FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION & DIGITAL ECONOMY
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX PHASE I, ANNEX III, SHEHU SHAGARI WAY, FCT NIGERIA.
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE NATIONAL
DIGITAL ECONOMY RESEARCH CLUSTERS
NIGERIA
BUILDING RESILIENT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH – BRIDGE
PROJECT NUMBER: _P508383
ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR UNIVERSITY-LED NATIONAL DIGITAL ECONOMY
RESEARCH CLUSTERS
REFERENCE NO. (AS PER PROCUREMENT PLAN): NG-FMCIDE-542751-CS-QCBS

The Federal Government of Nigeria (the “Government”) has applied for financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the ‘Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth – Bridge’, a Project aimed at deploying a 90,000km Fibre Optic Network. This will be structured as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) implemented through a Special Purpose Vehicle (the “SPV”) company. The Government intends to apply part of the proceeds for the engagement of an independent Quality Assurance firm (“QA Firm” or “Consultant”) to manage coordination, quality assurance, fiduciary oversight, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management of the University Led National Digital Economy Research Clusters, in accordance with the World Bank procurement and technical assistance standards.