Deadline: 16-Jul-20
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a call for proposals to support the Government of India Domestic Peer Exchange.
This initiative, in the short-term, works with the Government’s Empowered Group on Covid-19 Economy and Relief Cash Transfers to achieve the following objectives:
- To identify solutions to Covid-19 relief payments (G2P) such as cashout, liquidity management and coordination/partnership with the private sector for the development of the digital payments acceptance points for P2B transactions to support social distancing and access to essential goods and services.
- To help high-performing States to articulate their key results in ways that can be shared as tangible examples and actions for other States to consider and adopt.
- To create a forum for dialogue and discussion to help Indian states learn from each other beyond the learning webinars.
Expected Outputs
- Increased understanding of role of fintech in digital payments in the policy updates to accelerate responsible digital payments to be released by the Government of India
- Specific commitments for responsible digitization of payments by Indian States, with clear articulation of the roles at State-level to empower women in digital payments for Covid-19 and beyond.
- Responsible digitization initiatives launched by States in India.
Qualifications of the Service Provider
The Service Provider must describe and explain how and why they are the best entity that can deliver the requirements of UNCDF by indicating the following:
- Profile – describing the nature of business, field of expertise, licenses, certifications, accreditations;
- Business Licenses – Registration Papers, Tax Payment Certification, etc.
- Latest Audited Financial Statement – income statement and balance sheet to indicate Its financial stability, liquidity, credit standing, and market reputation, etc.;
- Track Record – list of clients for similar services as those required by UNCDF, indicating description of contract scope, contract duration, contract value, contact references;
- Certificates and Accreditation – including Quality Certificates, Patent Registrations, Environmental Sustainability Certificates, etc.
- Written Self-Declaration that the company is not in the UN Security Council 1267/1989 List, UN Procurement Division List or Other UN Ineligibility List.
Proposed Methodology for the Completion of Services
The Service Provider must describe how it will address/deliver the demands of the RFP; providing a detailed description of the essential performance characteristics, reporting conditions and quality assurance mechanisms that will be put in place, while demonstrating that the proposed methodology will be appropriate to the local conditions and context of the work.
Qualifications of Key Personnel
If required by the RFP, the Service Provider must provide:
- Names and qualifications of the key personnel that will perform the services indicating who is Team Leader, who are supporting, etc.;
- CVs demonstrating qualifications must be submitted if required by the RFP; and
- Written confirmation from each personnel that they are available for the entire duration of the contract.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=67430