REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION)
Country: Ethiopia
Name of Project: The Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda (BIASHARA) 2063 Project
Grant No: P180117
Assignment Title: Consultancy Services to Conduct IT Security Assessment for Africa Union Commission
Reference No. ET-AUC-560866-CS-QCBS
The African Union Commission has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of The Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda (BIASHARA) 2063 Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include conducting a comprehensive penetration testing assessment of the African Union Commission’s ICT infrastructure. The engagement is designed to rigorously evaluate technical controls, identify vulnerabilities, and simulate realistic cyberattack scenarios.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.
The African Union Commission now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants’ Quality and Cost-based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 29 July 2026.
African Union Commission,
Head of Supply Chain Management Division
Building C, 3rd Floor,
P.O Box 3243, Roosevelt Street
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700 – Ext 4305
Fax: +251 (0) 11 551 0442; +251 11-551-0430
E-mail: Tender@africanunion.org
TERMS OF REFERENCE
CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO CONDUCT IT SECURITY ASSESSMENT FOR AFRICA UNION COMMISSION
REF: ET-AUC-560866-CS-QCBS
As the continental organization mandated to advance integration, peace, and sustainable development across Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) increasingly relies on sophisticated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems to execute its mandate with efficiency, reliability, and accountability. The Commission’s ICT ecosystem, spanning headquarters and regional offices, integrates interconnected networks, mission-critical applications, and distributed services that are essential to achieving its operational and strategic priorities. While this digital transformation has significantly enhanced connectivity, efficiency, and service delivery, it has also introduced a complex and evolving landscape of cybersecurity risks.
In the current threat environment, cyber risks are not solely technical challenges; they carry strategic implications for institutional integrity, governance, and stakeholder trust. Safeguarding the AUC’s ICT assets is therefore a matter of organizational resilience, credibility, and confidence — core enablers for the Commission to effectively deliver its continental mandate.
The Management Information System Directorate (MISD), operating under the Cabinet of the Deputy Chairperson, is responsible for planning, deploying, and managing all ICT functions across the African Union. In its commitment to strengthening institutional cyber resilience, MISD recognizes the need for an independent, evidence-based Security Assessment of its ICT environment. This assessment will identify vulnerabilities, evaluate the effectiveness of existing safeguards, and provide actionable guidance to reinforce ICT security across all operational fields.
Accordingly, the African Union Commission invites proposals from highly qualified cybersecurity firms to conduct a comprehensive Security Assessment, incorporating both external and internal penetration testing. The assessment will simulate realistic cyber-threat scenarios, evaluate technical and operational resilience, and deliver prioritized recommendations for remediation. The outcomes will provide the Commission with a clear, actionable, and strategic understanding of its cybersecurity posture, supporting informed decision-making, strengthened operational continuity, and sustained institutional trust.
The main objectives of this Security Assessment will result in:
The consultancy will develop a structured, actionable IT Security Remediation Plan based on the findings of a comprehensive penetration testing assessment of the African Union Commission’s ICT infrastructure. The plan will be multiannual, operational, and include prioritized initiatives with clearly assigned accountable owners, fully aligned with the Commission’s ICT governance framework and operational priorities. It will integrate targeted remediation measures, evidence-based recommendations, and a detailed implementation roadmap to strengthen the resilience and protection of critical ICT systems and services.
The firm will conduct a thorough penetration testing engagement, employing both external (black box) and internal (white box) methodologies. The assessment will systematically identify exploitable vulnerabilities, evaluate the effectiveness of existing technical controls, and simulate realistic threat scenarios across networks, servers, applications, and configurations. The outcomes will provide the Commission with actionable insights to guide the development and operationalization of a practical remediation plan.
The Security Assessment aims to deliver actionable insights that will:
Under the leadership of the MISD Director, the consultancy will conduct a comprehensive penetration testing assessment of the African Union Commission’s ICT infrastructure. The engagement is designed to rigorously evaluate technical controls, identify vulnerabilities, and simulate realistic cyberattack scenarios. The assessment will be tailored to the Commission’s operational context, system architecture, regulatory environment, and threat landscape. At a minimum, the firm will prepare and execute the following:
The estimated duration of this assignment is approximately 5 months, covering 15 weeks at the African Union Commission Headquarters and 2 weeks and 2 days at each of the three remote AU regional offices (selected by the MIS Directorate). All deliverables shall be clear, well-structured, and actionable, supporting practical implementation and informed decision-making. Deliverables shall include visual elements such as vulnerability heat maps, dashboards, and executive summaries to enhance clarity and facilitate prioritization of mitigation measures. Each deliverable shall be submitted in both draft and final versions and presented in formats agreed with the African Union, including but not limited to Word and PowerPoint
The firm will provide the following deliverables:
Deliverables / reports | Content of reports | Timeline |
Inception report | Detailed methodology, rules of engagement, testing windows, work plan, stakeholder map, communication plan, identification of dependencies, potential risks, and mitigation measures. Approved work plan will serve as the monitoring and coordination framework for the assignment. | Within the first 10 business days after the start of the consultancy |
Penetration testing and risk assessment report | A structured report detailing the results of the penetration testing assessment (external black box and internal white box). Includes identification of vulnerabilities classified by severity, technical and systemic weaknesses, potential escalation paths, third-party risks, and potential business or operational impacts. | Within 30 business days after approval of the Inception Report |
Threat landscape and technical evaluation report | Assessment of relevant cyber threats (external and insider risks), evaluation of existing technical controls, detection, prevention, and response capabilities, and identification of potential gaps affecting ICT resilience. | Within 30 business days after approval of the Inception Report |
Draft remediation and action plan | Prioritized, actionable recommendations for remediation and risk mitigation. Includes detailed remediation roadmap, sequencing, dependencies, responsible owners, and indicative resource/budget estimates for critical corrective actions. | Within 25 business days after approval of the Penetration Testing and Risk Assessment Report |
Final security assessment and remediation plan | Consolidated final report incorporating stakeholder feedback, including executive summary, detailed technical findings, and the finalized remediation RoadMap for operationalization. | Within 10 business days after approval of the Draft Remediation and Action Plan |
Presentation to leadership / steering committee | Executive-level presentation of key findings, insights, risk implications, and proposed remediation roadmap. Facilitation of discussions and alignment with MISD and leadership teams. | After approval of the Final Security Assessment and Remediation Plan |
Technical Handover and Final Reporting | Handover of all assessment outputs, including detailed technical findings, evidence of vulnerabilities, remediation recommendations, and practical guidance for the Commission’s ICT teams. Ensures the MISD can act on findings, monitor progress, and sustain improvements in ICT security posture. | Within 15 business days after approval of the Final Security Assessment and Remediation Plan |
The African Union Commission (AUC) will provide the following support to facilitate the consultancy:
Report / Deliverable | Format | Number of Copies | Recipients |
Inception Report | Word / PDF | 2 Hard Copies + 1 Electronic | Senior Leadership, |
Interim Progress Reports | Word / PDF | 1 Electronic | MIS Director, |
Penetration Testing and Risk Assessment Report | Word / PDF | 1 Electronic for each report | MIS Director, Cybersecurity Team, IT Governance Team |
Threat Landscape and Technical Evaluation Report | Word / PDF | 1 Electronic | MIS Director, Cybersecurity Team, IT Governance Team |
Draft Security Assessment and Remediation Plan | Word / PDF | 1 Electronic | MIS Director, |
Final Security Assessment and Remediation Plan | Word / PDF | 3 Hard Copies + 1 Electronic | Senior Leadership, |
Presentation of Findings | PowerPoint / PDF | 1 Electronic | Senior Leadership, |
Knowledge Transfer and Handover Report | Word / PDF | 1 Electronic | MIS Director, |
The successful consultancy firm must demonstrate a strong focus on cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and organizational value delivery, particularly within intergovernmental or large-scale institutional contexts.
Firm Requirements:
Consultancy Team Experience
S. No | Key Position | Area of Specific Expertise Required | Minimum Qualification and Professional Expérience | Indicative Key Staff Input (Person-Months) |
1 | Team Lead / Cybersecurity Assessment Expert | Overall leadership of security assessment, governance, quality assurance, and coordination of penetration testing activities | 10+ years in cybersecurity, including at least 4 years leading penetration testing or security assessment engagements in complex environments | 5 months |
2 | Lead Penetration Tester / Red Team Specialist | Advanced penetration testing, ethical hacking, exploitation techniques, attack simulation (external and internal) | 7+ years in cybersecurity with at least 5 years of hands-on penetration testing experience across networks, systems, and applications | 4–5 months (intensive during testing phases) |
3 | Cybersecurity Architect / Infrastructure Security Expert | Review of network, server, cloud, and application security architecture; evaluation of technical controls and attack surfaces | 7+ years in cybersecurity with strong experience in infrastructure security assessment and secure architecture design | 5 months |
4 | Vulnerability Management and Risk Analyst | Vulnerability identification, classification, risk scoring, exploitation impact analysis, and remediation prioritization | 5+ years in vulnerability management, security assessment, or cyber risk analysis in enterprise environments | 5 months |
5 | Project Manager / Engagement Coordinator | Project planning, coordination, stakeholder engagement, reporting, and delivery tracking | 5+ years in project management, preferably in cybersecurity or IT security assessment engagements | 5 months |
6 | Change Management / Knowledge Transfer Expert | Development of technical reports, remediation guidance, and knowledge transfer to ICT teams | 5+ years in cybersecurity reporting, documentation, or technical advisory with experience in translating findings into actionable remediation plans | 2–3 months |
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People's Republic of China
World Bank Loan
Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project
Loan No.: 9213-CN
Procurement of 2026 Brand Promotion Booth Design and Construction Services
(Non-Consulting Services)
(Contract No.: GDNC-002)
Request for Quotation (RFQ) Document
Bidding Number0733-26082787
June 2026
Chapter 1: Letter of Request for Quotation
Date: June 17, 2026
Bidding Number0733-26082787
1. The Government of the People's Republic of China has received a loan from the World Bank to finance the Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project, and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under this Request for Quotation contract.
2. China CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd., entrusted by the Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Center (Guangdong Green Food Development Center), hereby issues this Letter of Request for Quotation for the procurement of 2026 Brand Promotion Exhibition Design and Construction Services (Contract No.: GDNC-002) to potential suppliers. All suppliers are requested to submit their quotations in accordance with the requirements of this Request for Quotation document (please refer to Chapter 5 for the format templates of the Letter of Quotation and Quotation Form).
3. This procurement shall be conducted through the Request for Quotation method in accordance with the World Bank Procurement Guidelines, the Loan Agreement, and the Project Agreement. This Request for Quotation document is drafted with reference to the World Bank Standard Bidding Documents for Goods Procurement.
4. Supplier Qualification Requirements
Suppliers must meet the following stipulations and provide relevant supporting documents as specified. Failure to provide the required supporting documents may result in the rejection of the quotation document.
4.1 Entity Qualification: The supplier must possess the capacity to independently assume civil liability and hold a valid and qualified business license, tax registration certificate, and organization code certificate (a unified business license shall be provided if the "Three-in-One" certificate system applies). The supplier shall provide: Photocopies of the business license, tax registration certificate, and organization code certificate (or a photocopy of the unified business license if the "Three-in-One" system applies), affixed with the supplier's official seal.
4.2 Taxation and Social Security: The supplier must have a good record of paying taxes and social security funds in accordance with the law. The supplier shall provide: Photocopies of the supporting documents proving the payment of taxes and social insurance for any one month within the 6 months prior to the deadline for submission of the quotation document for this project, affixed with the supplier's official seal.
4.3 Credit Record: The supplier must not be listed on the "Credit China" website (http://www.creditchina.gov.cn) as a dishonest person subject to enforcement or as a major tax violation dishonest entity. The supplier shall provide: Screenshots of the query results for the aforementioned records from the website, affixed with the supplier's official seal.
4.4 Financial Status: The supplier must possess good commercial credit and a sound financial accounting system. The supplier shall provide: A photocopy of the audited financial report for the year 2025 (which must include at least the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement).
4.5 Lawful Operation: Within the three years prior to participating in this Request for Quotation (calculated backward from the deadline for submission of the quotation document), the supplier must have no record of major legal violations in its business operations, such as criminal penalties, orders to suspend operations for rectification, revocation of licenses or permits, or imposition of substantial fines due to illegal business practices. The criteria for determining "substantial fines" shall be governed by the regulations of the provincial government in the supplier's administrative region, or by the standards set by the relevant competent administrative department of the State Council that imposes the penalty. The supplier shall provide: A "Qualification Commitment Letter" to make this commitment, in a self-drafted format.
4.6 Performance Requirements: From January 1, 2021, up to the deadline for submission of the quotation document, the supplier must have successfully implemented at least one similar service contract (both the signing and acceptance of the contract must occur between January 1, 2021, and the deadline for submission of the quotation document). The similar service contract must simultaneously meet the following requirements:
a. The exhibition area is no less than 100 square meters.
b. The contract amount is no less than RMB 760,000. If a single contract fails to meet this requirement, the supplier may provide two contracts, with each contract amount being no less than RMB 380,000.
The supplier shall provide: Key pages of the contract (including at least the cover page, service content/list, exhibition area, contract amount, signatures/seals, and date of signing) and the acceptance certificate. All the aforementioned materials must be affixed with the supplier's official seal. Original documents shall be kept available for verification.
4.7 Project Team Composition and Personnel Requirements
Staff / Working Group | Personnel Requirements |
Project Manager | 1.Possesses a bachelor's degree or above, or relevant certificates in exhibition management; 2.Is a formal, on-the-job employee of the supplier and has signed a labor contract with the supplier; 3.Possesses at least 5 years of exhibition work experience; 4.Performance experience: Has served as a project manager, deputy project manager, or project head in more than one similar service contract within the past 5 years (from January 1, 2021, to the deadline for submission of the quotation document). The similar service contract must simultaneously meet the following requirements:
Required documents to be provided: |
Publicity Campaign Management | 1.Possesses a bachelor's degree or above in a relevant major, or relevant certificates in exhibition management; 2.Possesses at least 5 years of work experience in publicity campaigns as of the deadline for submission of the quotation document.
Required documents to be provided: |
Graphic Designer | Each person must meet the following requirements: 1.Possesses a bachelor's degree or above in a design-related major, or holds a certificate as a graphic designer or exhibition designer; 2.Possesses more than 5 years of graphic design experience for exhibitions as of the deadline for submission of the quotation document.
Required documents to be provided: |
Safety Engineer | Holds a Safety Engineer Certificate, or possesses at least 5 years of exhibition work experience as of the deadline for submission of the quotation document.
Required document to be provided: |
Exhibition Booth Construction Management | Each person must meet the following requirement:
Required document to be provided: |
Creative Publicity | Each person must meet the following requirements: 1.Possesses a bachelor's degree or above; Possesses at least 5 years of creative publicity experience as of the deadline for submission of the quotation document.
Required documents to be provided: |
Photographer and Videographer | Each person must meet the following requirement:
Required documents to be provided: |
5. Quotation Requirements
5.1 Quotation Currency: All prices shall be quoted in Renminbi (RMB/Yuan). The quoted price shall be the final price inclusive of all taxes, transportation, insurance, installation and debugging, and all other expenses required for the completion of the contract implementation.
5.2 Validity of Quotation: The quotation shall remain valid for a period of 90 calendar days from the deadline for submission of the quotation document.
5.3 Submission of Quotation Documents
5.3.1 Deadline for Submission: 9:30 AM on July 9, 2026.
5.3.2 Submission Address: Room 2, Bid Opening Room, 6th Floor, Guangren Building, No. 1 Guangren Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province.
Please note: The supplier must ensure that the complete set of sealed quotation documents (hard copies) is delivered to the designated location before the deadline for submission. Late submissions will not be accepted.
5.4 Signing and Composition of Quotation Documents
The quotation documents must include the "Quotation List" and "Quotation Letter," both of which must be signed by the legal representative or their authorized representative and affixed with the supplier's official seal, as well as all other documents required to be submitted as specified in "Chapter 1: Request for Quotation Letter."
The "Quotation List" must strictly follow the format specified in "Chapter 2: Quotation List." Any discrepancies in the serial numbers, service content, quantity, unit, or remarks may result in the rejection of the quotation document.
The "Quotation Letter" must strictly follow the format of "1. Quotation Letter" in "Chapter 5: Format Examples." Any discrepancies may result in the rejection of the quotation document.
5.5 Number of Copies of Quotation Documents
Number of copies: One (1) original and four (4) copies, clearly marked as "Original" or "Copy". In the event of any discrepancy between the original and the copies, the original shall prevail. Meanwhile, a clear, complete, and sealed scanned copy of the original quotation document (in both PDF and Word formats) must be saved on a separate USB flash drive and submitted sealed together with the hard copies.
All documents shall be uniformly packed in a single outer package, and the seal of the outer package must be affixed with the supplier's official seal.
6. Joint Bidding is permitted for this project.
If bidding as a joint venture:
(1) All members of the joint venture shall jointly and severally assume the contractual obligations stipulated in the contract terms;
(2) The joint venture shall designate one member as the lead party and authorize it to handle related matters on behalf of any or all members during this quotation period. If the joint venture is awarded the contract, the lead party shall also handle related matters on behalf of any or all members during the contract performance period;
(3) A Joint Venture Agreement must be provided in the quotation documents (the format is self-drafted, signed by the legal representatives of all joint venture members, and affixed with their official seals. The content shall include, but not be limited to: the designation of the lead party, the specific scope of work and implementation content of each member in the project, joint and several liability, and the entry into force and validity period of the agreement).
7. Firms and individuals that have been sanctioned by the World Bank shall not participate in the quotation and shall not be awarded any contract financed by the World Bank. The list of sanctioned firms and individuals can be found on the website http://www.worldbank.org/debarr.
8. Evaluation Method:
8.1 The same procedures and criteria shall be applied to the evaluation of all quotation documents.
8.2 The evaluation process shall be conducted strictly in accordance with the requirements and conditions of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document. The contract shall be awarded to the supplier whose quotation is substantially responsive to this RFQ document and has the lowest evaluated price.
9. Eligibility and Conflict of Interest
Potential suppliers shall note the provisions on eligibility and conflict of interest stipulated in the "World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" (November 2020 Edition). All suppliers with a conflict of interest shall be deemed ineligible, and their quotation documents will be rejected. Suppliers must proactively disclose whether they have any affiliation with the following entities. If such affiliation exists, a statement of affiliation must be provided (format is self-drafted, and the content shall include, but not be limited to, the shareholder structure and shareholding ratio); if no such affiliation exists, a letter of commitment must be provided (format is self-drafted):
10. Obtaining the Request for Quotation (RFQ) Documents
Suppliers intending to participate in this project may obtain the documents by contacting the procurement agency via email from June 17, 2026, to July 8, 2026 (Beijing Time, the same below), during the hours of 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM daily (excluding statutory holidays). Suppliers must specify the company name, contact person, contact phone number, and the name of this project in the email.
11. Publication of the Notice
The Request for Quotation Notice for this project will be published simultaneously on the following designated media: the World Bank Section of the China Bidding Public Service Platform, and the China Bidding & Procurement Network.
Buyer: Guangdong Provincial Center for Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products (Guangdong Provincial Green Food Development Center)
Address: No. 135 Xianlie East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Tel: 020-87590235
Fax: /
Contact Person: Ms. Wu
Procurement Agent: CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd.
Address: Room 1811, 18th Floor, Building 59, Middle 3rd Ring Road East, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: 010-87945198-503/504
Fax: /
Contact Persons: Ms. Guo, Mr. Zhang
Email: guoying@ck.citic.com; zhangfan@ck.citic.com
Chapter 2: Quotation List
Serial No. | Service Content | Quantity | Unit | Quotation (10,000 RMB) | Note |
The 1st Event: National Matchmaking Event for Renowned, Special, Superior, and New Agricultural Products. Location: Qingdao | |||||
1.1 | Booth Rental (Approx. RMB 680/sqm, exhibition area no less than 160 sqm) | 1 | Lot |
| All designs must be approved by the purchaser before implementation; Booth construction shall commence as required by the Organizing Committee and must be completed, including all exhibition setup, before 3:00 PM on the day prior to the opening; No less than five (5) personnel shall be stationed on-site during the exhibition for emergency response; Relevant promotional and photography/videography services shall be completed during the exhibition and within one day after the exhibition concludes. |
1.2 | Special Booth Design Service Requirements: | 1 | Lot |
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1.3 | The exhibition area requires comprehensive custom booth construction and layout. The number and dimensions of the booths, as well as water and electricity supplies, must meet the specified requirements. The construction standard shall be no less than RMB 900 per square meter. | 1 | Lot |
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1.4 | The exhibiting enterprises' booths shall comprise 24 independent booths and 1 public exhibition area. The total number of product categories on display shall be no less than 50 green and premium agricultural products. The supplier shall bear all costs incurred from the aforementioned logistics, warehousing, and custody services. | 1 | Lot |
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1.5 | A high-profile exclusive promotional event for green and premium agricultural product brands must be planned and executed at the exhibition site, to comprehensively showcase the brand image of Guangdong agricultural products and facilitate matchmaking between production and sales. It is required that no less than five (5) enterprises conduct on-site promotions, and no less than ten (10) product categories be featured in the centralized promotion. For each promoted category, at least 50 standard samples or tasting portions, along with carrier bags, must be prepared for on-site display and guest tasting. The supplier shall be responsible for: drafting the event proposal, preparing meeting materials, arranging the agenda, preparing promotional materials, leasing the venue, organizing participating enterprises and products, on-site setup, and conference execution. Furthermore, the supplier must ensure thorough pre-event preparation and provide comprehensive on-site execution support. | 1 | Lot |
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1.6 | One hundred (100) portions or tasting samples must be prepared for each of the ten (10) categories of Guangdong specialty products, for public tasting during the exhibition.
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1.7 | A dedicated promotional feature/campaign must be established on provincial-level or higher media platforms, incorporating graphic and text promotions, short videos, and live streaming. | 1 | Lot |
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1.8 | The cooperating media must be mainstream media at or above the provincial level, or their official new media platforms (e.g., authoritative newspapers, television stations, news websites, etc.). During the contract period, at least three (3) original promotional articles must be published. The content of the articles must be reviewed and approved by the purchaser. The articles must be published on at least three (3) different types of media platforms (e.g., The Paper, provincial-level television stations, Nanfang+, Xinhua Net, etc.). | 3 | Articles |
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1.9 | Live Video Streaming: One (1) live broadcast session must be conducted during the exhibition, with a duration of no less than 1.5 hours. The real-time concurrent online viewership must reach no less than 100,000. | 1 | Event |
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1.10 | Short Video Production: Five (5) short videos, each approximately 60 seconds in length, must be produced during the event. They must be published on media platforms at or above the provincial level, and the publishing accounts must have a follower base of no less than 1,000,000. | 5 | Units |
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1.11 | Live Photo Streaming: Real-time photo streaming must be provided throughout the exhibition and the event. For outdoor activities, aerial photography (drone shots) must be included. After the event, no less than 200 high-definition (HD) photos must be provided. | 1 | Lot |
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1.12 | Poster: Design promotional poster(s). | 2 | Lot |
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The 2nd China Green Food Expo, Venue: Beijing | |||||
1.1 | Booth Rental: Approx. ¥750/sqm, Min. 150 sqm) | 1 | Lot |
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1.Booth construction shall commence in accordance with the requirements of the Organizing Committee. All construction and setup must be completed by 3:00 PM on the day prior to the opening. 2.During the exhibition, no less than five (5) personnel must be stationed on-site for emergency response. 3.Relevant promotional reports and coverage must be completed during the exhibition and within one day after its conclusion. |
1.2 | Custom Booth Design Service Requirements: Full-color 3D renderings of the overall booth; A complete set of construction drawings, indicating key dimensions, as well as the names, specifications, and technical requirements of the materials used; Graphic design drafts for promotional backdrops, exhibition walls, posters, signage, and product introduction cards. | 1 | Lot |
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1.3 | The exhibition area must be constructed and arranged as an integrated custom booth. The number and dimensions of the booths, as well as water and electricity supply, must meet the specified requirements. The standard must be no less than RMB 900 per square meter. | 1 | Lot |
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1.4 | The total number of participating enterprises must be no less than 30, and the total number of green and high-quality agricultural product categories must be no less than 50. The contractor shall bear all costs arising from the aforementioned logistics, warehousing, and storage services. | 1 | Lot |
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1.5 | During the exhibition, a high-profile promotional campaign for green and high-quality agricultural product brands must be planned and executed. The campaign must ensure that no less than five (5) enterprises are invited to conduct on-site promotions, and no less than ten (10) product categories are showcased. For each promoted category, at least 50 standard samples or tasting portions, along with carrier bags, must be prepared for on-site display and guest tasting. The contractor shall be responsible for the following tasks: proposal writing, preparation of conference materials, scheduling, preparation of promotional materials, venue rental, organization of participating enterprises and products, on-site setup, and event execution. Comprehensive pre-event preparation and on-site execution support must be fully ensured. | 1 | Lot |
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1.6 | 100 portions or tasting samples of each of the 10 Guangdong specialty product categories must be prepared for public tasting during the exhibition. | 1 | Lot |
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1.7 | A dedicated promotional feature must be established on provincial-level or higher media platforms, incorporating promotional articles, short videos, and live streaming into the feature. | 1 | Lot |
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1.8 | Partner media must be mainstream media outlets at or above the provincial level, or their official new media platforms (e.g., authoritative newspapers, television stations, news websites, etc.). During the contract term, at least three (3) original promotional articles must be published. The content of the articles is subject to review and approval by the purchaser. The articles must be published on at least three (3) different types of media platforms (e.g., The Paper, provincial television stations, Nanfang+, Xinhuanet, etc.). | 3 | Articles |
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1.9 | Live Video Streaming: At least one (1) live streaming session must be conducted, with a duration of no less than 1.5 hours. The real-time concurrent online viewership must reach at least 100,000. | 1 | Event |
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1.10 | Short Video Shooting and Production: Five (5) short videos, each approximately 60 seconds in length, must be completed during the event. These videos must be published on media platforms at or above the provincial level, and the publishing accounts must have a follower base of no less than one million (1,000,000). | 5 | Units |
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1.11 | Photo Live Streaming: Real-time photo live streaming must be provided for the entire exhibition and all activities. Outdoor activities must include aerial drone photography. After the event, no less than 200 high-definition (HD) photos must be delivered. | 1 | Lot |
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1.12 | Poster: Design promotional poster(s). | 2 | Lot |
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Chapter III Technical Requirements
I. Scope of Services and Term
1. Scope of Services: The supplier shall be responsible for organizing enterprises producing green and high-quality agricultural products in Guangdong Province to participate in two national-level exhibitions: the "2026 National Famous, Special, High-Quality and New Agricultural Products Production and Sales Matchmaking Event" (September 2026) and the "2026 China Green Food Expo" (October 2026). Through professional booth planning, design, construction, product marketing, and promotional activities, the supplier shall centrally showcase and promote Guangdong's green and high-quality agricultural products, effectively enhancing their brand awareness and market influence.
2.Term of Services: The term of services for this project is approximately six (6) months, commencing from the effective date of the procurement contract and concluding upon the completion of all services for both exhibitions, final acceptance, and settlement. The supplier must ensure that the corresponding tasks are completed before all critical milestones.
II. Service Content and Requirements
The supplier shall provide comprehensive, end-to-end integrated services for this project, covering planning, design, approval, construction, on-site maintenance, dismantling, and product promotional activities. The specific service content includes, but is not limited to:
(I) First Event: 2026 National Famous, Special, High-Quality and New Agricultural Products Production and Sales Matchmaking Event
1. General Requirements: The supplier shall organize enterprises to participate in the exhibition and be responsible for the overall custom design, construction, and product promotion of the exhibition area, which must cover a total area of no less than 160 square meters (the final area shall be subject to the official demarcation by the Organizing Committee). The relevant budget shall include:
Exhibition Area Rental Fee: Estimated and paid according to the Organizing Committee's standards (approximately RMB 680 per square meter).
Custom Booth Construction Fee: The construction standard must be no less than RMB 900 per square meter. The final amount shall be subject to the plan and quotation approved by the purchaser.
Product Promotion and Media Publicity Fee: Costs covering venue rental, procurement of agricultural products for tasting and audience interaction, and media publicity.
2.Specific Requirements for Booth Design
Layout Planning: The exhibition area consists of two adjacent plots (please refer to the attached drawing for the specific layout), measuring 15 meters (L) × 6 meters (W) and 13 meters (L) × 6 meters (W), respectively. The design proposal must treat the two areas as a single integrated whole, ensuring an organic connection in both visual aesthetics and traffic flow, fully reflecting unity, professionalism, and high-end quality.
Design Theme: The design style must deeply integrate the cultural characteristics of Lingnan with the modern agricultural traits of being green, high-quality, and safe, creating a distinct and positive brand image.
Functionality and Fairness: Ensure that all participating enterprises' booths have equal display exposure and foot traffic attraction. The design must meet core needs, including product display, promotional material presentation, business negotiations, and sample storage (a concealed storage space must be designed within each standard booth).
Craftsmanship and Materials: The main title (booth name) must use illuminated lettering to ensure high visibility. The main structure may use metal or wood, but it must be sturdy, safe, and environmentally friendly. All materials used must comply with national standards and regulations regarding energy conservation, environmental protection, and low carbon emissions. Recyclable or reusable materials should be prioritized.
Design Deliverables: The supplier must submit a complete design proposal, including but not limited to: overall and detailed renderings (showing different angles and details); a full set of construction drawings (including floor plans, elevations, cross-sections, electrical layouts, and point maps); renderings, detailed dimensions, and material specifications for each individual booth; and layout drafts for all promotional display boards.
All design proposals must be implemented only after receiving the written approval of the purchaser.
Attached: On-site Booth Layout (within the red box):
3.Booth Planning and Supporting Facility Requirements
3.1Booth Planning
The exhibition area must be planned to include no less than 24 booths, 1 public exhibition zone, and 1 tasting zone. The booths must adopt an integrated design consisting of a "front display counter (for product display and demonstration), rear storage cabinet + display board (for storage and supplementary display), and 2 seats in the middle."
Front Display Counter Dimensions: Length, width, and height must be no less than 1.4m, 0.5m, and 0.8m, respectively, and must include a hollow storage space with a height of no less than 0.2m.
Rear Storage Cabinet Dimensions: Length, width, and height should be approximately 1.4m, 0.3m, and 1m, respectively. The cabinet must have at least three (3) tiers and be equipped with a lock.
Display Board: The area from 1m to 2m in height shall serve as a display board, providing sufficient space for text and images to promote enterprises and products.
The specific dimensions and layout plans for the display counters and storage cabinets must fully consider pedestrian traffic flow, line-of-sight transparency, and enterprise display needs during the design phase. Final optimization and adjustments shall be made based on actual on-site conditions during the setup phase to maximize space utilization and display effects.
The public exhibition zone and tasting zone must be set up reasonably. The public exhibition zone must be able to display approximately 40-50 individually packaged agricultural products. The tasting zone must be equipped with at least 1 round table and 6 chairs.
3.2 Supporting Facilities
The booth design must fully consider the specific display needs of the agricultural products industry. It must reasonably plan and guarantee functional areas such as the product tasting zone, refrigerator/freezer storage space, centralized storage space, and the placement area for rented display cabinets.
The exhibition area must be equipped with no less than 4 complete tea tables (including matching chairs) for tea art demonstrations and client reception. The tabletop of each single tea table must measure no less than 1.4m (L) × 0.6m (W), and its material and style must coordinate with the overall booth design.
3.3 Water, Electricity, and On-site Support
Power Supply: The supplier must apply to the exhibition organizer and ensure that the total power load for the booth is no less than 30 kilowatts (kW) to meet the power requirements for all equipment, including lighting, grills, and refrigerators. The relevant electricity costs must be included in the total quoted price and shall not be charged separately to the participating enterprises.
Water Service: The supplier must uniformly provide bottled water for drinking purposes to all participating enterprises during the exhibition. The brand must meet the purchaser's requirements (typically C'estbon or Nongfu Spring).
3.4 On-site Support
During the exhibition, the supplier must arrange for qualified full-time electricians and on-site coordinators to be stationed at the venue. They will be responsible for electrical safety inspections, emergency equipment repairs, handling of unexpected situations, and daily coordination with the venue management, ensuring booth safety and the normal operation of all equipment throughout the exhibition.
4. Enterprise Organization and Exhibition Services
Enterprise Organization Target: The supplier shall assist the purchaser in organizing no less than 30 enterprises representing Guangdong's green and high-quality agricultural products to participate in the exhibition, with a total of no less than 50 product categories. The exhibition period shall cover the full three (3) days.
End-to-End Exhibition Services: The supplier must provide all participating enterprises with one-stop, high-standard, full-process services, including but not limited to:
Preliminary Coordination and Preparation: Responsible for information collection, document organization, and designing and producing unified exhibition display layouts for the enterprises.
Logistics and Warehousing: Responsible for the long-distance transportation of all exhibits from the designated consolidation point to the booth site, as well as in-venue handling and placement. The supplier must ensure the safe custody of exhibits during the exhibition and assume corresponding insurance liabilities. After the exhibition, the supplier must safely return the exhibits to the designated location of the original providing units.
On-site Coordination and Management: Set up an on-site service desk to assist enterprises with procedures such as venue entry/exit, badge application, and equipment debugging, and handle various on-site inquiries and emergencies.
5. Supporting Activity Planning and Execution
The supplier shall plan and execute a high-quality product promotion event, serving as the core component for brand promotion and production-sales matchmaking during the exhibition.
Event Overview: Plan and execute a precise and efficient product promotion and production-sales matchmaking meeting to deeply promote Guangdong's green and high-quality agricultural products.
Service Content: Provide end-to-end services, including but not limited to: comprehensive event planning and proposal writing, venue rental and on-site setup, conference process management and execution, conference material design and production, preparation of promotional materials, invitation and reception of attendees, organization of participating enterprises and products, on-site atmosphere creation, and process control.
Specific Requirements:
Proposal Approval: The specific event theme, process, and detailed proposal must be submitted to the purchaser for review and can only be executed upon approval.
Scale and Organization: Ensure that no less than 5 representative enterprises take the stage for on-site promotion, with a centralized display and promotion of no less than 10 product categories. For each promoted category, at least 50 standard samples or tasting packages, along with handbags, must be prepared.
Attendees: Successfully invite and organize a total of no less than 50 professional visitors, purchasers, media representatives, etc.
Execution Guarantee: Arrange an experienced full-time event execution team (no less than 4 personnel) to be responsible for full-process support.
Deliverables: After the event, an "Event Summary Report" must be submitted, along with event photo and text materials, media reports, and live streaming records.
6. Media Publicity and Video Production Services
The supplier shall formulate and execute an integrated brand communication plan. Through diversified media formats and high-quality visual content, the supplier must comprehensively enhance the breadth and depth of the publicity for this exhibition.
6.1 Integrated Thematic Publicity
Publicity and Reporting: During the contract period, the supplier must plan and publish no less than three (3) high-quality original promotional articles. The content of these articles must be reviewed by the purchaser and published on at least three (3) different mainstream news media platforms at or above the provincial level (such as authoritative news websites, mobile clients, newspapers, etc.).
Thematic Planning: On a media platform at or above the provincial level, the supplier must plan and launch an aggregated online promotional feature page. This feature page must be well-designed and integrate the exhibition's news articles, interviews, live streaming portals, and short video collections, forming a centralized publicity hub.
6.2 Video Live Streaming Services
Streaming Sessions and Content: During the key periods of the exhibition, the supplier must plan and execute no less than one (1) high-quality video live streaming session, with a duration of no less than 90 minutes. The live streaming content must include, at a minimum, on-site interviews with key participating enterprises, in-depth explanations and demonstrations of exhibited products, and real-time coverage of important event segments.
Communication Effectiveness: The peak real-time concurrent online viewership for a single live streaming session across all platforms must reach no less than 100,000. The cumulative view count shall serve as an important reference indicator for effectiveness. The supplier must conduct multi-channel pre-heating and traffic generation before and after the live streaming to ensure optimal results.
6.3 Short Video Production & Distribution
Content Creation: During the event, plan, shoot, and produce no less than 5 creative short videos. The content should focus on event highlights, product stories, and brand culture. Each video should be around 60 seconds long and optimized for mobile distribution.
Publishing & Distribution: The short videos must be published on at least 2 provincial-level or higher mainstream media outlets, or their official new media platforms (e.g., Douyin, WeChat Channels, Weibo, etc.). The media agency or the publishing account must have a total follower base of no less than 1 million on the respective platform to ensure adequate baseline reach.
6.4 Live Photo Streaming & Visual Assets
Live Photo Streaming: Provide live photo streaming services during the exhibition and key event periods. Professional photographers will be arranged for full coverage, capturing real-time shots of booth displays, promotional meetings, etc., and uploading them instantly to a cloud album for sharing.
Asset Delivery: After the event, deliver a complete set of event visual assets to the purchaser. This includes: at least 200 high-definition event photos that are curated and post-processed, plus download access to all original HD photos in the live streaming cloud album.
6.5 Graphic Design
Based on the event theme, design no less than 2 main visual (KV) promotional posters. Versions suitable for both online and offline scenarios (e.g., print, screen display, social media) must be provided.
(I) The Second Expo
1.Exhibition Organization:
The exhibition space shall be no less than 150 square meters (subject to the booth area determined by the Organizing Committee), featuring a custom-built (special decoration) setup. The costs shall include the exhibition zone rental (approximately RMB 750/sqm) and the custom setup, which must meet a minimum standard of RMB 900/sqm. Specific requirements are as follows:
Layout Planning: The exhibition zone shall be approximately 15 meters long and 10 meters wide (subject to final confirmation). The design style must deeply integrate the characteristics of Lingnan culture with the green, premium, and safe attributes of modern agriculture, creating a distinct and positive brand image.
Functionality & Fairness: Ensure that all participating enterprises receive equal display exposure and foot traffic attraction. The design must meet core needs, including product display, promotional material presentation, business negotiations, and sample storage (concealed storage space must be designed within each standard booth).
Craftsmanship & Materials: The main title (booth name) must use illuminated lettering to ensure high visibility. The main structure may be constructed of metal or wood, but it must be sturdy, safe, and environmentally friendly. All production materials must comply with national standards and regulations regarding energy conservation, environmental protection, and low carbon emissions. Preference shall be given to recyclable or reusable materials.
Delivery of Design Deliverables: The supplier must submit a complete design proposal, including but not limited to: overall and partial renderings (reflecting various angles and details); a full set of construction drawings (including floor plans, elevations, cross-sections, electrical circuit diagrams, and point maps); renderings, detailed dimensions, and material specifications for each individual booth; and layout drafts for all promotional display boards.
All design proposals must receive the written approval of the purchaser before implementation.
2.Booth Planning & Supporting Facilities Requirements
2.1Booth PlanningThe exhibition zone must be planned to include no less than 20 individual booths, 1 public exhibition area, and 1 tasting area. Each booth shall feature an integrated design consisting of a front display counter (for product display and demonstration), a rear storage cabinet with display boards (for storage and supplementary display), and 2 seats in the middle.
Front Display Counter Dimensions: Length, width, and height must be no less than 1.4m, 0.5m, and 0.8m respectively, and it must include a hollow storage space with a height of no less than 0.2m.
Rear Storage Cabinet Dimensions: Length, width, and height should be approximately 1.4m, 0.3m, and 1m respectively. The cabinet must have at least 3 tiers and be equipped with a lock.
Display Boards: The area from 1m to 2m in height shall serve as display boards, providing adequate space for text and images to promote the enterprises and their products.
The specific dimensions and layout plan for the display counters and cabinets must fully consider pedestrian traffic flow, clear lines of sight, and corporate display needs during the design phase. During the setup phase, final optimizations and adjustments shall be made based on actual on-site conditions to maximize space utilization and display effectiveness.
The public exhibition area and tasting area must be set up reasonably. The public exhibition area is required to accommodate the display of approximately 40 to 50 individually packaged agricultural products. The tasting area shall be equipped with 2 round tables and 8 chairs.
2.2 Supporting FacilitiesThe booth design must fully consider the specific display requirements of the agricultural products industry. It should reasonably plan and allocate functional zones, including a product tasting area, refrigerator/freezer storage space, centralized storage area, and a designated area for rented display cabinets. Additionally, no less than 4 complete tea table sets (including matching chairs) must be provided in the exhibition zone for tea art demonstrations and client reception. The tabletop dimensions for each set must be no less than 1.4m (L) × 0.6m (W), and the material and style should harmonize with the overall booth design.
2.3 Utilities & On-site Support
Power Supply: The supplier must apply to the exhibition organizer to ensure the total power supply for the booth is no less than 30 kW, meeting the electricity needs of all equipment, including lighting, grills, and refrigerators. The relevant electricity fees must be included in the total quoted price and shall not be charged separately to the exhibiting enterprises.
Water Service: Bottled drinking water must be uniformly provided to all participating enterprises during the exhibition. The brand must meet the purchaser's requirements (typically C'estbon or Nongfu Spring).
2.4 On-site SupportDuring the exhibition, the supplier must station qualified full-time electricians and on-site coordinators. They will be responsible for electrical safety inspections, emergency equipment repairs, handling unexpected incidents, and daily coordination with the venue management, ensuring booth safety and the normal operation of all equipment throughout the event.
3.Enterprise Organization & Exhibition Services
Enterprise Organization Goals: Assist the purchaser in organizing no less than 30 enterprises representing green and premium agricultural products from Guangdong Province to participate in the exhibition. The total number of product categories exhibited must be no less than 50. The exhibition period shall cover a full 3 days.
End-to-End Exhibition Services: The supplier must provide one-stop, high-standard, comprehensive services for all participating enterprises, including but not limited to:
Preliminary Communication & Preparation: Responsible for information collection, data organization, and designing and producing unified exhibition display boards for the enterprises.
Logistics & Warehousing: Responsible for the long-distance transportation of all exhibits from the designated consolidation point to the booth site, as well as in-hall handling and placement. Responsible for the safe custody of the exhibits during the exhibition and bear the corresponding insurance liability. After the exhibition, responsible for safely returning the exhibits to the designated location of the original providing units.
On-site Coordination & Management: Set up an on-site service desk to assist enterprises with procedures such as booth setup and dismantling, badge application, and equipment debugging, and to handle various on-site inquiries and emergencies.
4.Media Promotion & Visual Production Services
The supplier shall formulate and execute an integrated brand communication strategy, utilizing diversified media formats and high-quality visual content to comprehensively enhance the breadth and depth of the promotional reach for this exhibition.
4.1 Integrated Thematic Promotion
Publicity & Reporting: During the contract period, plan and publish no less than 3 high-quality original publicity articles. The content of these articles must be reviewed and approved by the purchaser and published on at least 3 different provincial-level or higher mainstream news media platforms (such as authoritative news websites, mobile apps, newspapers, etc.).
Thematic Planning: On 1 core provincial-level or higher media platform designated by the purchaser, plan and launch an aggregated online promotional feature page. This feature page must be well-designed and capable of integrating and displaying various content, including news articles with text and images, exclusive interviews, live stream entrances, and short video compilations, thereby creating a centralized promotional hub.
4.2 Video Live Streaming Services
Streaming Sessions & Content: During the key event periods of the exhibition, plan and execute no less than 1 high-quality video live stream. Each session must last for a minimum of 90 minutes. The streaming content must include, at the very least, on-site interviews with key participating enterprises, in-depth explanations and demonstrations of exhibited products, and real-time coverage of important event segments.
Communication Effectiveness: The peak concurrent viewership (PCU) across all platforms for a single live stream must be no less than 100,000. The cumulative view count will serve as a key reference metric for effectiveness. The supplier must conduct multi-channel pre-event promotions and traffic generation before and after the live stream to ensure optimal streaming results.
4.3 Short Video Production & Distribution
Content Creation: During the event, plan, shoot, and produce no less than 5 creative short videos. The content should focus on event highlights, product stories, and brand culture. Each video should be approximately 60 seconds long and optimized for mobile distribution.
Publishing & Distribution: The short videos must be published on at least 2 provincial-level or higher mainstream media outlets or their official new media platforms (e.g., Douyin, WeChat Channels, Weibo, etc.). The media agency or the publishing account must have a total follower base of no less than 1 million on the respective platform to ensure adequate baseline reach.
4.4 Live Photo Streaming & Visual Assets
Live Photo Streaming: Provide live photo streaming services during the exhibition and key event periods. Professional photographers will be arranged for full coverage, capturing real-time shots of booth displays, promotional meetings, etc., and uploading them instantly to a cloud album for sharing.
Asset Delivery: After the event, deliver a complete set of event visual assets to the purchaser. This includes: at least 200 high-definition event photos that are curated and post-processed, plus download access to all original HD photos in the live streaming cloud album.
4.5 Graphic Design
Based on the event theme, design no less than 2 main visual (KV) promotional posters. Versions suitable for both online and offline scenarios (e.g., print, screen display, social media) must be provided.
(III) Collection and Organization of Publicity Outcomes, Summary Report, and Assistance with Project Acceptance
1.Responsible for organizing materials and establishing a complete archive of the publicity campaign outputs, summary reports, and relevant supporting documents. This includes the collection of publicity outcomes from various platforms and the statistical analysis of data such as readership/views.
2.Organize offline events and draft activity summaries and publicity outcome reports to evaluate the effectiveness of the publicity campaign in enhancing the brand awareness, reputation, and transaction volume of agricultural products in the demonstration cities.
(IV) Other Requirements
1.Responsible for the construction of the exhibition booth at the location designated by the purchaser.
2.During the service period, the supplier must ensure the quality and safety of the booth and the materials used for its construction throughout the exhibition, and clear all solid waste generated during the setup process.
3.During the booth setup and exhibition periods, the supplier must dynamically adjust the booths and display content according to the purchaser's requirements.
4.After the exhibition, the supplier shall be responsible for dismantling the booth and properly disposing of all solid waste generated by the dismantling process.
III. Response Time
During the exhibition service period, the supplier shall provide satisfactory on-site services and resolve any issues that arise promptly. In the event of emergencies, the response time shall not exceed 10 minutes, and the issue must be resolved within 1 hour.
IV. Deliverables
The service agency shall provide the Provincial Project Office with materials and summary reports generated from the publicity campaign, including but not limited to the following:
The above reports shall be submitted in both Chinese and English within 15 working days after the conclusion of each respective event. Six printed copies and one electronic copy of each report must be provided.
All data, reports, converged media products, research outcomes, and related intellectual property rights generated from the fulfillment of this consulting assignment shall be owned by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangdong Province.
V. Support Available from the PPMO
(1) The purchaser will work closely with the service agency, designate a dedicated liaison officer, and provide necessary support, including relevant materials.
(2) The service agency shall collaborate closely with other relevant stakeholders involved in this sub-project.
VI. Assessment Methods
1.All of the aforementioned service contents are fully completed.
2.Deliverables are submitted on time and in the required quantities.
3.A total of no less than 6 media publicity articles are published across no less than 3 media platforms, including at least 1 national-level media outlet and no less than 2 provincial-level media platforms. Additionally, no less than 2 on-site live streams (with a total duration of no less than 3 hours) and no less than 10 short videos are published.
4.The total number of views across all platforms for graphic/text publicity, short videos, and live streams must reach no less than 1 million.
5.The satisfaction rate of participating enterprises for each event must be no less than 90%.
VII. Payment Terms
1.After the signing of the contract, the purchaser shall apply to the financial department for an advance payment equivalent to 10% of the total contract price within 20 working days of receiving the supplier's implementation plans for both exhibitions and a valid invoice of the corresponding amount.
2.After the supplier has successfully completed the booth services for the first exhibition and submitted the acceptance report and reimbursement materials for the first event, and upon the purchaser's verification and approval of these documents without errors, the purchaser shall apply to the financial department for a progress payment equivalent to 30% of the total contract price within 20 working days of receiving a valid invoice of the corresponding amount from the supplier.
3.After the supplier has successfully completed the booth services for the second exhibition and submitted the acceptance report and reimbursement materials for the second event, and upon the purchaser's verification and approval of these documents without errors, the purchaser shall apply to the financial department for a progress payment equivalent to 60% of the total contract price within 20 working days of receiving a valid invoice of the corresponding amount from the supplier.
Note: Before each payment is made under the contract, the supplier must provide the purchaser with a valid invoice matching the payment amount. The payee, the invoice issuer, and Party B of the contract must all strictly match the name of the successful supplier. As this project operates under a reimbursement system, the buyer's submission of a reimbursement application to the financial department within the stipulated timeframe shall be deemed as the fulfillment of its payment obligations within the required timeframe.
VIII. Key Regulations to be Complied With
(1) Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China
(2) Administrative Measures on Internet Information Services
(3) Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services
(4) Code of Conduct for Fair Competition in the Advertising Industry
(5) Interim Measures for the Promotion and Administration of Public Service Advertising
Chapter 4 Contract Terms
Table of Contents
Contract Terms
1. Definitions
The following terms used in this Contract shall be interpreted as follows:
2.2 The term "Country of Origin" referred to in this Article means the place where the Goods are mined, grown, or produced, or the place from which the Services are supplied. Goods may be manufactured or processed, or subjected to substantial assembly of major components, into a product. A new product is commercially recognized if it differs substantially in basic characteristics, purpose, or function from its constituent components.
The Goods delivered under this Contract shall conform to the standards specified in the Technical Specifications. If no applicable standards are mentioned, the Goods shall conform to the applicable official standards. Such standards must be the latest versions issued by the relevant authorities.
4.3 Except for the Contract itself, any of the documents listed in Article 4.1 shall remain the property of the Buyer. Upon request by the Buyer, the Supplier shall return these documents (including all copies) to the Buyer upon completion of the Contract.
4.4 If requested by the World Bank, the Supplier shall permit the World Bank to inspect the Supplier's accounts and records relating to the performance of this Contract and to have such accounts and records audited by auditors appointed by the World Bank.
5Patents
The Supplier shall indemnify the Buyer against all claims of infringement of any patent, trademark, or industrial design rights arising from the use of the Goods or any part thereof by the Buyer.
6Performance Security
Not required.
7Inspection and Tests
7.1 The Buyer or its representative shall have the right to inspect and/or test the Goods to confirm their conformity to the Contract Specifications at no additional cost.
7.2 Inspections and tests may be conducted at the Supplier's premises, at the point of delivery, and/or at the Goods' final destination. If conducted at the Supplier's premises, the Supplier shall furnish all reasonable facilities and assistance to the inspectors at no cost to the Buyer.
7.3 Should any inspected or tested Goods fail to conform to the Specifications, the Buyer may reject the Goods, and the Supplier shall either replace the rejected Goods or make alterations necessary to meet the Specification requirements free of cost to the Buyer.
8Packing
The Supplier shall provide such packing for the Goods as is required to prevent damage or deterioration during transit to the final destination specified in the Contract. Such packing shall be adequate to withstand, without limitation, rough handling during transit, exposure to extreme temperatures, high salinity, rainfall, and open storage. The size and weight of the cases shall take into consideration the remoteness of the Goods' final destination and the lack of heavy lifting equipment at all transit points.
9Insurance
The risk of loss of or damage to the Goods during the course of manufacture, transportation, storage, and delivery shall be the responsibility of the Supplier, who shall fully insure the Goods against such risks.
10Shipment
The Supplier shall be responsible for arranging and bearing all costs for delivering the Goods to the Project Site. Such costs shall be included in the Contract Price.
11Warranty
11.1 The Supplier warrants that the Goods supplied under this Contract are new, unused, of the latest or current models, and incorporate all recent improvements in design and materials, unless otherwise provided in the Contract.
11.2 The Supplier warrants that the Goods shall meet the performance specifications stipulated in the Contract. If, due to the Supplier's fault, the specified performance specifications are not met in whole or in part, the Supplier shall, at its own cost, replace or repair the Goods to meet the required performance specifications.
11.3 The Buyer shall notify the Supplier in writing of any claims arising under this warranty within a reasonable time after the discovery of the defect.
11.4 Upon receipt of such notice, the Supplier shall repair or replace the defective Goods or components with reasonable speed and free of cost within two weeks. The Buyer shall bear the inland freight costs from the place of manufacture to the final destination for the repaired or replaced Goods or components.
11.5 If the Supplier fails to remedy the defect with reasonable speed within two weeks after receipt of the notice, the Buyer may take such remedial action as may be necessary, at the Supplier's risk and expense, without prejudice to any other rights which the Buyer may have against the Supplier under the Contract.
12Payment
12.1 Within twenty (20) working days after the execution of this Contract, and upon receipt of the Supplier's implementation plan for the two exhibitions and an invoice of an equivalent amount, the Buyer shall apply to the relevant financial department for an advance payment amounting to ten percent (10%) of the total Contract Price.
12.2 Upon the Supplier's satisfactory completion of the booth services for the first exhibition, and the Buyer's verification and approval of the acceptance report and reimbursement materials submitted for the first exhibition, the Buyer shall, within twenty (20) working days after receipt of an invoice of an equivalent amount, apply to the relevant financial department for a progress payment amounting to thirty percent (30%) of the total Contract Price.
12.3 Upon the Supplier's satisfactory completion of the booth services for the second exhibition, and the Buyer's verification and approval of the acceptance report and reimbursement materials submitted for the second exhibition, the Buyer shall, within twenty (20) working days after receipt of an invoice of an equivalent amount, apply to the relevant financial department for a progress payment amounting to sixty percent (60%) of the total Contract Price.
Note: Prior to each payment under this Contract, the Supplier shall provide a valid invoice corresponding to the payment amount. The payee, the invoice issuer, and Party B of this Contract must strictly bear the exact same name as the successful Supplier. Since this Project is subject to a reimbursement system, the Buyer's submission of a reimbursement application to the relevant financial department within the prescribed time limit shall be deemed as the fulfillment of the payment obligation within the required timeframe.
13Prices
The prices charged by the Supplier for the delivery of Goods and the performance of Services under this Contract shall be the prices quoted by the Supplier in the Price Schedule. Such prices shall be fixed.
14Change Orders
14.1 The Buyer may, at any time, issue written instructions to the Supplier to make changes, within the general scope of this Contract, in one or more of the following:
(1) The drawings, designs, or specifications, where the Goods to be supplied under this Contract are specifically manufactured for the Buyer;
(2) The method of shipment or packing;
(3) The place of delivery; or
(4) The services to be performed by the Supplier.
14.2 If any such change causes an increase or decrease in the cost of, or the time required for, the performance of any part of the work under this Contract, the Contract Price, the delivery schedule, or both, shall be equitably adjusted, and the Contract shall be modified accordingly. Any claim by the Supplier for adjustment under this Article shall be submitted within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Change Order from the Buyer.
15Supplier Delay in Performance
15.1 The Supplier shall deliver the Goods and perform the Services in accordance with the schedule specified by the Buyer in the "Schedule of Requirements for Goods".
15.2 If, during the performance of the Contract, the Supplier encounters circumstances that may delay the timely delivery of the Goods or the performance of the Services, the Supplier shall promptly notify the Buyer in writing of the fact of the delay, the likely duration thereof, and the causes thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, the Buyer shall evaluate the situation as soon as possible and determine whether to extend the time for delivery at its discretion and whether to assess liquidated damages for delay. Any extension shall be mutually agreed upon through a modification of the Contract.
15.3 Except as provided in Article 18, unless an extension has been granted without the assessment of liquidated damages pursuant to Article 15.2, the Supplier's delay in delivery shall be subject to liquidated damages for delay as provided in Article 16.
16Liquidated Damages for Delay
If the Supplier fails to deliver the Goods or perform the Services within the time periods stipulated in the Contract, the Buyer shall, without prejudice to any other remedies available under the Contract, deduct liquidated damages for delay from the Contract Price. The liquidated damages shall be assessed at the rate of one percent (1%) of the price of the delayed Goods or the fees for the unperformed Services per week of delay, until the actual delivery or performance is completed. The maximum amount of liquidated damages for delay shall be ten percent (10%) of the total Contract Price. Once the maximum amount of liquidated damages is reached, the Buyer may consider terminating the Contract.
17Termination for Default
17.1 Without prejudice to any other remedies available to the Buyer for the Supplier's default, the Buyer may issue a written notice of default to the Supplier, proposing to terminate the Contract in whole or in part:
(1) If the Supplier fails to deliver any or all of the Goods within the period specified in the Contract or within any extension thereof granted by the Buyer pursuant to Article 15; or
(2) If the Supplier fails to perform any other obligation stipulated in the Contract.
17.2 If the Buyer terminates the Contract in whole or in part pursuant to Article 17.1, the Buyer may procure, upon such terms and in such manner as it deems appropriate, goods similar to those undelivered, and the Supplier shall be liable to the Buyer for any excess costs for such similar goods. However, the Supplier shall continue the performance of the Contract to the extent not terminated.
18Force Majeure
18.1 If the Supplier's performance of or delivery under the Contract is delayed or prevented by Force Majeure, the Supplier shall not be subject to forfeiture of its Performance Security, nor shall it be liable for liquidated damages for delay or termination of the Contract.
18.2 "Force Majeure" as referred to in this Article means those events that are beyond the control of the Supplier and are not foreseeable, but do not include the Supplier's default or negligence. Force Majeure events include, but are not limited to: actions by the Buyer within its sovereign jurisdiction, war or revolution, fire, flood, epidemic, quarantine restrictions, embargoes, and cancellation of the event as notified by the event organizer.
18.3 In the event of Force Majeure, the Supplier shall notify the Buyer in writing as soon as possible of the occurrence of the Force Majeure and the causes thereof. Unless otherwise requested in writing by the Buyer, the Supplier shall continue to perform its obligations under the Contract as far as is reasonably practicable, and shall seek all reasonable means to perform the other matters not affected by the Force Majeure.
19Termination for Insolvency
If the Supplier becomes bankrupt or otherwise insolvent, the Buyer may, at any time, terminate the Contract by giving written notice to the Supplier without compensation to the Supplier. Such termination shall not prejudice or affect any rights or remedies which the Buyer has already exercised or may exercise in the future.
20Termination for Buyer's Convenience
20.1 The Buyer may, at any time for its own convenience, terminate the Contract in whole or in part by giving written notice to the Supplier. The notice of termination shall specify that the termination is for the Buyer's convenience, the extent to which the Contract is terminated, and the effective date of such termination.
20.2 For the Goods that have been completed and ready for shipment within thirty (30) days after the Supplier's receipt of the termination notice, the Buyer shall accept such Goods at the original Contract price and terms. For the remaining Goods, the Buyer may:
(1) Have any portion thereof completed and delivered at the original Contract price and terms; and/or
(2) Cancel the remaining Goods and pay the Supplier an agreed amount for the partially completed Goods and Services, as well as for the materials and components previously procured by the Supplier.
21Settlement of Disputes
21.1 The Buyer and the Supplier shall settle all disputes arising from the execution of this Contract or relating thereto through direct, informal consultations in an amicable manner.
21.2 If the Buyer and the Supplier are unable to settle the Contract disputes amicably within thirty (30) days after the commencement of such informal consultations, either party may request that the dispute be submitted to: Guangzhou Arbitration Commission.
22Notices
Notices given by one party to the other under this Contract shall be in writing and sent via facsimile. The contact details are as follows:
Buyer: Guangdong Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Center (Guangdong Green Food Development Center)
Address: No. 135, Xianlie East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Postal Code: 510599
Telephone: 020-87590235
Facsimile: /
Contact Person: Ms. Wu
Supplier:
Address:
Postal Code:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Contact Person:
23Taxes
The Supplier shall be solely and fully responsible for all taxes and duties levied on the Goods prior to their delivery to the Buyer.
All taxes and duties levied on the Buyer in connection with this Contract pursuant to the prevailing tax laws of the Chinese Government shall be borne by the Buyer.
This Contract shall come into effect upon being signed and stamped by both parties (the Supplier must sign and stamp by its Legal Representative).
Chapter Five Format Examples
1. Letter of Bid
Date: [Month] [Day], 2026
Enquiry Reference No.: ________________
To: ___________________
Having examined the Enquiry Documents including Amendment(s) No. ______ (insert number) which has/have been duly received, we, the undersigned, offer to supply the Services in accordance with the said Enquiry Documents for the Total Price of ________________ (expressed in words and figures).
If we are determined to be the successful Supplier, we shall deliver the Services within the delivery period specified in the Schedule of Services.
We agree that this Bid shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date fixed for the submission deadline of the Price Schedule, and it shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted at any time before the expiration of that period.
Until a formal Contract is executed, this Bid, your Enquiry Documents, and the Letter of Acceptance shall constitute a binding Contract between us.
Bidder: (Official Seal)
Signature of Authorized Representative:
2. Contract Form
This Contract is made on this ______ day of ________, 20XX, by and between ________________________ (Name of Buyer) (hereinafter referred to as the "Buyer") on the one part, and ________________________ (Name of Supplier) (hereinafter referred to as the "Supplier") on the other part, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Whereas the Buyer has invited bids for the acquisition of the Services (Name of Goods and Services) and has accepted the Bid submitted by the Supplier to provide the said Goods and Services for the Total Amount of ________________________ (Contract Price expressed in words and figures) (hereinafter referred to as the "Contract Price").
It is hereby agreed as follows:
1.The meanings of words and terms used in this Agreement are the same as those defined in the Conditions of Contract.
2.The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as part of this Agreement:
(1) The Letter of Bid and Price Schedule submitted by the Supplier;
(2) The Schedule of Services;
(3) Technical Requirements;
(4) Conditions of Contract;
(5) The Letter of Acceptance issued by the Buyer.
3.In consideration of the payments to be made by the Buyer to the Supplier as prescribed herein, the Supplier hereby covenants with the Buyer to provide the Goods and Services and to remedy defects therein in accordance with the Contract.
4.In consideration of the Goods and Services to be provided by the Supplier and the remedy of defects therein, the Buyer hereby covenants with the Supplier to pay the Contract Price or such other sums as are payable under the Contract to the Supplier at the times and in the manner prescribed by the Contract.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date first above written in accordance with their respective laws.
Buyer: (Official Seal)
Signature of Authorized Representative:
Supplier: (Official Seal)
Signature of Authorized Representative:
ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
NAME OF PROJECT - OECS SKILLS AND INNOVATION PROJECT (SKIP)
GRANT NO.: E286
Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA)
Reference No. LC-OECS COMMISSION-558060-CS-QCBS
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA).
The objectives of the consulting services (“the Services) are to provide independent, evidencebased technical validation of the existing builds (KTIP and Virtual Campus) and of the sourced EMIS DPG and its adaptation, and to provide feedback to the SDT on how to bring each platform to a regionallydeployable standard through an iterative cycle of review, recommendations, remediation, and signoff.
The OECS now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The minimum required qualifications and experience are listed in section 8.0 of the TOR below. The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 and (‘Procurement Regulations’), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
To obtain the maximum degree of comparison among Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and facilitate the evaluation process, the EOI should be a maximum of 20 pages (including annexes) with the following information included below. Any pages exceeding this limit will not be considered for evaluation or shortlisting.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should clearly indicate whether the association is a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (0830 to 1630 hours).
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
OECS Skills and Innovation Projects
P.O. Box 179
Morne Fortune
Castries
Saint Lucia
TEL: +1 758-455-6349/68
E-mail: procurement@oecs.int
An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be sent by July 16, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. to:
Yasmine Anatole, Procurement Officer
At the following email address:
procurementbids@oecs.int
copied to: skip@oecs.int
The email submissions should include the Firm's name and address and shall be clearly marked in the subject line as “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA).”
The Terms of Reference for the Submission of Expressions of Interest for this consultancy are provided below.
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL ASSURANCE (ITA) FOR THE OECS SKILLS AND INNOVATION PROJECT (SKIP)
Terms of Reference
Independent Technical Assurance (ITA)
Consultancy
Technical Assurance and Iterative Validation of the KTIP, OECS Virtual Campus, and Regionally-Interoperable Post-Secondary EMIS Architecture under the OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP)
Revised draft v 6— 22 June 2026
1. Background and Project Context
The OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP) is a World Bank–financed regional operation implemented by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and the participating OECS Member States of Grenada and Saint Lucia. The Project’s Development Objective (PDO) is to enhance youth transversal and advanced technical skills, strengthen regional collaboration in post-secondary education, and foster collaborative innovation across the OECS Member States.
The OECS SKIP is structured around four components:
Component 1 is designed to generate regional platforms, standards, and systems that benefit all nine OECS Member States and create economies of scale that individual countries cannot efficiently achieve on their own. Key activities under Component 1 include: (i) development of a regional strategic framework for postsecondary education; (ii) common learning standards and assessment tools for priority skills; (iii) harmonised standards for postsecondary faculty and institutional leadership; (iv) the OECS Virtual Campus; (v) the Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Platform (KTIP); and (vi) a regionally interoperable postsecondary Education Management Information System (EMIS) architecture.
1.1 Current state of the three Component 1 platforms
The three platforms that fall within the scope of this assignment are at materially different stages and follow materially different delivery models. The Independent Technical Assurance (ITA) Consultancy’s engagement is calibrated to those differences.
Across all three platforms, a prior technical assessment confirmed the viability of the chosen delivery approach but identified material risks related to scalability and performance at the regional level; integration across heterogeneous systems; production readiness; data governance and crosscountry compliance; and capacity constraints and longterm sustainability.
To mitigate these risks, the OECS Commission will engage a suitably qualified firm to serve as an Independent Technical Assurance Consultancy (ITA), providing independent technical assurance and certification across the lifecycle stages relevant to each platform, operating under the iterative reviewandvalidation model set out in Section 4.
Independence is a foundational requirement. The credibility of the ITA’s findings depends on a firm distinction between the ITA’s assurance role and the SDT’s development role. The ITA reviews and validates; the SDT implements. The ITA’s recommendations should specify what must be remediated and to what standard, with the implementation approach reserved for the SDT. This distinction, set out in detail in Section 4.1, Section 7, and Section 10, is foundational to the assignment and is nonnegotiable.
2. Objective and Role of the ITA
The objective of this assignment is to provide independent, evidencebased technical validation of the existing builds (KTIP and Virtual Campus) and of the sourced EMIS DPG and its adaptation, and to provide feedback to the SDT on how to bring each platform to a regionallydeployable standard through an iterative cycle of review, recommendations, remediation, and signoff.
2.1 Consolidated role description
The ITA shall act as a technical assurance and function across the full lifecycle of the three Component 1 platforms. The role comprises six discrete functions, all of which are exercised iteratively across the validation gates set out in Section 4.2:
This role description is the single, limited-scope document detailing the ITA’s functions. Subsequent sections elaborate the operational mechanics (Section 4), the phased activities (Section 5), and the institutional arrangements that support the role (Section 7).
3. Scope of Work
3.1 Platforms covered
The ITA shall provide technical assurance across the three SKIP Component 1 platforms and their integrations:
3.2 Differentiated assurance pathway by platform
Given the different starting positions of the three platforms, the ITA shall apply a differentiated assurance pathway, agreed in the Inception Report (D1). The pathways are articulated below; while KTIP and the Virtual Campus follow the same gate sequence, the substantive content of the review at each gate differs due to their distinct architectures and codebases.
Platform | Starting Position | ITA Pathway |
KTIP | Existing SDT build, ~80% complete. | Baseline audit of existing KTIP build → Recommendations → SDT remediation → ITA revalidation & signoff → Predeployment certification → GoLive → Postdeployment review. |
Virtual Campus (LearnBoard) | Existing SDT build, ~80% complete. | Baseline audit of existing Virtual Campus build against the approved Mobile Specification and target architecture → Recommendations → SDT remediation → ITA revalidation & signoff → Predeployment certification → GoLive → Postdeployment review. |
Regional EMIS | To be sourced as a Digital Public Good (DPG); adaptation by SDT and partners. | DPG suitability & compliance validation → Recommendations on adaptation scope → SDT adaptation → ITA revalidation & signoff → Predeployment certification → GoLive → Postdeployment review. |
The ITA’s role is to validate existing or sourced builds and to certify that successive remediation cycles have brought the three platforms to the required standard.
3.3 Integration scope- to ensure proper scope integration across the platforms, the ITA will seek to:
3.4 Assessment Dimensions: The ITA will undertake relevant assessments as follows:
A. Platform-Level
B. Documentation
The ITA shall assess the completeness, accuracy, and usability of technical and operational documentation associated with each platform, including:
Documentation completeness is assessed at the G2 Build Completion gate (Section 4.2), not at predeployment, so that any gaps identified can be remediated alongside other build issues.
C. DPG-Specific (EMIS only)
For the regional interoperable EMIS, the ITA shall review and assess:
D. Ecosystem-Level (System-of-Systems)
4. Technical Assurance Framework
4.1 Iterative ReviewandValidation Cycle
The ITA shall operate under an iterative reviewandvalidation cycle, applied on a per-platform basis. Each cycle consists of four steps and is the unit on which RBF approval for expenditures for the next tranche of activities proposed by the RPIU is structured:
Step 1 — Review. The ITA reviews the existing build (KTIP, Virtual Campus) or the sourced DPG and its adaptation (EMIS) against the agreed criteria for the cycle.
Step 2 — Recommendations. The ITA issues written recommendations to the SDT. Recommendations shall be scoped at the level of what must be remediated and to what standard, with clear acceptance criteria.
Step 3 — SDT implementation and testing. The SDT implements the recommendations and conducts its own internal testing. The SDT shall submit to the ITA a remediation evidence pack documenting the changes made, the testing performed, and the results obtained.
Step 4 — Revalidation and signoff. The ITA revalidates the platform against the acceptance criteria stated in its recommendations. Where the criteria are met, the ITA issues a written signoff for the build phase, thereby triggering approval of expenditures for the corresponding RBF tranche of RPIU activities. Where criteria are not met, the cycle returns to Step 2 with revised or supplementary recommendations.
Cycles are platformspecific. KTIP, the Virtual Campus, and the EMIS may proceed through their cycles in parallel or in different sequences, as agreed in the Inception Report.
Decoupling ITA fees from SDT performance. The ITA’s entitlement to its own contractual fees is determined by the delivery of each ITA deliverable (Section 6), not by whether the SDT achieves a positive signoff in any given cycle. A Remediation Required determination represents a completed and payable piece of ITA work as much as a Validated determination does. This separation is critical to the integrity of the assignment: the ITA’s fees must not depend on the speed or quality of the SDT’s remediation, since such dependence would create a structural incentive to issue premature positive signoffs. RBF approval of expenditures for the tranche of activities is to the RPIU, on the strength of ITA signoff; the ITA itself is paid on the OECS Commission’s acceptance of its determinations and reports per Section 6.
4.2 Validation Gates
Each platform progresses through a sequence of validation gates. The gates are eventbased: a gate is triggered when the SDT submits the corresponding deliverable package, not on a fixed calendar date. A mapping of the milestones and key dates will be presented during the inception meeting. The gates and their applicability per platform are as follows:
Gate | Trigger | Deliverable from SDT | ITA Role | Outcome on Sign-off |
G1 — Baseline / DPG Validation
| SDT presents the current build status pack (KTIP, VC) or DPG suitability assessment and adaptation plan (EMIS) at the point of ITA engagement. | Build status pack documenting work completed to date (KTIP, VC); DPG suitability assessment and adaptation plan (EMIS). | Review and acknowledge the baseline; confirm that the scope, architecture, and DPG positioning are consistent with the SKIP requirements, as documented in the project documents; record any observations to inform subsequent gates. | Baseline of record established. Expenditures for Tranche 1 of activities proposed by the RPIU are approved. |
G2 — Architecture Lock-in & Pilot Validation | SDT submits an integrated build with pilot deployment in selected institutions across lead Member States, supported by load-testing evidence and pilot monitoring data. | Integrated build with technical and operational documentation; architecture specification proposed for lock-in; security, performance and load-testing results against agreed thresholds; pilot deployment in selected institutions with monitoring data over an agreed observation window; user acceptance testing outcomes from pilot sites. | Review, recommend, re-validate. Confirm architecture is fit for regional deployment and may be locked in; verify load and performance behaviour under realistic institutional conditions; certify pilot outcomes against acceptance criteria. | Architecture locked in. Expenditures for Tranche 2 of activities proposed by the RPIU are approved. |
G3 — Regional Go-Live & Post-Deployment | SDT submits the regional innovations deployment plan and proceeds with rollout across Member States. | Regional deployment evidence across the nine Member States; post-deployment monitoring data; operational handover documentation; sustainability and support arrangements. | Validate regional innovation deployment, conduct a final audit, and issue sustainability recommendations. | Regional go-live certified. Expenditures for the final tranche of activities proposed by the RPIU are approved. |
Within each gate, the fourstep iterative cycle (Section 4.1) may be repeated as many times as is necessary for the platform to meet the acceptance criteria. The ITA shall not artificially compress the cycle, but recommendations and revalidations shall be issued within the timeliness windows set out in Section 4.3.
ITA mobilisation timing. Given that KTIP and the Virtual Campus are at approximately 80% completion, ITA mobilisation must take place as soon as practicable following procurement, and shall not be deferred to align with the EMIS DPG sourcing timeline. The OECS Commission RPIU shall ensure that the procurement schedule supports mobilisation in time for the first G1 baseline audit of KTIP and the Virtual Campus. Where ITA mobilisation cannot be completed in time for an applicable gate, the OECS Commission RPIU shall document the gap and either (a) defer the affected gate or (b) authorise SDT continuation under a documented risk acceptance, with ITA retrospective review at the next gate.
4.3 Decision Authority and Timeliness
At each validation point within a gate, the ITA shall issue one of the following determinations:
Review turnaround. The ITA shall issue its determination within 10 working days of receipt of the complete deliverable package or remediation evidence pack from the SDT. Where the ITA requires further information, the 10workingday clock pauses upon issuance of a written information request and resumes upon receipt. The SDT shall respond to ITA information requests within 5 working days. The OECS Commission recognises that the SDT operates as a volunteer regional network, and prolonged review periods materially affect the SDT’s ability to maintain delivery momentum.
Recommendations specificity. Each recommendation issued by the ITA shall include: (i) a clear statement of the issue identified; (ii) the standard or criterion that is not met; (iii) the acceptance criteria that the SDT’s remediation must satisfy; and (iv) the evidence required from the SDT to support revalidation. The ITA shall not issue findings that are nonspecific, that prescribe a particular implementation approach, or that require openended further review.
Dispute resolution. Where the OECS Commission RPIU or the SDT documents a goodfaith technical disagreement with a Remediation Required or Critical Issues determination, the RPIU may, with World Bank concurrence, refer the matter to an independent technical panel for a binding second opinion. The panel shall comprise three subjectmatter experts who have not previously been engaged on the Project, jointly nominated by the OECS Commission and the World Bank. The cost of the panel shall be borne by the Project. This mechanism does not extend to findings issued under the Escalation Protocol (Sec. 7.5).
5. Phased Activities
5.1 Inception, Baseline Audits, and DPG Validation
On mobilisation, and applied per platform, the ITA shall:
5.2 Iterative Review and Remediation Oversight
During the buildcompletion and integration stages, the ITA shall, per platform:
5.3 Testing, Validation, and Quality Assurance
Minimum benchmarks (to be refined at inception):
5.4 Data Governance and DPI Readiness
5.5 PreDeployment Certification and GoLive
No deployment shall proceed without ITA certification.
5.6 PostDeployment and Scale Readiness
6. Deliverables and Payment Structure
Each substantive deliverable is delivered per platform: KTIP, OECS Virtual Campus, and Regional Post-Secondary EMIS. The payment share for D2 through D6 is split across the three platforms, so that the ITA’s entitlement under any deliverable is contingent on completion of that deliverable for each platform to which it applies. D1 (Inception) and D5 (Final Audit) are single combined deliverables across all three platforms.
The ITA is paid for delivering its own determinations and reports. The ITA is not paid contingent on the SDT achieving a Validated outcome: a properlyissued Remediation Required or Critical Issues determination is a delivered piece of ITA work and is payable on the same basis as a Validated (or Validated with Recommendations) determination. Conversely, approval of expenditures for the RBF tranche of activities proposed by the RPIU is contingent on the ITA’s Validated or Validated with Recommendations signoff for the corresponding gate.
Ref | Deliverable | Description | Per Platform Share | Total Share |
D1 | Inception Report and Workplan | Single combined report covering KTIP, Virtual Campus, and EMIS: audit framework, scope confirmation, per-platform pathway, pilot scope and load-testing thresholds for G2, risk register, review schedule. | — | 10% |
D2a | G1 Baseline Validation Report — KTIP | Baseline audit of the existing KTIP build with determination per Sec. 4.3 and recommendations register. | 5% | — |
D2b | G1 Baseline Validation Report — Virtual Campus | Baseline audit of the existing Virtual Campus build with determination per Sec. 4.3 and recommendations register. | 5% | — |
D2c | G1 DPG & Adaptation Validation Report — EMIS | Validation of the DPG suitability assessment and the proposed adaptation scope with determination and recommendations register. | 5% | D2 sub-total: 15% |
D3a | G2 Architecture Lock-in & Pilot Validation Report — KTIP | Per-cycle audit reports across the G2 review-and-validation cycle: architecture review, load and performance testing review, security and UAT outcomes, pilot deployment validation across selected institutions, recommendations register, SDT remediation responses, re-validation outcome, sign-off determination, and architecture lock-in certification. This triggers the approval of SDT KTIP expenditures for tranche 2 activities. | 13.33% | — |
D3b | G2 Architecture Lock-in & Pilot Validation Report — Virtual Campus | Per-cycle audit reports across the G2 review-and-validation cycle: architecture review, load and performance testing review, security and UAT outcomes, pilot deployment validation across selected institutions, recommendations register, SDT remediation responses, re-validation outcome, sign-off determination, and architecture lock-in certification. This triggers the approval of SDT Virtual Campus expenditures for tranche 2 activities.
| 13.33% | — |
D3c | G2 Architecture Lock-in & Pilot Validation Report — EMIS | Per-cycle audit reports across the G2 review-and-validation cycle: architecture review, load and performance testing review, security and UAT outcomes, pilot deployment validation across selected institutions, recommendations register, SDT remediation responses, re-validation outcome, sign-off determination, and architecture lock-in certification. This triggers the approval of SDT EMIS expenditures for tranche 2 activities. | 13.34% | D3 sub-total: 40% |
D4a | G3 Regional Go-Live & Post-Deployment Report — KTIP | Go / Conditional Go / No-Go certification for regional rollout; post-deployment stability and adoption findings; sustainability recommendations for KTIP. This triggers the approval of SDT KTIP expenditures for the final tranche.
| 8.33% | — |
D4b | G3 Regional Go-Live & Post-Deployment Report — Virtual Campus | Go / Conditional Go / No-Go certification for regional rollout; post-deployment stability and adoption findings; sustainability recommendations for Virtual Campus. This triggers the approval of SDT Virtual Campus expenditure for the final tranche.
| 8.33% | — |
D4c | G3 Regional Go-Live & Post-Deployment Report — EMIS | Go / Conditional Go / No-Go certification for regional rollout; post-deployment stability and adoption findings; sustainability recommendations for EMIS. This triggers the approval of SDT EMIS expenditures for the final tranche.
| 8.34% | D4 sub-total: 25% |
D5 | Final Audit Report | Single combined report across KTIP, Virtual Campus, and EMIS: scale readiness and sustainability recommendations across the regional deployment. | — | 10% |
Total contract value: 100%, comprising D1 (10%) + D2 (15%) + D3 (40%) + D4 (25%) + D5 (10%). The per-platform structure ensures that the ITA's payments are tied to completion of work on each named platform, rather than to a single global completion event that could be dominated by the slowest platform.
All deliverables shall be submitted in English using both Word and PDF formats.
7. Reporting and Institutional Arrangements
7.1 Reporting Line: The ITA shall report to the OECS Commission through the reporting line confirmed by the OECS Commission prior to contract effectiveness. The reporting arrangement shall preserve the ITA’s independence from the SDT and from any other unit of the OECS Commission whose work is subject to audit. For daytoday coordination, the ITA shall liaise with the RPIU Project Manager and/or the relevant Technical Specialists. The ITA reports to the Director General or his designee, who shall be confirmed in writing by the OECS Commission prior to the issuance of the request for proposals.
7.2 Independence and NonInterference: The ITA operates as an independent function. OECS Commission leadership commits to ensuring the ITA’s independence is protected and that no impediment is placed on the ITA’s access or on the integrity of its findings.
7.3 Constructive Engagement with the SDT: The iterative reviewandvalidation model requires the ITA to engage constructively with the SDT throughout each cycle. The ITA shall: (i) issue recommendations that are clear, specific, and actionable; (ii) make itself available for technical clarification discussions on the meaning and scope of its recommendations, without prescribing implementation; (iii) share draft determinations with the SDT before finalising, to allow opportunity to respond to or clarify factual matters; and (iv) maintain a working relationship oriented toward bringing each platform to the required standard. This constructive engagement does not affect independence; final conclusions, recommendations, and signoff determinations remain the ITA’s sole determination.
7.4 World Bank Interface: The ITA’s deliverables shall be submitted simultaneously to the OECS Commission and to the World Bank task team. The ITA may be requested to participate in project implementation support missions, midterm reviews, or technical briefings organised by the World Bank. Coordination on such requests shall be managed through the RPIU.
7.5 Escalation Protocol: If the ITA identifies a finding that poses a significant risk to the Project, including serious technical failure, system instability, security breaches or vulnerability, material deviation from approved design, data integrity breaches or risks, or misuse of project resources, the ITA shall notify the senior officer to whom it reports (Sec. 7.1) in writing within 5 working days. The OECS Commission shall acknowledge and advise on next steps within 5 working days. The SDT lead shall be notified at the same time as the senior officer to enable a timely operational response. The World Bank shall be informed within the same 5workingday window, accompanied by a brief contextual note from the OECS Commission RPIU where the RPIU determines such context is necessary for accurate interpretation of the finding. The provision of an RPIU contextual note shall not delay World Bank notification beyond 5 working days.
7.6 Access and Cooperation: OECS Commission staff and consultants, including members of the inhouse development team (i.e. SDT), are required to cooperate fully with the ITA and to provide timely access to all documentation, source code, test environments, development records, and personnel reasonably requested. As far as practicable, the OECS Commission shall invite the ITA to relevant technical meetings specific to design reviews, sprint reviews, testing sessions, and demonstrations. The ITA shall be granted readonly access to the inhouse team’s source code repositories, architecture documentation, test environments and logs, deployment pipelines, project management tools, and documentation repositories. The Project Manager in the RPIU shall respond to ITA information requests within 5 working days.
8. Qualifications and Staffing
The assignment shall be delivered by a firm. Individual consultancy arrangements are not permitted, in line with World Bank requirements for the assignment. The firm shall mobilise the key expert team set out in Section 8.2 and shall meet the firmlevel experience requirements set out in Section 8.1.
8.1 Firm-level qualifications and experience
The firm or consortium shall demonstrate the following at the proposal stage:
8.2 Key experts required
The firm shall propose the following five key expert positions. Each position must be filled by a separate qualified individual. The Team Leader shall be clearly identified throughout the proposal as the firm’s single named accountable individual for the assignment.
Team Leader / Senior Technical Auditor
The Team Leader is the firm’s single named accountable individual for the assignment, the primary author of the Inception Report (D1), the Final Audit Report (D7), and all gate signoff determinations, and the principal interlocutor with the OECS Commission and the World Bank.
Systems Architect / Integration Specialist
Cybersecurity and Data Protection Specialist
Testing and Quality Assurance Specialist
Digital Public Goods and EMIS Specialist
9. Duration and Level of Effort
The assignment is expected to commence in Q3 2026, subject to confirmation of the procurement schedule prior to the issuance of the request for proposals. Given that KTIP and the Virtual Campus are at approximately 80% completion, the procurement and mobilisation schedule shall be designed to support ITA mobilisation in time for the first G1 baseline audit, and a target mobilisation date shall be confirmed by the OECS Commission RPIU when issuing the request for proposals.
Total assignment duration is estimated at approximately 18 months from contract effectiveness, covering the iterative cycles, predeployment certification, and postdeployment stabilisation across all three platforms. Engagement on KTIP and the Virtual Campus shall conclude as each completes its postdeployment stabilisation gate; engagement on EMIS shall continue through its DPG adaptation, pilot, and stabilisation gates.
Total estimated level of effort (LOE) is approximately 110 to 130 working days. “Level of effort” refers to the total number of professional working days, aggregated across the firm’s key experts, that the firm is expected to expend in delivering the assignment. The LOE is not continuous: engagement is concentrated around platformspecific gates, iterative review cycles, testing phases, and reporting dates. The indicative LOE distribution is as follows:
Component | Indicative LOE (days) | Basis |
Inception, baseline audits (KTIP, VC), DPG validation (EMIS) | 20–25 | Three platforms: two baseline audits of existing builds and one DPG suitability validation |
Iterative reviewandvalidation cycles | 35–40 | Multiple cycles per platform; expected 2 cycles per platform between G1 and G3 |
Testing, validation, and security clearance | 20–25 | All three platforms |
Predeployment certification and golive | 15–20 | Perplatform Go / NoGo decisions |
Postdeployment monitoring and final audit | 20–20 | Stabilisation review and scaling recommendations |
A detailed work plan, with the Level of Effort broken down by platform, by gate, and by expected number of cycles, shall be finalised in the Inception Report (D1) within 10 working days of contract effectiveness.
10. Ethical Standards, Independence, and Confidentiality
The ITA shall at all times:
Conflict of Interest Declaration. All members of the ITA team must submit a signed conflictofinterest declaration before the contract takes effect. Any new conflict arising during the assignment must be disclosed within five (5) working days.
11. Intellectual Property
All reports, audit plans, assessment notes, tools, checklists, and other materials produced under this assignment shall be the exclusive property of the OECS Commission. The ITA shall deliver copies of all working documentation upon request and upon contract completion. The ITA shall not retain, publish, or use these materials without prior written consent from the OECS Commission.
"},{"id":"OP00454525","notice_type":"Invitation for Bids","noticedate":"29-Jun-2026","notice_lang_name":"English","notice_status":"Published","submission_deadline_date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","submission_deadline_time":"00:00","project_ctry_name":"World","project_id":"P169833","project_name":"Global Development Network Awards","bid_reference_no":"B.1.2.-YEAR-2","bid_description":"Year 2 – One online Submission Platform","procurement_group":"NC","procurement_method_code":"RFQ","procurement_method_name":"Request for Quotations","contact_address":"2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex, 4 - Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110070","contact_ctry_name":"India","contact_email":"awards@gdn.int","contact_name":"João Costa","contact_organization":"Global Development Network","contact_phone_no":"00351919595403","contact_web_url":"http://www.gdn.int/","submission_date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","notice_text":"
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (GDN) SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE / REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS (RFQ) COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
1. Background & Purpose of Financing The Global Development Network (GDN) has received financing from the Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund, administered by the World Bank, toward the cost of the Global Development Awards Competition. GDN intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to procure an annual enterprise subscription for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) cloud-based Online Submission Platform (Software as a Service) to manage global application intake, double-blind peer review routing, and evaluation workflows for the 2020 edition of the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD).
2. Scope of Procurement & Minimum Technical Specifications Based on operational requirements and learnings from the prior competition cycle, the requested software must be immediately deployable, accessible globally via standard web browsers, and satisfy the following core technical requirements:
Unlimited Intake & Scalability: Architecture and pricing structured to support an unlimited number of applications, user accounts, and competition categories under a fixed annual enterprise rate, without incurring per-entry or per-select module overages.
Double-Blind Review Routing: Automated backend workflow management capable of strictly anonymizing applicant profiles and identities during peer-reviewer scoring and committee selection cycles.
Data Security & GDPR Compliance: Full enterprise adherence to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards, including secure cloud data hosting, encryption, and automated backups.
Administrative Access & Reporting: Role-based dashboard access for GDN Awards administrators and IT staff to extract raw submission data and dynamic scoring matrices in standard exportable formats (.csv, .xlsx).
3. Commercial Terms & Delivery Requirements
Quantity: One (1) Annual Enterprise License Deployment.
Delivery & Portal Setup Period: System configuration and admin access credentials must be delivered prior to June 1, 2020.
Operational License Duration: June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021.
Location of Service: Cloud-based SaaS deployed centrally for GDN headquarters (New Delhi, India) with global applicant and reviewer access.
4. Submission of Quotations Because this activity entails standard commercial software readily available on the open market, GDN is conducting a limited market assessment comparing published commercial schedules and direct enterprise quotations from established SaaS platform vendors.
Quotations must be submitted electronically. Vendors must submit their commercial schedules and technical feature checklists via email no later than May 25, 2020, at 17:00 (IST) to:
Global Development Network (GDN) Attn: Awards Team / IT Department
2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex, 4 Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi-110070, India
Email: awards@gdn.int
Quotations will be evaluated based on full compliance with the technical parameters specified above and overall cost-efficiency (lowest evaluated responsive commercial quotation).
"},{"id":"OP00454549","notice_type":"Invitation for Bids","noticedate":"29-Jun-2026","notice_lang_name":"English","notice_status":"Published","submission_deadline_date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","submission_deadline_time":"00:00","project_ctry_name":"World","project_id":"P169833","project_name":"Global Development Network Awards","bid_reference_no":"B.1.2.-YEAR-3","bid_description":"Year 3 – One online Submission Platform","procurement_group":"NC","procurement_method_code":"RFQ","procurement_method_name":"Request for Quotations","contact_address":"2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex, 4 - Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110070","contact_ctry_name":"India","contact_email":"awards@gdn.int","contact_name":"João Costa","contact_organization":"Global Development Network","contact_phone_no":"00351919595403","contact_web_url":"http://www.gdn.int/","submission_date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","notice_text":"GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (GDN) SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE / REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS (RFQ) NON-CONSULTING SERVICES: COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
Project Title: Global Development Awards Competition
1. Background & Purpose of Financing The Global Development Network (GDN) has received financing from the Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund, administered by the World Bank, toward the cost of the Global Development Awards Competition. GDN intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to procure an annual enterprise subscription for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) cloud-based Online Submission Platform (Software as a Service) to manage global application intake, double-blind peer review routing, and evaluation workflows for the competition cycle.
2. Scope of Procurement & Predefined Required Features To ensure robust competition management and global applicant accessibility, prospective platform solutions were evaluated against a predefined list of core mandatory features:
Unlimited Intake Architecture: System capacity and licensing structured to accommodate high-volume application intake across multiple competition categories without incurring per-entry or per-module overages.
Double-Blind Review Workflows: Automated backend routing capable of strictly anonymizing applicant identities and profiles during multi-stage peer-reviewer scoring and committee selection cycles.
Data Security & GDPR Compliance: Enterprise-grade data encryption, automated routine backups, and full adherence to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards.
Administrative Data Management: Secure backend dashboard access for GDN Award Administrators and IT staff to extract raw submission data and real-time evaluation scoring matrices in standard exportable formats (.csv, .xlsx).
3. Costing Categories & Commercial Terms Vendors were requested to submit standard published commercial schedules or direct enterprise quotations structured under pre-set annual SaaS licensing categories.
Quantity: One (1) Annual Enterprise SaaS License.
Delivery & Portal Setup Period: System configuration and administrative credentials must be delivered prior to February 16, 2021.
Operational License Duration: Twelve (12) Months (March 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022).
Location of Service: Cloud-based SaaS deployed centrally for GDN headquarters (New Delhi, India) with global applicant and reviewer access.
4. Submission of Quotations Because this activity entailed standard commercial software readily available on the open market, GDN conducted a competitive market assessment comparing commercial options based on the predefined features and pre-set costing categories noted above.
Historical quotations were instructed to be submitted electronically via email no later than February 12, 2021, at 17:00 (IST).
Implementing Agency Contact: Global Development Network (GDN)
Attn: Awards Team / IT Department
2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex, 4 Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi-110070, India
Email: awards@gdn.int
"},{"id":"OP00454117","notice_type":"Request for Expression of Interest","noticedate":"26-Jun-2026","notice_lang_name":"English","notice_status":"Published","submission_deadline_date":"2026-07-10T00:00:00Z","submission_deadline_time":"17:00","project_ctry_name":"Eastern and Southern Africa","project_id":"P178566","project_name":"Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa","bid_reference_no":"DJ-IGAD-556167-CS-INDV","bid_description":"Consultancy on Development of a Spatial Decision Support System for Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis of Crop, Rangeland, and Pest Conditions","procurement_group":"CS","procurement_method_code":"INDV","procurement_method_name":"Individual Consultant Selection","contact_address":"Djibouti P.O Box 2653, Ave Georges Clemenceau \nwww.igad.int","contact_ctry_name":"Djibouti","contact_email":"senait.regassa@igad.int","contact_name":"Senait Regassa","contact_organization":"Intergovernmental Authority on Development","contact_phone_no":"+254712061359","contact_web_url":"www.igad.int","submission_date":"2026-06-26T00:00:00Z","notice_text":"Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-Djibouti
Request for Expression of Interest
(Consulting Services – Individual Consultant Selection)
Name of project: FOOD SYSTEMS RESILIENCE PROGRAM FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA-Additional Financing (FSRP-AF)
Project No.: (P178566)
Grant No: TF-D0339
Assignment Title: Consultancy to Develop a Spatial Decision Support System for Monitoring Crop Conditions, Pasture and Rangeland Dynamics, and Transboundary Pest Risks in the IGAD Region
Contract No.: DJ-IGAD-556167-CS-INDV
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has received additional financing from International Development Agency (IDA) the Food systems resilience program for Eastern and Southern Africa Phase 1 to scale-up Digital Agro-Climate Advisory Services and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to payments under this contract: Consultancy to Develop a Spatial Decision Support System for Monitoring Crop Conditions, Pasture and Rangeland Dynamics, and Transboundary Pest Risks in the IGAD Region
1.The objective of the assignment:
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop a secure, scalable, interoperable, and user-friendly GIS-based digital platform that integrates and visualizes analytical products generated by crop, pasture, rangeland, and pest modellers. The platform will support the routine monitoring of agricultural and environmental conditions and improve access to actionable early warning information for regional and national decision-makers. More information is provided in the ToRS attached/ available upon request.
2.Expected Outputs and Deliverables
The following deliverables are expected from this consultancy:
3.The Consulting Services Contract is expected to be for a period of Twelves (12) calendar months from the date of commencement.
4.Minimum Consultant’s qualifications and experience requirements
(i) Minimum Qualifications
(ii) Skills and Competencies
Project:P172479-Strengthen Ethiopias Adaptive Safety Net
Loan/Credit/TF Info:IDA-67980
Bid/Contract Reference No:ET-MOA/FSCD-526250-GO-RFB
Procurement Method:RFB-Request for Bids
Scope of Contract:SoC solution and GitHub Enterprise and other software
Notice Version No:0
Project:P172479-Strengthen Ethiopias Adaptive Safety Net
Loan/Credit/TF Info:IDA-67980
Bid/Contract Reference No:ET-MOA/FSCD-526250-GO-RFB
Procurement Method:RFB-Request for Bids
Scope of Contract:FortiGate 1100E and support
Notice Version No:0
Project:P172479-Strengthen Ethiopias Adaptive Safety Net
Loan/Credit/TF Info:IDA-67980
Bid/Contract Reference No:ET-MOA/FSCD-526250-GO-RFB
Procurement Method:RFB-Request for Bids
Scope of Contract:Wordfence premium and wordpress
Notice Version No:0
Project:P178566-Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa
Loan/Credit/TF Info:IDA-71560
Bid/Contract Reference No:ET-OROMIA GOBA WOR-FSRP-516676-CW-RFQ/25
Procurement Method:RFQ-Request for Quotations
Scope of Contract:Construction works of Waltayi Madgda Cuttle Crash at different FSRP Kebeles in Goba Woreda, under Arsi Zone.
Notice Version No:0
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (ROEI)
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
COUNTRY : KENYA
NAME OF PROJECT : KENYA JOBS AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT TITLE : CONSULTANCY FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND API DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE KENYA INVESTMENT SINGLE WINDOW (KISW) AND PARTNER AGENCIES AND COUNTIES FOR THE DIGITAL ONE-STOP-CENTRE (OSC) IMPLEMENTATION.
LOAN/CREDIT NO : 7450-KE
REFERENCE NO : KE-SDIP-554976-CS-QCBS
The Government of Kenya (GoK) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services
The consulting services involve systems integration and API development for the Kenya Investment Single Window (KISW) of the Kenya Investment Authority (InvestKenya) to support the implementation of the Digital One Stop Centre (DOSC), a unified digital platform that consolidates investor services from multiple government agencies and counties. The DOSC aims to simplify investment facilitation, improve transparency, and reduce the time and cost of starting and operating a business in Kenya. A key component of the project is integrating DOSC with agency and county systems to enable investors to register companies, fulfill employer requirements, obtain sectoral and county investment permits, and eliminate manual duplication and verification processes across institutions.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.investmentpromotion.go.ke
The MINISTRY OF INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND INDUSTRY, STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION (SDIP) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to provide the services. The shortlist criteria are:
The firm shall be legally registered and have core business in ICT systems integration, software development, or related fields - Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience
Demonstrated experience in at least two (2) assignments of similar nature, scope, and complexity in the last ten (10) years, involving:
Demonstrated technical and organizational capacity to undertake the assignment, including availability of appropriate tools, systems, and methodologies
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to section III paragraph 3.14,3.16, 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulation for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s Policy on conflict of Interest.
Consultant may associate with other Firms to enhance their qualification but should indicate clearly whether the association is in form of joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information may be obtained from the MINISTRY OF INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND INDUSTRY, STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION (SDIP) Offices at NSSF P.O BOX -30057-00100 Building, Block ‘A’ Eastern Wing, 12th floor, Bishop Road, Nairobi Kenya from 8:00am to 5:00 pm East African Time (EAT).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or or by e-mail): kjetsdip@gmail.com or Kjetprocurement@investmentpromotion.go.ke OR: be submitted physically deposited in the Tender Box located on 12th Floor, Social Security House, NSSF Building Block ‘A’ Eastern Wing, Bishop Road, Capitol hill, Nairobi, Kenya. In plain sealed envelope clearly marked at the above address and must be received by 24th June 2026 by 10:00 AM East African Time and be clearly Marked “Expression of Interest for System Integration and API development for Digital One- Stop-Centre Implementation” Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project Ref: KE- SDIP-554976-CS-QCBS and addressed to.
State Department for Investment Promotion, Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project
PROJECT-DIRECTOR (KJET)
P.O BOX -30057-00100, NSSF Building, Block ‘A’ Eastern Wing, 12th floor, Bishop Road, Nairobi Kenya.
Tel: +254-0202731531-9
Email: kjetsdip@gmail.com or Kjetprocurement@investmentpromotion.go.ke
"},{"id":"OP00450056","notice_type":"Invitation for Bids","noticedate":"09-Jun-2026","notice_lang_name":"English","notice_status":"Published","submission_deadline_date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00Z","submission_deadline_time":"11:00","project_ctry_name":"Liberia","project_id":"P171997","project_name":"Liberia Investment, Finance and Trade Project","bid_reference_no":"LR-MOCI-556427-GO-RFB","bid_description":"Supply and Installation of ICT Equipment and Related Services for Implementation of a National Trade Information Portal and National Single Window (NSW), for the Government of Liberia.","procurement_group":"GO","procurement_method_code":"RFB","procurement_method_name":"Request for Bids","contact_address":"Ministerial Complex\nCongo Town\nTubman Blvd, Monrovia,","contact_ctry_name":"Liberia","contact_email":"jsayekehnel-lift@moci.gov.lr","contact_name":"Julius Saye Keh-nel","contact_organization":"Ministry of Commerce and Industry","contact_phone_no":"(+231) 777-201-863","submission_date":"2026-06-09T00:00:00Z","notice_text":"
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
LIBERIA INVESTMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE PROJECT (LIFT-P)
INSURANCE BUILDING, 5TH STREET-SINKOR
OPPOSITE CONEX GAS STATION MONROVIA, LIBERIA
P.O. Box 9041, 1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
www.moci.gov.lr
Special Procurement Notice
Request for Bids – Goods Procurement (Single Stage – One Envelope Process)
Open International Competitive Bidding for Supply and Installation of ICT Infrastructure for National Single Window (NSW) System for the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA)
Project Name: | Liberia Investment, Finance and Trade Project (LIFT-P) |
Project ID No.: | P171997 |
Purchaser: | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Country: | Republic of Liberia |
Credit No.: | D9690 |
Loan No.: | V3830 |
Contract ID No.: | LR-MOCI-556427-GO-RFB |
Date Issued: | June 9, 2026 |
2. This bidding covers the Supply of ICT Infrastructures for National Single Window System (NSW) for the Liberia Revenue Authority as detailed under Section V – Schedule of Supplies. The items are categorized under three (3) procurement lots as indicated below.
Lot 1: Consolidated Hardware Equipment List (LRA, MOA, MOCI, LISA)
Item | Description | QTY | Physical Unit |
1. | Application server | 8 | Pieces |
2. | Database server | 4 | Pieces |
3. | Storage Controllers | 2 | Pieces |
4. | Storage Arrays with expansion enclosure | 2 | Pieces |
5. | Fiber-Channel Switches | 2 | Pieces |
6. | Fiber-channel HBA (Host Bus Adapter) | 8 | Pieces |
7. | Small Form Factor (SFP+) Fiber Transceiver (10GB) | 36 | Pieces |
8. | Gigabit Switch | 9 | Pieces |
9. | Wireless Access Points | 18 | Pieces |
10. | Laptop computers | 86 | Pieces |
11. | Desktop Computers | 38 | Pieces |
12. | Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) | 38 | Pieces |
13. | Network Printer | 3 | Pieces |
14. | Printer/Scanner - All-in-one | 6 | Pieces |
15. | Gigabit Switch | 9 | Pieces |
Lot-2 – Provision of Training Services for LRA
Item | Description | QTY | Physical Unit | Training Duration |
1. | Certified Server Management Professional (CSMP) | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
2. | Certified Server Security Specialist (CSSS) | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
3. | Hybrid Cloud Management Professional (HCMP) | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
4. | Oracle Database Cloud for DBAs | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
5. | Advanced Storage Networking Specialist | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
6. | HPE Fibre Channel Storage Specialist (HFCSS | 4 | Persons | 9 to 33 weeks |
Lot-3 – Consolidated Loworbit satellite Internet Service for MOA, MOCI, LISA
Item | Description | QTY | Physical Unit | Duration |
1. | Provision of Loworbit satellite internet service training
| 4 | Persons | 1 to 12 weeks |
3. Bidders should ensure that all training courses listed in the Schedule of Requirements are delivered in accordance with recognized professional curricula and using uptodate training materials. The Bidder shall be responsible for providing a fully equipped training facility suitable for technical, handson ICT training. Specific requirements in terms of topics/modules and duration are provided in the Specification section below. A bidder can bid for one or more lots but must cover the full quantities for lots bided for. Any incomplete items for any lot would be deemed to be unresponsive, and the bid would be rejected.
4. Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive Bidding procedures using Request for Bids (RFB) method of procurement as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017, August 2018, November 2020, September 2023, February 2025 and September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
5. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the supply of the ICT Infrastructure for National Single Window System (NSW) for the Liberia Revenue Authority. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Liberia Investment, Finance and Trade (LIFT) Project Implementation Unit (PIU), 2nd Floor, Insurance Center, Opposite Conex Gas Station, 5th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia- Liberia and during office hours 0900 to 1600 Hours GMT Mondays to Fridays.
6. All Bidders (whether international or local) shall submit the following additional documents in their Bid:
7. The Request for Bid Documents including detailed Technical Specification in “English” may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of One Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars (US$150.00). The method of payment will be direct payment to the project account; Account No.: 6101905782, Account name: Liberia Investment, Finance and Trade Project at ECOBANK Liberia and indicate “Payment for Request for Bids Documents for Procurement of ICT Infrastructure and Related Services”. The Request for Bid Document will be sent by email to the official email address indicated in the firm’s Letter of interest that must accompany the payment details.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Monday June 29, 2026. Bidders shall have the option of submitting their Bids electronically. The electronic Bids submission procedures shall be: by email. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “Copies” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders, their designated representatives or anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on Monday June 29, 2026.
9. Bids shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days after the deadline for Bids submission.
10. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” as indicated below:
11. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below immediately after the deadline for Bid submission, at 1100 hours GMT (11:00am) on Monday, June 29, 2016.
12. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Bidder’s Beneficial Ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the Bidding Document.
13. The address (es) referred to above are:
For Inspection of Proposal Document:
Julius Yenwon Saye Keh-nel
Project Coordinator
Liberia Investment, Finance and Trade Project (LIFT-P)
2nd Floor, Insurance Plaza, 5th Street, Sinkor
Monrovia, Liberia
Tel: (+231) 777-201-863 / 776-654-713
Email: jsayekehnel-lift@moci.gov.lr
Cc copy: jvanyanbah-lift@moci.gov.lr/ vanyanbah.julius@yahoo.com/ fahnco76@yahoo.com
"},{"id":"OP00449696","notice_type":"Request for Expression of Interest","noticedate":"08-Jun-2026","notice_lang_name":"English","notice_status":"Published","submission_deadline_date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00Z","submission_deadline_time":"16:00","project_ctry_name":"Sierra Leone","project_id":"P176789","project_name":"Productive Social Safety Nets and Youth Employment","bid_reference_no":"SL-NACSA-547305-CS-QCBS","bid_description":"Hiring of a consultancy firm for the Deployment, Hosting, and Maintenance of the Climate Risk Analytics Management (CRAM) Platform","procurement_group":"CS","procurement_method_code":"QCBS","procurement_method_name":"Quality And Cost-Based Selection","contact_address":"14-16 Charlotte Street Freetown Sierra Leone","contact_ctry_name":"Sierra Leone","contact_email":"silasmsesay08@gmail.com","contact_name":"SILAS MOMODU SESAY","contact_organization":"National Soacial Action Commission","contact_phone_no":"+23278677738","contact_web_url":"http://www.nacsa.gov.sl/","submission_date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00Z","notice_text":"
GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL ACTION (NaCSA)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES)
COUNTRY: Sierra Leone
NAME OF PROJECT: Sierra Leone Productive Social Safety Net and Youth Employment Project (PSSNYE)
Project Code: P176789
Assignment Title: Development, Deployment, Hosting, and Maintenance of the Climate Risk Analytics Management (CRAM) Platform
Reference No. SL-NACSA-547305-CS-QCBS
Date Issued: 1st June 2026
The Government of Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the Social Safety Net and Youth Employment Project (PSSNYE). The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), the project implementing agency, now intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for Development, Deployment, Hosting, and Maintenance of the Climate Risk Analytics Management (CRAM) Platform under the Digital Public Works Subcomponent of the PSSNYE project.
Background
The Freetown City Council (FCC) is implementing the Digital Public Works (DPW) Subcomponent 2C under the Productive Social Safety Net and Youth Employment Project (PSSNYE). The subcomponent aims to strengthen urban climate resilience and disaster preparedness through the use of digital technologies and data-driven decision-making.
Freetown faces increasing environmental risks including urban heat stress, seasonal flooding, and ecosystem degradation. Addressing these challenges requires integrated climate data systems capable of consolidating environmental datasets, analyzing climate risks, and supporting evidence-based planning and response.
To support this objective, FCC intends to establish a Climate Risk Analytics Management (CRAM) Platform, a web-based, GIS-enabled climate intelligence system that will integrate and analyze datasets related to heat exposure, flooding, tree planting interventions, and socio-economic vulnerability.
The CRAM Platform will function as a centralized monitoring and analytics dashboard capable of aggregating data from multiple government agencies and partner institutions, including Freetown City Council (FCC), National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency (SL-Met), Statistics Sierra Leone and Office of National Security (ONS). The system will support FCC’s broader Transform Freetown: Transforming Lives Agenda, which emphasizes environmental sustainability, climate resilience, and data-driven urban governance.
Objective of the Assignment
The objective of this assignment is to design and implement a secure, scalable, and data-driven Climate Risk Analytics Management (CRAM) Platform that supports monitoring, analysis, and communication of climate risks across Freetown. The platform will:
Scope of Work
The consulting firm will undertake the design, development, deployment, and operational support of the CRAM Platform. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below. The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
Technology Stack
The proposed solution should adopt a modern, scalable, and preferably open-source GIS architecture to support flood and heat risk analysis as well as spatial visualization.
Minimum preferred technology stack:
The platform must support interoperability, scalability, role-based access control, and seamless integration with government and partner data systems.
Shortlisting Criteria
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated November 2020. (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Duration of Assignment
The total contract duration will be 18 months, consisting of:
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below or by e-mail by the 30th of June 2026 at 1600 hours. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 – 16:00 hours).
Only shortlisted firms will be invited to submit proposals.
Senior Director, Support Services
National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA)
5th Floor, Room Number 5F7
NaCSA House14 -16 Charlotte Street
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mobile No: +232-76-638-396/+23278677738
E-Mail: kofiaddai@nacsa.gov.sl
Copy: silassesay@nacsa.gov.sl / silasmsesay08@gmail.com
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(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)
Country: Lebanon
Project Name: GFPP for Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (LDAP)
GFPP Grant No.: TF0C8895
Project No.: P181954
Assignment Title: Cybersecurity Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Framework
Assessment and Law Drafting
Reference No.: LB-OMSAR-537759-CS-INDV
The Republic of Lebanon represented by the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) has received a Grant (# TF0C8895) from the World Bank’s Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include conducting a comprehensive assessment of Lebanon’s cybersecurity legal, regulatory, and institutional landscape to identify gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies in the current framework, and benchmarking international good practices and adaptable models. The assignment is expected to be completed in approximately 20 weeks from contract signature.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest – Annex I.
The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) now invites eligible individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide:
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
The Consultant must meet the following minimum requirements:
Education
Advanced degree in Law, Cybersecurity, Public Policy, or related field.
Experience
Technical Expertise
Language
Fluency in Arabic and English required.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (September 2025) (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
An Individual Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultants method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 AM to 04:00 PM Beirut Time).
Expressions of interest (including CV and a methodology/work plan not exceeding 5 pages) must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by COB June 22, 2026.
Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR)
Technical Unit – Preparation Grant for Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project
Attn: Ms. Mirvat Hammoud – Procurement Specialist
Omar Daouk Street, Mina El Hosn Sector,
STARCO Building, Bloc A, 5th Floor, Room 505a
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961 (1) 371 505; ext. 160
E-mail: mhammoud@omsar.gov.lb
Annex I
Terms of Reference
PREPARATION GRANT FOR LEBANON DIGITAL ACCELERATION PROJECT (P181954)
Cybersecurity Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Framework
Assessment and Law Drafting
1. Background
Lebanon is facing a protracted, multidimensional crisis that has impaired state institutions and public service delivery. Fragmented digital systems, reliance on paper-based processes, and limited trust in electronic transactions continue to hinder efficiency, transparency, and accountability across the public and private sectors. These challenges are compounded by gaps in digital governance, incomplete regulatory activation, and limited institutional capacity to operationalize key digital enablers.
To address these issues, a strategic investment to modernize Lebanon’s public sector through digital transformation, stimulate private sector growth, and accelerate the development of a robust digital economy is under preparation with World Bank support. The Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (the “Project”) will establish secure, scalable, and resilient digital infrastructure including cloud services, data platforms, and cybersecurity systems that are essential for attracting investment and fostering innovation. By strengthening digital ID, e-signature capabilities, and the legal framework for digital transactions, the Project will improve the ease of doing business and enable trusted, efficient engagement between the public and private sectors. In parallel, the Project will advance key regulatory reforms in telecom, data protection, cybersecurity, e-signature, artificial intelligence (AI) and other areas, while investing in Lebanon’s digital talent pool. Together, these measures will lay the foundation for a more competitive, dynamic, and inclusive economy.
The World Bank’s Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP) has been extended to OMSAR to support Project preparation. The GFPP grant will be implemented by a Technical Unit (TU) housed within OMSAR.
An important enabler of secure digital transformation is the establishment of a comprehensive national cybersecurity governance and institutional framework to protect government systems, critical information infrastructure, digital services, and public data against cyber threats and risks. In Lebanon, there are ongoing efforts to establish a coherent national cybersecurity framework, including the development and strengthening of the necessary institutions and institutional arrangements, governance structures, and legal and operational mandates various laws, regulations, institutional mandates and the 2019 National Cybersecurity Strategy partially address aspects of cybersecurity.
In this context, a draft cybersecurity law and framework and accompanying texts and secondary instruments are being developed and circulated among stakeholders; consequently, a coherent consolidation and review to ensure the development of a modern, fit-for-purpose legal and institutional framework aligned with international good practices and adapted to Lebanon’s institutional and operational realities are needed, and hence this proposed assignment.
This assignment should be undertaken in a manner consistent with the applicable national cyber security governance framework and institutional mandates.
2. Assignment and Objectives
This assignment aims to:
3. Core Objectives
4. Detailed Scope of Work and Deliverables
Phase 1: Inception and Methodological Alignment
Deliverable D1: Inception Report.
Phase 2: Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Assessment
Deliverable D2: Cybersecurity Baseline Assessment Report and Benchmarking and Design Principles Report.
Phase 3: Cybersecurity Legal Framework
Deliverable D3: Draft National Cybersecurity Framework and core implementing texts.
Phase 4: Institutional and Implementation Framework
Deliverable D4: Draft Institutional and Implementation Framework
Phase 5: Consultation and Finalization
Deliverables D5:
5. Qualifications
Education
Advanced degree in Law, Cybersecurity, Public Policy, or related field.
Experience
Technical Expertise
Language
Fluency in Arabic and English required.
6. Compliance Requirements
The selected Consultant must adhere to all applicable World Bank regulations and guidelines, including but not limited to the World Bank’s Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants, and must disclose any actual or potential Conflict of Interest (COI).
In addition, the Consultant must comply with the following Environmental and Social (E&S) requirements aligned with the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and the Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (LDAP) commitments:
The Consultant must sign and follow a CoC covering data confidentiality, respectful conduct, non-discrimination, and zero tolerance for SEA/SH.
The Consultant shall perform the assignment in accordance with applicable labor and working condition requirements under the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESS2), including maintaining safe and healthy working practices, professional conduct, and respect for applicable occupational health and safety standards.
The Consultant shall have access to the Project’s Grievance Mechanism for raising any work-related concerns or complaints arising during the assignment.
All data handled under this assignment must be securely stored, accessed only by authorized staff, and managed using privacy-by-design and cybersecurity best practices. Any data breach must be immediately reported.
All data shall comply with applicable Lebanese data protection laws and regulations.
Any targeted technical consultations conducted as part of policy development shall inform participants about the Project’s Grievance Mechanism and how complaints can be submitted.
The Consultant shall comply with zero-tolerance requirements for SEA/SH and adhere to appropriate professional conduct and reporting procedures when engaging with stakeholders, in line with the Project’s CoC and World Bank requirements.
Any ICT equipment or data storage devices used must be managed responsibly, including secure data wiping and environmentally sound disposal.
7. Deliverables and Payment Schedule
The engagement will be completed in approximately twenty weeks (20 weeks) from contract signature date, with key phases and deliverables structured as follows:
Phase | Deliverable | Week of Delivery (from contract signature) | Payment (% of Total) |
1 | D1 Inception Report | 4 | 10% |
2 | D2 Cybersecurity Baseline Assessment Report and Benchmarking and Design Principles Report | 8 | 30% |
3 | D3 Draft Cybersecurity Law and core implementing texts | 12 | 20% |
4 | D4 Draft Institutional and Implementation Framework | 16 | 20% |
5 | D5 Final Framework Report | 20 | 20% |
8. Reporting and Governance
Project Oversight and Management Structure
A Technical Committee (TC) will be established to provide strategic direction, oversight, and effective management of the engagement. Chaired by the Grant Coordinator, without prejudice to the roles and prerogatives of participating entities, the TC shall be composed of members from OMSAR, OMSTAI, and other involved ministries and/or relevant public entities, as applicable. The TC will serve as a coordination and oversight mechanism responsible for reviewing the Consultant’s progress and facilitating alignment among participating entities, in accordance with the mandates, roles, and decision-making authority for each entity.
Reporting Obligations
The Consultant will report to the Grant Coordinator and provide regular updates to the TC, including all participating entities. In addition to the contractual deliverables, the Consultant, shall participate in progress meetings with the TC team to ensure methodological alignment.
Deliverable Acceptance and Payment Clearance
Nothing in this TOR shall be construed as establishing, modifying, or pre-empting any superseding the legal mandates, roles or decision-making authority of any participating public entity under applicable laws and regulations.
Currency of Payment
Payments will be processed in U.S. Dollars.
9. Intellectual Property & Confidentiality
Intellectual Property Rights
All documents, data, analyses, policy drafts, tools, and materials produced under this assignment shall become the exclusive property of Government of Lebanon. The Consultant shall not publish, use, or share any materials without prior written approval from the Government of Lebanon.
Confidentiality Obligation
The Consultant shall maintain strict confidentiality of all information accessed during the assignment and shall ensure that no information is shared, disclosed, or used outside the scope of this contract, in accordance with applicable Lebanese laws and regulation.
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MINISTÈRE DE L’ECONOMIE ET DES FINANCES (MEF)
SOLLICITATION DE MANIFESTATIONS D’INTÉRÊT
Approche de marché : Sélection de Consultant Individuel (INDV) par les emprunteurs de la banque mondiale
Titre du Projet : Haïti, Projet de Renforcement de la Gestion des Finances Publiques (PReGeFiP-P180384)
Mission : Elle consiste en l’élaboration d’étude de cadrage & faisabilité technique et le développement d’un écosystème numérique intégré (Web, Mobile et Réseaux Sociaux) d’engagement citoyen
Numéro de Don : IDA E4170
Numéro de référence de l’AMI : 017
Numéro de référence du marché : HT-UCP/MEF-551596-CS-QCBS
La République d’Haïti a reçu un financement de la Banque Mondiale (BM) en vue d’exécuter le Projet de Renforcement de la Gestion des Finances Publiques. Une partie du montant de ce don sera utilisée pour recruter un(e) consultant(e) qui sera chargé de l’élaboration de la stratégie sectorielle et du Cadre de Dépenses à Moyen Terme (CDMT) pour le secteur Éducation
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Sous la supervision de la Direction Générale du Budget (DGB), le.a consultant,e aura pour principales tâches :
2.1. Indicateurs d'engagement et de participation
2.2. Capacités institutionnelles et pérennisation
Les prestations s’étaleront sur une durée de Dix Huit (18) mois calendaires.
Le Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances (MEF) invite les Firmes/Cabinets/Consortium de consultants compétents et qualifiés à manifester leur intérêt à fournir les services susmentionnés. Les Firmes/Cabinets/Consortium intéressés doivent fournir les informations, en français, démontrant qu’ils.elles possèdent les qualifications requises et une expérience pertinente pour l’exécution desdits Services. Les TDR pour cette mission sont annexés au présent Avis de Manifestation d’Intérêt.
Les Firmes/Cabinets/Consortium intéressés seront retenus sur la liste restreinte sélectionnés sur la base de :
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P.J. Les Termes de Référence.
République d’Haïti
Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances (MEF)
Unité de Coordination de Projets (UCP)
Projet de Renforcement de la Gestion des Finances Publiques (PReGeFIP - P180384)
Financement : Don IDA E 4170
Recrutement d’un(e) Firme de consultation(e) pour l’élaboration d’une étude de cadrage & faisabilité technique et le développement d’un écosystème numérique intégré (Web, Mobile et Réseaux Sociaux) d’engagement citoyen
No Référence : HT-UCP/MEF-551596-CS-QCBS
TERMES DE REFERENCE (TDR)
Avril 2026
TABLES DES MATIÈRES
I. CONTEXTE ET JUSTIFICATION................................................................................................................... 4
II. OBJECTIF GÉNÉRAL.................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Objectifs spécifiques................................................................................................................................... 5
III. ANCRAGE INSTITUTIONNEL ET GOUVERNANCE................................................................................. 6
3.1. Partenaires institutionnels clés et points d'ancrage......................................................................................... 7
3.2. Gouvernance des données et interopérabilité................................................................................................ 7
3.3. Stratégie de pérennité et financement Post-PReGeFiP................................................................................... 8
IV. CIBLES DE L’ACTIVITÉ............................................................................................................................... 8
V. COMPOSANTES DE LA PLATEFORME....................................................................................................... 9
5.1. Le noyau central : Écosystème web & services de données............................................................................ 9
A. Module de Visualisation (DataViz) & Transparence :............................................................................. 9
B. Assistant Virtuel Intelligent (IA Pédagogique) :...................................................................................... 9
C. Centre de Redevabilité et Boucle de Rétroaction (Feedback Loop) :........................................................ 9
5.2. L'extension mobile : Accessibilité et Proximité........................................................................................... 10
5.3. L'écosystème médias sociaux : connectivité et viralité................................................................................. 10
A. Déploiement stratégique par plateforme................................................................................................. 10
B. Formats de Contenus et Ligne Éditoriale................................................................................................ 10
VI. MÉTHODOLOGIE ET STRATÉGIE DE MISE EN ŒUVRE...................................................................... 11
Phase 1 : Cadrage stratégique, faisabilité et analyse comparative........................................................................ 11
Phase 2 : Design centré utilisateur (UX/UI) et co-création continue.................................................................... 11
Phase 3 : Développement Agile et Intégration de l’IA........................................................................................ 12
Phase 4 : Tests de qualité, sécurisation et pilotage.............................................................................................. 12
Phase 5 : Lancement et communication multicanale.......................................................................................... 12
Phase 6 : Formation, transfert de compétences et pérennisation.......................................................................... 12
VII. OUTILS TECHNOLOGIQUES................................................................................................................... 13
7.1. Développement Web et Gestion de Contenu (CMS).................................................................................... 13
7.2. Intelligence Artificielle (AI Assistant)........................................................................................................ 13
7.3. Analyse de Données et Engagement........................................................................................................... 13
7.4. Interaction et Collecte de Feedback............................................................................................................ 13
7.5. Infrastructure et Sécurité........................................................................................................................... 13
VIII. TÂCHES DE LA FIRME........................................................................................................................... 14
8.1. Études techniques, cadrage et engagement des parties prenantes.................................................................. 14
8.2. Développement Full-Stack, IA et infrastructure Cloud................................................................................. 14
8.3. Pédagogie budgétaire et production de contenus multimédias...................................................................... 14
8.4. Stratégie médias sociaux et animation de communauté................................................................................ 14
8.5. Tests, qualité et sécurisation (QA & Security)............................................................................................. 15
8.6. Formation, Assistance Technique et Transfert............................................................................................. 15
IX. RÉSULTATS ATTENDUS............................................................................................................................. 15
9.1. Indicateurs d'engagement et de participation............................................................................................... 15
9.2. Capacités institutionnelles et pérennisation................................................................................................. 15
X. LIVRABLES.................................................................................................................................................. 16
L1. Note de cadrage, étude de faisabilité et analyse comparative........................................................................ 16
L2. Plan d'engagement citoyen et protocole de gestion des feedbacks................................................................. 16
L3. Charte graphique, design UX/UI et stratégie de communication................................................................... 16
L4. Écosystème numérique et assistant IA opérationnels.................................................................................... 16
L5. Guide pédagogique et contenus multimédias de vulgarisation....................................................................... 16
L6. Manuel d'administration et rapport de transfert de compétences.................................................................... 16
XI. CALENDRIER D’EXÉCUTION................................................................................................................... 17
XII. QUALIFICATIONS ET COMPÉTENCES REQUISES.............................................................................. 17
XIII. PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE........................................................................................................... 19
XIV. CRITÈRES D'ÉVALUATION DES OFFRES............................................................................................. 19
XV. DÉLAIS ET MODALITÉS DE SOUMISSION............................................................................................ 19
15.1. Dossier de Candidature........................................................................................................................... 19
15.2. Date Limite et Lieu de Dépôt................................................................................................................... 19
À l’échelle mondiale, la gestion des finances publiques ne se limite plus à une simple question comptable ; elle est devenue le pilier central du développement durable et de la stabilité macroéconomique. Sous l’impulsion de standards internationaux tels que l’Open Government Partnership (OGP) et les cadres d’évaluation PEFA (Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability), on observe une transition fondamentale : le passage d’une transparence passive (publication de rapports) à un engagement citoyen actif. Des pays comme la Corée du Sud, le Chili ou l'Irlande ont démontré que l'utilisation de plateformes numériques permet non seulement de clarifier l'usage des fonds publics, mais aussi de restaurer la confiance envers les institutions. Dans cette optique, l’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle et des réseaux sociaux dans cette campagne de transparence budgétaire est une impérative pour inclure les jeunes générations dans les processus de décision.
En Haïti, cette ambition se heurte à des défis structurels persistants. Malgré les efforts de la Direction Générale du Budget (DGB), le fossé entre l’État et la population demeure significatif, alimenté par une méfiance historique et une participation limitée des Organisations de la Société Civile (OSC) au cycle budgétaire. Si les réformes initiées à partir de l’exercice fiscal 2024-2025 ont amélioré l'accès à l'information via les "budgets citoyens", la consultation sur les budgets sectoriels reste un point faible. Il existe un besoin urgent de désagréger les dépenses d’investissement au niveau départemental ou communal pour que le citoyen puisse visualiser la répartition des investissements publics dans sa propre région.
Le Projet de Renforcement de la Gestion des Finances Publiques (PReGeFiP), successeur du PAGeFIS, marque une étape décisive. Si le projet précédent a posé les bases de la redevabilité, il a également révélé l’absence de plateformes pérennes de dialogue. La sous-composante 3.2 du PReGeFiP vise précisément à combler cette lacune en développant un espace numérique d’échange entre les citoyens et les autorités budgétaires à travers des boucles de rétroaction (feedback loops) systématiques.
Le Collectif pour le Contrôle de l’Intégrité Publique (COCIP), en tant que partie prenante clé du PReGeFiP, se spécialise dans la promotion de la redevabilité et agit comme une interface technique et citoyenne entre les institutions publiques et la population pour favoriser le dialogue Etat-Citoyen.
Dans le cadre de ses actions visant à renforcer la surveillance citoyenne, le COCIP décide de lancer en Haïti une plateforme numérique intégrée d’engagement pour renforcer le dialogue budgétaire entre les gouvernants et les contribuables. Cette initiative est un levier direct pour faciliter les retours des citoyens sur les questions relatives au budget de l’etat.
Bien que la plateforme soit administrée par le collectif pour garantir son indépendance, sa neutralité et sa crédibilité auprès du public, elle fonctionne en étroite collaboration avec le Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances (notamment la CRFP-GE et la DGB) ainsi qu’avec les institutions de contrôle telles que la CSCCA, l’ULCC et la CNMP. Cet ancrage institutionnel hybride garantit que les données partagées sur la plateforme sont officielles, crédibles et que les préoccupations exprimées par les citoyens atteignent effectivement les décideurs pour influencer les politiques publiques.
La mise en place de cet écosystème (Web, Mobile et Réseaux Sociaux) ne représente pas seulement une innovation technologique, mais une réponse structurelle au besoin de transparence exprimé par la population. En transformant des données budgétaires souvent opaques en informations visuelles, interactives et accessibles (notamment via l'IA et la vidéo), le COCIP offre un espace de médiation sans précédent.
L’approche numérique permet de :
C’est dans cette perspective que le COCIP élabore les présents Termes de Référence (TDR). Ce document définit le cadre contractuel et les objectifs de la mission en vue de recruter une firme spécialisée ou un consortium de consultants et/ou d’institutions pour une intervention en deux volets indissociables :
L’objectif général de la mission est de concevoir et de mettre en œuvre un écosystème numérique d'engagement citoyen visant à moderniser la communication budgétaire en Haïti, à accroître la transparence des finances publiques et à instaurer un dialogue bidirectionnel permanent entre les institutions publiques et la population.
2.1. Objectifs spécifiques
De cet objectif général, nous déduisons les objectifs spécifiques suivants :
La plateforme n'est pas conçue comme un outil de dénonciation ou promotion unilatérale, mais comme un écosystème de dialogue constructif.
3.1. Partenaires institutionnels clés et points d'ancrage
Pour garantir l'impact du projet, la firme devra prévoir des mécanismes d'échange (flux de données ou protocoles de consultation) avec les entités suivantes :
3.2. Gouvernance des données et interopérabilité
La qualité de l'engagement citoyen dépend de la qualité de la donnée. La firme devra intégrer les principes suivants :
3.3. Stratégie de pérennité et financement Post-PReGeFiP
Le COCIP ne considère pas cette plateforme comme un outil éphémère lié à la durée du financement du PReGeFiP. Un modèle opérationnel de transition sera élaboré dès la phase de cadrage pour garantir sa survie à long terme.
Cette activité du COCIP dans le cadre du PReGeFiP cible :
L’architecture repose sur un noyau central (Web) qui alimente l’ensemble des points de contact avec le citoyen. La firme devra garantir une synchronisation parfaite des données entre ces composantes.
5.1. Le noyau central : Écosystème web & services de données
Le portail Web est la source unique de vérité. Il centralise les bases de données et les algorithmes de l’IA.
5.2. L'extension mobile : Accessibilité et Proximité
L’application mobile ne doit pas être un simple site web encapsulé, mais un outil optimisé pour l’usage quotidien en Haïti.
5.3. L'écosystème médias sociaux : connectivité et viralité
Cette composante transforme les réseaux sociaux en véritables espaces de débat public et en portes d’entrée vers la plateforme web. L’objectif est d'aller chercher le citoyen là où il consomme l’information pour le ramener vers l’interaction budgétaire.
A. Déploiement stratégique par plateforme
B. Formats de Contenus et Ligne Éditoriale
C. Mécanisme de Convergence et d'Engagement
La mission sera exécutée suivant une approche agile, centrée sur l'utilisateur et itérative, permettant des ajustements constants basés sur les réalités du terrain haïtien.
Phase 1 : Cadrage stratégique, faisabilité et analyse comparative
Phase 2 : Design centré utilisateur (UX/UI) et co-création continue
Phase 3 : Développement Agile et Intégration de l’IA
Phase 4 : Tests de qualité, sécurisation et pilotage
Phase 5 : Lancement et communication multicanale
Phase 6 : Formation, transfert de compétences et pérennisation
Le choix technologique repose sur la recherche d’un équilibre entre innovation (IA), robustesse et accessibilité (faible consommation de données).
7.1. Développement Web et Gestion de Contenu (CMS)
7.2. Intelligence Artificielle (AI Assistant)
7.3. Analyse de Données et Engagement
7.4. Interaction et Collecte de Feedback
7.5. Infrastructure et Sécurité
La firme ou le consortium de consultants et/ou d’institutions aura pour mission d'exécuter les tâches suivantes, en étroite collaboration avec l'équipe technique du COCIP :
8.1. Études techniques, cadrage et engagement des parties prenantes
8.2. Développement Full-Stack, IA et infrastructure Cloud
8.3. Pédagogie budgétaire et production de contenus multimédias
8.4. Stratégie médias sociaux et animation de communauté
8.5. Tests, qualité et sécurisation (QA & Security)
8.6. Formation, Assistance Technique et Transfert
L'intervention de la firme et la mise en œuvre du projet devront aboutir aux résultats concrets suivants :
9.1. Indicateurs d'engagement et de participation
9.2. Capacités institutionnelles et pérennisation
La firme ou le consortium devra soumettre les produits suivants. La validation de chaque livrable par le comité de suivi du COCIP en concertation avec la CRFP-GE est un préalable au déblocage des tranches de paiement.
L1. Note de cadrage, étude de faisabilité et analyse comparative
Ce document doit poser les fondations stratégiques du projet :
L2. Plan d'engagement citoyen et protocole de gestion des feedbacks
Ce livrable opérationnalise la Boucle de Rétroaction :
L3. Charte graphique, design UX/UI et stratégie de communication
L4. Écosystème numérique et assistant IA opérationnels
L5. Guide pédagogique et contenus multimédias de vulgarisation
L6. Manuel d'administration et rapport de transfert de compétences
Ce livrable garantit la pérennité du projet :
Le projet sera piloté en 18 mois selon l'échéancier suivant, avec des points de contrôle mensuels :
Phases | Trimestre | Activités Clés |
P0. Recrutement & Contractualisation | T1 (M1-M3) | Publication AMI/TDR, évaluation des offres, due diligence technique (IA), entretiens et signature du contrat. |
P1. Cadrage & Faisabilité | T2 (M4-M6) | Benchmarking international, audit IT des sources de données, tables de consultation (MEF, Communes, UEH) et validation du MVP. |
P2. Développement & Intégration | T3 (M7-M9) | Codage de l'écosystème Web/Mobile, configuration des API institutionnelles et entraînement du moteur IA bilingue. |
P3. Contenus & Pilotage Bêta | T4 (M10-M12) | Production multimédia (vidéos, infographies), développement réseaux sociaux, tests d'utilisabilité avec les cohortes bêta et audits de sécurité. |
P4. Lancement & Communication | T5 (M13-M15) | Grand lancement national, campagnes médias (Radio + Digital), activation de la Boucle de Rétroaction. |
P5. Clôture & Transfert (Assistance) | T6 (M16-M18) | Formation intensive, Shadowing technique, remise des codes sources. |
Le recrutement s'adresse à une firme de consultation, une agence d’innovation ou un consortium d'institutions et/ou de consultants justifiant d'une expertise multidisciplinaire avec au moins 5 ans de compétences et expériences dans les domaines suivants :
L'intégralité des produits développés dans le cadre de cette mission (codes sources, algorithmes de l'IA, bases de données, contenus multimédias, designs) demeure la propriété exclusive du COCIP. La firme s'engage à fournir tous les éléments nécessaires pour permettre une gestion autonome et une évolution libre de la plateforme sans droits de licence récurrents envers le prestataire.
Les propositions seront évaluées sur une base de 100 points :
15.1. Dossier de Candidature
Pour être recevable, le dossier de soumission doit impérativement comprendre les pièces suivantes :
15.2. Date Limite et Lieu de Dépôt
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
CONSULTANT’S QUALIFICATIONS BASED SELECTION (CQS)
E-Signature Foundations: Mapping, Roadmap, Legal Instrument Drafting and Capacity Building
Name of Project | GFPP for Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (LDAP) - P181954 |
Loan No/Credit No/ Grand Number | TF-C8895 |
Assignment Title | E-signature Foundations: Mapping, Roadmap, Legal Instrument Drafting and Capacity Building |
Procurement Plan Ref Number | LB-OMSAR-537755-CS-CQS |
Country of Delivery | Lebanon |
The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Preparation Grant for the Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (LDAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the following consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include providing technical, legal, and advisory support to establish the practical foundations and pathways for the progressive use of electronic signatures in Lebanon. Running over an estimated implementation period of 15 weeks, the Services comprise three parallel workstreams:
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment is attached to this REOI.
The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The best qualified firm to carry out the services will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualifications Based Selection (CQS) method set out in the Regulations and based on the following shortlisting criteria:
Firm Specific Experience
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated September 2025 (“the Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 AM to 04:00 PM Beirut Time).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by COB 18 June, 2026.
Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR)
Technical Unit – Preparation Grant for Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project
Attn: Ms. Mirvat Hammoud – Procurement Specialist
Address: STARCO Building, Bloc A, 5th Floor
Omar Daouk Street, Mina El Hosn Sector
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961 (1) 371 505; ext. 160
E-mail: mhammoud@omsar.gov.lb
TERMS OF REFERENCE
PREPARATION GRANT FOR LEBANON DIGITAL ACCELERATION PROJECT (P181954)
E-Signature Foundations: Mapping, Roadmap, Legal Instrument Drafting and Capacity Building
Background
Lebanon is facing a protracted, multidimensional crisis that has impaired state institutions and public service delivery. Fragmented digital systems, reliance on paper-based processes, and limited trust in electronic transactions continue to hinder efficiency, transparency, and accountability across the public and private sectors. These challenges are compounded by gaps in digital governance, incomplete regulatory activation, and limited institutional capacity to operationalize key digital enablers.
To address these issues, a strategic investment to modernize Lebanon’s public sector through digital transformation, stimulate private sector growth, and accelerate the development of a robust digital economy is under preparation with World Bank support. The Lebanon Digital Acceleration Project (the “Project”) will establish secure, scalable, and resilient digital infrastructure including cloud services, data platforms, and cybersecurity systems that are essential for attracting investment and fostering innovation. By strengthening digital ID, e-signature capabilities, and the legal framework for digital transactions, the Project will improve the ease of doing business and enable trusted, efficient engagement between the public and private sectors. In parallel, the Project will advance key regulatory reforms in telecom, data protection, e-signature, and artificial intelligence (AI), while investing in Lebanon’s digital talent pool. Together, these measures will lay the foundation for a more competitive, dynamic, and inclusive economy.
The World Bank’s Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP) has been extended to OMSAR to support Project preparation. The GFPP grant will be implemented by a Technical Unit (TU) housed within OMSAR.
An important enabler of digitalization is the electronic signature (e-signature), which represents data in electronic form logically associated with an electronic document or transaction and used by a signatory to indicate approval or intent. Under Lebanese Law No. 81 of 2018, electronic signatures and electronic writing, including those of official nature, are granted the same legal validity as paper-based ones subject to defined conditions related to integrity, identification, and evidentiary reliability. The law establishes a framework for trust services and assigns supervisory and accreditation responsibilities to the Lebanese Accreditation Council (COLIBAC), including defining accreditation requirements and procedures applicable to trust service providers and accreditors, and maintaining trusted lists of accredited entities.
While the legal framework is in place, COLIBAC is not yet fully operational and has been for a long period governed by a Board of Directors as an interim arrangement, composed of representatives from relevant ministries. In April 2026, as a recent important development, a Director General for COLIBAC has been appointed, and will ensure executive leadership, while of its governance and internal structures, remain in progress. A range of technical, institutional, and procedural measures and mechanisms will need to be put in place to further support the effective operationalization of COLIBAC, in line with its mandate. It is also noted that ongoing efforts to operationalize the e-signature framework, including work on the implementing decree, has been undertaken at the national level and shall be taken into consideration under this assignment to ensure continuity and avoid duplication.
It is also worth noting that OMSAR, in collaboration with OMSTAI and the World Bank, convened a multi-stakeholder workshop on February 12, 2026 to discuss the operationalization of electronic signatures in Lebanon and to build a shared understanding of the legal, technical, and institutional aspects of the existing e-signature ecosystem. The workshop convened representatives from key public institutions, including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Industry, Banque du Liban, the Banking Control Commission of Lebanon, as well as legal and digital experts from the private sector. The discussions formulated a high-level roadmap that highlighted the need to establish the practical foundations and implementation pathways for the progressive use of electronic signatures under the current legal framework, including the importance of operationalizing COLIBAC by supporting the broader legal and governance arrangements needed to fulfil its mandate.
As a follow-up to the workshop, participants agreed on the establishment of an inter-institutional working group composed of representatives from the concerned ministries and institutions to support ongoing coordination, technical discussions, and the progressive operationalization of the electronic signature framework through the below phased approach:
Assignment and Objectives
The objectives of this assignment are to:
Detailed Scope of Work and Deliverables
Workstream 1: Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Review, Diagnostic and Benchmark of Electronic Signatures and Phased Roadmap
It is to be noted that previous analyses have already been undertaken in this area, including the analysis of Law 81/2018. As such, the consultant will not duplicate existing work but shall, where applicable, draw on such analyses, which will be provided as an input. The consultant will focus on governance and institutional arrangements, and as such should extend the legal benchmarking beyond Law 81 itself to examine the broader legislative framework that confers mandates on the relevant institutions, including COLIBAC, in order to assess whether those mandates are sufficient and coherent and, where necessary, in need of adjustment.
Workstream 1 – Part 1:
Workstream 1 – Part 2:
The Consultant will develop a phased roadmap (short, medium and long term) and recommendations for wide roll-out of e-signature across the public sector, the financial sector and the private sector, building on the high-level roadmap produced during the February 2026 multi-stakeholder workshop and work conducted under this assignment.
The roadmap shall be formulated and shall propose recommended phasing, prioritization and tactical sequencing across several areas /elements, with an aim to ultimately align with best international practices and frameworks, to support a mature domestic trust services ecosystem The roadmap shall:
The national roadmap will be validated through engagement with key stakeholders before it is submitted in final form.
Deliverables:
Workstream 2: Amendment of e-signature Decree 14115/2024
Building on existing work and draft instruments developed in relation to the implementation of the e-signature framework, the consultant shall draft the necessary amendment to Decree 14115 to clarify provisions and provide practical implementation pathways for e-signature in the public sector, basing the drafting on the recommendations produced by the workshop on e-signature held on February 12, 2026 and work under this assignment, and shall closely coordinate with OMSAR, OMSTAI, and relevant national stakeholders including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Industry, and other relevant entities.
Amendments to include the following:
The consultant shall closely engage throughout the assignment with key relevant stakeholders to develop, discuss and validate the proposed amendments (revision drafts to be iteratively proposed and validated) in order to have an issuance ready version of the amended decree).
Deliverables:
Workstream 3: Institutional Readiness and Capacity Building for COLIBAC
This workstream aims to build the capacity of COLIBAC in effectively establishing an operational model for accreditation and conformity assessments.
Deliverables:
Proposed Methodology and Work Plan
As part of the proposal, the service provider shall present a clear, coherent, and technically sound approach to fulfilling the 3 workstreams of the Scope of Work.
Cross Cutting Requirements
Vendor Neutrality and Future-Proofing
All designs, architectures, recommendations, and future implementation pathways produced under this assignment shall remain vendor-neutral, standards-based, and modular, avoiding proprietary technologies or exclusive reliance on any single solution provider.
Change Management and Adoption
The consultant shall identify key change management and adoption risks associated with future implementation and propose mitigation measures, including user onboarding, institutional capacity building, and communication considerations.
Qualifications
The Consultant shall be a qualified firm with demonstrated experience in delivering advisory, technical, and implementation support related to digital transformation, electronic transactions, or trusted digital services.
Firm Specific Experience
Team Composition
The team must have demonstrated success in similar projects in MENA or emerging markets.
Electronic Signature / Digital Trust Senior Specialist / Lead
The Consultant shall propose a senior-level expert (minimum 10–15 years of experience) with recognized expertise in digital trust frameworks demonstrating.
Senior Legal / Regulatory Expert
The consultant shall include a senior legal expert (minimum 10–12 years of experience) specialized in electronic / digital law and regulation, demonstrating:
Institutional Capacity-Building / Change Management Expert
The Consultant shall include a senior expert (minimum 10 years of experience) in institutional strengthening and public-sector reform demonstrating:
Team Technical Expertise: the proposed team shall collectively demonstrate expertise in:
Compliance Requirements
The Consultant shall perform all services in accordance with:
In addition, the consultant must comply with the following Environmental and Social (E&S) requirements aligned with the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and the Project commitments:
All personnel must sign and follow a CoC covering data confidentiality, respectful conduct, non-discrimination, and zero tolerance for SEA/SH.
The firm must ensure fair labor practices and safe working conditions and provide an internal worker grievance mechanism for its staff.
All data handled under this assignment must be securely stored, accessed only by authorized staff, and managed using privacy-by-design and cybersecurity best practices. Any data breach must be immediately reported.
Consultations must be inclusive and accessible, with all feedback documented. Stakeholders must be informed that complaints can also be submitted through the Project’s Grievance Mechanism that will be shared.
The firm must enforce zero tolerance for SEA/SH and ensure staff follow appropriate conduct and reporting procedures when engaging with stakeholders.
Any ICT equipment or data storage devices used must be managed responsibly, including secure data wiping and environmentally sound disposal.
Reporting, Deliverables, and Contract Management
Project Oversight and Management Structure
A Technical Committee (TC) will be established to provide strategic direction, oversight, and effective management of the engagement. Chaired by the Grant Coordinator and composed of members from OMSAR, OMSTAI, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Justice, and other involved ministries, as applicable, the TC serves as the primary governing body responsible for reviewing the firm’s progress and ensuring alignment with national digital transformation goals.
Reporting Obligations
The Consultant will report directly to the Grant Coordinator. In addition to the contractual deliverables, the Consultant shall submit summary progress reports on a monthly basis (at minimum), including at minimum:
The TC Approval Gate/ Grant Coordinator and Deliverable Acceptance
The Grant Coordinator, in consultation with the TC and relevant public entities, is the sole authority empowered to formally accept and approve project deliverables. The following administrative process applies to every milestone:
Payment Schedule and Invoicing
Payments will be made upon the satisfactory acceptance of the deliverables specified in the below Timeframe table. To initiate payment, the Consultant must submit an administrative package containing the Official Invoice, evidence of delivery, and the Acceptance Notice delivered by the TC Chairperson. In addition, for Workstream 3, signed attendance sheets of training participants must be provided as proof of capacity building.
Intellectual Property and Confidentiality
Timeframe and Payment Milestones
The engagement will be completed in approximately 15 weeks. The Consultant shall undertake the three workstreams in parallel, prioritizing tasks with minimal interdependencies to ensure efficient progress. Payments will be made upon formal written acceptance of the deliverables by the Chairperson of the Project Technical Committee (TC).
The following schedule outlines the expected submission timeline for each deliverable over the 15-week engagement period.
Table 1: Assignment Timeline and Deliverable Sequencing:
Workstreams | Deliverable Reference | Submission Deadline (from Start Date) |
Workstream 1: Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Review, Diagnostic and Benchmark of Electronic Signatures | D1.1: Legal, regulatory, and institutional assessment of electronic signatures in Lebanon, including gap analysis, international benchmarking, governance and institutional roles. | Week 4 |
D1.2: Recommended Target Model (Legal, Institutional and Regulatory) and Recommendations and Phased Plan for roll-out across the public, private and financial sector | Week 8 | |
Workstream 2: Amendment of e-signature Decree 14115/2024 | D2.1: Initial Draft of the amended decree | Week 10 |
D2.2: Final Draft of the amended decree (after validation by the relevant stakeholders) | Week 14 | |
Workstream 3: Institutional Readiness & Capacity Building for COLIBAC
| D3.1: An assessment report on COLIBAC’s current institutional readiness, including governance, operational, and capacity aspects. | Week 4 |
D3.2: Targeted capacity-building activities for the “core team” focusing on e-signature operating models including trust service governance models, accreditation and conformity assessments principles. | Week 8 | |
D3.3: Proposed internal structure and operational model for COLIBAC covering accreditation requirements, evaluation and review procedures, decision-making processes and supervision mechanisms; | Week 10 | |
D3.4: Proposed practical operational manuals, guidance materials and artifacts supporting the proposed structure and operational model, validated with Stakeholders; | Week 14 | |
D3.5: Targeted Capacity Building on the D3.4 material to relevant stakeholders at COLIBAC and other concerned entities. | Week 15 |
Table 2: Payment Milestones:
Payment Milestone | Linked Deliverables | Required Approval | Payment (%of Total) |
Milestone 1 | D1.1 (Diagnostic & Benchmark) | Technical Committee | 15% |
Milestone 2 | D1.2 (Roadmaps & Roll-out Plan) | Technical Committee | 20% |
Milestone 3 | D3.1 & D3.2 (Assessment Report on COLIBAC and Core Team Training) | Technical Committee | 15% |
Milestone 4
| D2.1 (Initial Decree Draft) | Technical Committee | 10% |
Milestone 5 | D3.3 & D3.4 (Operational Model and Manuals) | Technical Committee | 15% |
Milestone 6 | D2.2 (Final Validated Decree) | Technical Committee | 10% |
Milestone 7 | D3.5 (Final Capacity Building) 15% | Technical Committee | 15% |
Total |
|
| 100% |
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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR BIDS
(One-Envelope Bidding Process)
Procurement of Virtualization Solution for FBR
Country: | Pakistan |
Project Name: | Pakistan Raises Revenue Program |
Implementing Agency: | Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) |
Loan No: | Credit No. 6435-PK |
Project ID No: | P165982 |
RFB No. | 3(16)/2026-Addl-Dir(P&F) |
STEP Ref. No | PK-FBR-548189-GO-RFB |
Issuance Date: | 24th May 2026 |
Pre-Bid Meeting Date & Time: | 1st June 2026 at 15:00 HRS PST |
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2 | VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus | 1344 Cores |
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Assistant Procurement Specialist (PRRP)
Room No. 277, Second Floor Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) FBR House, Constitution Avenue Islamabad, Pakistan
+92 51 9219641 and +92 51 9215109
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MINISTERE DES FINANCES, DU BUDGET ET DE L’ECONOMIE NUMERIQUE
PROJET D’APPUI AUX FONDATIONS DE L’ECONOMIE
NUMERIQUE AU BURUNDI « PAFEN »
DEMANDE DE MANIFESTATION D'INTÉRÊT
(SERVICES DE CONSULTANTS)
SÉLECTION D’UN CONSULTANT INDIVIDUEL
N° du Projet : P176396/P180987
DON IDA N° E0930-BI/E2820-BI
SOLLICITATION DE MANIFESTATIONS D’INTERET POUR LE RECRUTEMENT D’UN CONSULTANT CHARGE DE LA SECURITE DU RESEAU INFORMATIQUE DE BURUNDI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK – BERNET
Réf. STEP: BI-PAFEN-PIU-1222-bis-CS-INDV
Le Gouvernement de la République du Burundi a reçu un Don de l’Association Internationale de Développement (IDA) pour financer le coût du Projet d’Appui aux Fondations de l’Economie Numérique (PAFEN) d’un montant de 92 millions de Dollars des Etats Unis.
L’objectif du PAFEN est d’accroître l’accès à l’internet haut débit, en particulier pour les communautés mal desservies, et améliorer la capacité du Gouvernement à gérer les ressources plus efficacement et fournir des services publics par voie numérique.
Le PAFEN est mis en œuvre à travers une Unité de Gestion du Projet (UGP) logée au sein du Secrétariat Exécutif des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (SETIC) qui est sous la tutelle du Ministère de la Communication, des Technologies de l'Information et des Médias.
Il est prévu qu'une partie des ressources de ce financement soit utilisée pour payer les prestations d’un Consultant Informaticien Expert Sécurité Informatique en faveur de « Burundi Education and Research Network- BERNet » dont les missions sont décrites dans les paragraphes suivants.
Sous la supervision du Secrétaire Exécutif de BERNET, le consultant expert recherché sera amené à exécuter, et sans s’y limiter, les tâches suivantes :
Évaluation complète de la cybersécurité
Développement des politiques et des procédures
Mise en œuvre des mesures et outils de sécurité :
Planification de la réponse aux incidents
Programmes de formation et de sensibilisation
Monitorage et gestion des risques continue
Collaboration et engagement des parties prenantes
La durée totale du contrat sera égale au temps restant pour le projet s’achevant le 30/8/2028. Toutefois, une évaluation de la performance sera effectuée annuellement avec possibilité de non renouvellement du contrat si les prestations sont jugées insatisfaisantes par le responsable hiérarchique et après avis de non-objection de la Banque mondiale. Le démarrage de la mission est prévu au mois de Juillet 2026.
Les Termes de Références (TDRs) détaillés de la mission peuvent être téléchargés sur le site du PAFEN : https://pafen.gov.bi/appels-doffres/ ou obtenus aux adresses mentionnées ci-dessous.
Le projet PAFEN invite les consultants individuels admissibles à manifester leur intérêt à fournir les services décrits ci-dessus en fournissant les informations suivantes : une lettre de motivation et un curriculum vitae précisant la qualification du Consultant et l’expérience pertinente pour l’exécution des Services décrits ci-dessus, les expériences ou missions réalisées, les références similaires, en y annexant les copies légalisées des diplômes et attestations ainsi que tous autres documents justificatifs.
QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES ET ACADÉMIQUES
Le consultant devra avoir la qualification, les compétences et une expérience minimales suivantes :
L’attention des consultants intéressés est attirée sur la section III, paragraphes, 3.14, 3.16, 3.17 et 3.23 du « Règlement de Passation des Marchés pour les Emprunteurs sollicitant le Financement de Projets d’Investissement (FPI), Edition de Septembre 2025 relatifs aux règles de la Banque mondiale en matière de conflit d’intérêts et de l’éligibilité.
Un consultant individuel sera sélectionné en accord avec les procédures définies dans le Règlement de passation des marchés pour les Emprunteurs sollicitant le Financement des Projets d’Investissement (FPI), Edition de Septembre 2025.
Les Consultants intéressés peuvent obtenir des informations supplémentaires à l’adresse ci-dessous du Lundi au Jeudi de 8 heures 12 heures et de 14 heures à 17 heures 30 minutes et les Vendredi de 8h à 15 heures (heures locales).
Les manifestations d'intérêt doivent être livrées par écrit à l'adresse ci-dessous (en personne, ou par courrier, ou par e-mail) avant le 12 Juin 2026 au plus tard à 16 heures avec mention :
« REPONSE A L’AVIS DE SOLLICITATION DE MANIFESTATIONS D'INTERET N° BI-PAFEN-PIU-1222-bis-CS-INDV » POUR LE RECRUTEMENT D’UN CONSULTANT CHARGE DE LA SECURITE DU RESEAU INFORMATIQUE DE BURUNDI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK – BERNET»
Attn: Monsieur le Coordonnateur du PAFEN
Boulevard Ndadaye Melchior, Building Orée du Golf, 4ème étage
E-mail: procurement@pafen.gov.bi avec copies obligatoires à info@pafen.gov.bi, mvukiyekeges.archive@gmail.com et elias.nyandwi@pafen.gov.vi
Pour autorisation de publication
Bienvenu IRAKOZE
Coordonnateur du PAFEN
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RELANCE DE LA DEMANDE DE MANIFESTATION D'INTÉRÊT
(SERVICES DE CONSULTANTS)
SÉLECTION D’UN CONSULTANT INDIVIDUEL
N° du Projet : P176396
DON IDA N° E0930-BI
SOLLICITATION DE MANIFESTATIONS D’INTERET POUR LE RECRUTEMENT D'UN CONSULTANT ARCHITECTE PRINCIPAL DES SYSTEMES D’INFORMATION (APSI) POUR LE PROGRAMME D’IDENTITE NUMERIQUE NATIONALE
Réf. STEP: BI-PAFEN-PIU-2.1.1.9_1_2-CS-INDV
Le Gouvernement de la République du Burundi a obtenu de l’Association Internationale de Développement (IDA) un Don d’un montant équivalant à 92 000 000 USD pour le financement du Projet d’Appui aux Fondations de l’Economie Numérique (PAFEN) dont l’Objectif de Développement (ODP) est d’accroître l’accès à l’internet haut débit, en particulier pour les communautés mal desservies et améliorer la capacité du Gouvernement à gérer les ressources plus efficacement et à fournir des services publics par voie numérique.
Il est prévu qu'une partie des ressources de ce financement soit utilisée pour payer les prestations d'un Expert Architecte Principal de Systèmes d’Information (APSI) pour appuyer le MIDCSP dans la conduite du Programme d’Identité Numérique Nationale dont les missions sont décrites dans les paragraphes suivants.
L’Architecte Principal de Systèmes d’Information aura pour mission de :
La durée totale du contrat sera d’une année renouvelable selon le besoin égale au temps restant pour le projet s’achevant le 30/8/2028, comptée à partir de la date de signature dudit contrat, ou durant toute autre période dont les parties pourraient ultérieurement convenir par écrit. Une évaluation de la performance sera effectuée à la fin de la période contractuelle et, si les prestations sont jugées insatisfaisantes par le MIDCSP et l’UGP en concentration avec la Banque mondiale, et tenant compte des besoins du moment, un renouvellement du contrat sera envisagé pour une période à convenir.
Le démarrage de la mission est prévu au mois de Juillet 2026.
L’expert l’architecte principal du système d’information (APSI) Numérique National sera un Consultant individuel rattaché au MIDCSP:
Les Termes de Références (TDRs) détaillés de la mission peuvent être téléchargés sur le site du PAFEN : https://pafen.gov.bi/appels-doffres/ ou obtenus aux adresses mentionnées ci-dessous.
L’Unité de Gestion du projet PAFEN invite tout consultant individuel admissible, intéressé par la présente mission et ayant une expérience confirmée dans le domaine de la mission, à manifester son intérêt à proposer les services ci-dessus décrits en fournissant les informations suivantes : une lettre de motivation et un curriculum vitae précisant la qualification du Consultant, les expériences ou missions réalisées, les références similaires, en y annexant tout autre document justificatif de sa qualification et de son expérience.
Profil du Consultant
L’architecte principal du système d’information pour un programme d'identité numérique national doit posséder un forte capacité d’adaptation, une expertise technique avancée et un sens aigu de la gestion des risques et des enjeux sociétaux. Les candidats à ce poste devront répondre au profil suivant :
1. Formation et expérience :
2. Compétences requises
CRITERES DE PERFORMANCE : L’efficacité et les performances de l’expert Architecte Principal de Systèmes d’Information (APSI) seront mesurées en fonction de son apport effectif sur la conduite du Programme de mise du Système d’Identification Numérique National.
L’attention des consultants intéressés est attirée sur la section III, paragraphes, 3.14, 3.16, 3.17 et 3.22 du « Règlement de Passation des Marchés pour les Emprunteurs sollicitant le Financement de Projets d’Investissement (FPI), Edition de Septembre 2025 relatifs aux règles de la Banque mondiale en matière de conflit d’intérêts et de l’éligibilité.
Un consultant individuel sera sélectionné en accord avec les procédures définies dans le Règlement de passation des marchés pour les Emprunteurs sollicitant le Financement des Projets d’Investissement (FPI), Edition de Septembre 2025.
Les Consultants intéressés peuvent obtenir des informations supplémentaires à l’adresse ci-dessous du Lundi au Jeudi de 8 heures 12 heures et de 14 heures à 17 heures 30 minutes et les Vendredi de 8h à 15 heures (heures locales).
Les manifestations d'intérêt doivent être livrées par écrit à l'adresse ci-dessous (en personne, ou par courrier, ou par e-mail) avant le 12/6/2026 au plus tard à 16 heures avec mention :
« REPONSE A L’AVIS DE SOLLICITATION DE MANIFESTATIONS D'INTERET N° BI-PAFEN-PIU-2.1.1.9_1_2-CS-INDV» PORTANT SUR LE RECRUTEMENT D'UN CONSULTANT ARCHITECTE PRINCIPAL DES SYSTEMES D’INFORMATION (APSI) POUR LE PROGRAMME D’IDENTITE NUMERIQUE NATIONALE»
Attn: Monsieur le Coordonnateur du PAFEN
Boulevard Ndadaye Melchior, Building Orée du Golf, 4ème étage
E-mail: procurement@pafen.gov.bi avec copies obligatoires à info@pafen.gov.bi, mvukiyekeges.archive@gmail.com et elias.nyandwi@pafen.gov.vi
Pour autorisation de publication
Bienvenu IRAKOZE
Coordonnateur du PAFEN
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)
\n\n(CONSULTING SERVICES)
\n\nFirms Selection
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Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project in Albania
\n\nProject ID Number: P178715
\n\nIBRD Loan Number: 94890
\n\nAssignment Title: “Technical Assistance for Strengthening of the MARD's capacity (including policy analysis and evaluation system)”
\n\nReference: AL-MARD-521807-CS-QCBS
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The World Bank is assisting the Government of Albania (GoA) with the financing of the Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development project (CRAD). This project aims to increase competitiveness and climate resilience of priority agri-food value chains focusing on (i) promoting climate smart and resilient value chains, (ii) promoting typical products and value addition (iii) developing Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) IT Platform (iv) modernizing selected irrigation and drainage schemes for high-value agricultural production (v) enhancing compliance with food safety and quality standards and (vi) strengthening evidence-based decision making for resilience and sustainable agri-food systems.
\n\nThe services required to be contracted aim to support the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in ensuring successful implementation of the contract “Technical Assistance for Strengthening of the MARD's capacity (including policy analysis and evaluation system)”.
\n\nThe MoARD seeks the Consulting Services of a qualified consulting firm/consortium with the objective to assist MoARD with the Technical Assistance for Strengthening of the MARD's capacity (including policy analysis and evaluation system).
\n\nThe Consultant will be responsible for providing qualified professional and supporting staff and all necessary services required for the efficient cost effective and timely execution of the Consultancy Services.
\n\nScope of Work
\n\nThe Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development (CRAD) Project foresees the implementation of an integrated, on-premises Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DWH) platform to support evidence-based decision-making in the agricultural and rural development sector. The platform will centralize the collection, integration, analysis and visualization of agricultural, environmental, financial and rural development data, serving a wide range of users including decision-makers, analysts, program managers, field officers and external stakeholders such as EU institutions and development partners.
\n\nThe BI platform is conceived as a multi-layer, Microsoft-based architecture comprising:
\n\nThe database backbone is Microsoft SQL Server using advanced features such as column store indexes, table partitioning, materialized views and high availability / disaster recovery options to handle large-scale, historical and current data in fact–dimension schemas optimized for analytical queries.
\n\nOn top of the DWH, the solution uses Power BI technologies to provide both standardized and self-service analytics. An on-premises Power BI Report Server will host interactive dashboards and paginated reports with unlimited internal users, while a set of Power BI Pro cloud licenses enables collaboration, sharing and modern self-service analytics scenarios where appropriate. Users will access rich, interactive visualizations (charts, KPIs, maps, matrices, trend lines), with support for drill-down/drill-through, cross-highlighting, conditional formatting, bookmarks and export to common formats (Excel, CSV, PDF, images).
\n\nThe platform is designed to connect to a broad spectrum of internal and external data sources-including relational databases, Excel/CSV files, XML/JSON feeds and web APIs-combining imported (cached) datasets with Direct Query/real-time access where needed. Comprehensive data transformation and preparation capabilities (profiling, deduplication, pivot/unpivot, type conversions, business rules, conditional logic) ensure that data entering the warehouse is clean, consistent and analytically ready. Data quality, data lineage and master data management (e.g. harmonized definitions for farms, crops, administrative zones) are explicitly required, as well as robust governance, logging and audit trails at every stage of the data lifecycle.
\n\nFrom a non-functional perspective, the BI/DWH platform must deliver high performance, scalability, security and availability. Standard dashboards and reports are expected to load in a few seconds under concurrent load; the solution must support vertical and horizontal scaling to accommodate growing data volumes and new thematic domains (e.g. climate, market prices), and must achieve high availability with redundancy across servers, storage and network components. Security is managed end-to-end, including encryption of data at rest and in transit, role-based access control at database and BI layers, row-level security in the semantic models and full compliance with national and EU data protection regulations, supported by detailed audit logs.
\n\nTo ensure sustainability, the technical solution also foresees structured training and testing regimes: differentiated training tracks for executives, analysts, report creators, data engineers/modelers and system administrators, alongside comprehensive functional, performance, security and data accuracy testing in a dedicated test environment prior to go-live.
\n\nOn this basis, the present consultancy will design and implement the detailed DWH models, ETL processes, semantic models and Power BI reports/dashboards, and will build internal capacity within the Client to operate and evolve the platform over time.
\n\nQualifications of the firms
\n\nThe contract shall be awarded following a Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) procedure, in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: "Procurement in Investment Project Financing – Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services" (July 2016, revised November 2017, August 2018, and November 2020).
\n\nThe Consultant may associate with other entities in the form of a joint venture or sub-consultancy to complement respective areas of expertise, enhance technical responsiveness, provide a broader expert pool, and strengthen methodological approaches.
\n\nThe Consultant shall be a firm or group of firms with the following minimum qualifications:
\n\nGeneral Experience
\n\nAt least 7 years of professional experience in the design, implementation, integration, and support of Data Warehouse (DWH), Business Intelligence (BI), system integration, and supporting infrastructure platforms.
\n\nDemonstrated experience in the delivery of end-to-end software platform projects, including requirements analysis, architecture design, data modelling, ETL/ELT development, reporting, dashboarding, testing, deployment, and knowledge transfer.
\n\nProven experience in the design and/or implementation of on-premises and/or cloud-based data platforms, including secure environments, role-based access control, backup, recovery, and operational support arrangements.
\n\nSpecific Experience
\n\nAt least three (3) contracts of similar scope and complexity completed during the last seven (7) years, with a budget of minimum 300,000 USD for each of them, involving one or more of the following: Data Warehouse and BI platform implementation; data integration and interoperability between multiple source systems; analytical dashboards and management reporting platforms; database architecture and reporting environments; or IT infrastructure supporting DWH/BI workloads.
\n\nAt least two (2) assignments in the public sector, or in sectors with comparable data governance and reporting requirements, such as agriculture, rural development, public finance, statistics, or e-government solutions.
\n\nAt least one (1) assignment involving multi-source data consolidation, including integration with operational databases, external systems, or other heterogeneous data sources including on prem and cloud integration.
\n\nExperience in BI applied in Agriculture will be an advantage
\n\nSubmission of Similar Experience
\n\nFor each reference project, the Consultant shall provide at least: client name and country; contract title and brief description of scope; contract value; start and completion dates; description of services performed by the Consultant; technologies/platforms used; and contact details for client reference, where available. The specific experience shall be proved by submitting description of the relevant projects, client`s acceptance or operational certificates, or relevant invoices stating clearly the description of goods and services as required for similar experience together with proof of received payments.
\n\nConsortium members may combine their experience to meet the qualification requirements; however, the lead member shall demonstrate substantial experience in managing and delivering assignments of similar scope and complexity.
\n\nFirms will be shortlisted based on the following evaluation criteria:
\n\nThe CVs of Key experts will not be evaluated during the shortlisting process.
\n\nThe attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
\n\nConsultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
\n\nThe Consultant will be selected in accordance with the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: "Procurement in Investment Project Financing of Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services" (November 2020), using the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method.
\n\nInterested Consultants may obtain further information concerning the Terms of Reference at the official website of MARD: https://bujqesia.gov.al/projekti-qendrueshmeria-ndaj-klimes-dhe-zhvillimit-ne-bujqesi/, or at the address below, during office hours 09:00 to 15:00 (Monday to Thursday) and 09:00 to 13:00 on Friday.
\n\nExpressions of Interest (EoI) in English language must be delivered no later than June 03, 2026 hardcopy (in person or by mail) to the address below, within office hours, and/or electronically at the below e-mail address.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
\n\nAdr: Blv. "Dëshmorët e Kombit", Nr. 2, 1001, Tirana, Albania
\n\nE-mail: arben.molla@bujqesia.gov.al
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Attn: Mr. Arben Molla
\n\nProject Manager
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