ToR for data entry 2012.pdf - Katalyst

Proposal Submission Process:1. The hard copy & soft copy of both technical and financial proposalmust be submitted in separate sealed envelopes in the tender box atKatalyst office at House 20, Road 6, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212,Bangladesh2. The name of the assignment “Data Entry for Online FertilizerRecommendation Software“ and type of proposal (technical/ financial)must be mentioned on the top of the envelopes3. The budget should be shown adding VAT as applicable4. The soft copy must be included in the envelopes in CD/DVD.5. The last date of submitting the proposals is 5.00 PM April 21, 20126. Only technical proposal/only financial proposal/ only softcopies/ only hard copies would not be consideredFAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY OF THE ABOVE DIRECTIONS WOULD RESULTIN CANCELATION OF THE PROPOSAL FROM EVALUATION1. Introduction:ToR: Data Entry for Online Fertilizer Recommendation SoftwareSince Katalyst’s inception in 2002, the project has achieved significant jobs and income impact byincreasing the competitiveness of micro, small and medium sized enterprises in selected urban and ruralsectors.Katalyst follows a pro-poor, market development approach in promoting economic growth. It partnerswith a wide range of private and public sector organizations in order to leverage its resources andmaximize impact.Katalyst is managed under the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) of the Government of Bangladesh andimplemented by Swisscontact and GTZ International Services. The project is jointly funded by the SwissAgency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the UK Department for International Development(DFID), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of theNetherlands (EKN).2. Background:Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential to offer benefits for rural people,enterprises and farmers by enhancing their access to information, advice and knowledge. Developing

the market for ICT-based information and services for the rural enterprises and farmers can be aneffective strategy to enhance the competitiveness of the rural SMEs and farmers who have, amongothers, need for information on new markets, better business practices, and business promotion wheretechnology can become the catalyst to help the enterprises access the same. Hence, ICT services marketin rural Bangladesh has been selected as a focus area for Katalyst’s Services group. Katalyst envisagespromoting commercially sustainable rural ICT initiatives in Bangladesh.Katalyst team in collaboration with Soil Resource and Development Institute (SRDI) initiated a process todevelop and disseminate soil information for the rural farmers of one selected location. The initialprocess involved hard copy document of soil test report which faced problems as far as delivery of thisdeveloped service is concerned. The hard copy information could not be disbursed across the country tobenefit farmers due to lack of a robust and streamlined delivery channel. Katalyst team was looking forscaling up of this initiative through different alternative modes. With that view in mind, Katalyst helpedSRDI to digitize all the content and also develop a software to disseminate fertilizer recommendationinformation through different ICT channels.On the other hand, from its experience of Rural Information Centers (RICs/CICs) and mobile basedinformation and advisory services (Jigyasha 7676), Katalyst felt the importance and potentials tointroduce online soil nutrition information services through the CICs and mobile technology. A softwarewill be available online and will be accessed either from the RICs/CICs or by mobile telephony where afarmer can provide information on his soil characteristics and in exchange of a small fee, get therelevant fertilizer recommendation appropriate for that particular piece of land. This idea of thisrecommendation software would also enhance and ease the delivery mechanism of this service with agreater out reach.Initially catalyst supported digitization of data for 200 upzilla’s and now in the second batch Katalystaims to complete the assignment with remaining 260 upzilla’s.3. Purpose of the assignment:The purpose of this assignment is to provide required professional data entry operators and equipmentfor digitizing soil micro-nutrient data of 260 upzila’s. The whole operation would be jointly supervisedby Katalyst and SRDI.

6. Timeline & DeliverablesThe activation would last for a period of 6 weeks from the starting of the first meeting. The deliverablesare clearly defined in the list of the deliverables. The payments would be coupled with deliverables.Brief Work descriptionSl. Description of activities &No. deliverables1 Entering Nutrient data (13 elements)against soil sampling point for 260upazillas in GIS environment2 Entering Physiography against soilsampling point in GIS environment3 Ujnion wise Physiography, Land typeand soil sample data extraction- Indent and join GIS pointlayer of nutrient point data,polygon layer of admin coverand polygon layer ofphysiography coverWeek1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week64 Union, physiography, land type wisesoil nutrient data processing5 Inserting (online) processed data intosoftware database6 Linking Physiography lookup tablewith each Union in softwaredatabase (Apprx. 10 union perUpazila X 260 Upazilas=2600 union)