BID NOTICE

The International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) is a private international, nonsectarian, voluntary organization providing relief, protection and resettlement services for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflict.

The IRC affiliated entity which operates in Poland as FUNDACJA “INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE POLSKA” is hereby commissioning a tender for the following:

Business Analysis Development Consultancy : IRC Poland as Services Provider in the EU Enlargement Process

Key deliverables and methodologies:

1.Highly contextualized market assessment for IRC Poland (Poland registered, IRC Inc-affiliated entity) marketability as commercial services provider – relevance and sustainability for comprehensive services delivery, either in partnerships/Joint venture or individually, in single market economy and overall changing, non-linear early reconstruction & development economy.

The preliminary identified business sub-segments for IRC Poland service provision are (organized by a specific weight):

• On-demand technical assistance for SMEs – current market prerogative;
• Due diligence for SMEs and large companies entering the Ukraine market, as part of reconstruction macrodynamic and regulatory system change. Bringing human rights due diligence as a part of recovery agenda.
• SME/sole-proprietorship business services, including micro-grants and non-financial business development services – accounting, taxation, business contextualization and other value-added services;
• Temporary business relocation to Poland and beyond;
• Migration related services, governance and policy making/adjustments in a state decentralization reform;
• Public sector adaptation in the EU accession process implementation of the Copenhagen criteria in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia – analytical and operational support;
• Civil servants’ capacitation in education modernization, potentially multiplication the Teachers Center model and good practices from IRC Poland – ODN collaboration.

The exercise would include mapping of the key stakeholders & solicitors (Polish, Ukrainian, international); key competitors (Polish, Ukrainian, International); key cooperators; pricing determination; modes of collaboration and business relationships forming, e.g. with USAID/ERA; USAID DG East initiative (now closed); UNDP; UNESCO; the new Ukraine Facility for EU accession; Ukrainian locally-led companies). Through this, IRC Poland wishes to understand the drivers and nuances of the processes and the strategic and revenue generating dimensions relevant to our work.

The overarching intention is to bring quality technical services in a non-paternalistic, quality manner.

2. Participatory qualitative data collection with key stakeholders in Poland, Ukraine and internationally.

(selected relevant Ministries, Municipal unions – umbrella organizations, civil servants umbrella entities, e.g. Teacher Training Centers; also, IRC Poland SMT; Interational Finance Corporation – Warsaw regional branch; PwC Warsaw; Warsaw School of Economics SKN).

Separate key informant survey to be carried out with the legal services provider to inform recommendations on optimal form of legal registration.

3. A Business Roadmap for IRC Poland, with preference for PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental) or newer STEEPED (social, technological, economic, ecological, political, ethical, demographic dimensions)1 analysis with realistic outcomes and achievable targets. IRC preference is for this to be broken down by specific result chains (with clear causal and complete linkages) per thematic area.

(in line with the foundational resources – Global IRC, IRC RAI trajectory and plans – part of desk review).

4. The level of upfront, internal investment in upgrades required to become active competitors/supplier in the EU tenders – raising internal competences in targeted market and institutional tweaks. Guiding questions – External communication/marketing piece? How does IRC Poland create a conducive business environment?

Considering this is a highly dynamic environment, the selected consulting entity/team has the liberty to adapt methodologies to appropriately capture the nonlinear chain of causation and highly dynamic stakeholders’ interactions.