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Swisscontact is inviting proposals from potentialinterested IT Firms for developing a virtual platform for Bangladesh Improvement Climate Investment (BICI) program, BIDA. People are at the core of what we do; we take pride in creating an atmosphere of continuous learning coupled with a strong focus on a collaborative work environment.
About PRABRIDDHI
PRABRIDDHI is a Local Economic Development (LED) project, funded by the Government of Bangladesh and Switzerland, and co-implemented by the Local Government Division (LGD) and Swisscontact. The pilot phase of PRABRIDDHI came to a successful end by August 2020. Phase 1 of the project started in January 2021 for a period of four years and focuses on further development of the LED approach in participating municipalities, capacity building of stakeholders and facilitators of LED and an anchoring of the approach on national level. Throughout the phase, the project will be implemented in seven municipalities. Shibganj, Jashore, Bogura, Dinajpur, Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar and Bhairab.
Objective
The aim of this assignment is to develop a virtual platform for the BICI program where Municipality Competitiveness Index (MCI) will also be showcased as a part of overall business environment improvement efforts.
Scope of work:
The scope of work for this assignment are as follows:
Website development:
- Design and develop a user-friendly website providing comprehensive details on the Municipality Competitiveness Index (MCI) and the Bangladesh Investment Climate Improvement (BICI) Program, including information on municipalities, reform pillars, and ongoing reform initiatives.
- Establish a system for compiling, analyzing, and transparently publishing the findings/insights from the collected feedback/data.
- Establish a system for featuring dashboards providing real-time data visualizations, charts, and graphs.
- Implement a secure and responsive feedback/data collection and response monitoring system and ensure the system adheres to industry standards for data security and provides a seamless user experience across devices.
- Establish a role-based access control (RBAC) system to manage user roles and permissions effectively. User roles (e.g., Administrator, Surveyor, Analyst) shall be clearly defined with specific access privileges
Capacity development:
- Provide comprehensive training sessions for officials involved in utilizing and maintaining the website. Offer ongoing support to ensure officials are proficient in optimizing and managing the website effectively.
- Develop training documents, including user manuals, guides, and video tutorials. Training sessions shall be conducted for BIDA personnel, covering system usage, administration, and troubleshooting.
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Establish a monitoring framework to continuously assess the performance of the virtual platform. Evaluate feedback, user interactions, and system analytics to recommend and implement improvements to enhance system functionality.
Timeline
The total duration of the project will be 12 months. After on boarding the work, within 3 (three) months the system will be developed, 1 (one) month will be on Testing/debugging/others, 1 (one) month will be on training and trial, 1(one) month for Post Implementation Observation/ Feedback, then the rest of the period will be for support & maintenance of the project tenure and capacity development will start from the beginning. The contract may be extended upon satisfactory performance and availability of budget during the project.
Submission procedure:
- The Technical Proposal should not be more than 15 pages.
- The email attachments must not over 10 MB.
- Other attachments (if required) must be linked to OneDrive/Google Drive/Dropbox etc.
- Related project links should be in a separate page.
- The resume of the team members must not over one page
- The technical proposal should cover Work Plan, Methodology, Team Hexarchy Diagram alongside other proposed technical details.
- Sub-contracting the project and project related documents will be under legal obligations and off course terminating the contract upon identification at any point in time.
Interested firms should submit the sealed envelope containing hard copies of portfolio and sample work, financial proposals, and other relevant douments separately addressing the following person by 20th April 2024.
Samaun Bhuiyan
Coordinator – Business Administration
PRABRIDDHI: Local Economic Development (LED)
Swisscontact
SWISS FOUNDATION FOR TECHNICAL COOPERRATION
House 28, Road 43, Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
The technical proposal should also be sent to bd.prabriddhi@swisscontact.org ‘Submission Of Application Developing A Virtual Platform’ should be mentioned in the subject line of the e-mail.
For more information, please e‐mail to bd.prabriddhi@swisscontact.org
Please refer to the following link for the detailed ToR [detailed ToR]
N.B.: Swisscontact reserves the right to reject or cancel any application.
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