REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
GUMA VALLEY WATER COMPANY
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE FOR GUMA VALLEY WATER COMPANY
Date Issued: 19th July 2019
REF: GVWC/ADB/D2B/CONSL/001/2019
Sector: Water and Sanitation
Grant No: 5600155005001
Project ID No: P-SL-E00-006
- The Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) has received financing from the African Water Facility (AWF) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency – Develop2Build (D2B) Program towards the cost of the Freetown Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan and Investment Studies Project, and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for the grants to payments under the contract for Consultancy Services for the Development of Website for GVWC.
- The services to be undertaken include the following among others: (i) close collaboration with GVWC assigned team to ensure clear appreciation of the expectations of GVWC and facilitate acceptance and ownership of relevant deliverables; (ii) design, development and deployment of comprehensive, interactive, user-friendly and fit for purpose website on secure, and visible/widely used open source platform; (iii) provision of relevant documentation on configuration, installation and standard operation procedures in the management of the website, and training of relevant staff in the management of the website. The assignment is to be performed in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- GVWC now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing this service. Interested consultants must provide information (detailed curriculum vita including bio-data, copies of academic and professional qualification certificates and contact details), indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. Key qualification requirements include: (i) qualification as Full Stack Web Developer; (ii) proven experience in innovative and creative web design; (ii) proven experience in developing in common and widely used open source platforms, such as Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, etc.; (iii) track record in web site security and administration, Google analytics, and Search Engine Optimization (vi) fluency in English (listening, reading, writing, speaking) for effective communication; (v) experience of similar work in Sub-Saharan Africa (experience in the development of website for utility service will be an added advantage)
- Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” May 2008 Edition, revised on July 2012, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
- Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (10:00 -16:00 hours GMT), Monday to Friday.
- Expressions of interest must be delivered by email or hand copy to the address below not later than 31st July 2019 at 16:00 hrs. and labelled “Website Development Consultancy”.
Attention:
The Procurement Unit
Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC)
7th Floor, Guma Building
12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street Freetown, Sierra
Leone +232-76-695-25
Email: gumaprocurement@yahoo.com with copy to r.lubunga@afdb.org