Ministry of Justice, constitution religious affairs and rehabilitation
- Introduction
The Alternative dispute resolution mechanism (ADR) has existed in Puntland for a long time and has been developed recently by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with international partners. These systems regulate some of the most fundamental issues in communities, such as access to land, water, natural resources, and family relations. Unlike formal justice systems, customary justice mechanisms are more accessible and closer to the people, as they operate within communities. They emphasize restorative justice, flexible rules, and community-based solutions. As a result, they are considered more geographically accessible, culturally relevant, and inclusive. This makes them particularly important for vulnerable groups, such as women, children, and persons with disabilities, who often face barriers in accessing formal justice.
Enhancing access to Justice calls for improved capacity of its manpower including the traditional committees, religious scholars and promoting the collaboration between the formal courts and ADR mechanism in case referral, case management and execution of orders. This initiative will address the skills and knowledge gap of the ADR practioneers and enhancing smooth collaboration between the formal courts and ADR thus reducing case load at courts and facilitating easy referral mechanism within the two systems.
- Objectives of the program
Improve the effectiveness of justice systems through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and case management.
- Expected outcome
Enhanced public trust in the justice system through improved efficiency of the ADR mechanism and strengthened collaboration between ADR and formal courts, leading to effective case referral and management that reducing case backlog.
- About the Consultancy
The Ministry of Justice, constitution religious affairs and rehabilitation is planning to conduct training for ADR adjudicators in Garowe. The Ministry would like a consulting firm to develop training manual and conduct training sessions in Garowe.
- Purpose of the consultancy assignment
The main purpose of the assignment is to develop comprehensive Alternative Dispute Resolution manual training and facilitate training sessions in Garowe.
- Scope of work for the consultancy assignment
The assignment entails development of a comprehensive training manual and facilitation of training sessions
- Develop comprehensive ADR training manual covering key principles of ADR
- Translate the training manual summary into Somalia and develop power point presentation using the Somali translation service.
- Facilitate 3 days practical training using mixed approach with adult learning approach in Garowe, Qardho, Dhahar and Badhan
- Facilitate Quarterly coordination sessions in Garowe, Qardho, Dhahar and Badhan
- Develop simplified agreed case referral protocol from the existing standard operating procedure of the ADR to support referral protocol and case recording
- Deliverables
The following are the key deliverables
- Comprehensive training manual
- Summary translated version of the training manual
- Power point Presentation
- Training agenda
- Comprehensive Training Report
- Quarterly Coordination meeting minutes
- Simplified case referral protocol
- Project duration
The consultancy work will undertake from October 2025 to January 2026
- Qualification and experience of law firms/ individual consultants
The Ministry of Justice, constitution, religious affairs and rehabilitation would like experienced law firms who meet the following qualifications to submit technical and financial proposal.
- Registered law firms with the Ministry of Justice.
- Minimum experience 5 years’ experience in the legal fraternity and service provision.
- Proof of past experience of similar assignments
- Qualified and experience legal experts with minimum of 3-year experience in the legal field.
- Lead consultant shall have master’s degree in Law (LLM) or LLB with at least 10 years’ experience
- Mode of submission and deadline
Interested consultants shall submit technical and financial proposal to dg.mojrar@plstate.so or hand delivered to Ministry of Justice Headquarter on or before 11th October 2025 2:00 PM.
- Evaluation critera
| S/N | Item description | Marks |
| 1. | Registration with the Ministry of Justice, constitution religious affairs and rehabilitation | 10 Marks |
| 2. | Company profile with detailed physically verifiable contact address ( | 10 Marks |
| 3. | At least three (3) years of experience in similar works, supported by examples such as LPOs, Contracts or Recommendation letters. | 30 Marks |
| 4. | Original bank statement signed and stamped by the relevant bank authority | 10 Marks |
| 5. | Technical proposal detailing the methodology and proposed timeline (Profile of lead consultant and facilitators. CV and any other support document including membership of Bar associations. | 30 Marks |
| 6. | Filled Quotation price in the provided Request for Proposal | 10 Marks |
| 7. | 100 Marks |
Only firms that meet 65% of the technical requirements will move the financial evaluation stage.
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Annex 2: Financial Quotation
| S/N | Item description | Quantity | Days | Unit Price $ | Total Price $ |
| 1. | Development of comprehensive ADR Training manual with Somali translation | 1 | 15 days | ||
| 2. | Conduct training sessions in Garowe | 1 | 5 days | ||
| 3. | Conduct Training sessions in Gardo, Badhan, and Dhahar (2 sessions per location) | 3 | 5 Days (2 sessions per location) | ||
| 4. | Facilitate Quarterly coordination meetings between ADR actors and Judiciary in Garowe, Gardo, Dhahar and Badhan | 1 | 4 Days | ||
| 5. | Draft simplified ADR and Formal Courts Referral Protocol and Case Recording | 4 | 5 Days | ||
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