INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (ITC)
MAJOR UPCOMING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY NOTICE
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
DEADLINE: 19TH JULY, 2020
Important: The purpose of this call for EOI is to identify appropriate suppliers who can potentially fulfill the requirements. The present call for EOI does not constitute an invitation to tender. Only suppliers deemed qualified by ITC will receive the invitation to tender.
Reference: EOI 2020-53-EL – ECOWAS MARKET NEWS INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM
Closing Date for Receipt of EOI at ITC/PS: 19 July 2020 (midnight CET)
Terms of Reference (summary):
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is supporting the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in implementing the European Union funded West Africa Competitiveness Programme. The programme aims to support a number of selected value chains at national and regional level to promote structural transformation and better access to regional and international markets, while taking into account social and environmental concerns. Its objective is to strengthen competitiveness of West African countries and enhance their integration into the regional and international trading system. One of the specific activities of the programme envisages providing relevant current market information to companies in the ECOWAS region that operate in the selected sectors of cassava, mango, information and communications technologies, and textiles and clothing.
In view of this, ITC is seeking to contract a service provider to deploy an information system to monitor and disseminate market news information on these sectors to companies operating in the region. The information is expected to be disseminated by electronic channels (e.g. email, website, newsletters). Companies will subscribe to the service by registering on a dedicated web page accessible via the web site of the ECOWAS Commission, based in Abuja, Nigeria.
The ideal service provider should have:
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in deploying customized market news information monitoring/tracking systems.
• Demonstrated experience in providing information monitoring solutions, including coverage of market trends, consumer preferences, company strategies, price information, trade regulations, and logistics for selected value chains, to business service organisations, such as financial institutions, and trade support institutions (these including entities such as trade promotion organisations, chambers of commerce or sector associations).
• Demonstrated experience of providing solutions to clients in emerging markets and developing countries.
• A curated database(s) of information resources that can be drawn upon to create the customized information monitoring system and to which a client can add new sources or news items; or a proven capacity in compiling news information sources tailored to specific sectors.
• Experience in working with systems that operate with limited or no human interactions required even beyond the vendor’s license duration and that display market news to registered users but also to non-registered users of the service (e.g. through a webpage that does not require users’ registration to be displayed)
• Experience in working with systems that display the news through multiple channels (including: webpages, email alerts, SMS alerts, etc.)
ITC Procurement Services invites interested companies to forward their Expression of Interest (EOI) by email, before the closing date, to:
Procurement Services
International Trade Centre
54-56 Rue de Montbrillant 1202
Geneva Switzerland
lagier@intracen.org
Website: www.intracen.org
In your response, please indicate the reference of this EOI, the company legal name and address (including country), the contact name(s) and contract e-mail address as well as the 6-digit UNGM registration number or ITC system vendor ID number if you already have one. If not registered with ITC/UNOG or UNGM, please follow the Procedure for Registration as Potential Vendor at www.ungm.org as soon as possible.
ITC reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process.
Please note that only those companies considered qualified by ITC for this project will be invited to participate in this procurement exercise.
For any further information on ITC, please consult our website: www.intracen.org
