The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is looking for Consultancy services to provide Local Curriculum for the Supply Chain Management and Further details of the assignment can be found in the Terms of Reference. Please request all tender documents by email from au_bidderquestions@giz.de by mentioning 10056852_ Content Development for Local Supply Chain Management Curriculum in Malawi

The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is a German federal enterprise that provides technical assistance and expertise in international cooperation and sustainable development. Through the Public Finance and Economic Management (PFEM)-Tikuze Malawi project, GIZ supports the Government of Malawi’s public financial and economic management (PFEM) efforts by collaborating with various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other institutions on activities such as resources mobilization, procurement and contracts management, auditing, anti-corruption measures, assets recovery among other public financial and economic management efforts. The project is co-financed by the European Union (EU).

As part of its capacity building efforts at MIPS, GIZ seeks to procure the following services:

1. Content Development for Local Supply Chain Management Curriculum

This assignment is about Content Development for a Local Supply Chain Management Curriculum based on the MIPS curriculum. Specifically, the contractor shall provide the following services.

• Inception activities and Review MIPS Curriculum and exams framework to identify and fix gaps
• Development of Content for curriculum
• Validation and Revision
• Finalization, quality control and delivery

alignment with Key Result No. 3 of MIPS Strategic Plan the Institute has developed a Local MIPS Procurement and Supply Chain Management Curriculum designed to address the local procurement and economic needs. In addition, Regulation 10 of MIPS Regulations 2018 mandates the institute to ensure that all senior and strategic positions in the profession are held by licensed members only. Therefore, there is need for the development of contents for both the Licensing Examinations and Local Curriculum for Supply Chain Management in Malawi.

Assignment Details

Number of expert days: 40 days

Period of assignment: 03/12/2026 to 28.02.2027

Key Expert: Content Development for the MIPS Local SCM Curriculum (numbers in brackets correspond to assessment grid)

Qualifications (2.2.1) (25%)

- Master's degree in Procurement and Supply Management or equivalent from an internationally recognized institution

- Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or equivalent from recognized institution

General professional experience (2.2.3) (20%)

- Ten years work experience in procurement and supply in public or private sector

Specific professional experience (2.2.4) (25%)

• • • 2 cumulative years of general professional consulting experience
    • 2 examples of curriculum development
    • 3 examples of conceptual work assignments related to procurement and supply (e.g. analysis, strategy development) over past 3 years

Regional experience (2.2.6) (5%)

• • • 2 examples of conceptual work assignments related to procurement and supply in Sub-Sahara Africa (outside Malawi)

Development cooperation experience (2.2.7) (5%)

• • • Two examples of work assignments in development cooperation