Consultant Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions Program Tender, USA - 31607860

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Consultant Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions Program

Deadline : 13 Apr 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31607860

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
200 12th Street South, Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22202 Tel: +1 703 979 7100
USA
URL :www.msiworldwide.com

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Ukraine: Senior it Consultant (STTA) Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program in Ukraine

Company Profile:

MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a US-based international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project Summary:

The Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Project in Ukraine is a five-year USAID initiative with the objective to assist Ukraine to reduce corruption and increase the accountability and transparency of governance. The program seeks to empower key government institutions to fight corruption, build public support for and engagement in anticorruption effort, and reduce citizen tolerance to corruption.

**Please note: Only citizens of Ukraine are eligible for this position

Position Summary:

The Project is seeking a Senior IT Consultant (hereinafter Consultant) to provide technology-related advice, write technical specifications and detailed scopes of work for system developers, review proposed technical solutions and assess them against requirements of Ukrainian regulations on information security and handling of personal data.

Currently, the Project is working on three initiatives that require such support: a) design of a module for the eHealth system to digitize circulation of sick leave certificates (Ministry of Health), b) intranet portal for the Ministry of Health to build capacity of anti-corruption Authorized Units, c) design of a system for digitizing the process of running special background checks for civil servants. It is expected that the Project will be engaged in developing other systems as well.

Expected period of performance for this assignment is between April 2019 and April 2020. The maximum level of effort is up to 195 working days.

Responsibilities:

The Consultant will support the Project in implementing the above-mentioned three initiatives and additional systems by:

Verifying compliance of the design documentation (including detailed scopes of work) for software and IT systems and complex information protection systems with the requirements set in respective technical specifications, Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Vetting compliance of the process of software development and IT systems and complex information security systems with the requirements set in and by Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Consulting on information protection in the IT systems in compliance with the requirements set in and by Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Advising on improving design documentation for software and IT systems including compliance with the requirements set in and by Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Participating in development, clarification and review of technical specifications (scopes of work) and design documentation for program software and IT systems and their compliance with the requirements set in and by Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Providing provisional conclusions on compliance of software and IT systems with the requirements set in technical specifications;
Controlling the quality of design documentation for software, IT systems and complex information protection systems including against the requirements set in and by Ukrainian regulations and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Developing Project memos, information briefs, advisory notes and position papers on issues of software development, proper certification and information protection in line with Ukrainian legislation and (if necessary) the respective international standards;
Participating in working meetings with partners and in negotiations related to development of software, IT and complex information protection systems, information security, design documentation, procedures and processes related to development, modernization and modification of the mentioned above measures;
Participating in selection panels / tender boards to advise on selection of best value bids on software and IT systems development and related issues.
Qualifications:

Master's degree or equivalent in engineering, technology, IT, software development or other relevant field;
Demonstrated knowledge of requirements set forth by the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection ( ) for systems similar to the ones that the Project is working on;
10+ years in successfully building complex IT systems including complex IT systems for information protection ( ) for state-owned entities or private enterprises;
Excellent organizational skills to meet deadlines;
Certification in areas of information protection, design of relevant systems (national standards and international principles) is considered an asset;
Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian, working-level English is required.
Application submission deadline is March 22, 2019, by 18:00 PM Kyiv time.

Late applications will not be accepted.

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Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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