Position Title: Puntland Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS) Technical Assistant

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

COUNTRY: Puntland State of Somalia (PSS)

NAME OF PROJECT: Somalia Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Public Financial Management

Capacity Strengthening Project – Phase II

PROJECT ID: P151492 Grant No.: TF-A0388

Assignment Title: Puntland Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS) Technical Assistant

Reference No.: SO-MOF-PL-146395-CS-INDV

Place of assignment: Garowe, Puntland, Somalia

1. Background  

The Puntland State of Somalia has received additional financing from the World Bank through the Ministry of Finance (MoF) toward the cost of Somalia Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Public Financial Management Capacity Strengthening Project II. The approach for implementing the Puntland Financial Management Information System (PL-FMIS) is to first embark on a proof of concept of the required secured Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and the various basic applications before roll-out after proper testing and training. The first phase of the project will produce (i) inception report; (ii) the Statement of User Requirements (SOUR); (iii) SFMIS User Guide; (iv) Conceptual Design Document with the ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ business process; (v) and change management and training plan. Considering the time pressure to quickly provide a solution to support the PFM operations, and the clarity of the requirements from the feasibility an interim solution has been deployed in line with, the approach for implementing the project in an incremental or progressive manner to deliver the basic system architecture as a first release. Subsequent releases will expand the system in terms of modules, functionality, range of users and operating sites (line ministries etc.).

The Ministry of Finance intends to apply part of the proceeds of the Grant to hire an Individual Consultant to provide technical assistance in Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the FMIS follows the Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM). The IS Specialist and will use the COBIT® Framework throughout the IT Service Management lifecycle by considering the people, process and information technology elements. The implications of the full model of information systems in Public Sector Organizations (Heeks 2006) will be considered right through the implementation.

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