This is an updated notice.   This notice was posted on 12 October 2020 and has been updated on 28 October 2020. Please note that the deadline has changed from 23 October to 6 November 2020.     Armenia- P158359- AGRICULTURE POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT- PHRD-C-1-3 Country: Armenia Project Id: P158359 Project Name: AGRICULTURE POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT Loan/Credit/TF Info.: TF-A4449 Notice Version No.: 1 General Information Notice Type Request for Expression of Interest Borrower Bid Reference PHRD-C-1-3 Bid Description Data Warehouse Project Expert Language of Notice English Deadline for Application Submission Date 2020/11/06 Local Time 17:00 Selected category codes for product to be procured 81111901-Database information retrieval Contact Information on Advertisement Organization/Department Ministry of Economy of RA Name Azat Tovmasyan Title Procurement specialist Address 5, Mher Mkrtchyan Str., Yerevan 0010, Armenia City   Province/State   Postal Code   Country Armenia Phone +37491489487 Fax   Email atovmasyan@agridf.am Website   Detailed Information for Advertisement   REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES)   Data Warehouse Project Expert     Republic of Armenia Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project PHRD Grant. TF0A4449 Project ID No. P158359 Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): PHRD-C-1-3    The Republic of Armenia (RA) has received financing from the Japan Policy and Human Resource Development Technical Assistance Grants Program toward the cost of the Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.   The consulting services (“the Services”) include the development, together with a National Expert, and in collaboration with the designated representatives of the MOE, of the Data Warehouse system that consists of a platform where users with different access levels can extract reliable and useful quantitative and qualitative information easily and timely for the purposes of using it in formulation, implementation, and tracing the results of agriculture and agribusiness development support policies. The platform should store and regularly replenish data and statistics generated by national and international official sources, such as the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT), Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia, FAOSTAT, WTO, OECD, and others to be determined. For internal purposes the data generated from non-official sources, including MOE would also be used for storing and analysis.  These data may include food safety related statistics, statistics related to the implementation of specific governmental programs, etc.    The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.   The Ministry of Economy of Republic of Armenia now invites individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.   The required essential qualifications are: Advanced university degree in economics, agricultural economics, statistics or a related field; At least 10 years’ experience in managing the set up or participation in complex projects; Proven experience in design of data collection, analysis and interpretation systems to support policy development; Excellent quantitative analysis and information technology skills, including database applications, presentation software, and the Internet; Specific experience in the region of the Former Soviet Union would be an advantage; Ability to communicate in Armenian &/or Russian would be an advantage.   The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.    A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultant method (IC) set out in the Procurement Regulations.   Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 10:00 to 17:00 hours.   Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail, by mail or in person with digital copies of the Expression of Interest) by 17:00 local time on November 6, 2020.   Ministry of Economy of Republic of Armenia  Attn: Mr. Garnik Sevoyan, Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project Manager  5, Mher Mkrtchyan Str., Yerevan 0010, Armenia  Tel:  +374-55-441-444  E-mail: garniks@gmail.com, atovmasyan@agridf.am                 FORMER NOTICE    REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES)   Data Warehouse Project Expert     Republic of Armenia Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project PHRD Grant. TF0A4449 Project ID No. P158359 Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): PHRD-C-1-3     The Republic of Armenia (RA) has received financing from the Japan Policy and Human Resource Development Technical Assistance Grants Program toward the cost of the Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.   The consulting services (“the Services”) include the development, together with a National Expert, and in collaboration with the designated representatives of the MOE, of the Data Warehouse system that consists of a platform where users with different access levels can extract reliable and useful quantitative and qualitative information easily and timely for the purposes of using it in formulation, implementation, and tracing the results of agriculture and agribusiness development support policies. The platform should store and regularly replenish data and statistics generated by national and international official sources, such as the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT), Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia, FAOSTAT, WTO, OECD, and others to be determined. For internal purposes the data generated from non-official sources, including MOE would also be used for storing and analysis.  These data may include food safety related statistics, statistics related to the implementation of specific governmental programs, etc.    The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.   The Ministry of Economy of Republic of Armenia now invites individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.   The required essential qualifications are: Advanced university degree in economics, agricultural economics, statistics or a related field; At least 10 years’ experience in managing the set up or participation in complex projects; Proven experience in design of data collection, analysis and interpretation systems to support policy development; Excellent quantitative analysis and information technology skills, including database applications, presentation software, and the Internet; Specific experience in the region of the Former Soviet Union would be an advantage; Ability to communicate in Armenian &/or Russian would be an advantage.   The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.    A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultant method (IC) set out in the Procurement Regulations.   Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 10:00 to 17:00 hours.   Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail, by mail or in person with digital copies of the Expression of Interest) by 17:00 local time on October 23, 2020.   Ministry of Economy of Republic of Armenia   Attn: Mr. Garnik Sevoyan, Agriculture Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Project Manager   5, Mher Mkrtchyan Str., Yerevan 0010, Armenia   Tel:  +374-55-441-444   E-mail: garniks@gmail.com, atovmasyan@agridf.am     AGRICULTURE POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT Armenia Not cancelled INDV- Individual Consultant Selection Request for Expression of Interest Consulting Services- Individual Friday, November 6, 2020- 17:00 WB-P569287-10/20 TFA4449 PHRD-C-1-3 P158359 Notice version number: 1 Forestry Information and Communications Technology Monday, October 12, 2020 OP00099123 English Wednesday, October 28, 2020- 13:07 Ministry of Economy of RA Azat Tovmasyan 5, Mher Mkrtchyan Str., Yerevan 0010, Armenia +37491489487 atovmasyan@agridf.am Public Administration- Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry, ICT Services World Bank Thursday, October 8, 2020- 20:00 Recipient Executed Activities (RE) Ministry of Agriculture of RA USD 60000.00 Data Warehouse Project Expert Procurement specialist proc_voc_id: 83121604 proc_voc_title: Online database information retrieval systems seg_id: 83000000 seg_title: Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services family_id: 83120000 family_title: Information services class_id: 83121600 class_title: Information centers cmdty_id: 83121604 cmdty_title: Online database information retrieval systems proc_voc_id2: 83121605 proc_voc_title2: Remote database information retrieval services seg_id2: 83000000 seg_title2: Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services family_id2: 83120000 family_title2: Information services class_id2: 83121600 class_title2: Information centers cmdty_id2: 83121605 cmdty_title2: Remote database information retrieval services proc_voc_id3: 81111901 proc_voc_title3: Database information retrieval seg_id3: 81000000 seg_title3: Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services family_id3: 81110000 family_title3: Computer services class_id3: 81111900 class_title3: Information retrieval systems cmdty_id3: 81111901 cmdty_title3: Database information retrieval