Consultancy Services to Support, Enhance, and Implement the Local Government Revenue Collection System (MUTM)

REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT OF ZANZIBAR

MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PLANNING

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION)

COUNTRY: UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

NAME OF PROJECT: BOOSTING INCLUSIVE GROWTH FOR ZANZIBAR (BIG-Z)

Loan No: IDA - 69140 –TZ

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services to Support, Enhance, and Implement the Local Government Revenue Collection System (MUTM)

Reference No: TZ-POFP-573107-CS-QCBS.

This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for the Boosting of Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar Project (BIG-Z) that appeared in the UN Development Business online No. WB-P811333-8 of 27-08-2021.

The United Republic of Tanzania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Boosting Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar Project (BIG-Z), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The Consultancy Services (“the Services”) include: conducting a comprehensive assessment of the existing Local Government Revenue Collection System (MUTM), including its functional capabilities, architecture, source code, database, data quality, security posture, performance and scalability; identifying technical, operational, legal and policy gaps and interoperability constraints; developing at least two technically feasible and costed upgrade options and a detailed implementation roadmap; and implementing the approved upgrade. The Services further include GIS enablement aligned with ZanSDI; interoperability with ZanMalipo, Zanzibar Revenue Authority systems, Ministry of Finance and Planning systems, eGAZ requirements and LARIS, as applicable; data cleansing and migration; software development and configuration; testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment to all 12 Local Government Authorities; capacity building and Training-of-Trainers (ToT); preparation of manuals and SOPs; knowledge transfer; and post-deployment support/hypercare.

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