REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REI) SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT

COUNTRY:                          Republic of Kazakhstan

NAME OF PROJECT:       Justice Sector Institutional Strengthening Project (JSISP)

Loan No.:                             8361-KZ _________________________

Assignment Title:             Law Drafting Portal –Technical Design and Specification Reference No:                KZJSISP/IC-6

 

 

The Republic of Kazakhstan has received a Loan from the World Bank (WB) toward the cost of the Kazakhstan Justice Sector Institutional Strengthening Project, and intends to apply part of this Loan No. 8361-KZ to payments under the Contract for Law Drafting Portal – Technical Design and Specification.  

 

The Project objectives are (a) to strengthen the institutional capacity of selected agencies for effective implementation of selected laws and (b) to improve the efficiency, transparency of, and access to selected public services in the justice sector.  The objective of the Assignment is to assist the Implementing Agency, represented by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MOJ) in the technical design and specification of the Law Drafting Portal with aim to provide justice sector staff, as well as other categories of professionals, media and public with an on-line tool to share and comment on drafts of new legislation.

 

The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Director, IT Department of the MOJ. He or she shall be responsible for:

 

  • Needs assessment and preparation of technical specifications. This stage includes data gathering, meetings, analysis of “Open government”/“Open Legislation” functions, analysis of other relevant platforms (such as IPGO, Control data bank, Adilet) and identification of the needs of the all prospective users.
  • Design of the Law Drafting Portal, development of structure of the Portal.
  • Development of the Functional and Technical requirements suitable for inclusion in a bid document.

 

Outputs to be delivered by the Consultant include:

 

  • Draft Needs Assessment Report (2 weeks).
  • Final Needs Assessment Report (1 week).
  • Draft Functional and Technical Specifications Report (2 weeks).
  • Final Functional and Technical Specifications Report (1 week).
  • Final Report detailing all the activities undertaken in the assignment and outputs generated during the assignment (1 week).

 

The Services are expected to commence on June (with input of 7 staff weeks, based on a 5-day week over a 9 week period)

 

The MOJ now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. To be qualified for the position the candidate must meet the minimum required qualifications as follows:

 

  • University degree in information systems or relevant field;
  • Minimum seven years experience in development of information systems projects, definition, management and implementation. The Consultant shall submit a  record of at least three implemented similar-nature projects for the last 3 years;
  • Knowledge of project management software such as web-technologies, MS Project, Primavera, Basecamp, or equivalent;
  • Knowledge of English is a must;
  • Professional-level knowledge of Kazakh and/or Russian languages is a must;

 

In submitting their expressions of interest, the interested candidates are kindly requested to provide their updated curriculum vitae, indicating their personal and technical skills, academic qualifications and experience in similar assignments along with the names of at least three (3) references with contact information (e-mail, telephone, or fax numbers).  Expressions of Interest shall be submitted in hard copy or in electronic form.

 

The detailed Terms of Reference (in English and Russian) for the assignment may be obtained from the address below during office hours from 9:30 to 17:30 hours, Monday through Friday except public holidays, or by writing to the contact person below.

 

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011 edition) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

 

Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below before COB on Friday, May 22, 2015.

 

Attn: Mr. Oleg Kozyrev, Component Coordinator

JSISP Implementation Support Group

"Bolashak" Business Centre, 

3/1 Sary-Arka Str., 5th floor, Office # 507

Astana, Kazakstan

Tel: +7 (7172) 54 09 81 (office), +7 (701) 111-5725 (mobile)

Email: oleg_kozyrev@mail.ru 

 

Дата публикации
08 мая 2015