Consultant-Host and Maintain ARTICLE 19 JESS Monitoring Tool (ICT Enable Service)
For ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh and South Asia

Name of Organization : Article19 Bangladesh and South Asia
Application Deadline : 20th April 2024
Payment and Benefits : BDT 60,000 for the Contract Period
Focal Contact Person : HR & Admin Officer, ARTICLE 19
Location : ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh Office
​Duration: 30 April 2024 to 31 August 2024, duration may be changed during the contract period.
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​About Us
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About Us: Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear or discrimination. Our mission is to promote and defend the universal human rights of freedom of expression and information around the world, through international advocacy and legal analysis, and regional and national projects.
ARTICLE 19 is a global organization, with a strong presence in the Global South, recruiting local staff and establishing strong and operationally autonomous national and regional offices. These offices have helped the organization strengthen relationships with civil society, better understand regional and national challenges, and respond more swiftly to opportunities and crises.
The Bangladesh and South Asia Regional Office of ARTICLE 19 is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its International Office is located in London.

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Purpose of Request for Proposal
ARTICLE 19 requests proposals from reliable suppliers/vendors/consultant to host and maintain A19 JESS tracking tool and maintenance.
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Project Scope:
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“Journalists with enhanced safety and security-JESS” is a 2-year project funded by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to ensure the protection & safety of journalists, especially women journalists from both external and internal threats, harassment, abuse, and other forms of violence in Bangladesh. This project mainly addresses the safety of journalists to prevent discrimination, online-offline harassment, bullying, sexual harassment in media houses, and external threats. The JESS project also focuses on strengthening protection protocols and safety mechanisms in media houses ensuring safety of journalists. Firstly, Bolster the resilience of journalists, especially women and marginalized journalists. Secondly, make media houses safer workplaces and increase their protection mechanism for journalists to mitigate external threats. Thirdly, advocate with the Government of Bangladesh to comply with its responsibility of upholding the safety of journalists and media freedom.
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Project outcome:
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  • Outcome 1: Journalists, and in particular women and journalists from marginalized communities, have improved skills in digital and physical security and access to support to protect themselves in their everyday work.
  • Outcome 2: Media houses adopt internal non-discrimination policies and, safeguarding protocols and other mechanisms to protect their employees from workplace harassment and external threats.
  • Outcome 3: Civil society is more coordinated in its efforts to put pressure on the GoB to uphold safety of journalists and media freedom through engagement in national and international advocacy.

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Scope of work:
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Under the JESS project, a tracking tool of monitoring violations against journalists has been developed. The key purpose of this consultancy is to host and maintain the tool (https://cqs.a2hosted.com/a19/).
​The commissioned consultant/firm will consider the following issues among others while hosting and maintain the platforms:
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A. Hosting the tool in a website, maintaining the required licenses, safety and security of the tool.
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B. Web site maintenance

  • Web site content updates: the contracted Agency will assist with content update.
  • The contracted Agency will maintain full backup of the tool through the duration of the contract.
  • Deliver the backup, code, and source files from time to time.
  • The contracted Agency will verify regularly that the site is up, active and running, and will revert to the back-up whenever necessary.
  • Generate regular reports.
  • Ensure overall site security.

Do any other relevant maintenance works as required for the tool.
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Timeframe of deliverable and milestones:
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  •  An inception report with a clear work plan setting out the approach and timelines for the delivery of every activity. 
  • Websites hosting and security licensing report and maintenance reports.
  • Share regular reports generated from the tool (monthly, or anytime on request).

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Any other note or condition
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Any documents, analysis, report, data frame, tools, formats, checklists, or any information entrusted to or produced in connection with this consultancy shall be handed over to ARTICLE 19. All tasks and assignments shall be strictly the property of ARTICLE 19 and cannot be disclosed or used for any other purpose. This provision shall remain valid even after the completion of the assignment.
Other terms and conditions will be governed by the Policies of ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh and South Asia Regional Office as stated time to time.
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Payment schedule:
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A consultancy fee of not exceeding BDT 60,000/- (In word: Taka Sixty Thousand Only, including all VAT and Tax) for this assignment during contract period will be payable to the selected Consultant. The deliverables must be collated with the invoices before collecting the final payments.
​Payment will be made through A/C Payee cheque/ EFT within 15 (fifteen) working days upon satisfactorily services received/completion of work and submission of invoice collated with relevant documents.
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Payment Mode:

  • First payment – 40%, after signing the consultancy contract.
  •  Final payment – balance 60%, after submission of final invoice of hosting and maintenance.

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Required Qualifications and Expertise
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  • This consultancy is offered to the Bangladeshi Nationals only and the consultancy firms interested to send proposals must be registered under the regulations of Govt. of Bangladesh.
  • ​Proven track record in web platform development and maintenance.
  • Analytical skills, Interpersonal skills, Testing and debugging skills, Back-end basics, and Search engine optimization.
  • Must be a team player with the ability to coordinate and prioritize the needs of the team.

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How to Apply
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Persons/firms wishing to be considered for this consultancy are invited to submit:

  • Technical and financial proposal along with a cover letter.
  • ​resume/portfolio stating relevant experiences, and expertise.
  • a summary of the previous work (samples of previously done similar works)
  • a one pager of your understanding of the assignment.
  • consultancy firms must submit the relevant legal entitlements, such as copy of trade license, copy of BIN certificate or VAT registration and TIN Certificate.

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Please apply here

Application Deadline 20th April,2024