Tender Advertisement #1320072

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (READVERTISEMENT)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S NATIONAL E-COMMERCE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
Background
The PACPS comprises the following states: the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Trade and development arrangements between the EU and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries are designed to facilitate the ACP’s integration into the global economy through gradual trade liberalization and improved trade-related cooperation. They are set within the framework of the EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (known as the Cotonou agreement) that governs relations between the EU and the ACP countries. They open up EU markets fully and immediately, whereas ACP partners open only partially to EU imports, over transitioning periods
The IEPA is a development-oriented free-trade agreement that provides duty-free, quota-free access for the four EPA Pacific countries’ exports to the EU. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been fully applying the IEPA since 2009 and its exports to the EU represent the majority of the exports from the fourteen PACP countries. The IEPA, in its current form, does not have a Services chapter and subsequently does not cover E-commerce. However, in August 2021, the Pacific Islands Forum Trade Ministers endorsed its first-ever Pacific Regional E-commerce Strategy.
For Papua New Guinea, as one of the eight members of the PNA and with competitive advantages to unleash its untapped export potential in tuna fisheries; kava-based pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry; agro-processed products; creative industries, cultural handicrafts and textiles, among others, the development of a National E-commerce Strategic Framework has been identified as a national priority under its National IEPA Implementation Plan to bolster their economic development to a higher level.
HOW TO APPLY
Submissions should be entitled:
OPEN TENDER – DEVELOPMENT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S NATIONAL E-COMMERCE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (READVERTISEMENT)
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 labeling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labeled “T.22.22 (1) – Response Template”
The electronically submitted documents should be converted to PDF format.
Deadline for Submissions:
Submissions need to reach the Secretariat by 4 pm, Thursday, 10 November 2022.
Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.
Questions and Answers
All queries or requests 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” at 4 pm, Wednesday, 9 November 2022. 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.
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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.