| Overview : BACKGROUND / RATIONALE Under the overall leadership and guidance of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), the Operations Management Team (OMT) endeavours to facilitate the implementation of Delivering as One (DaO) by harmonizing operational policies of UN bodies, agencies, funds and programmes in Ethiopia. Moreover, OMT proposes and implements inter-agency initiatives to ensure quality of support services, while utilizing resources effectively. Together with OMT, the OMT Information and Communication Technology and (ICT) Working Group (WG) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) seek consultancy services to contribute to the overall design and implementation of the Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) initiative for all the UN agencies, fund, programmes and specialized agencies. BC and DR are concerned with planning for unexpected events which can impact critical business infrastructure and processes. It ensures that in the event of a major operational disruption, measures are in place not only to minimize the impact of such events but also to facilitate the recovery and continuation of operations within timeframes acceptable to stakeholders II. OBJECTIVES OF THE SERVICE / WORK The OMT ICT WG & BCM WG are seeking two consultants from consultancy firms to work together for the development of a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plan for UN Entities in Ethiopia. One consultant to focus on the technical aspects of Information Technology (IT) Disaster Recovery/communications itself and the other consultant to dovetail and link BC critical processes identified by each UN agency, funds, programmes and specialized agencies to the varied IT/communications possibilities. III. SCOPE OF THE SERVICE / WORK The BC & DR Assessment Consultants are expected to carry out and accomplish the following tasks: - Inception report to better define the engagement and its deliverables
- Meetings with key BC and DR staff and each UN agency, fund, programme and specialized agency to understand existing BC and DR plans
- A detailed report on the findings and observations based on the review of any existing business continuity and disaster recovery plans by each UN agency. The report should include:
- Review of existing BCP plans at each UN agency, fund, programme and specialized agency including:
- Critical business processes analysis and services including communication plans, risks, mitigation strategies, etc.
- Analysis of existing operating environment for each agency
- Review of RTO and RPO targets for each agency
- Process and procedures for Business Continuity Plan (BCP) at each UN agency, fund, programme and specialized agency
- Critical staff list and responsibilities
- Availability of BCP software and hardware
- Review of existing DR plans at each UN agency, fund, programme and specialized agency including:
- List of critical ICT services
- Inventory of existing infrastructure supporting critical infrastructure including their location, specifications, backup solutions, connectivity requirements, etc.
Availability of DR plans and solutions including people, software and hardware requirements including testing schedules (if any) V. METHODOLOGY / APPROACH OF THE SERVICE (WORK) - The BC & DR Assessment Consultants shall detail a methodology appropriate for the assignment. This is a mandatory requirement and must be submitted as part of the application for this consultancy. The methodology shall be reviewed and finalized at the inception phase in consultation with the OMT ICT and BCM WGs.
- In the execution of his/her tasks, The BC & DR Assessment Consultants will closely collaborate with the OMT ICT and BCM WGs.
For Request for Proposal (RFP) BID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION: - Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the RFP Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: The following proposals must be prepared as per the prescribed standard format indicated in the respective RFP Bid Document. The Proposals shall be submitted before application deadline March 1, 2016 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org - Technical Proposal in pdf under file name: ETH-RFP-2016-02 – TP - [insert Company Name]
- Financial Proposal in pdf under file name:: ETH-RFP-2016-02 – FP - [insert Company Name]
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