Ministry Of Finance And Development Planning Tender

Expressions of interest for Provision of consultancy service (individual) (public perception survey) The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning allocated in the Special National Budget for FY2021 fund to support its fiscal transparency initiatives. One of the primary objectives of the fund is to implement programs with higher outcomes of improving the transparency index of the Government. Hence, portion of the fund will be applied to eligible payments under the program to hire a consultant to conduct a Public Perception Survey as part of preliminary works which would inform the contents design of a dedicated open budget portal for citizens, residents and other interested individuals to have ease of access to government’s information. GOL envisages a portal that is easily accessible, user-friendly, interactive with visuals and infographics and supported by various kinds of social media platforms and capable of giving feedbacks. The platform is expected to be built with high security features and sensitivity, but at the same time is capable of interfacing with other systems of the Government and retrieving data from the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). GOL also desires that the portal be capable of uploading and downloading data in the stipulated document machine-readable formats and capable of hosting high volume and quality data, and designed with links to other websites of the Government and partners.