BConditional product route

Open-source mobile app for ECD data collection and monitoring in the Republic of Congo

World Bank Group

Deadline
25 Aug 2026, 05:59
Value
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Region
Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
Reviewed
16 Aug 2026
Portfolio verdict

Conditional product route

Tier B. The desired open-source mobile evidence application is close to existing Digital David product patterns, but the mandatory qualification criterion explicitly asks for app experience supporting childcare businesses and ECD research. That evidence is not in the current pack, so the route is conditional and deadline-sensitive.

Recommended actionExpress interest only if a qualifying childcare/ECD app reference or evidenced committed domain partner can be secured immediately; otherwise do not overstate AcademyAI adjacency.

What the opportunity means

Adapt, localise, deploy and support an open-source mobile app for childcare operators to collect operational, financial, attendance and child-development data in low-resource settings.

Portfolio thesis

Strong mobile, evidence, research and usability fit; the domain-reference and named key-staff gates are unresolved.

Qualification reality

AcademyAI and Kuebiko provide an existing mobile evidence-workflow route, but mandatory childcare-business and ECD-research app experience is not established in the qualification pack.

Portfolio evidence

Products and reusable delivery strengths

Products

AcademyAIKuebiko

Competencies

mobile applicationsevidence collectionresearch workflowslow-resource UXdata quality

Decision gates

Eligibility and delivery gates

  • Company matchPartially met
    Childcare and ECD application experience
    MustRequired

    AcademyAI and Kuebiko demonstrate learning, mobile-adjacent and governed evidence workflows, but no formal external reference proves development or adaptation of apps for childcare businesses and ECD research as expressly required.

  • Company matchPartially met
    Technical and managerial capability
    MustRequired

    The portfolio demonstrates delivery capability, but named managerial and technical-team evidence is deferred and no tender-specific capacity statement exists.

  • Company matchPartially met
    Core business and years in business
    MustRequired

    Digital David AG's legal identity and registered office are verified, but the evidence pack does not establish years in business or a tender-ready core-business narrative.

  • Company matchUnknown
    Key staff qualifications
    MustRequired

    The public advertisement requires key-staff qualifications; the expert-team evidence pack is deferred and no named staff may be inferred.

  • Company matchUnknown
    World Bank vendor access
    DeliveryNot required

    Expressing interest requires an RFx Now login and current vendor profile; no available signed-in session was present during research.

Interpreted scope

Delivery shape

  • Adapt, localise, deploy and support an open-source smartphone application for childcare entrepreneurs in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
  • Capture child enrolment, participation, daily attendance and developmental milestones.
  • Capture parent fees, centre revenues and expenditures, business performance and profitability.
  • Capture service-delivery, engagement and training indicators for programme implementation and operational learning.
  • Create reliable longitudinal data for monitoring, evaluation, research and evidence generation in low-resource settings.
  • Keep the application practical and easy to use while supporting childcare-centre record management.

Bid package

Required submissions

  • Express interest through the authenticated World Bank RFx Now workflow.
  • Evidence a qualifying childcare-business and ECD-research app assignment.
  • Provide technical and managerial capability, core-business and years-in-business information.
  • Provide qualifications of the key staff proposed for the assignment.

Commercial reading

Contract and pricing terms

  • The public advertisement does not publish budget, payment, intellectual-property, term or liability terms.
  • No attachments or formal solicitation documents are published at the EOI stage.
  • Login is required only to express interest; the advertisement itself is publicly accessible.

Evidence trail

Sources and bidder information

Authoritative World Bank RFx Now advertisement checked 16 August 2026. It exposes no public bidder-question catalogue, answers, attachments or downloadable documentation.

Authoritative World Bank RFx Now advertisement ↗Source for scope, deadline, qualification criteria and absence of documents or Q&A.World Bank business-opportunity page ↗Public World Bank landing page resolving the authoritative RFx Now advertisement.

Package reviewed 16 Aug 2026, 17:03

Research files

Documents used for this evaluation

No downloadable research package was available for this evaluation.