UNDP: Conceptual Design, Organisation and Implementation of Hackathon on ICT Solutions Related to Community Security Issues

Deadline: 07-Aug-20

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for Conceptual design, organisation and implementation of a hackathon on ICT solutions related to community security issues.

The UN RPP is looking for a contractor that is highly experienced at start-up programs implementation and hackathon events development and organisation to develop the concept, prepare and conduct a hackathon on ICT solutions related to community security issues.

The idea of the “Hack for Locals 2.0: Safer Communities Hackathon” is to unite participants from all over Ukraine – developers, designers, community members, governors, civil society activists and enthusiasts, security services providers, entrepreneurs and marketing folks – make them work together and come up with solutions that would contribute to smarter, stronger, safer and more cohesive communities

The overall goal of this assignment is to organise a hackathon for at least 100 participants (including, but not limited to: development of the event concept, branding, marketing, getting the venues and tools ready, as well as providing travel, accommodation and catering services during the event) and provide follow-up mentorship support to the winners. The event has to be organised at 8 offline spots simultaneously: the primary one in Kharkiv and five additional spots in various Ukrainian cities (Pokrovsk, Sievierodonetsk, Mariupol, Kyiv, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zhytomyr; the list of locations are a subject to potential change) which will be connected online with each other during the event. The UN RPP reserves the right to change the list of cities with an obligatory notice to the Contractor no later than in one month before the hackathon.

Criteria

Submitted offers will be reviewed on “Pass” or “Fail” basis to determine compliance with the below formal criteria/ requirement/s:

Offers must be submitted within the stipulated deadline
Offers must meet required Offer Validity
Offers have been signed by the proper authority
Offers include requested company/organization documentation, including documentation regarding the company/organization’s legal status and registration
Offers must comply with general administrative requirements:
- An officially registered legal entity (commercial, non-profit, nongovernmental, public, private entrepreneur etc.).
- Proven experience in organising and implementation of start-up programs and/or hackathons both in Ukraine and internationally (at least 5 projects within past 3 years).
- Proven experience in organising of hackathons on a “turnkey” basis (including full support to event design, branding, marketing, organisation, implementation and follow up mentoring) (at least 5 projects).
- Proven experience in the development and implementation of hackathons on the specific topics related to e-governance, eparticipation, civil society IT solutions, empowerment, community security and social cohesion (at least 5 projects).
- Number of the success stories (prototypes built and developed into IT products; start-ups initiated) as the follow up of hackathon event (at least 3 proven stories).