SCOPE OF TENDER: The Consultancy firm will include the following tasks:

 

• Review of existing documentation, systems, and processes related to the current eParliament initiative. 

• Conduct stakeholder consultations with both chambers of Parliament, RISA, and other relevant institutions. 

• Institutional readiness assessment, including governance, human resources, and policy frameworks. 

• Benchmarking of e-Parliament solutions and digital legislative systems from comparable jurisdictions. 

• Identification of technology, infrastructure, and capacity gaps, with a great emphasis on AI adoption. 

• Development of the proposed system architecture, high-level design, including modules, integration points, and security framework. 

• Preparation of updated terms of reference for the future e-Parliament System, cost estimation and an implementation roadmap 

• Assess and design the revamping of the Parliament and Senate websites, ensuring they:

    o Align with the new e-Parliament system's technical framework. 

    o Comply with international standards on accessibility (WCAG 2.1), multilingual support, and cybersecurity.  

    o Offer improved user experience, information architecture, and citizen engagement features; and 

• Prepare an implementation roadmap outlining phases, timelines, resource requirements, and sustainability considerations. 

• Facilitate validation workshops with Parliament, RISA, and UNDP to review and finalize all deliverables.

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