ICT Consultant-Office of Auditor General – Somalia

 

The Federal Republic of Somalia 

 

Ministry of Finance

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

 

COUNTRY:	Federal Republic of Somalia
NAME OF PROJECT	Somalia Domestic Revenue Mobilization & Public Financial Management
	Capacity Strengthening Project (DRM&PFM)
PROJECT ID:	P154875	Grant No.: IDA-D3700
Assignment Title:	ICT Consultant-Office of Auditor General
Reference No.:	SO-MOF-203131-CS-INDV
Place of assignment:	Mogadishu
Issue Date:	14th December, 2020

 

1. Background

The Federal Republic of Somalia has received financing from the World Bank through the Ministry of Finance (MoF) towards the cost of Somalia Domestic Revenue Mobilization & Public Financial Management (DRM&PFM) Strengthening Project II.

The Project Development Objective is to strengthen systems of domestic revenue mobilization, expenditure control and accountability in the Federal Government, Puntland State of Somalia, and Somaliland. The project comprises of the following four components: (i) Strengthening Tax Policy and Inland Revenue Administration systems; (ii) Strengthening Systems for the Public Funds Management, Transparency and Accountability; (iii) Rapid Response Facility; and (iv) Public Financial Management Reform Oversight, Coordination and Management

 

The second component focuses on: (i) implementation of treasury management, control, budget execution, and accounting and reporting reforms; (ii) deepening reforms targeted at enhancing transparency and accountability in the use of public funds through strengthening key integrity pillars including supreme audit institutions (SAIs), external oversight capacities, internal control systems, and the overall fiduciary environment; and (iii) expanding the reach of the government’s PFM professionalization program.

Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is responsible for independent auditing of the National Reserve, all public accounts, public offices, sub-national governments, funds, projects and programs, state owned enterprises and similar institutions in which the FGS has controlling interests and report to Parliament. The OAG has developed a Strategic Plan within which is embedded audit capacity building and development of ICT infrastructure for efficient delivery of audit services.

An ICT Consultant is needed to provide support in building a sustainable ICT infrastructure and management capacity and conduct critical ICT reforms.

The Ministry of Finance intends to apply part of the proceeds of the grant to hire an Individual Consultant to support Office of the Auditor General (OAG) in development of the ICT infrastructure and build capacity of staff in management of the ICT systems.

2. Scope of Work and Responsibilities:

The ICT Consultant (“Consultant”) shall be assigned with the following key responsibilities among others:

• develop a comprehensive ICT plan covering infrastructure, software, and implementation plan; appropriately costed, prioritized and sequenced to guide ICT developments to the OAGS.;
• Review and finalize a draft ICT Policy document to inform acquisition and roll out of various ICT systems for audit, archiving audit documentation, and for communication;
• Advice, train and coach OAGS management in building a sustainable ICT-management function;
• Participate and work closely with AFROSAI-E on their ICT-management training program for SAIs;
• Undertake rapid assessment of the ICT hardware and software specifications for the OAGS;
• Lead the preparation of specifications feeding to the essential ICT hardware and software procurement requirements;
• Provide technical support to the SAI in the evaluation of essential ICT related procurements;
• Plan and coordinate a project to implement the Auditflow electronic tool for audit work, in close collaboration with AFROSAI-E;
• Prepare the OAGS ICT-infrastructure for the use of the Auditflow
• Roll-out Auditflow tool technically and provide basic training to all auditors;
• Regular training and guidance of all auditors in use of Auditflow;
• Support SAI in mapping and documenting the following: audit business processes; audit business process re-engineering; refinement of audit functional and user requirements; audit software implementation support and change management; and audit software post implementation support and review.

3. Selection Criteria:

Selection shall be based on qualification and experience of the candidate and followed by an interview. The minimum qualification, experience and skills required include:

• Relevant university degree or higher education in ICT from a recognized institution; (iii) Professional practice certification in ICT disciplines such as Oracle, CISCO, Information Security, IT Management (e.g. CISM), Networking, Project Management, etc in good standing; (iii) Minimum of 8 years of relevant working experience (post qualification) in ICT related work and assignments; (iv) Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within and build a team environment, excellent communication and negotiation skills, ability to work effectively and harmoniously within a diverse work environment.; and (v) Ability to adapt and cope with changes and work-related pressure.

4. Duration & Duty Station:

One (1) year with possibility for extension depending on performance. The duty station is Mogadishu.

5. The Ministry of Finance now invites eligible Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Applicants must submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and cover letter indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) can be found at the following website: www.mof.gov.so or it can be forwarded to the applicant upon submission of application to the address indicated below.

6. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14 and 3.21 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest and eligibility.

7. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultants selection method set out in the “Procurement Regulations”.

8. Mode of submission of Applications and deadline:

Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address given below from 8:30 to 3.30pm Mogadishu time (excluding public holidays).

Expressions of interest (EOI) and CVs must be delivered (in person or by e-mail) in a written form (if not by e-mail) to the address below by 30^th December, 2020 at 12:00 Hours (Mogadishu Time) – marked clearly as “Application for ICT Consultant – OAG”

Public Financial Management Reform Unit, Ministry of Finance

 

Shingaani District, Mogadishu

Federal Republic of Somalia

 

Email: rcrfrecruitment@mof.gov.so and copy Oag@oag.gov.so