Background
Ethiopia Somali Development association is (ESDA) is membership based community owned local Development Association, the organization was established to support the humanitarian and development endeavors of the people of Somali Region in the areas of basic health, basic education, water and sanitation, livestock, basic skill training, peace building, food security and livelihood, NFI, protection and other related development activities, through community participation by mobilizing resources from members, diaspora communities, supporters, donors and other income generating sources towards the improvement of the lives of the people of Somali regional state through sustainable integrated community based development programs. ESDA is a community-based membership organization. Its' members are from all parts of society in and outside the region who are interested in the mission of ESDA. In order to perform and implement its initiatives effectively, the association organizes its members and manages its development activities.
Introduction
To strengthen its organizational systems, the association had developed several organizational systems with a view to putting in place organizational capacity that enable it to manage its finance, human resources, procurement, and programmatic activities, As time passes, now is the time to modernize organizational systems that suits the current and future demands of the Ethiopia Somali Development Association and its functions. For this purpose, the association seeks a consultancy firm for development of licensed/ certified accounting software system.
Purpose
The objective of this consulting service is to develop a licensed/ certified accounting software system tailored to the specific needs of the Ethiopia Somali Development Association to advance organizational goals.
Key tasks of consultancy service
Development of one of the best accounting software system. Some of the interested Accounting software includes SAP, Navigator, SAGE, Sun system, Quick books
Security
The Consultant must propose a security standard for the system. This may include login ID, password, security administration, and security access and security certificates (This is a must to ensure secure connections to the system).
Acceptance Testing
During the development of the software, the Consultant will be required to implement unit testing, acceptance and performance testing so as to ensure that the software developed delivers the proposed value.
User Training
The Consultant will be required to offer staff training on the use of the system
The system should work both offline and online system and should be able to report project status and BvA.
Requirement
Consultancy Firm/Institute
Interested consulting firms will submit
Evaluation methodology
The weights given to the Technical and Financial Proposals are
The number of points assigned to technical evaluation are distributed as follows.
| Parameters for Evaluations | Points |
| 1.Qualification and experience of the assigned consultancy firm in relation to the assignment | 15(21.4%) |
| 2.Experience of the firm in similar work | 15(21.4%) |
| 3.Work plan and methodology | 15(21.4%) |
| 4.Good past performance (as evidenced by other clients) | 10(14.3%) |
| 5.Insitutional Capacity of the firm | 10(14.3%) |
| 6.Reasonable time to complete the assignment | 5(7.1%) |
| Total Points | 70(100%) |
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