Elections Data Management System Development and Support Request for Proposals

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization that has supported democratic institutions and practices in every region of the world for more than three decades. Since its founding in 1983, NDI and its local partners have worked to establish and strengthen political and civic organizations, safeguard elections and promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. NDI works on five continents with political parties, governments, parliaments and civic groups to establish and strengthen democratic institutions and practices. The Institute uses a multinational approach that reinforces the message that while there is no single democratic model, certain core principles are shared by all democracies. That philosophy has been applied in more than 132 countries since NDI’s founding. NDI has been a pioneer in the use of technology as an integral component of democratic development. The Institute has helped citizens create and refine tools to advocate, organize and mobilize in ways that encourage governments to be more accountable and create opportunities for citizen-led social and political change.

The purpose of this request for proposal (RFP) is to identify vendors who can dedicate an estimated 40-80 hours per month for 24 months on an ad hoc basis to develop, refactor and maintain Apollo, Foresight and Magnifier for NDI and/or develop new data management systems that conform to NDI best practices. It is expected that all databases would be comprised of five core modules as outlined in the Functional Requirements document (see Annex A) and that each module would be interoperable with one another.

Responses due on October 9, 2020 by 5:00 PM EDT.

Please visit the RFP for more details at https://www.ndi.org/publications/request-proposals-rfp-elections-data-management-system-development-and-support