Proposals are hereby invited for the appointment of a suitable service provider to develop a Provincial Sector Skills Plan (PSSP) 2023-2024. Scope of work: 1. The service provider will research and prepare a Provincial Sector Skills Plan (PSSP), covering provincial government and state entities within the province, in line with the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) latest Sector Skills Plan (SSP) Framework as a guide. The PSSP must: • Adhere to all DHET Sector Skills Plan guidelines, frameworks, and all related requirements; be drafted taking the research done within the sector as a whole into account; • Be triangulated with other reliable, verifiable, valid and relevant Provincial data sets as a basis; and must be consistent in terms of content and statistics focusing on, but not limited to, the following: - Provincial Sector Profile; - Key Skills Issues; - Extent of Skills Mismatch; - Sector Partnerships; - Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation; - Strategic Skills Priority Actions. The assignment will take approximately six months from the date of appointment with the expected deadline for closure of project in September 2023. Detailed timelines will be shared with the successful service provider. (Offre №81159584fr)