The Invitation for Individual Consultants to Submit Expressions of Interest: Consultancy Services for Developing a Web and Mobile Application

1.    The Social Fund for Development (SFD) intends to commission consultancy services for the development of a web and mobile application, including associated web APIs, for the Education Unit, in accordance with the EDU-APP Software Requirements Specification (SRS).
2.    Applicants must have the following qualifications and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher diploma in Information Technology Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience in analyzing, developing, and building systems.
• A minimum of four (4) years of proven work experience in developing web applications using Django (Python).
• Hands-on experience with Django’s ORM, REST APIs , authentication, and deployment
• The developer must have successfully developed at least three Django-based web applications that include integrated database functionality.
• Proven experience in mobile systems development with at least two published applications using flutter.
• Experience in deploying and maintaining database-driven web solutions (PostgreSQL/Maria DB) and dealing with huge data. 

3.    The Social Fund for Development (SFD) invites individual consultants specializing in the relevant field to submit applications expressing their interest in providing the requested consultancy services. Applications should include detailed CVs and supporting documents demonstrating the required qualifications and experience.

4.    Based on the evaluation results of the submitted applications, the consultants will be ranked in order of priority for selection to perform the required consultancy services. A shortlist of qualified consultants will be prepared for final selection to carry out the assignment.

5.    Expected duration of the assignment: 8 months