REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Consulting services on the Overall model of tax management and business process reengineering; Overall architecture of IT system for taxation business; Tax accounting
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
Country: Vietnam
Name of Project: Revenue Administration Reform Support (RARS) Project
Financing Grant No.: TF0A9380
Assignment Title: Consulting services on the Overall model of tax management and business process reengineering; Overall architecture of IT system for taxation business; Tax accounting
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): CS-QCBS-B01
General Department of Taxation (GDT) has received a grant from Policy and Human resource Development Fund (PHRD) of the Government of Japan – trust fund administered by the World Bank - through Financing Grant No. TF0A9380 dated August 02, 2019 towards the Revenue Administration Reform Support Project (hereafter called as RARS), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the captioned consulting services.
- The consulting services (“the Services”) include Consulting services on the Overall model of tax management and business process reengineering; Overall architecture of IT system for taxation business;Tax accounting and will be completed for 12 months, starting in 1st Quarter 2021.
- Overall Objectivesare:
(i) To assist GDT in tax administration reform and modernization, in order to enable GDT to evolve into a more modern and efficient revenue tax administration through the selection and application of global best practices and workflows, supported by a successfully implemented world class tax administration IT system;
(ii) Provide GDT with well-documented roadmap for the purpose of making decisions on the best approach to procuring the next generation revenue management system.
- Specific Objectivesinclude:
(i) Consultancy on tax administration Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and ICT Architecture;
(ii) Consultancy on the overall procurement model of the newtax administration IT system;
(iii) Consultancy on tax accounting;
(iv) Consultancy to Prepare the bidding documents for the procurement of an IT system.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.
The Project Management Unit for RARS project now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:
+ The Consultant must have at least 10 years of experience in public finance management consultancy for ministerial or governmental finance/tax administration agencies or national governments or territories or states for federal government and/or finance or revenue management consultancy for large global or multinational corporations.
+ The Consultant must have at least 10 years of experience in ICT solution consultancy including the consultancy on overall ICT architecture, ICT system implementation model applied in public administration for ministerial or governmental finance ortax administration agencies ornational governments or territories/states for federal government and/or finance or revenue administration for large global or multinational corporations.
+ In the last 10 years, the Consultant must have experience in implementation of at least two (2) successful consultancy contracts in business process analysis for ministerial or governmental finance ortax administration agencies or national governments or territories or states for federal government, including at least one (1) consultancy contract on modern tax administration business process reengineering for ministerial tax administration agencies ornational governments.
+ In the last 10 years, the Consultant must have experience in implementation of at least two (2) successful consultancy contracts implementing ICT solutions in public administration for ministerial or governmental finance ortax administration agencies ornational governments or territories or states for federal government and/or finance/revenue administration for large global or multinational corporations, including at least one (1) consultancy contract on modern ICT solutions for ministerial tax administration agencies ornational governments, including assigned tasks in the following areas:
• Analysis, development and documentation of in-depth existing business processes in modern revenue administrations of G20 tax authorities
• Demonstrated knowledge of modern tax authorities good practice in G20 tax authorities
• Demonstrated experience in developing and documenting gap analysis between exisiting business practices and global good practice in revenue administration
• Demonstrated experience in solution and ICT Enterprise Architecture
• Demonstrated experience in Tax Accounting
• Development of bidding packages including functional and technical specifications for complex financial management systems
+ The Consultant must provide its profile with the copies of successfully implemented contracts and contact information for evidence and confirmation of relevant qualifications to the requirements.
+ The Consultant should demonstrate their capacity of providing the appropriate experts (with quality and quantity) during the entire project implementation as required in the TOR. However,Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 08:00 to 17:00 hours(Vietnamtime).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 9:30 October23rd, 2020 (Vietnamtime).
Project Management Unit for Revenue Administration Reform Support Project(RARS)
- Address: Room 108, First Floor, GDT Building, No 123 Lò Đúc street, Đống Mác ward, Hai Bà Trưng district, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Tel: +84 24 39712555, Ext1015 or 1016 or 1018
- E-mail: rars.pmu@gdt.gov.vn
TOR for Bid Package CSQCBSB01.docx
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