Expression of Interest For Recruitment Of A Firm For The Digitization Of Phytosanitary Control Posts

Expression of Interest for Recruitment of a Firm for the Digitization of Phytosanitary Control Posts 3. The services are broken down as follows: Organize meetings: define scope and gather technical-functional requirements; validate with the relevant business unit; Implement the platform: develop and integrate specific modules for the digitization of target documents; Set up a secure interface system: connecting the new platform with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Animal and Fishery Resources existing systems; Implement and deploy an electronic payment module: integrated to eliminate physical cash transactions at border crossings; Design a centralized dashboard: to ensure statistical monitoring and real-time traceability of incoming products; Conduct testing phases: unit, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure system performance and security; Draft technical documentation and comprehensive user guides for system administration; Ensure knowledge transfer: through training and the handover of source code to platform administrators; Provide technical assistance and application maintenance during the deployment phase. The duration of the assignment shall not exceed ninety (60) working days, including timeframes for the validation of the prototype and reports. 4. Reservation: Not applicable. 5. Interested candidates are invited to express their interest in providing the services described above by submitting information demonstrating their qualifications to perform the services. Candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Operating in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector; Holding a "single category" technical accreditation; Experience in developing web platforms for the agriculture or livestock sectors; Experience in developing web platforms that integrate mobile payment solutions; Documenting at least five (5) similar web platform development assignments in general, and at least one (1) assignment involving web platform development in the agriculture or livestock sector, and one (1) assignment involving the integration of payment solutions. References must be presented in a table format highlighting, at a minimum: the assignment title, the clients name and contact details, the year of execution, the assignment start and end dates, a detailed description of the assignment, and the contract value. 6. A maximum of three (3) of the most qualified and experienced consultants (firms) will be shortlisted. Only these consultants will be invited to submit technical and financial proposals. Consultants whose technical proposals meet the minimum required score will have their financial proposals opened and evaluated. Among these, the consultant with the lowest-priced financial proposal will be invited to negotiate and sign the contract. Should negotiations prove unsuccessful, the next-ranked consultant will be invited. 7. Interested candidates may obtain further information regarding the reference documents at the address below during the following hours: Secretariat of the Public Procurement Directorate (DMP), located on the ground floor of the MAERAH Building, Ouaga 2000, Avenue SEMBENE Ousmane; Tel: (00226) 51 91 03 79 / 67 46 14 07; email: [email protected]; from 07:30 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 16:00, Monday through Thursday, and from 07:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30 on Fridays (Universal Time). 8. Expressions of interest must be prepared in French and submitted as a bound document in four (04) copiesone (01) original and three (03) copiesalong with one (01) digital copy in Word format on a USB flash drive. They must be submitted to the DMP MAERAH Secretariat no later than August 13, 2026, at 09:00 (Universal Time) and must clearly bear the following mention: "Expression of interest"regarding the recruitment of a firm for the digitization of phytosanitary control posts for the Directorate General of Plant Production (DGPV). [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : Burkina Faso