INVITATION TO RFQ for the provision of Guardianship and Custodianship under the Jordanian Legal Framework Consultancy
[RFQ/JO/CO/25/006]
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, and non-governmental organisation providing assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons across 40 countries worldwide. In Jordan, NRC’s programmatic activities include Shelter, Education, Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) and Livelihoods. NRC maintains area offices in Irbid, Mafraq and Amman, as well as in Azraq and Zaatari refugee camps and a country office in Amman.
NRC’s ICLA programming in Jordan commenced in 2013. The main areas of law the programme supports participants in are legal identity and civil documentation, legal stay, housing and land (tenancy issues in Jordan, and Syrian land rights for Syrian refugees in Jordan), and work rights.
In the area of legal identity and civil documentation, ICLA has identified some challenges in knowledge and understanding relating to the concepts/actions of guardianship and custodianship. Because guardianship and custodianship are not properly defined in the Personal Status Law, Jordanian jurisprudence and court practice is to usually refer to Sharia doctrine (Hanafi feqeh) to identify their elements and distinguish them from one another. ‘Guardianship’ is mainly the ability to legally represent another person who doesn’t have the legal capacity to represent themselves, such as children, while ‘Custodianship’ is mainly the duty to take care of children and their daily needs such as education, health and nutrition. Furthermore, Guardianship itself is divided into two different legal status, one is provided by virtue of the law (Welaya) (for the father, paternal grandfather), while the other one is provided through a decision by the Sharia Court to any other person that the Court deems appropriate (Wesaya) (such as the mother or the uncle), and each of them have its own legal provisions that govern them.
These two actions are standalone concepts under the Jordanian Personal Status Law No. 15, Year 2019. However, they also are often required in certain legal procedures to move a case forward or would prevent participants being able to take actions on behalf of other individuals (such as their children) to access basic rights and services like health and education. Guardianship and custodianship procedures will often complicate the nature or duration of a case.
The ICLA programme in Jordan has historically not worked so closely on cases related to guardianship and custodianship but is seeking to better understand procedures and practice regarding these concepts and explore entry points for programming and legal support to refugees of all backgrounds.
NRC seeks a consultant to work with the ICLA Unit to provide Guardianship and Custodianship under the Jordanian Legal Framework Consultation.
Deadline for Bids:
Deadline for bid submission is 26.02.2025 - 12:00 PM Amman time.
Please submit your bid by uploading all files to the e-tender box (eTB) web site - the link is included in the file 0_LINK TO UPLOAD BID.pdf, which you downloaded together with this tender package.
In order to avoid technical problems, please note that you can upload as many files as it is required, but the single file size is limited to 10 MB each, and it is not allowed to upload zip, rar or 7z file. Files with the same file name cannot be uploaded twice.
After successful bid submission, you will receive an e-mail confirmation from the eTB system, with the list of submitted files. If you notice that some files have not been successfully uploaded (e.g. due to the internet interruption), please submit missing file(s) again and please put MF after the company name (example: ABC company MF).
If you need to submit a revised bid before the deadline, the Company name in the eTB system should be modified by adding “2” after the Company name and the latest submission will be considered as the final bid. (Example: ABC company 2)
If you have any technical questions please use the link available also in downloaded file 0_LINK TO UPLOAD BID.pdf before 18.02.2022. After submitting your question, you will receive an e-mail confirmation from eTB system.
If you do not receive confirmation e-mails, or in case of technical problems, please contact jo.contact@nrc.no.
Complete RFQ documents can be obtained, free of charge from 12 February 2025 until 26 February 2025, 12:00 pm (Amman Time), by accessing the following link: https://etbsystem.no/ClientTrans/Download?ID=irfzW40rd6E%3d
If you do not receive an e-mail, or in case of technical problems, please contact jo.contact@nrc.no with email subject as: (RFQ/JO/25/006) – Technical Enquiry
Regards,
NRC Procurement Unit