Invitation to Tender for five studies on OER in education, for the countries/regions South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Thailand and Gulf States

1. OER studies for non-EU countries
From POERUP - Policies for OER Uptake
[For the original wiki text see http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/OER_studies_for_non-
EU_countries ]
Invitation to Tender released at 2030 UK time on Monday
10 September 2012 for five studies
On behalf of the POERUP project, Sero wishes to appoint five consultants to provide studies
on "OER in education" for the following countries/regions.
1. Africa - South Africa
2. Asia - Thailand
3. Asia/Middle East - Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab
Emirates)
4. Central Americas - Mexico
5. South America - Argentina
Each consultant can contract for just one tender.
Consultants cannot be any employee, constituent part or subsidiary of the partners
currently involved with POERUP. (See Partners)
Each study should be created on the wiki on the relevant page using the following template
http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Template_for_country
Each study should take due note of the initial material already on the POERUP wiki and the
background material on education and e-learning available on the VISCED/Re.ViCa wiki
http://virtualcampuses.eu/index.php/Main_Page
For example the study for Thailand should be created on the POERUP wiki page OER in
Thailand and draw on the material on the page Thailand and the more general education/e-
learning material at http://virtualcampuses.eu/index.php/Thailand
There is no fixed maximum fee for each study but consultants need to know that the overall
budget for the five studies is 10,000 euros and that the expertise and prior knowledge of the
consultants should be at a level that each study represents less than a week's work. In the
event that there is no cost-effective tender response for a particular country/region then no
tender will be awarded for that country/region.
Consultants must demonstrate:

2.  experience of ICT in education, and open educational resources, in both higher
education and schools
 good reading ability in the main national language of the country/region they are
tendering for, sufficient for the purposes of analysing reports on that country/region
produced by ministries or agencies
 experience of country-level analysis in ICT in education for a country/region not their
home country
 a knowledge of society in the country/region, for example obtained from residency in
or travel to that country/region
 (since this is an EU-funded project) documentation to demonstrate that they are
authorised to work in the EU (or other eligible country for the 2011 Call of the
Lifelong Learning programme) (passport, work permit etc) during the period
September-December 2012.
For each country/region the successful consultant will be chosen on the basis of ability to
provide best value for money within the constraints listed.
If consultants are interested they should email an Application to paul.bacsich@sero.co.uk on
or before 9.00 am UK time on Tuesday 25 September 2012. The email should have "OER in
Country study" in the Subject: line with the "Country" replaced by the name of the
country/region that they are tendering for.
Successful consultants will be notified on 1 October 2012 and should be available to start
work soon after that date. Each study MUST be delivered in final form on the wiki by 6.00
pm UK time on 31 October 2012.
Consultants interested should submit an Application which should be no longer than two
pages of A4 and include:
1. country/region they intend to study
2. contact details including address, phone and email
3. evidence of language ability in language of the country/region (e.g. Arabic for the
Gulf States)
4. documentary evidence (e.g. photocopies of passports and/or visas) of approval to
work within the EU (or other eligible country for the 2011 Call of the Lifelong
Learning programme)
5. brief CV, focussing on relevant information including web sites
6. URLs or attached file(s), demonstrating (a) relevant reports of theirs; (b) source
material that they intend to draw on or translate, with reasons; and (c) two examples
of OER/quasi-OER initiatives in the country/region that they are tendering for with
relevant URLs.
Because of the small size of each tender, no individual questions on the tender will be
answered.

3. In the unlikely event that any urgent clarification is required, for example because of a major
change in regulations affecting Lifelong Learning projects, a Clarification will be issued in
the area below.
Clarifications
None as of Monday 10 September 2012.