WWF-Myanmar is looking for a company to develop and launch a digital environmental management toolkit for Food and Beverage (F&B) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Myanmar. Using this toolkit, targeted SMEs shall be able to collect relevant data, analyse and evaluate their production-related negative environmental impacts in both online and offline mode. The goal is to assist these enterprises in complying with national as well as international environmental standards.
Supervised by: Tha Bar Wa Project Manager
Work location: Flexible
Duration: Starting date: as soon as possible | End date: 30 June 2022
Consultancy objectives
The goal of the consultancy is to develop a digital toolkit on environmental management that helps F&B SMEs in Myanmar both to learn about environmental management and their legal duties as well as to assess their production’s environmental impact and their legal compliance. In the following, these two functionalities will be referred to as “[self-assessment] app” for the self-assessment and “e-learning [package order modules]” for the training.
Desirable features: The following features would be highly desirable with a view to uptake and usability, but their realisation may depend on the time and resources needed for implementation. Bidders are requested to clearly indicate in their tender a) if these features can be developed/implemented within the given duration of the contract, and any conditions this may depend on, b) the additional cost and time required to implement them:
Given limitations in internet connectivity in Myanmar, it is important that the toolkit be usable both in online and offline mode. This should at least cover local storage of data entered into the self-assessment app on the device, at least until access to an online database is possible, so that interruptions in connectivity do not lead to the loss of data entries.
To allow for data entry on the production site, it should be usable on mobile devices, like a smart phone or tablet, with different operating systems, specifically Android and iOS.
Any online/remote storage of sensitive private and business data needs to conform with national (Myanmar) and international data protection standards.
The goal of the consultancy is also to popularise the toolkit among F&B SMEs in Myanmar, to which end the consultancy shall include a series of 3 orientation or introductory workshops that can be recorded for further views in the future.
The Scope of works, Deliverables, Timeline & Payment Schedules and bid process are expressed in details at https://www.wwf.org.mm/en/myanmar_career_page/
Required Profile and other requirements of the consulting firm:
The successful bidder(s) will need to avail of the following expertise and qualifications:
Essential:
· Formal qualification and extensive professional experience in the field of environmental management (ideally including relevant ISO standards/management systems) and assessment.
· Formal qualification and extensive professional experience/track record in the field of software development and application design, ideally in the development of web-based environmental management applications.
· Formal qualification and extensive professional experience/track record in the field of environmental management training, including curriculum/agenda development and the moderation of online trainings.
· Significant track record of providing assistance to private businesses, especially small and medium (SME) food and beverage manufacturing units, in Myanmar or the region on environmental management, cleaner/sustainable production or related issues, such as environmental impact assessment, energy, water and/or pollution management.
· Good understanding of Myanmar environmental laws and regulations.
Desirable:
· Consulting companies with work experience on environmental management, cleaner production or related issues in Myanmar strongly preferred
· Experience with the development of corporate environmental performance rating systems
Bidding consortia are requested to clearly indicate how their fields of expertise and responsibilities in the delivery of the assignment complement each other.
How to apply:
The bid documents can be delivered by post or in person to the WWF office in Yangon (15C Than Taman Street, Dagon Township, Yangon) or sent by email to: vacancy.mm@wwf.org.mm by Wed, 22th Dec, 2021.
For additional information or clarification, the bidder can send an email to mumu.htay@wwf.org.mm no later than Sat, 18th Dec 2021.** Any clarifications provided to one bidder will be shared with all bidders via the WWF website within a week from that date.
WWF reserves the right to cancel the entire bid.