Published date: 10 June 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 December 2020, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£26,000

Procurement reference

1581-2021

Published date

10 June 2021

Closing date

20 December 2020

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

4 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The project aims to provide the Chisinau Municipality (Mayor's Office) with tools to improve the current tax administration system, which will reflect best international practices. These will facilitate better payment of taxes, mitigation against tax avoidance and prevention of tax evasion generating additional revenue mobilisation and collection in the Chisinau municipality. The increased proceeds from the tax will be used to benefit businesses and individuals, including women and vulnerable people (with a special focus on low income households) in Chisinau, creating better prospects for sustainable and inclusive economic development and growth with a plan to expand this framework to all local taxes administered by the Chisinau municipality as part of future projects under the GGF MF.
The project will be implemented in two stages, structured around 2 workstreams, namely:
1) Review of the current tax administration framework and tax rates in Chisinau municipality,
2) Reengineering of three existing local taxes, elaboration of the implementation mechanism for other two local taxes which are foreseen by the existing tax legal framework, but were never collected by the Chisinau municipality and development of the feasibility study for two taxes that are completely new for Moldovan municipalities, in order to improve the quality of their administration and coverage, as well as increase revenue to the local budget. This stage will also produce an Action plan to expand the elaborated methodologies to all local taxes administered by the Chisinau Municipality.
The current intervention will respond to one of Moldova's key development priorities - institutional reforms and improvements in efficiency of LPAs, including their ability to mobilise revenue in a fair and transparent manner. The project will help establish a clearer, more transparent, and business-friendly local tax framework in Chisinau, which will increase revenue. This project will provide technical analysis of the Chisinau LPA tax administration. Three local taxes and two new taxes will be selected, and a calculation methodology (including 'Do no Harm' and GESI considerations) will be provided along with recommendations based on best practices surrounding transparent tax administration.

Award information

Awarded date

27 December 2020

Contract start date

4 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£26,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Institute for Development and Social Initiatives

Address

10/14 Iacob Hancu street, Chisinau MD2005, Moldova

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zuzanna Pogorzelska

Address

Hays Galleria 1 Hays Lane
London
SE12RD
England

Telephone

+44 (0)20 3874 3440

Email

zuzanna.pogorzelska@abtbritain.co.uk