Published date: 23 August 2022

Last edited date: 7 September 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 September 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Supporting services for the government - 75130000

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

    • Equal opportunities consultancy services - 98200000

Location of contract

Taiwan

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

WFD_Taiwan_082022

Published date

23 August 2022

Closing date

15 September 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

26 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation.

In order to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan, there is an urgent need to address the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwan's society and its electoral integrity. The authoritarian information tactics used across the Asia-Pacific region share similarities and aim to inhibit people's right to form independent opinions that are free of manipulative interference, as well as to make free choices during elections. WFD therefore seeks to strengthen partnerships among stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchanges about these information operation tactics, to enhance best practices countering electoral disinformation, and to build capacities in order to strengthen democratic actors' abilities to investigate information and counter them effectively.

Objective
The objective of this service aims to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan by addressing the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwanese society and its electoral integrity.

Scope of work
The service provider should implement following scope of work:
• To implement 2 roundtables on information operations with at least 8 speakers attended
• To conduct 2 capacity building training workshops on counter-disinformation with at least 80 participants attended
• To deliver 2 follow-up activities, after implemented roundtables and training workshops, to ignite multi-stakeholder dialogue and to form a future collaboration platform
• To submit 1 post-event report detailing the strategies and best practices to countering information operations during election. The report needs to compile the experiences of invited organizations and speakers, as well as the reflections of participants from the training workshops. The post-event report will be conducted in English.
Timeline
The timeframe below lists the key tentative dates for the preparation process. These will be agreed with the service provider once secured.

Activity Date
Deadline for applications - August 31st, 2022
Interviews with shortlisted applicants - September 1st, 2022
Submission of workplan, including methodology - September 5th, 2022
WFD feedback on the workplan - September 6th, 2022
Project Execution - September 8th, 2022
Follow-up activities - October 2022 to March 2023
Submission of post-event report - March 15th, 2023

Reporting
• Mid-term report upon completion of 2 roundtables and 2 capacity building training workshops
• 1 post-event report detailing the strategies and best practices to countering information operations during election. The report needs to compile the experiences of invited organizations and speakers, as well as the reflections of participants from the training workshops.

Please refer to the ITT document atached for further details and information on how to apply.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Liu

Address

Clive House
70
London
SW1H 9EX
United Kingdom

Email

procurement@wfd.org

Website

www.wfd.org