SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2

https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: 1000470 - Technical Assistance for Spatial Data Infrastructure for Monitoring Development Outcomes in Uganda

Assignment Countries:

-Uganda

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The Consulting Firm will support a Technical Assistance (TA) component in the area of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI), as part of an 18-month project, SDI4MDGs Project, that builds on an emerging area of interest for the clients of the World Bank Group, namely, the analysis of spatial data for modeling and monitoring development outcomes.

Countries are now asking the Bank for advice on how to develop sound SDI, i.e., the technology, policies, standards, and human resources needed to acquire, process, store, distribute, and improve use of geospatial data.

The firm will be in charge of designing and advising in the implementation of a TA component on SDI in Uganda. It will be based on extensive collaboration/consultation with local stakeholders with the aim of creating country ownership, consensus on difficult issues, and jointly deriving solutions to developing GIS/SDI in Uganda. The firm will, therefore, in the course of the project, establish close collaboration partnership with key potential SDI stakeholders, if feasible regional GIS/SDI associations, NGOs and members of the statistical community in Uganda. The component will also serve as a mode of transfer of knowledge to the local counterparts. The firm will, therefore, undertake the work in association with one or more appropriately experienced local professionals or organizations with the purposes of transferring knowledge and building local capacity. The assignment will have a fixed budget of $80,000. For more information: /en/Topic.22.html

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following trust fund(s):

- Using GIS and SDI to monitor development outcomes

INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE

The consultant will be a firm or consortium.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The World Bank now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES

Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the current edition of the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers.

Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Tim Kelly

tkelly@worldbank.org

Qualification Criteria

• 1. Interested consultants should provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment. *
• 2. Interested consultants should provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm. *
• 3. Interested consultants should provide information on their core business and years in business. *
• 4. Interested consultants should provide information on the qualifications of key staff. *

* - Mandatory Notification Attachments