ABOUT US
Solidaridad Network is an international solution-oriented civil society organization working through eight regional expertise centres to transform markets to make them more sustainable and inclusive. Our eight regional expertise centres include Asia, Eastern and Central Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, Southern Africa, West Africa and our global Secretariat in the Netherlands.
Solidaridad East and Central Africa (“Solidaridad”) is one of the regional centres headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with country offices and programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. We bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes all benefits. We facilitate the strengthening of local capacity in developing countries, support the creation of enabling environments for economies to thrive, and improve market access.
CONTEXT
Climate change has become increasingly important over the past few decades. It is primarily caused by the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which leads to global warming and changes in weather patterns. As a result, small-scale farmers have been significantly impacted by these weather changes, resulting in decreased productivity and income.
In Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Solidaridad has multiple agroforestry related initiatives aimed at empowering over 300,000 farmers, particularly those vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Solidaridad provides training, resources, and technical assistance. Consequently, these practices contribute to a reduction in farmers’ carbon emissions. In addition, to realize the full benefits of agroforestry and increase the number of carbon credits generated by the farmers, Solidaridad is providing the farmers with farm inputs.
To ensure a smooth, automated and efficient processing and management of the payments and input loans, Solidaridad is seeking a competent consultant to design, develop and deploy a responsive and resource-efficient system to facilitate the payments and manage the input loans given to the farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
This assignment is expected to be carried out for a period of not more than six (6) months starting latest 15 May 2024.
Throughout the assignment, the consultant agrees to co-design, co-develop, deploy and engage with the Solidaridad teams from various departments, gathering their feedback and making sure all system requirements are developed, deployed, and tested. Solidaridad shall provide an institutional GIT repository for the system development version control where necessary.
Performance will be measured based on the submission of the below deliverables.
Description – The first version of the system, hosted in a test environment and tested by the users for feedback
Format – System version and source code
Timeframe – End of 3rd month
2. Deliverables – System Alpha Version
Description – A fully working, responsive, user-friendly and ready to be deployed to the production system.
Format – System version and source code
Timeframe – End of 4th Month
3 . Deliverables – System user manual
Description – Detailed document covering information related to the operations, standards and guidelines, troubleshooting guides, functionalities and more.
Format – A written documentation
Timeframe – End of 5th Month
4. Deliverables – User training manual
Description – Knowledge transfer through user training.
Format – Physical and/or virtual sessions.
Timeframe – End of 5th Month
5. Deliverables – System handover
Description – Knowledge transfer through system handover
Format – Physical and/or virtual sessions.
Timeframe – End of 5th Month
6. Deliverables – Technical documentation
Description – Technical documentation of the system, including used plugins, integrations, configurations, credentials, technology stack, etc
Format – A written documentation
Timeframe – End of 6th Month
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Deliverables – System support
Description – Both user and technical support after system rollout.
Format – Bug fixes and user support.
Timeframe – 6 months
The selected firm/ contractor will require knowledge of:
Expression of interests (EOIs) must include:
Note: The EOI should be a maximum of 20-pages, excluding CVs and references which can be provided as an annex.
The firm/contractor is required to submit the EOI detailing the approach and methodology, budget, and work plan by 29th April 2024 at 5:00pm (EAT).
Subject reference: Solidaridad Payments System – [insert firm/contractor name]
Email: Submissions are by email to procurement.eca@solidaridadnetwork.org while addressed to:
Attn: Managing Director
Solidaridad Eastern and Central Africa Expertise Centre
Kilimani Business Centre, Kirichwa Road,
P.O. Box 42234 – 00100 GPO
Nairobi
The firm/contractor should deliver a separate technical and financial proposal that will be assessed as follows:
Note: Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification and only the successful candidate will be contacted.
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