Upgradation and Enhancement of School Accounting Tender - 144189432

Procurement Summary

Country: Nepal

Summary: Upgradation and Enhancement of School Accounting Software

Deadline: 13 Jul 2026

Posting Date: 29 Jun 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 144189432

Document Ref. No.: 0002022742

Competition: ICB

Financier: World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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The School Education Sector Plan (SESP) is a long-term strategic plan of the Government of Nepal (GoN), Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES). The government is implementing the first five years of the 10 years SESP from 2022-23 with support from eight joint financing partners (JFPs). SAS is a software application designed and developed to facilitate public schools- financial transactions and reporting in a systematic manner to strengthen transparency, accountability, and efficiency in school-level public financial management (PFM). It was developed and rolled out by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) from FY 2020-21. Its development was guided by the Government of Nepal's second phase public financial management reform strategy. SAS was primarily developed with an objective of improving bookkeeping, accounting, and reporting of public schools' transactions in a uniform manner, supporting effective internal control at the school level. SAS includes accounting, recording, and monitoring modules that are available as a website-based online system and can be used offline. The rapid assessment conducted by the World Bank on behalf of the GoN and JFPs highlighted that adoption has declined in recent years due to functional gaps, fragmented support, limited training, and lack of integration with national systems (notably SuTRA and IEMIS). The assessment recommends transforming SAS into a secure and integrated digital public good, enhanced with critical modules (e.g., payroll, revenue, fixed asset/inventory, electronic fund transfer (EFT), improved reporting and analytics, and robust security and compliance features. The main objectives of the assignment are to support MoES/CEHRD to upgrade SAS, integrating with existing national systems, and strengthening capacity for its phased rollout and includes the following:Update SAS modules to align with national PFM regulations and the School Accounting Manual (2076 and updates).Close the functional gaps and develop ne...

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 Tender Notice

ToR_SAS-Upgradation-and-Enhancement_Final.pdf