UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

WFD currently uses Microsoft Dynamics Business Central to power its ERP / accounting system. WFD introduced this system in 2019, which has been supported since then by an incumbent service provider. WFD is looking for a supplier to provide a managed help desk and technical support services to WFD Management and system users of Business Central for the next three year period. WFD is seeking an outsourced service provider to deliver the following services: - Highly responsive 24/7 Help Desk advice and assistance to enable WFD Management and users to access and use all aspects of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central at all times, including but not limited to the full range of reporting functionality - Managing the supply and provisioning of relevant licenses - Modifying the existing Business Central custom extensions to facilitate the installation of any updates to Business Central, as required. - Maintenance services to support continuous and reliable access to WFD's instance of Business Central - Training and awareness raising on best practice in using the system, for example, summaries of upcoming new features, regular webinars and other forums. - Customer intelligence services, including analysis, insights, and recommendations for continuous improvement to ensure that WFD is extracting most value from Business Central. In particular, WFD is looking for a supplier to adopt a proactive approach to providing oversight of new/improved/key features of the system. - Consultancy and development, as required from time to time, to configure Microsoft Dynamics to meet WFD requirements. For further information on how to apply, please refer to the RFQ document attached to the notice.

WFD's new website was launched in January 2022. We are now seeking a provider to deliver ongoing hosting, technical support and maintenance of the website (including security), as well as hosting of a separate site, www.costofpolitics.net. The provider will also provide ad-hoc services to design and build new features for the website, as required, on a day rate basis. Our website is a key WFD communication channel. It provides information about WFD's experience, relevance, activities, and impact to a range of audiences around the world including citizens, governments, members of parliament, parliamentary staff and academics and researchers. Wfd.org must be compliant with all relevant legislation, including the Data Protection Act and the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Website specifications WFD.org • Content management system (CMS) Drupal 9 • File tree size (excepting public files): 292M o Public files: 2.8G o Private files: 48K • Database: o MySQL dump size: 8.9M o MySQL size on disk (including indexes, etc): 439M • Number of modules: o Contrib Drupal modules: 77 o Custom Drupal modules: 6 CostofPolitics.net • File size: 152.00 MB • 5,636 nodes For a period of up to three years, the provider will: • Host www.wfd.org • Provide ongoing technical maintenance and services for www.wfd.org including but not limited to: o Ongoing maintenance of the CMS (including bugs and CMS updates) o Annual usability/accessibility review o Ensuring the website is secure and compliant with the relevant regulations • Build new or change existing website functionality for www.wfd.org as requested by WFD on a day rate basis. • Host www.costofpolitics.net Please refer to attached invitation to tender document for further information on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to procure goods/services in accordance with the conditions detailed in this document. WFD Maldives is looking for a vendor to design and conduct an online course on parliamentary oversight and legislative scrutiny. The proposed course is to familiarise Majlis officials, CSOs and Media with basic theories and practical methods on parliamentary oversight functions and understanding their role in the process. The is an advanced-level course and is planned to conduct in English for about 30 participants including parliament officials, CSOs and Media. This course is structured into 7 topics with expert introductions, videos, presentations, readings, live discussions, forum posts, quizzes, and short assignments. Expected time for each topic is 2-3 hours. The vendor is expected to undertake all the tasks related to the facilation of e-platform and course conduct including engaging with experts and trainers, and developing content and materials. The closing date for this ITT will be 28 October 2022. WFD intends to issue a contract for the above goods/services, to be completed to WFD's satisfaction, by 10 November 2022. Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for further information on how to apply.

Summary WFD is looking to engage a Microsoft PowerApps (low code) and SharePoint Online developer on a framework agreement to troubleshoot, develop and support our existing canvas PowerApps, develop a new PowerApp interface for our SharePoint Online based Expert Roster, and provide ad-hoc development support for SharePoint Online. WFD encourages bids from individual consultants, as well as larger consultancy firms. For full details, including supplier Q&A and how to apply, please see the WFD website: https://www.wfd.org/vacancy-supplier/wfd-invitation-tender-powerapps-and-sharepoint-developer

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WFD is looking for an external evaluator to evaluate the Global Equality Project Phase II, implemented by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and Kaleidoscope Trust (KT), which seeks to enhance the efforts of civil society actors and duty bearers to advance gender equality and LGBT+ inclusion. The programme is funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and builds on WFD's and KT's Global Equality Project Phase I (2021-2022) and Commonwealth Equality project (2020-2021). The programme implementation period of GEP II is between August 2022 and March 2023, with the total budget of GBP 869,795. GEP II works with decision-makers and civic actors across 12 countries and territories1 to make progress towards advancing gender equality and LGBT+ inclusion. Programme interventions are based on: 1) Creating greater evidence, capacities, and incentives among government actors and parliamentarians on the social and economic costs of discriminatory regulations and practices 2) Strengthening collaborative relationships between CSOs and political decision-makers and support the flow of reliable information and evidence between them; 3) Deepening civil society policy development and policy advocacy capacities with a view to creating a more conducive environment for positive change in laws, policies, and implementation of social norms. GEP II reports to a Programme Steering Group comprised of WFD and KT representatives as well as to the FCDO via formal reporting mechanisms. Countries across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific were selected with multiple factors in mind, including acknowledging the limited timescale of the project. Programme interventions have been designed to factor and capitalise upon existing relationships that WFD and KT already had established in targeted countries, and with already existing movements, to progress towards greater equality. Where these factors did not exist, programme interventions have prioritised developing the evidence base to be used by decision-makers and civic actors to make the case for greater equality, targeting countries where ongoing advocacy and legislative reform has been identified or is currently underway. GEP II has also invested in global products to advance the objectives of the programme and with a view for usage beyond the life cycle of the programme. These include: • An online e-course, adapting WFD's Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) methodology for CSOs • Workshops on the application of Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) by civil society organisations in selected countries • Research on the healthcare accessibility for LGBT+ individuals during the Covid 19 pandemic • The development of a SOGIE-inclusive CEDAW tracker • Animations on intersectionality • Workshops on identifying and working with decision-makers who champion inclusion For further information, please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.

Due to the nature of the work WFD carries out, more than 50% of our staff and consultants travel on a regular basis both locally in and to the UK and overseas to a diverse range of countries. Our travel needs are often short-notice or subject to last-minute changes due to the changing needs of travellers. For the logistical arrangements of these business trips, WFD needs the services of a provider that can facilitate both an individual's travel arrangements, complex group trips, and VIP travel. The successful bidder will provide the following services: visas; air travel; rail travel (UK, Europe, and international); ground transportation (e.g. transfers); event venue/meeting space finding and booking; and hotel bookings with no guaranteed minimum annual expenditure on travel and accommodation. This will need to be reflected in a flexible cost and billing structure. In particular, WFD is looking for a provider that has an effective online booking tool that conforms with our Safe & Sustainable Travel Policy and Expenditure Authorisation requirements, to enable staff to book their own travel if they wish to, bookable from international and UK points of sale. Additionally, we require dedicated agents on hand to help with any queries or to fulfil offline travel bookings for staff and sponsored third party travellers. Supplier questions are published on our website, please refer to the link below. The deadline for supplier questions is 17:00 BST, 3 October. Please also refer to the same web page for the full Invitation to Tender and information on how to apply. Alternatively, the ITT can be downloaded below.

Following a recent systems architecture review, WFD has decided to initiate a transformation programme to transition its current cloud-based corporate systems architecture powered by the Microsoft 365 platform and other external systems to a target architecture that ensures applications are able to efficiently integrate, adapt with the organisation, and provide the level of organisational reporting required at all levels. WFD is seeking a technology service provider that can partner with WFD to manage this transformation and design and deliver the improvements or new solutions required. The key features of the transformation programme and target architecture will be: • A new data strategy and single data warehouse; • Robust requirements-gathering framework; • Standardised application development; • Effective change management processes; • Redeveloped application(s) for managing new opportunities, programmes during implementation, and monitoring risks, activities, outputs, and outcomes associated across the portfolio; • Designing and delivering a single reporting tool; and • Developing a new contact/stakeholder management application. We are expecting the new target architecture to be built on the Microsoft 365 platform, including but not limited to leveraging M365 capabilities available through: • Microsoft Power Platform, in particular PowerApps, PowerBI and Power Automate • Azure App service • Python • SharePoint • Outlook • Dynamics Business Central • Jet Reports The transformation programme will adopt an incremental and agile approach and be delivered between April 2024 to September 2025. The selected supplier will project manage each change project as part of the transformation programme, supporting/validating requirements gathering and performing all design, development, testing, and deployment tasks. A copy of the Systems Architecture Review, referenced in the 'Objective' section will be made available. It is anticipated that the winning provider will also need to take on the ongoing maintenance and support of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, with an initial 12 month term. Internal change management activities will be led by nominated WFD staff, with the support of the supplier. Please read through the Invitation to Tender document for further details on how to apply.

Delivered in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), WFD has been engaged as the primary partner to deliver the Democratic Governance Centre of Expertise (CoE) alongside FCDO's Development and Open Societies Directorate. The purpose of the Centre is to help the FCDO network and connect FCDO posts with expertise to better navigate and respond to democratic governance issues, challenges, and developments by serving as an authoritative source of expertise and insight, drawing on WFD's accumulated knowledge and evidence, and on input from our networks of partners and collaborators. WFD delivers most of its expertise either in-house or through its continuously expanding Roster of Experts. However, as and when appropriate, WFD may elect to put out specific calls for experts and/or Invitations to Tender. Due to the nature of the Centre's work, dealing often with extremely time-sensitive enquiries on specific / niche issues, WFD wishes to establish a panel of specialist suppliers to provide technical services from time to time to support WFD's delivery of the Democratic Governance Centre of Expertise in the event that expertise cannot be identified / secured internally or through WFD's Expert Roster. The requirements for services may arise as part of WFD's regional or country democracy support programmes, and as part of its international or Parliamentary engagement work but are expected principally to arise under the Centre of Expertise on which basis this ITT has been designed upon. Scope of work and deliverables WFD is seeking one or more specialist suppliers for each of the following lots: Lot 1 - Expertise in Political Economy Analysis/es, assessments and approaches We require the services of the supplier(s) to: • Support the Centre of Expertise in responding to FCDO Posts' enquiries for/on political economy / context and sectoral analyses. Lot 2 - Expertise in Media Freedom and Media Development We require the services of the supplier(s) to: • Support the Centre of Expertise in responding to FCDO Posts' enquiries on and/or related to media freedom and media development. Lot 3 - Expertise in Rule of Law and Justice Sector Reform We require the services of the supplier(s) to: •Support the Centre of Expertise in responding to FCDO Posts' enquiries on and/or related to the rule of law, constitutional law and / or justice sector reform. Please read the Invitation to Tender for further details on how to apply.

WFD is seeking a technology service provider that can partner with WFD to manage a systems transformation and design and deliver the improvements or new solutions required. The key features of the transformation programme and target architecture will be: • A new data strategy and single data warehouse; • Robust requirements-gathering framework; • Standardised application development; • Effective change management processes; • Redeveloped application(s) for managing new opportunities, programmes during implementation, and monitoring risks, activities, outputs, and outcomes associated across the portfolio; • Designing and delivering a single reporting tool; and • Developing a new contact/stakeholder management application.

Procurement of Microsoft licenses used by Westminster Foundation for Democracy via Crown Commercial Service aggregation under Technology Products and Associated Services framework agreement (RM6068) Lot 3: Software and Associated Services.