IT Consulting Firms to Design and Develop the ALSF Tender - 29507419

Procurement Summary

Country: Cote d'Ivoire

Summary: IT Consulting Firms to Design and Develop the ALSF Academy Capacity Building Portal

Deadline: 05 Jan 2019

Posting Date: 04 Jan 2019

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 29507419

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Competition: ICB

Financier: African Development Bank (AfDB)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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71220000 - Architectural design services

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Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for IT Consulting Firms to Design and Develop the ALSF Academy Capacity Building Portal.
1. Background information on the African Legal Support Facility
The African Legal Support Facility (the "ALSF" or the "Facility") will procure an information technology and web development firm (the “Firm”) to develop the ALSF Academy Capacity Building Portal (the “Portal”). The Portal will be designed to host the e-learning Courses, to monitor the participation of professionals from various sectors in capacity building programs in Africa, and to attract new interest in the ALSF’s capacity building programmes. The Portal will also comprise a web-based information hub and resource center, where trainees will update their profiles and track-records related to capacity building training, maintain contact with one another, and register for up-coming programmes. The Portal should be intuitive and should demonstrate the best qualities related to modern e-learning, notably: speed, quality of design, logic, innovation, relevance, and accessibility.
The ALSF is based at the African Development Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The ALSF's main objectives include: (i) assisting African governments in defending against litigation brought against them by vulture funds (and other such entities); (ii) providing legal advisory services to African governments in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions relating to extractive resources, infrastructure and public-private partnerships (PPPs), power and sovereign debt; (iii) providing capacity building to professionals related to the above; and (iv) developing relevant knowledge management tools and products. The suitably qualified Firm is expected to support the process of creating the Portal. The Firm will work with the appropriate ALSF task manager assigned to the Project, with overall guidance from the Director and the Acting Head of Operations.
2. Presentation of the ALSF Academy Project
Since its inception, the ALSF has funded several capacity building programs in the subject areas of: (i) mining, (ii) oil & gas, (iii) power, (iv) infrastructure and PPPs (transport, other non-power infrastructure and services), and (v) sovereign debt (bond issuances, currency risk hedging, and creditor litigation) (the “Key Sectors”).
The purpose of the ALSF Academy Project (the “Project”) is to increase in a sustainable manner the direct and indirect benefits of capacity building trainings on the African continent. It will enable the ALSF to establish cohesive capacity building strategies in the Key Sectors at national and regional levels, which will reduce duplication and increase the participation of Africa’s government officials, academics, Key Sector professionals and civil society organizations in better tailored training programs. It will also enable the ALSF to develop knowledge management tools which will facilitate the dissemination of capacity building content.
The overall objective of the ALSF Academy Program is to develop and deliver high quality and sustainable Key Sector trainings as well as soft skills training required for a successful legal practice (“Personal and Professional Development” and together with the Key Sectors, the “Knowledge Areas”) for Africa’s government officials, Key Sector professionals, academics and members of civil society organizations.
The specific objectives are:
? To standardize the capacity building trainings provided by the ALSF;
? To create a multi-level learning program per Knowledge Area;
? To increase the use of e-learning for capacity building in the Knowledge Areas;
? To develop knowledge tools;
? To develop standard documents for projects/transactions in the Key Sectors;
? To establish or further the ALSF’s partnerships with other international organizations, African legal research centres, African academic institutions, bar associations and law societies, and any other partners with capacity building objectives similar to the ALSF’s.
Additional information on the ALSF Academy Program is available in annex (Annex I).
3. Objectives and Tasks of the Assignment
The Firm will have the following responsibilities:
• Design a web-based e-learning platform, where candidates will complete the 3-level ALSF Academy Program, update their profiles and track-records related to capacity building training, maintain contact with one another, and register for up-coming programs;
• Work and liaise with content providers (i.e. ALSF staff and external parties) to identify the sources of information and possible updates;
• Conceptualize and propose at least three (3) significantly different lay-outs of how the Portal will look upon completion;
• Ensure that the Portal’s design is intuitive, innovative, and that the underlying technology is fast and easy-to-use;
• Ensure that the Portal’s database and website functionalities are compliant with international privacy laws (especially in the European Union)
• Ensure that the Portal’s web interface is accessible and supported on smartphone, desktop, and tablet devices;
• Manage the Portal’s application architecture, site layout/user interface, database design, programming and the development aspects of the assignment;
• Maintain adherence to web standards and accessibility;
• Ensure a consistent visual image on the Portal by introducing fixed styles in templates, ensuring consistency in fonts, formatting, icons, images, layout techniques;
• Ensure the quality of design and content layout;
• Make all training course pages “print-friendly”;
• Consider the design needs for the English and French language versions of the training courses separately;
• Plan and present a comprehensive timeline for the development of the Portal and completion of all related tasks;
• Identify the frequency of updates and responsibilities for the management and maintenance of website content through the preparation of a “management/maintenance schedule” to be discussed and approved by relevant ALSF staff;
• Determine the appropriate compression techniques, resolutions, sizes, colour maps, and depths to ensure that images are delivered at sufficiently high speed and quality;
• Check bugs and problems, and develop a troubleshooting system to quickly diagnose and fix them;
• Develop technical design and functionalities for the Portal;
• Provide a complete technical manual and other relevant documentation related to the use of the Portal and its core components;
• Perform any other tasks that may be required in order to support the Project objectives.
4. Administration/reporting
The Firm will report to the Knowledge and Strategic Development Advisor who will adequately brief and guide the Firm.
5. Duration of the assignment
The estimated duration of the assignment is six (6) months and the estimated start date is 20 January, 2019. The Firm will perform most of the work remotely.
6. Qualifications and Experience Required for the Team Leader
• At least a Master’s degree in IT, Information management systems, or another related discipline for the lead developer of the IT consulting firm;
• A minimum of ten years’ experience in developing IT solutions and providing IT support and maintenance services;
• Proven professional experience in developing and managing databases. Experience in providing dashboards reporting solutions in legal institutions will be an added advantage.
• Proven professional experience in web technologies, including their development and deployment, and development of web-based information systems; and.
• Good understanding of development results and results-based management concepts

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