TENDERSMINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

ADDITIONAL FINANCING — SOCIAL PROTECTION PROJECT

CONSULTING FIRM TO ENHANCE THE PATH/STEPS-TO-WORK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (STWIS)

INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Jamaica has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (World Bank), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under the project Social Protection Project. Bidding will be governed by the Guidelines, Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank BorrowersThe project intends to apply part of the loan proceeds to payments under the contract for the captioned consultancy service.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTANCY

The objective of this project is to develop and implement an enhanced Steps-To-Work MIS that will support the information needs of the applicants/beneficiaries and Steps-To-Work team through the design and implementation of the required software solution. The system will be expected to verify applicants/beneficiaries information against the PATH database, accept applications; evaluate, monitor and manage beneficiaries training, family/individual interventions, and payments; track appeals and other cases to successful closure, record and monitor the employment experience of trained beneficiaries. It will also be expected to integrate closely with other benefit delivery partners including other Ministries and payment agencies. The system must be designed to accommodate significant growth rates and to facilitate a high volume of online updates and queries and therefore must be built on a scalable service-oriented architecture. To accomplish this objective, The MLSS is seeking to hire an MIS Firm that will be responsible for implementing the system solution making use of existing hardware and software resources where possible; adding the necessary resources to implement a web-enabled service oriented architecture to provide a solution that will support all Programme phases, inclusive of application, evaluation, compliance monitoring, payment, employment placement and job monitoring.

SCOPE OF WORK

The MIS Firm will Develop/Build:• Project Implementation Plan• System Requirements Document• System Prototype• System Architecture• System Database• Data Migration Plan• GUI and Presentation Layer Design• Acceptance Test Plan• Completion of successful Acceptance Test Plan• System documentation, Technical and User manual, Video tutorials • Completion of technical training• Completion of user training• Completion of On-site technical support• Final system acceptance and contract closeoutThe Social Protection Project now invites eligible Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Consulting Firms may submit expressions of interest for the above services. Firms must provide information indicating the following: • Qualifications in the field of the assignment; • Technical and Managerial capabilities of the firm; • Core business and years in business; • Qualifications of key staff; Client references; and

Interested Consulting Firms may obtain further information at the address below from 0900 to 1700 hours,

Mondays to Thursdays and 0900 to 1600 on Fridays.Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below

by Friday April 28, 2017.Ministry of Labour and Social Security,

Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme; Attn: Procurement Officer.

14 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4, Jamaica, W.I. Tel: (876) 967-0420

Email: consultancy@mlss.gov.jm

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GOVERNMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

REQUEST FOR CURRICULUM VITAE The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is seeking to identify an

individual to fill the following position. Individuals are being invited to submit a Letter of Interest and full Curriculum Vitae.

PROGRAMMER / ANALYSTJOB PURPOSETo develop, implement and maintain information systems in accordance with the requirements of the various divisions/units.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• To develop and implement information systems in accordance with the requirements of divisions.

• To the design and develop websites and Intranets.• To encourage office automation in support of increased productivity of

office personnel.

KEY OUTPUTS

• Requirement Specifications• System Designs• User Manuals• Technical Manuals • Websites and Intranet• Various Reports• Computerized Information Systems (software applications)

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To develop, implement and maintain information systems in accordance with the requirements of divisions.

• To the design and develop websites and Intranets.• To encourage office automation in support of increased productivity of

office personnel

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCES AND SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE

1. B.Sc. in Computer Sciences or equivalent from an accredited tertiary institution

2. At least 3-4 years of programming, including web development, with 1-2 years as a Programmer/Analyst

3. ASP.NET, C#.NET ,VB.NET (optional)4. Working knowledge of Microsoft’s MVC is an asset5. CSS, AJAX, Crystal Report 6. Linux or Apache,7. Structured Query Language8. Relational Database (MSSQL 2005/2008, INFORMIX, MYSQL)9. Hypertext/Extensible Markup Language (HTML/XML)

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN APRIL 18, 2017, ADDRESSED TO:

Procurement ManagerMinistry of Labour and Social Security

14 National Heroes CircleKingston 4

Telephone: 876-967-0420 Email: consultancy@mlss.gov.jm

ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED