Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-23
Buyer: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Armenia
Country: AM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71356200 | 72246000
Submission deadline: 2018-04-17

Technical requirements: Executing Agency (Client): Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Armenia, 11 Khanjyan Street, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Armenia (the Client) has requested the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD or the Bank) to provide technical assistance for “Support to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in digitising Certificates of Origin for exporters” (the Project). The project will be delivered in 4 phases:
The Client now intends to engage an individual IT expert (the “Consultant”) to assist the CCI in the Phase 2 with development of technical requirements for digitalization of the certificate of origin issuance in Armenia (the “Assignment”). The task of the Consultant is to design Technical Requirements document for the e-system based on the design recommended from the desk-based review of international best practice proposed in Phase 1.
The Technical Requirements document will be the final and comprehensive guide which should include system overview (system characteristics, system architecture, infrastructure services), system design (design method and standards, documentation standards, naming conventions, programming standards, software development tools), software requirements traceability matrix, and other elements required for the IT company to develop a fully operational software in Phase 3 of the project.
Status of Selection Process: Interested individual experts or firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Project is expected to start in March 2018 and has an estimated overall duration of 34 months. The current assignment needs to be completed within 2 months upon the receipt of the design recommended from the desk-based review of international best practice detailed in the report from Phase 1 of the project (expected to complete in July / August 2018)
The Consultant must determine whether any indirect taxes / VAT are chargeable on the proposed services and state the basis for such. If any indirect taxes / VAT are payable, the Client will have to pay indirect taxes / VAT element to the services directly to the Consultant unless otherwise agreed.
Funding Source: It is anticipated that the contract will be financed by the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund Selection and contracting is subject to the availability of funding.
Individual services are required. The Consultant shall be an expert (individual expert or an expert nominated by a firm) preferably with preferably the following qualifications, experience and personal qualities:
— preferably 5 years of previous professional experience of developing technical requirements for the software development, preferably for the Government,
Submission Requirements: In order to determine the capability and experience of Consultants seeking to be shortlisted, the information submitted should include the following:
1. cover letter (maximum 2 pages) summarizing how the expert believes he/she satisfies the requirements as defined above under Consultant Profile;
2. CV (not exceeding 4 pages) which should include full descriptions of responsibilities carried out, not just a job title, including information on contracting entity / client, project location / country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided (if different from duration), main activities, objectives;
3. completed Consultant Declaration Form and Contact Sheet, the template for which is available from the following web-link:
The complete expression of interest (including CVs, Consultant Declaration and Contact Sheet) should be submitted, in English via email (pdf) to the Client’s contact person, to reach the Client not later than the closing date. One additional copy shall reach the Bank’s contact person by the same due date. The expression of interest shall be one file (pdf). The Client reserves the right to reject applications of firms submitting more than one file. Only if any limitation on the permissible file size is exceeded, the Consultant may split the expression of interest into further files.