Building Effective, Transparent and Accountable Public Financial Management Institutions Project

Project: P176366 - Building Effective, Transparent and Accountable Public Financial Management Institutions Project Financing: World Bank GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Republic of North Macedonia Building Effective, Transparent and Accountable Public Financial Management Institutions Project Ministry of Finance GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Loan No. 9454-MK Project ID No. P176366 The Republic of North Macedonia has received financing in the amount of EUR 24,900,000 equivalent from the World Bank and EU under the European Commission - World Bank Partnership Programme Part III for Europe and Central Asia Programmatic Single-Donor Trust Fund toward the cost of the Building Effective, Transparent and Accountable Public Financial Management Institutions Project (BETAPFMI), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The Project Development Objective is to improve the efficiency, transparency and sustainability of public expenditure and increase the effectiveness of revenue administration. The project will include the following components: (i) Supporting Public Expenditure Management Reforms; (ii) Strengthening Tax Administration Practices and Systems in Public Revenue Office (PRO); and (iii) Supporting Change Management, Donor Coordination and Project Management. 1. The objective of Component 1 is to support the implementation of Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms by strengthening institutional capacity and improving the processes and technology platforms in line with the new Organic Budget Law (OBL), including the introduction of an Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), State Aid Management Information System (SAMIS) and other GovTech solutions in North Macedonia. These activities are key to establishing the foundations for the implementation of the OBL and improving the efficiency, transparency and sustainability of public expenditure, including reducing the accumulation rate of government arrears through coverage of expenditure cycle from budget formulation and expenditure commitment to expenditure verification and payment. The following contracts will be following the international market approach under the first component: a) Supporting implementation of the OBL (advisory + training) b) Supporting the implementation of Public Investment Management (PIM) (advisory + training) c) Development of IFMIS (custom software development) d) Enhancement of IFMIS infrastructure (hardware, networking equipment for data centers) e) Development of State Aid Management Information System 2. The objective of Component 2 is to strengthen operational effectiveness of PRO operations with focus on strengthening its tax compliance management system and selected management functions. It will finance selected activities that are complementary to the PRO’s ongoing investments in the development of the core modules (Registration, Filing and Service Management, Accounting, Payments, and Refunds, Debt management, Assessments, Legal, and Audit) of the Integrated Tax Information System (ITIS) being undertaken under the national budget. The following contracts will be following the international market approach under the second component: a) Support for the modernization of taxpayer services to increase taxpayers’ voluntary compliance (Software). b) Support to the implementation of new Data Warehouse (DW) for online analytical processing, statistics and reporting through the procurement of related software and hardware c) Development of Business Intelligence (BI) tools (software solutions) for compliance risk management, and decision-making support and support for the establishment of PRO combined call center/help desk d) Modernization of PRO’s data center & Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) 3. The objective of Component 3 is to build ownership and catalyze action for reforms by providing continuous support to the implementation of work under Components 1 and 2 through activities focused on change management for effective stakeholder engagement, and reform management based on a change management plan. Increased ownership and a focus on results will contribute to addressing current challenges in inter-institutional coordination; state-society relations; and institutional capacity constraints; all of which have the potential to hinder the implementation of planned public expenditure and revenue management activities. This component will support change management activities for improved organizational learning, facilitating collaboration on key areas of the reform, including on associated cross-cutting issues linked to the country’s priorities in areas such as climate change and gender equality, and the achievement of results. The following contracts will be following the international market approach under the third component: a) Development of change management strategies for stakeholder engagement with int