Design, Deployment and Operationalization of the Government API Gateway, Government Single Sign-On (SSO) and National Digital Government Portal.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: Federal Republic of Somalia Name of Project: Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EA-RDIP) Project ID: P176181 Assignment Title: Design, Deployment and Operationalization of the Government API Gateway, Government Single Sign-On (SSO) and National Digital Government Portal Reference No.: SO-MOCT-FGS-576851-CS-QCBS Place Of Assignment: Mogadishu, Somalia Submission Date: October 29, 2026, 2.00pm (local time, Mogadishu, Somalia) The Federal Republic of Somalia has received a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank toward the cost of the Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EA-RDIP) , and the Ministry of Communications and Technology intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“Services”) are required to be undertaken by an external consulting firm supporting the client, the Ministry of Communications and Technology (MoCT), FGS, through its E-Government Department, to carry out the “ Design, Deployment and Operationalization of the Government API Gateway, Government Single Sign-On (SSO) and National Digital Government Portal” . The assignment aims to design, deploy, commission and operationalize the first production phase of Somalia’s shared digital government platforms, translating the Government Enterprise Architecture (GEA), the Government Interoperability Framework (GIF) and the standards developed under Package 1 into operational digital infrastructure. The scope includes: (i) a production-grade Government API Gateway and Developer Portal for secure API publishing, discovery, access, monitoring and lifecycle management; (ii) a centralized Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Government Single Sign-On (SSO) platform based on open standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and SAML), including multi-factor authentication and role-based access control; (iii) developmen