Project Fiduciary

Ministry of Finance

Management Unit –PFMU

Tel : (+232-76-672-186)

Email : [email protected]

13A Howe Street Freetown, Sierra Leone

GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE

Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for the Recruitment of a Firm for Short-Term Consultancy Service to develop a Data collection and Reporting system (App , Database and Visualisation Dashboard) for a Stock level and Price Monitoring System for Essential commodities (SPMS)

Date Issued : 21st July, 2020

Sector : Research and Capacity Building

Grant Number : 5900155015951

Project ID No. : P-SL-KFO-012

 

The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Finance, has received funding from the African Development Bank under the Transition Support Facility (TSF). The said grant funding from the TSF Pillar III Window is to assist in the financing of the Enhancing Policy Development: Research and Capacity Building Project (ENPODEV) embedded in the Research and Delivery Division of the Ministry of Finance and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the recruitment of Firm to Develop for an app, database and data visualisation dashboard for a Stock level and Price Monitoring System for essential commodities.

The services is for the design, development, and to operationalize the use of an app that is linked to an online platform to collect, analyze and visualize the information. This information would be used by the Government of Sierra Leone for the purpose of monitoring stocks and prices of selected essential commodities. The selected firm/ company shall be responsible for analysing the requirements, designing, developing and supporting the implementation of the system. The broad scope of works are to design, develop and operationalize an app that will assist its users to collect the required data from various businesses and markets for submission to a web-based platform; to design, develop and operationalize a dashboard with data analytics capabilities to ensure that the data is converted into useful information for policy makers; to design an online platform to host dashboard and advise on specifications for the hosting server.

The Project Fiduciary Management Unit now invites eligible Firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants dated October 2015 which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org. A firm will be selected in accordance with Least Cost Selection method.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 9:00am-4:30 pm Mondays- Fridays.

Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by Friday 7th August, 2020 at 4:30pm and addressed Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for the Recruitment of to Develop for an app, database and data visualisation dashboard for a Stock level and Price Monitoring System for essential commodities.

The Team Lead

Project Fiduciary Management Unit –PFMU

Ministry of Finance

13A Howe Street-Africanus House

(Former World Bank Country Office)

Freetown,

Sierra Leone

Attn : The Secretariat, PFMU

Tel : +232 76-672-186

E-mail : [email protected]