Technical Assistance for Operationalization of Tax Policy Unit — The Gambia Fiscal Management Development Project

Original title: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE TAX POLICY UNIT

Deadline

July 29, 2022

Closed

Published on July 18, 2022 at 12:00 AMModified on June 20, 2026 at 01:09 AM

Key information

Type: Consulting & Studies
Location: Gambia, The
Deadline: July 29, 2022 at 12:00 AMClosed
Estimated Value: Not disclosed
Language of Notice: English

What is this tender about?

Technical Assistance for Operationalization of Tax Policy Unit — The Gambia Fiscal Management Development... is a consulting & studies procurement opportunity published by Public Private Partnerships and Public Enterprises in Gambia, The on July 18, 2022. Submissions closed on July 29, 2022. 1 official document is attached below.

Performing revenue and economic impact analyses of existing taxes and tax proposals;
Tax revenue monitoring and forecasting;
Implementation of the Tax Expenditure Policy;
Preparing tax expenditure assessments (identification, costing, and reporting);
Undertaking various tax analyses – economic impact, distributional, cost-benefit and tax indicator analysis;
Leading data collection and analysis efforts;
Initiating, participating and overseeing manifestation of tax policy content during legal drafting processes and – in the longer run –
Provide support to tax treaty negotiating teams. RATIONALE: To this end, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs is seeking the services of a Tax Policy Adviser to support the operationalization of the Tax Policy Unit with a focus on creating an operational structure; workflow design and management for the unit; and building the capacity of staff within the unit. This will improve the effectiveness of tax policy design, implementation, monitoring and reporting. Description of the Position: • Position title: Long Term Resident Technical Assistance (Tax Policy Advisor)
Duration: 2 years (first year contract with 3 months’ probation period and possibility for renewal following satisfactory performance) • Location: Banjul, The Gambia
Expected start date: October 2022 Responsibilities: The Technical Assistant will support the implementation of activities with the following specific responsibilities: • • Conduct a comprehensive review of the existing system, reports and policies within the Directorate. • Assist in the development of a medium-term Domestic Resource Mobilization Strategy and rules (laws). • Provide advice and inputs to any reform studies undertaken by the unit
Develop a proposal for a comprehensive medium-term strategy and implementation roadmap for the Unit. • Conduct an assessment of the capacity of the Unit’s staff and identify key areas of capacity building interventions. • Facilitate trainings or workshops on specific tax policy issues for Unit staff and key counterparts. • Develop templates for monitoring and reporting on tax policy design and administration. • Provide guidance to staff on all functions of the unit as detailed above
Provide the Unit with required support to collaborate with the Statistics Forecasting Unit (SFU) in the Revenue forecasting process. The revenue forecasting will look to provide a baseline of tax receipts over the budget cycle for a given set of policy parameters and predict revenues under proposed tax law amendments relative to current law (revenue impact analysis). • Support the unit staff to carry out revenue analysis, with a focus on tax expenditure and revenue projections and gradually enhance this to cover more tax and revenue analytical products. • Support the unit to carry out periodic revenue performance analysis and disseminate selected information publicly. This may include tax analysis working papers and aggregated tax statistics (for example, revenue structure, sectors’ revenue contributions, and distributional analyses). • Work with the unit to develop a National tax policy document. • Any other function as assigned by the Director or authorized supervisor. SELECTION CRITERIA - QUALIFICATION AND EXPEREINECE: It is expected that the consultant will meet the following qualifications: • Advanced qualifications in economics, public finance, public policy, law or related areas from a reputable institution. • At least 15 years’ experience in, and significant technical knowledge of tax policy analysis, including in developing country contexts. • Strong economic analytical skills and demonstrated ability to produce high-quality tax policy strategy documents
Demonstrated capacity to deliver complex tax policy reforms, including sensitivity to the political economy environment, with experience in West Africa or emerging/developing countries desirable. • Experience in the practical planning and executing tax policy analysis and change activities. • Proven ability and experience in capacity building in the area of tax policy
Experience in setting up a tax policy unit within government desirable
Strong relationship management skills, particularly in dealing with the most senior government officials, and ability to operate effectively and sensitively in a cross-cultural environment. • High-level communication skills (verbal, written and presentational) in English desirable. • Innovative, flexible, result-oriented and proactive work culture The Consultant (Individual) shall provide abridged CV(s) (of no more than three pages of A4 size). At a minimum, the resumes of the person should include the following: name, education, training, technical experience, functional experience, specific dates and names of employers, relevant and related experience, past and present projects with dates and responsibilities and any applicable certifications. Submission Requirements: The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) through the Gambia Fiscal Management Development Project, now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Individual Consultant should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July dated July 2016 and revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant’s Selection Method (IC) set out in the Consultant Guidelines. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to 16:00, Monday – Thursday and on Friday, from 09:00am to 12:30pm. Expressions of interest should be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail) on 29 July 2022 at 12h30 GMT Gambia Fiscal Management Development Project GFMDP Ashobee Store Building 2nd Floor, Banjul The Gambia Email: sossehkumera@yahoo.com, and yirambagassama@gmail.com

What are the key dates?

Publication
July 18, 2022
Bid Submission Deadline
July 29, 2022
Evaluation & Award
Pending
Contract Signature
Pending

Procuring Entity

Name: Public Private Partnerships and Public Enterprises
Country: Gambia, The
Contact person: Anta Taal
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