Tenders Are Invited For Consultancy For Piloting Digitalization Of Village Savings And Loan Associations (Vs ... in South Sudan

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Tenders are invited for To Consultancy for Piloting Digitalization of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) under the South Sudan Womens Social and Economic Empowerment Project (SSWSEEP) Pilot Digitalization Village Savings and Loan Associations (Vslas) for Community Empowerment Support to Women and Girls (Component 1) of the South Sudan WomenS Social and Economic Empowerment Project (Sswseep) CARE International is seeking a qualified consulting firm or consultant to pilot the digitalization of 50 Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) under Component 1 of the South Sudan Womens Social and Economic Empowerment Project (SSWSEEP). The project is implemented in partnership with UN Women and funded by the World Bank through the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare of South Sudan. Purpose of the Assignment To contract a qualified consulting firm to support CARE in planning, rolling out, and providing quality assurance for a VSLA digitalization pilot across targeted locations for 50 VSLA groups. Scope of Work The assignment will cover, but is not limited to, the following areas: Technical set-up and configuration of the digitalization workspace (program structures, dashboards, identify open-source channel, roles/permissions) Device readiness and connectivity planning (handsets/tablets, data bundles, power/charging, offline workflows) Capacity building (Training of Trainers, hands-on coaching, refresher sessions) for CARE staff, Community-Based Trainers (CBTs), women-led organizations and government officials Field onboarding support for 50 VSLAs, including troubleshooting for device setup, synchronization with identified open-source and SARVIX (https://mis.thesavix.org/dashboard/admin) channels, and user management Development of the information and digital literacy training manual, including rollout training for ToTs and CBTs to deliver community-based training. Helpdesk and incident management with agreed service levels during the pilot window, which is from 1st June to 31st July 2026. Monitoring, reporting and data quality assurance (usage analytics, integrity checks, issues log) during the pilot window. Safeguarding, data protection, and responsible data management, aligned to CARE, government of South Sudan ICT protocols and donor policies. Documentation of lessons learned and a scalable implementation roadmap. 9. Submission Details Email subject line: "Application VSLA Digitalization Pilot SSWSEEP Component 1" Send to: SSD.Procurement@care.org Deadline: May 29 th, 2026 4:00 PM, Central Africa Time. Late submissions will not be accepted. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Tender Link : https://comms.southsudanngoforum.org/c/tenders

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