New Zealand has launched the Solomon Islands-New Zealand Education Partnership 2025-2035 (SINZEP), the next phase of New Zealand long-standing support for Solomon Islands’ education sector. SINZEP aims to strengthen Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) governance, leadership and management capabilities to deliver key education reforms, towards the goal of ensuring all Solomon Islands have access to quality education.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) intends to procure the services of a Supplier to establish and manage a Partnership Support Hub to support MEHRD’s delivery under SINZEP. Key functions of the Partnership Support Hub are likely to include:
- Providing strategic guidance for programme planning and delivery, including identification of implementation options, associated risks and mitigation strategies;
- Provision of advisory and technical support;
- Public diplomacy and communications;
- Coordinating across education sector stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluation service;
- Administrative services, including management of a grants facility/

The overall objective of the PSH is to support locally-led improvements in the delivery of education in Solomon Islands. MFAT will seek bids that reflect an understanding of how to foster local ownership and culturally attuned ways of working

Solomon Islands-New Zealand Education Partnership – Partnership Support Hub
Details
RFx ID : 32753384
Tender Name : Solomon Islands-New Zealand Education Partnership – Partnership Support Hub
Reference # : WPG-0104929
Open Date : Monday, 13 October 2025 2:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Monday, 13 October 2025 4:30 AM (Asia/Nicosia UTC+03:00)
Close Date : Monday, 24 November 2025 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Monday, 24 November 2025 6:00 AM (Asia/Nicosia UTC+02:00)
Department/Business Unit : Crown Funding
Tender Type : Notice of Information (Advance Notice) (NOI)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency [?]
Categories :
86000000 - Education and Training Services
Regions:
International
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : Adele Thurlow
[email protected]
Overview
New Zealand has launched the Solomon Islands-New Zealand Education Partnership 2025-2035 (SINZEP), the next phase of New Zealand long-standing support for Solomon Islands’ education sector. SINZEP aims to strengthen Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) governance, leadership and management capabilities to deliver key education reforms, towards the goal of ensuring all Solomon Islands have access to quality education.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) intends to procure the services of a Supplier to establish and manage a Partnership Support Hub to support MEHRD’s delivery under SINZEP. Key functions of the Partnership Support Hub are likely to include:
- Providing strategic guidance for programme planning and delivery, including identification of implementation options, associated risks and mitigation strategies;
- Provision of advisory and technical support;
- Public diplomacy and communications;
- Coordinating across education sector stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluation service;
- Administrative services, including management of a grants facility/

The overall objective of the PSH is to support locally-led improvements in the delivery of education in Solomon Islands. MFAT will seek bids that reflect an understanding of how to foster local ownership and culturally attuned ways of working.

The intention is to run an open RFP (Request of Proposal) process with the Indicative RFx release date is November 2025.
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This is a n Advance Notice. It is an alert to providers of a potential upcoming procurement activity. It does not represent a commitment by MFAT to procure.