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IT Assessment Consultancy Position Tender, Bahamas - 25745807

MINISTRY OF FINANCE has floated a tender for IT Assessment Consultancy Position. The project location is Bahamas and the tender is closing on 28 Aug 2018. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 25745807. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Procurement Summary

Country : Bahamas

Summary : IT Assessment Consultancy Position

Deadline : 28 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25745807

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre West Bay Street P. O. Box N 3017 Nassau, N.P.
Bahamas
Email :pfmpmr@bahamas.gov.bs

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for IT Assessment Consultancy Position.

Title: Consultant to conduct IT Assessment (Department of Statistics)

This notice is placed on behalf of The Ministry of Finance to provide background information regarding the objectives of the PFMJPMR Project to enable interested persons who meet the stated and other criteria to determine their eligibility and respond to this advertisement to offer their services under the requirements of the project. The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (GoB) has received financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) under loan 4-3340/0C- BH to partially/totally fund the contract cost.

SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION

PFM/PMR will improve the Financial Management and Performance Monitoring capabilities of the Public Sector. Component II: National Statistics will respond to increased demand from the government to plan, budget, monitor- and evaluate priority projects and programs by strengthening the capacity of the Department of Statistics (DOS) and other agencies that collect data to produce quality statistics. The GoB is seeking a consultant to support the preparation of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) by assessing the situation of information technology (IT) and the technical capacity of human resources as they relate to statistical production within the National Statistical System (NSS).

DESCRIPTION OF ENGAGEMENT

The consultancy will take place over a 6 week period in Nassau, Bahamas. A detailed work plan with timeline to achieve the deliverables must be submitted 7 working days after contract signing.

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Through interviews with managerial and technical staff at the DOS as well as other key data producing agencies the consultant will inter alia:

• Familiarize themselves with all relevant project documents and approaches including the PARIS21 site NSDS Guidelines

• Review existing infrastructure (hardware, servers, software) as well as the way in which data is entered and transmitted at the DOS and key data producing ministries, departments and agencies; with recommendations

• Assess the extent of the use of IT for the production, processing and dissemination of data, with identification of weaknesses and constraints

• Review training role in building technical capacity, in IT

• Assess all of the needs and gaps in human resources as they apply to IT in the DOS and key data-producing offices