Request For Expression Of Interest For Security And Compliance Consultant For Afghanistan Government Electronic And Open Procurement System For The Duration Of 5 Months

Request For Expression Of Interest For Security And Compliance Consultant For Afghanistan Government Electronic And Open Procurement System For The Duration Of 5 Months Project Title FspBorrower Bid Reference Af Npa Fsp 93322 Cs IndvProcurement Method IndividualSubmission Deadline Date Time April 4 2019 16 00Notice No Op00069466Expressions Of InterestThe World Bank Intends To Finance The Assig 2019 Ment Described Below Under Grant No Ida D2630Npa BackgroundNational Prouthority Npa Has Been Created Consequent To The Vision Of H E The President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan For Institutional Reform In A Bid To Curb Corruption And Strengthen Public Confidence In The Ability Of Thegovernment To Deliver Services In An Effic Ient Effective And Transparent Manner That Will Foster Economic Growth And Equalopportunities As Part Of The Ongoing Syst Em Reforms By The Present Afghanistan Government National Procurement Authority Npa Has Been Established To Act As The Apex Procu Rement Organization To Formulate Policies Related To Public Procurement And Toregulate The Public Procurement Function In The Entir E Nation The Npa Will Oversee And Facilitate All National Procurement Goods Works And Services Above A Certain Threshold And Wh Ich Are Vital To The Economic Development Of Afghanistan Inaddition It Will Look After The Policies And Procedures To Strengthen The Procurement System And Start E Procurement Inafghanistan To Bring About A Completely Transparent Public Procurement System Ot Her Objectives Of Npa Are To Enhance Budgetexecution Ensuring Efficiency In Public Procurement System Recruitment Of Professionaland Honest Procurement Civil Servants Atdifferent Levels And Various Capacities The Contracts Progress Monitoring Di Rectorate Cpmd Is One Of The Fivedirectorates Of Npa That Leads The Path Towards Government In The Sunshine By Being A Professional Reliable Andefficient Contracts Downstream Monitoring Body In Afghanistan And Works For The Monitoring Of Co NtractsImplementation As Well As The Establishment And Institutionalization Of A Comprehensive Electronic Government Procure Ment E Gp System Within The Country To Ensure Efficiency Effectiveness Transparency And Value For Money Scope And ObjectivesUnder The Supervision Of Afghanistan Government Electronic And Open Procurement System Development Director Theincumbent Will Be Responsible For The Assessment And Development Of Software System And Infrastructure Security As Well As Compliannce M Incumchanisms And Help Ageops To Achieve The Milestones And Enhancements Entitled In The Mentioned In The Same Maintasks The Incumbent Will Be Responsible To Assist Npa And Ageops Development Directorate To Develop And Implement Two Factors One Sec Urity And Two Compliance Through The Development Of Procedures And Standards And Implementation Of The Same In The Dailyoperationand Development Of Respective Teams And Experts In Regards To Security Considering The Internationalbest Practic Es And National Context Provide The Followings Review And Analyze Ageopss Software And Systemarchitecture Pr Ovide An Analysis Report And Suggest Solutions To Improve The Security Even Further Review And Analyzeageopss Curre Ntly Developed Software Systems Provide An Analysis Report And Suggest Solutions To Improve The Security Evenfurther Co Nduct White Hat Security Testing On Infrastructure On Which The Systems Are Hosted To Discovervulnerabilities And Suggest Solutionsto Secure Them Develop Security Procedures For Live And Demo Systems Of Ageops Which Are As Follows Socialengineering Procedures For Ageops Directorate Staff And Public EndusersSecure Coding Procedures At The Application La YerSecure Coding Procedures At The DatabaselayerCloud Security ProcedureSystem Administration P Rocedure In Terms Of SecurityDatabaseadministration Procedure In Terms Of SecuritySecurity Monitoring Proce Dures And BestpracticesAssist In The Implementation Of Suggested Solutions And Practices In Regards To Compliance In Accordance With Afghanistan Procurement Law Procurement Rules Ofprocedures And International Standards Suggest Solutions For The Followings Ensure The Bidders That Their Sensitivee Bid Info Proceduresmation Is Securely Stored And Will Not Be Disclosed To Unauthorized Parties Before Bidopening Ensure End Users R Data Is Securely Stored And Data Privacy Agreement They Have Agreed Upon With Npa Is Honoredthrough System Controls And Manual Se T Of Procedures Assist In The Implementation Of Suggested Solutions Andpractices In Gener Al In Addition To The Two Aforementioned Sections The Incumbent Willalso Be Supposed To Provide The Followings Provide Suggested Capacity Building Roadmap For Development Andadministration Team Of Ageops Suggest Suitable Inte Rnational Security And Compliance Certificates For Ageopsteams The Mentioned Tasks Should Be Performed In Coordination W Ith Nationalexperts DeliverablesThe Incumbent Will Be Required To Deliver The Followings Th Roughouthis Duty Duration Analysis Report On Software And System Architecture In Regards To Security Ana Lysisreport On Current System Quality Of Code In Regards With Security Analysis Report On The White Hat Testings Perform Edon Ageops Systems Social Engineering Procedure For Ageops Team Social Engineering Procedure For Public Users Security Monitoring Procedure A Solution For The Bid Opening Compliance A Solution For Thecompliance Of Users Data Stored In Ageops Systems In Accordance With The Privacy Agreement Capacity Building Roadmapp For Compligeops Development And Administration Team Plan For Suitable International Security And Compliancecertificates Forteams And Systems Qualifications ExperiencesThe Incumbent Is Supposed To Have Thefollowings Qualifi Cations Academic Degree Preferably Masters In A Related Field Such As Information Security Information Technology Computer Science Computer Engineering Having 10 Years Of Experience In Similar Fields Such Asinformation Technology Information Security System Administration Database Administration Cloud Administration Cybersecurityand Architecture Experience In Working In Consultation Development Or Architecture Of Enterprise Levelsystems Language Requiremen TExpert Level Of Reading Listening Comprehension And Writing Inenglish Key Skills And CompetenciesThe Incumbent Is Supposed To Have The Followings Key Skills Andcompetencies Expert Knowledge Of Information System Andinfrastructure Security Expert Knowledge Ofsystem Compliance Strong Knowledge Of Software Project Management Strong Knowledge Of Cloud Architecture Aws In Particular Strong Knowledge Of Linux Operating System Strong Level Of Report Writingskills Ability To Work In A Flexible Working Hour Good Knowledge Of System And Databaseadministration Familiar With Public Procurement The National Procurement Auth Ority Npa Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan Has Received Financing From The World Bank Towards The Cost Of The Fiscal Performance Improvement Support Project Fsp And Aims To Use Part Of The Funds Towards Consultancy Services In Order To Enhance Security Andcompliance In Ageops Interested Consultants Must Provide Information Indicating That They Are Qualified To Perform The Servvic Coms Educational Background Job Experience Description Of Similar Assignments Experience In Similar Conditionsetc A Sultant Will Be Selected In Accordance With The World Bank Procurement Regulations For Ipf Borrowers July2016Expressions Of Interest Must Be Delivered In A Written Form Including Cv To The Address In Person Orby Courier Administrativ E Office Of The President National Procurement Authority Building 2Nd Floor Pashtoonistan Watt Kabul Afghanistan Or By E Mail Habibullah Azmat Npa Gov Af Not Later Than 16 00 Hour Local Time 04 April2019

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