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Tender description :
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Tenders Are Invited for Consultancy for the Assessment of the Ict Infrastructure for Operational Continuity of the Central Statistics Office (cso)
The OECS Data for Decision Making (DDM) Project is a regional project that seeks to improve the capacity of participating Eastern Caribbean countries to produce and publicly disseminate statistical data for country and regional level analytics. The Project is implemented by Grenada, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the OECS Commission. It seeks to achieve its objective by strengthening both national and regional level capacities and fostering regional coordination. At the national level, Components 1 and 2 of the Project strengthen national statistical systems through (i) statistical modernization and capacity building, and (ii) data production, analysis, and dissemination, with a focus on the population and housing census, living conditions surveys, labor market surveys, and agricultural census. At the regional level, Component 3 of the project supports the OECS Commission’s mandate for regional integration and the strengthening of the regional statistical system. Component 4 supports project implementation, and Component 5 provides a contingency option for immediate surge funding in the event of a national emergency. The project is expected to be implemented over a five-year period ending in June 2027.
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) within Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Youth Economy (MoED) plays a pivotal role as the primary custodian of Saint Lucia’s data ecosystem and is responsible for producing, disseminating, and managing statistical information for users in general. Due to the challenges encountered with air quality at the current location that houses the CSO, the CSO has had to manage its operations remotely for a period of over 12 months. The CSO is expected to move back to the current location and commence regular operations by June 2026. As a result, the CSO requires a basic assessment of its ICT infrastructure to determine operational readiness, system integrity, and business continuity risks, across physical infrastructure, network systems, computational resources, and electrical support equipment. This assessment is expected to address the main technological footprint, from backbone cabling to end-user peripherals, ensuring no critical component is overlooked during reactivation planning.
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