DFID 7665 School Construction and Rehabilitation Third Party Construction Inspection - Contract Award

The objectives of the proposed assignment are to: Provide independent construction inspection to ensure that quality construction work through sub-contractors is carried out in a timely manner. Provide independent verification/validation of completed school infrastructure. Provide strategic and operational guidance to address any defects or deviations from original designs and standards. Identify where the construction processes by sub-contractors are not delivering work to the required standards and advise on how this can be improved. Act as an independent mechanism to provide advice on the performance of IMC in managing sub-contracts and sub-contractors' performance. Once completed, infrastructure is handed over to the relevant provincial government departments i.e. Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED) in KP and School Education Department (SED) in Punjab for operations and maintenance. The primary beneficiaries of SCRP's works and services will be children attending the public schools in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, as well as teaching staff. In addition, members of the local community are receiving training through the project in basic construction principles, to enable them to provide a first layer of accountability.