work of rural left behind children in the county (city, district) Education Bureau	Symposiums; One-to-one interviews	Policies, working mechanism, service and guarantee system (organization guarantee, financial investment and personnel input) of caring for rural left behind children.	Investigation research report on care-services for left-behind children in rural areas
100 project schools	Principals， related staff and head-teachers, etc.	Symposiums; One-to-one interviews	The current situation and outstanding problems of the rural left behind children in schools; the relevant measures and implementation of the school's care services for rural left behind children.
	Teachers	Symposiums; One-to-one interviews; questionnaires	To know the status quo and outstanding problems of rural left behind children; to know the practice, challenges and improvement suggestions of rural left behind children care services.
	Students’ parents	Symposiums; questionnaires	The status of family rearing and home school communication of left behind children in rural areas; parents' understanding and needs of rural left behind children services.
	Students	Symposiums; questionnaires	The mental health status of left behind children in rural areas; the relationship and communication between them and their parents; their demands and expectations of school care services.

ii. Develop training courses (including but not limited to)

Number		Special Topics		Course Objectives
（i） General		Interpretation of policies and regulations related to the protection of minors		To help management personnel and teachers understand the policies and regulations related to the protection of minors.
（ii） General		Special topics on the development and education of new generation children		To help teachers understand the stages and general rules of the physical and mental development of the new generation children; to help teachers understand and master the theories and methods of children's learning, life and social interaction.
（iii） Special		Interpretation of policies and regulations related to rural left behind children		To help administrators and teachers understand and master the latest policies and regulations related to rural left behind children.
（iv） Special		Overview of the survival and development of left behind children in rural areas		To help management personnel and teachers understand the demographic and social characteristics, family education, communication between parents and teachers, home school social cooperation, and the problems and causes of the development of rural left behind children.
（v） Special		Psychological counseling, problem diagnosis and intervention of rural left behind children		To help management personnel and teachers understand the knowledge and skills of psychological counseling for rural left behind children; to help teachers master the basic skills and methods of students' mental health assessment and problem intervention.
	（vi） Special		Information literacy training of rural left behind children assisted by rural teachers		To help management personnel and teachers know and learn to use the resources of activity room for rural left behind children, use online platforms or media or mobile phones to carry out home-school communication, parents training, help left behind children communicate with their parents, etc.; to train about the information literacy of left behind children(such as the usage of cellphones, etc.).
	（vii） Special		Class management and life management of rural left behind children		a. To help management personnel and teachers analyze and diagnose the causes of common learning and behA/Vior problems of rural left behind children in class, and master the counseling strategies for common learning and behA/Vior problems; b. To help the head-teacher of the class, where the rural left behind children belong to, improve the class management ability; c. To help boarding school management personnel and teachers understand and master the general knowledge and skills of life management of rural left behind children.
	（viii） Special		Mental health support for teachers related to care services for rural left behind children		To help the school management personnel and teachers who are engaged in the work of rural left behind children to understand their own mental health and maintain their mental health.

iii. Undertake provincial training

Number	Training Objects	Training Contents
（i）	1 Head in every project county (city, district) Education Bureau, 1 Principal and 1 Director in every project school, 215 persons in total	a. Interpretation of policies and regulations related to the protection of minors; b. Interpretation of policies and regulations related to rural left behind children; c. An overview of the survival and development of rural left behind children groups. Face to face teaching for 3 days.
（ii）	Administrators, head-teachers, psychological teachers, etc. who work for left behind children in project school. 2 persons in each school, 200 persons in total	The interpretation of the policies and regulations related to the protection of minors; the development and education of the new generation  children; the interpretation of policies and regulations related to rural left behind children; the overview of the survival and development of rural left behind children groups; the psychological counseling, problem diagnosis and intervention of rural left behind children; the information literacy training of rural left behind children assisted by rural teachers; the class management and life management for rural left behind children; mental health support for teachers related to care services for rural left behind children. Centralized face-to-face teaching for 21 days and segmented training.
		Practice mentoring for 2 days
		Exchange and summary for 1 day
		Practice by returning to work

Notice: The training time includes the registration and evacuation time which meet the requirements of the policy.

iv. Carry out round guidance

To provide all staff training and guidance for the teachers of the project school. To provide full staff training for the project school at least once; to provide on-site guidance for no less than 1 time per semester, each time no less than 1 working day.

v. Carry out research of specific topic

Combined with the investigation and project implementation, to carry out the research on the care service system and pattern of rural left behind children. Combining with the implementation of the project, the implementing agency should carry out the research on the care service system and pattern of rural left behind children, and form the Research Report on the Care-service System and Pattern of Rural Left-behind Children, providing the basis for formulating and improving policies for the care service of rural left behind children in Guangdong Province.

III. Deliverables and delivery time

This task will begin from the date signing the contract, and end on June 30, 2023 (the closing date). In the first year (365 days from the date signing the contract), the implementing agency should complete the investigation research, develop training course, undertake provincial training, and complete the yearly round guidance; in the second year (365 days from the second year), the implementing agency should complete the yearly round guidance; in the third year (from the third year to June 30, 2023), the implementing agency should complete the yearly round guidance and the project research. All deliverables must be in both English version and Chinese version.

Deliverable No.1: The implementing agency should provide one paper and one electronic version of the Research Report on Care-service for Rural Left-behind Children and deliver not later than 80 days after signing the contract.

Deliverable No.2: The implementing agency should provide one paper and one electronic version of the Training Course Contents of Care-service Project for Rural Left-behind Children and deliver not later than 100 days after signing the contract.

Deliverable No.3: The implementing agency should complete the provincial training and submit one paper and one electronic version of the Report on Provincial Training Work; issue the Certificate of Extended Education to the trained teachers after training and deliver not later than 365 days after signing the contract.

Deliverable No.4: After completing the round guidance of the first year, the implementing agency should submit annual work summary, photos etc. and deliver not later than 390 days after signing the contract.

Deliverable No.5: After completing the round guidance of the second year, the implementing agency should submit annual work summary, photos etc. and deliver not later than 755 days after signing the contract.

Deliverable No.6: After completing the round guidance of the third year, the implementing agency should submit annual work summary, photos etc. and deliver not later than July 25, 2023（within 25 days after the closing date of the task).

Deliverable No.7: The implementing agency should submit one paper and one electronic version of the Report on the Research on the Care-service System and Pattern for Rural Left-behind Children and deliver not later than March 30, 2023.

IV. The qualification requirements of the consultation service on consulting agencies are as follows:

i. The consulting agency possess the independent legal entity.

ii. The consulting agency should hA/Ve the ability and experience in the research of left behind children's education, the guidance of left behind children's education and related teacher's education and training. The consulting agency should hA/Ve a clear understanding of the project, and put forward reasonable proposals on the quality standard of the results and the presentation effect. The consulting agency should hA/Ve strong ability of project organization and management, and ensure the work be done on time.

iii. The project leader in charge of the project must hA/Ve the experience of education and research for left behind children, and hA/Ve the ability to coordinate the implementation of relevant projects. The number of core team members participating in the project must be not less than 7, including no less than 3 people with educational research experience of left behind children.

iv. The training team should organize the training according to the relevant requirements of the current training policies and regulations of government and public institutions, and ensure the safety of trainees' meals, accommodation and transportation during the training period; make attendance records and register the class hours for the trainees in the information management platform for continuing education of primary and secondary school teachers in Guangdong Province.

We now invite eligible consulting agencies to indicate your interest in providing the services by providing the relevant evidentiary materials. The letter of interest and relevant documents include: 1. Introduction of the agency; 2. Certificates of qualification and honors; 3. Certificates of capabilities of key personnel and description of project experiences; 4. Description of similar projects undertaken and supporting documents.

Consultants can not be combined in the form of consortium or consulting subcontract agreement to strengthen their qualifications. The selection of consultants will be according to the Quality-and Cost-based Selection method set out in the Bank's procurement guidelines for consultants. The interested bidders should pay attention to the policy about the conflict of interest in Paragraph 1.9 of the Guidelines on Selection and Employment of Consultants by the World Bank’s Borrowers (January 2011).

The interested consulting agencies shall send the letter of interest and relevant materials in a written form to the following address before 17:00 PM on December 16, 2020 to Room 2003, No. 745 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The interested consulting agencies may send e-mail to 99164551@qq.com

Further information can be obtained at the following addresses during office hours 9:00 to 12:00 AM, 14:00 to 16:00 PM (Beijing time, holidays excluded) before December 16, 2020. 

Owner Unit: Guangdong Provincial Department of Education

Address: No. 72, Nonglinxia Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Tel: 86-20-37629559

Contact Person: Mr. Liang

Tendering Agency: China International Tendering Co., Ltd, Guangdong Tendering Procurement Co., Ltd (joint)

Address: Ziyuan Commercial Building, No. 745 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Post Code: 510080

Tel: 86-20-37680163

Fax: 86-20-37816137

Any queries or complaints about the bidding process or the award of the contract shall be sent in writing to the owner and the Tendering Company at the e-mail address shown above. Queries or complaints may also be sent directly to the World Bank at aragatz@worldbank.org, jguo@worldbank.org.