Consultancy Services for Indipendent Vrification of DLIs

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MALAWI FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM FOR RESULTS (MFLP) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRM CONSULTANT SELECTION) Country MALAWI Name of Project MALAWI FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM FOR RESULTS (MFLP) Project No. P507745 Assignment Title CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF RESULTS OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE DISBURSEMENT LINKED INDICATORS Reference Number MW-MOBSE-556139-CS-QCBS Issue Date 25th June, 2026 The Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), is implementing the Malawi Foundational Learning Program for Results (MFLP), with support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and intends to engage an Independent Verification Agent (IVA) to review and independently verify achievement of the Disbursement Linked Results (DLRs) measured annually under the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs). The consulting services (“the Services”) include assessing the performance in each DLI in line with the DLI verification protocols specified in the Program documentation (including Program Appraisal Document, Financing Agreement, Program Operations Manual and other documents). The Consultant shall conduct the assessment in a transparent and independent manner that will provide valid evidence of results (for accountability and decision making on disbursements). This shall include the Education Management Information System data analysis; review of documentation; and physical verification on sample basis or any other institutionalized primary data source of the MoEST in order to provide data quality assurance that will trigger disbursements linked to achieved DLIs. The assignment will involve: Reviewing the project documents as well as relevant guidelines and frameworks to get a comprehensive understanding of the scope of the assignment; Developing a detailed methodology for assessing results against each DLI, based on the DLI protoco