Call for proposals: development of a website for the initiative “Inform, Empower and Act! Civil Society for Better Budget Governance in Moldova”

The project website, www.bugetulmeu.md, is part of the communication strategy (available upon request), which aims to raise the level of information and awareness among the target audience, as well as the general public, regarding the need to make the budget process more efficient at national and local level, by taking on a more active role in consultations with local public authorities (LPAs) and in the development and monitoring of local public policies and budgets.

The website to be developed will be dedicated to participatory budgets and will host all the project materials. The website will also serve as a platform for knowledge and learning for the project beneficiaries and for all interested stakeholders. This means that it will be the main source of information where members of local coalitions will share their experiences and the lessons learned through the implementation of the project tools, and it will serve as a forum for discussions / debates on topics related to participatory budgeting at local level. The website will be developed at the beginning of the project and will be managed by the main implementing partner.

The website will meet the following objectives:

•        Raising the level of information and awareness of the budget process and participatory budgeting among the population and local civil society through communication tools and products (public hearings platform, analyses, coalitions, toolkits, trainings, etc.);
• Improving the perception of participatory budgeting and increasing the understanding of the impact of this process on the community, through communication tools and products (public hearings platform, analyses, coalitions, toolkits, trainings, etc.;
• Ensuring local and national visibility of the project’s results and products by implementing the Action Plan of the Communication Strategy. 

Requirements for candidates and application procedure

Ideally, the company should meet the following criteria:

• At least 3 years of experience in developing websites with similar functionality;
• Ability to work in a team and to complete tasks within the set deadlines;
• Previous experience of working on projects funded by the EU or other international development partners will be considered an advantage.

Interested companies are invited to submit technical and commercial offers containing the following:

• A brief description of the organisation (1-2 pages);
• The company’s registration certificate;
• The client portfolio;
• The company portfolio describing its experience in the field and the similar services provided;
• The persons employed in the following key positions must be explicitly presented: Project Manager; Head of Programming Team; Designer;
• The commercial offer. The offer must be submitted at a zero VAT rate. Expert-Grup will provide all the necessary supporting documents in this regard;
• Other relevant documents or recommendations.

Offers must be sent by email to procurari@expert-grup.org by 25 June 2019, 19:00.

All clarification questions can be sent by email to simion.ciochina@ipre.md (contact person: Simion Ciochină, IPRE communication officer).