Tender Advertisement #1110772

REQUEST FOR TENDER (OPEN TENDER)

DESIGN & LAYOUT/WEB CONSULTANT

1. BACKGROUND

1.1 Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) is implementing Outcome 3 of the Pacific Partnerships to end violence against women and girls (PPEVAWG) funded primarily by the European Union. The key objective of PIFS component is to empower national and regional civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate, monitor and report on regional institutions and governments commitments to enhance gender equality and prevent violence against women and girls.

1.2 Complementing the primary prevention work on violence against women and girls, this action area focuses on strengthening accountability mechanisms around policy commitments and empower CSOs to participate in policy formulation and implementation and effectively monitor implementation of national and regional policies and commitments on EVAWG.

1.3 And to facilitate the effective and systematic participation of CSOs in monitoring the implementation of these commitments Activity 3.1.1 focuses on the design of CSO led accountability mechanisms for commitment around gender equality in particular ending violence against women and girls at country and regional levels.

2. OBJECTIVES

2.1 In order to strengthen civil society capacity to advocate, monitor and report on performance of national and regional institutions and authorities and their commitments to gender equality and prevention of violence against women and girls a user-friendly toolkit to monitor policy implementation on EVAWG is being developed and will be used for regional capacity building initiatives for civil society organization. This toolkit will be used by governments in particular the National Women’s Office to support the gender mainstreaming efforts at national level.

2.2 At the Focus Group workshops it was highlighted by civil society representatives that the toolkit be online, accessible and that heavy technical information on content and processes be presented by way of illustrations, logical maps, infographics and diagrams.

3. SCOPE OF WORK

3.1 The consultant is required to work closely with the relevant NSA team and Public Affairs Unit to deliver the output specifications set out under the Terms of Reference (TOR) document which can be downloaded from www.tenders.net/forumsec.

4. QUALIFICATIONS

4.1 Formal qualification in design and layout and extensive experience in this area of work in the Pacific.

5. HOW TO APPLY

Submissions should be entitled:

REQUEST FOR TENDER – DESIGN & LAYOUT/WEB CONSULTANT

Method of Submissions:

Submissions must be forwarded in PDF format following the instructions at www.tenders.net/forumsec

Note: Tenders must be submitted with clear labelling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “A. Technical Offer”. Financial Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “B. Financial Offer”.

The electronically submitted documents should be converted to the PDF format.

Deadline for Submissions:

Submissions need to reach the Secretariat by 5pm Thursday 2 January 2020.

Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.

Questions and Answers

All queries or request for information must be submitted via the Question and Answer Forum at www.tenders.net/forumsec . Tenderers may submit questions in writing to the mentioned Question and Answer Forum before the stated “deadline for requesting clarifications” 26 December 2019. The Secretariat has no obligation to provide clarification after this date.

Note: The Secretariat will not be responsible for non-receipt/non-delivery of the Bid documents due to any reason whatsoever.

Any complaints regarding the Secretariat’s tender must be directed to the following email: Tender.Complaints@forumsec.org. This email address will forward your complaint to a person that is independent and removed from the tender process. Complaints must be well founded and should not be used as a mechanism for notifying displeasure with the outcome of a tender award. Further information on making a complaint can be found on the Policies & Information page at http://tenders.forumsec.org.

In the event that further information is required by the Secretariat in relation to the tender for consultancy, the Secretariat reserves the right to seek the required information without the need for calling for resubmission of proposals.