81292283-Support to Local Revenue Generation and Digital Financial Management in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Referenznummer der Bekanntmachung: 81292283
Bekanntmachung vergebener Aufträge
Ergebnisse des Vergabeverfahrens
Dienstleistungen
Abschnitt I: Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
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Abschnitt II: Gegenstand
81292283-Support to Local Revenue Generation and Digital Financial Management in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab
The module "Participatory Local Governance" aims at improving the performance of the Pakistani state in terms of service delivery and citizen participation. The module objective is defined as: Service delivery capacities of local authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab regions meet local needs and priorities. The participatory local governance (PLG) programme supports partners in three interrelated areas:
- Output 1 supports the improvement of the capacity of state and elected representatives to provide local services, taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups.
- Output 2 provides support to the human resource capacity development of local governments for local revenue generation and digital financial management
- Output 3 aims to ensure that local authorities take into account citizens' needs and priorities for service delivery through the use of participatory, digital and SDG-oriented decision-making processes.
Background: Fundamental deficiencies in Pakistan's public administration contribute to the shortages in local service delivery. There is a political consensus on raising local revenues. However, since there is no historical experience of a correlation between local government revenue raising and public service improvement, the low level of confidence in the performance of public institutions among broad sections of the population means that necessary steps to increase government revenues are being met with great resistance. Pakistan has a very low tax-to-GDP ratio - in fiscal year 2019/20, the ratio of taxes to GDP was 11.4% compared to an OECD average of 34.3%. In this regard, there is untapped potential for revenue generation at the local and provincial levels. There is a political commitment to the digitalization of administration and services.
Output 2 aims to improve the human resource capacity of KP province and local governments for local revenue generation and digital financial management. The impact hypothesis is that the improved human resource capacity, which includes the use of a digital financial data information management systems, will lead to an increase in local government revenues in the medium term. The increased financial leeway will be used by local governments to improve and expand local service delivery, thereby benefiting vulnerable groups (module objective). The assumption is that Pakistan's macroeconomic situation will remain stable, allowing for an increase in public revenues.
Tasks by the contractor:
PLG plans to hire a contractor to provide technical advisory services under Output 2 to partners and to carry out two work packages in close coordination with the project. The services to be tendered out concern the intervention area of strengthening local public revenue generation and administration as one key ingredient of improving local governance.
1: Expert Advice regarding Revenue Mobilisation for Local Governance
The work package comprises of expert advice in the area of revenue and good financial governance geared to support the local administration and its reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A current focus of the advisory services is own source revenue on tehsil level (sub-district) and property taxation on provincial level.
2: Expert Advice regarding Digitalisation of Local Administration
The work package comprises expert advice regarding the digitalisation of local administration in order to support the digital transformation reform processes with a focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A current emphasis of the advisory services is the digitalisation of internal processes (e. g. Financial Records and Information Management System).
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2. Tasks to be Performed by the Contractor
The contractor contributes to implementing the specific Output 2 of the project and achieving the following indicators between tentatively mid-2023 and December 2025:
Output 2 The capacities of local governments for the improvement of local revenues and digital financial management are improved.
Module objective indicator 2:
175 revenue officers, 16 of whom were women, at the local level in KP and in the excise and taxation departments in KP and Punjab, each gave an example of how the collection or management of their own revenue has improved.
Output indicator 2.1: 40% of 825 professional administrators from 33 tehsil local governments in KP, including 6% women, were successfully trained in the use of a digital financial information management system to manage their expenditure and income.
Output indicator 2.2: 70% of the 500 participants in tax-related Twinning activities in KP, including 50 women, rated the Twinning activities as useful or useful or very useful for their work.
For the achieving of the output, PLG intends to hire a contractor to provide technical advisory support to the partners in coordination with the programme and as outlined in the following work packages.
2.1 Work packages
All work packages contribute to the above-mentioned outputs, addressing revenue mobilization for local governance as well as digitalization of the local administration in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The work packages shall be carried out in close coordination with the project.
Work Package 1: Expert Advice regarding Revenue Mobilisation for Local Governance
The work package comprises of expert advice in the area of revenue and good financial governance geared to support the local administration and its reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A current focus of the advisory services is own source revenue on tehsil level (sub-district) and property taxation on provincial level.
For the implementation of the work package the contractor shall provide a flexible pool of experts (predominantly from expert pools 3 and 4, combined with other experts as necessary). While deliverables are yet to be defined, the contractor is required to a) identify and develop specific assignments together with partners and in coordination with the project based on an inception phase and needs assessments as well as ongoing reviews in the course of the project, and b) to offer suitable individual experts or teams with combined competences for its implementation. The allocated expert days (section 5.1) indicate the scope of the work package.
The direct beneficiaries of the services include the provincial Local Government Departments in KP and Punjab, the provincial Excise and Taxation Departments in KP and Punjab as well as TMAs (Tehsil Municipal Administration) in selected municipalities in KP.
Possible assignments within this work package are:
- Assessments on own source revenue potentials on local level in KP and connecting its collection and administration to digital solutions;
- Capacity development measures of tax officers in revenue collection and management including the use of digital tools to improve revenue collection on tehsil level;
- Analysis and technical advice for property tax reform and administration, based on previous reform measures of the excise and taxation department;
- Development and implementation of strategies to enhance individual and organizational capacities of the provincial Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Departments (ETNCs) of KP and Punjab through e.g. technical training, pilot measures for promotion of female officers, development of e-learnings, development of HR strategies;
- Analyses of the status quo regarding the representation of women in property registries and property taxation and the potentials and hurdles for improving gender equality and strengthening the role of women;
- Taxpayer outreach, transparency and awareness initiatives with regard to local revenue and property taxation, including through the use of digital tools;
- Conceptualise and implement an international exchange programme on specific tax-related areas of interest to support ongoing local reform efforts.
In addition, experts may contribute to interventions of other outputs of the project as needed and based on mutual agreements, in order to support synergies and innovation.
GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.
Abschnitt IV: Verfahren
Abschnitt V: Auftragsvergabe
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Abschnitt VI: Weitere Angaben
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