REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SECOND STATE STATISTICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CONSULTING SERVICES
Loan No. 4867-RU
Assignment Title: Development of Methodology for Recording Intellectual Property Products in the National Accounts
Reference No. ST2/2/A.1.12
The Russian Federation has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second State Statistical System Development Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for developing methodology for recording intellectual property products in the national accounts.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include the development of methodological guidelines for recording intellectual property products in national accounts in accordance with 2008 SNA concept.
To fulfill the assignment, the Consultant should:
- review international recommendations, study and summarize practices of national statistical offices in this area;
- assess applicability of the international practices of recording intellectual property products in national accounts under the conditions of Russia;
- review available statistical data, statistical forms and methods for collecting data needed for recording intellectual property products in the national accounts;
- develop methodological approaches to recording specific groups of intellectual property products in the national accounts in accordance with 2008 SNA concepts and with a consideration for the peculiarities of Russian statistical system;
- develop methodological recommendations for implementing into the national accounts of the Russian Federation methods of recording intellectual property products in accordance with the 2008 SNA standards.
An estimated duration of the assignment is 14 months.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation appointed as Project Implementation Unit of the Second State Statistical System Development Project now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:
The Consultant shall be an independent company with sufficient experience in carrying out similar work and with awareness of the Russian economy, methodology and practices of national accounting, system of enterprise, business, and tax accounting. This company shall have successful experience and organizational resources to fulfill this assignment within the indicated time frame. The Consultant shall be specialized in rendering consulting services, including those on developing statistical indicators, shall have experience in conducting research and in implementing similar projects in the Russian Federation and/or other countries.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 and 1.11 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2004, revised October 2006 and May 2010 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest and eligibility.
Consultants may submit their Expressions of Interest as an individual firm or in association in the form of a joint venture or subconsultancy. All the members of the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire assignment. However, the experience of sub-consultant will not be considered while short-listing.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS (Quality- and Cost-Based Selection) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 11:00 to 17:00 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by May 28, 2014.
Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation
Second State Statistical System Development Project
Attn: Mr. Sergey Kirnos, Head of Procurement Department
27, bld. 3, Zoubovsky blvd., Moscow 119021, Russia
Tel: (+7 495) 937-67-50
Fax: (+7 495) 937-67-53
E-mail: skirnos@beafnd.org
