World Economic Forum / Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation
1. Background
The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (the Alliance) is a public-private partnership for trade led growth jointly hosted by the World Economic Forum, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Center for International Private Enterprise in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
The Alliance’s work is designed to help governments in developing and least developed countries implement the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). It brings together governments and businesses as equal partners to identify trade facilitation issues such as customs delays and unnecessary red-tape at borders, and design and implement targeted reforms that deliver commercially quantifiable results.
The Alliance is supported by the EU as well as the governments of the Canada, Germany, and Sweden, it works with private sector partners ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the world’s largest multinationals.
The services required relate to the implementation of a Project in partnership with UNICEF for the facilitated import of medical supplies into Honduras. The selected consultant will provide in-country implementation services to deliver the project as outlined below.
2. The Services
2.1 Introduction
The services will be delivered in 3 stages. The Consultant will liaise with the Alliance Project Manager throughout.
Stage 1 – Preparation
The Consultant will prepare a project implementation plan.
Stage 2 – Implementation
The Consultant will supervise / carry out project tasks in accordance with the agreed project implementation plan (details of expected deliverables are outlined below). This will require ‘in-person’ interactions with stakeholders in a number of locations including Tegucigalpa, sea ports and land border posts.
Stage 3 – Project Closure
The Consultant will work with the Alliance Monitoring and Evaluation Team to assess project outcomes and complete a Project Closure Report.
It is expected that total effort for this will not exceed 80 person days.
2.2 Deliverables
Deliverable 1: Implementation Plan
Prepare and submit a Project Implementation Plan for approval by the Alliance Project Manager.
Deliverable 2: Process Improvement
- Obtain agreement from relevant government organisations to improve processes for the approval of duty exemptions and product permits for imported medical and related products supplied by UNICEF, for example
- Providing trusted partners with an automatic approvals
- Transforming approvals into a batch / annual process
- Streamlining any remaining consignment-level approvals
- Work with government organisations to:
- Define and document new processes
- Sensitise and train staff on new processes
- Define and agree appropriate KPIs for processing times
Deliverable 3: Process Digitalisation
- Obtain agreement of relevant government organisations to digitalise improved processes using existing systems.
- Work with the operators of the existing systems to ensure that configuration requirements support the improved processes
- Support system operators during user acceptance testing and training
- Liaise with system operators to ensure that process ‘go live’ is smooth
Deliverable 4: Project Sustainability
- Obtain the agreement of relevant stakeholders to create a medical supply working group
- Support the development of terms of reference for the medical supply working group
- Support the operation of the medical supply working group throughout the project with the goal of ensuring that it become self-sustaining by the time of project closure.
Deliverable 5: Project Closure Report
- Work with Alliance Monitoring and Evaluation Team to collect data to measure outputs, outcomes and impacts.
- Issue a report containing information on:
- Current situation
- Project timelines
- Preliminary results
- Lessons learned
- Stakeholder engagement
- Gender and SME mainstreaming
3. Requirements
The Consultant must:
- Have a proven track record in implementing trade facilitation projects.
- Have experience with public-private partnerships.
- Possess strong written communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Be based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and be available to conduct regular in-person meetings with public, private and humanitarian-sector stakeholders
- Be willing to travel to key locations in the UNICEF supply chain within Honduras to conduct in-person meetings as required
- Possess strong written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish.
4. Duration of Assignment
The duration of the contract will be approximately 8 months. The expected start date is: June 2025 (subject to final approval of funding).
5. Payments
The services will be delivered on a fixed cost basis payable according to the following milestones:
- Completion of Deliverable 1: Implementation Plan – 20%
- Completion of Deliverable 2: Process Improvement – 20%
- Completion of Deliverable 3: Process Digitalisation – 20%
- Completion of Deliverable 4: Working Group – 20%
- Completion of Deliverable 5: End Project Report – 20%
6. Submission of Proposals
Interested consultants should submit a Technical and Financial Proposal in PDF format to: Christopher Holden (christopher.holden@iccwbo.org) with the subject line: “Project Implementation – Honduras [YOURNAME]” by 11:59pm on 23-May-25. Please note that submission of a proposal in the manner described above will deem all terms and conditions of this Request for Services have been accepted by the Bidder and incorporated into its proposal unless specifically notified otherwise.