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Request for ProposalsElections Data Management System Developmentand SupportIssued:September 14, 2020Responses Due: October 9, 2020 by 5:00 PM EDTVendors may email questions and responses to the following contact:Johandra DelgadoSenior Program Assistant, Elections Teamjdelgado@ndi.orgNational Democratic Institute455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th FloorWashington, DC 20001
I. About NDIThe National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmentalorganization that has supported democratic institutions and practices in every region ofthe world for more than three decades. NDI receives grants and cooperative agreementsto pursue its missionfrom U.S. Federal agencies, including the U.S. Agency forInternational Development(USAID)and the Department of State(DOS), as well as grantsand service contracts from private and international donors such as the United NationsDevelopment Fund, the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and theWorld Bank, among others.
III.Scope of WorkNDI collects data from numerous election observation activities conducted with partnersaround the world. In support of this work, data management systems are needed toaggregate, sort and manage observer information, and analyze it in an efficient and timelymanner. For election day observations, high-speed processing and analysis is required.Prior to election day, the timeline for database deployment is generally within four to sixweeks. However, in certain circumstances, less time may be available. In some contexts
3data management systems may also be used to aggregate long-term observation reportsfrom partners several months in advance or after election day.For those reasons, NDI is seeking vendors who can:●Provide full-scale development and support to new and/or existing datamanagement systems that can: easily be localized; contain analysis parametersthat can be adjusted to collect and manage data; and be adapted for specificgeographic and deployment conditions●Provide support with developing new features and functionality in response toparticular requests from NDI or its partners●Provide support with deploying election data management systems, working withpartner groups as needed to ensure they are accessible in host country languages●Provide assistance in configuring election data management systems to integratewith local telecommunications infrastructure, as many data collection effortshappen through SMS●Be on standby to assess data management system performance and troubleshootproblems, either working remotely outside of the country where the observation istaking place, or in-country on election day when election data managementsystems are deployed by NDI or its partners