DFID 8246 Supply Installation and Configuration of Common Reporting Standards Compliant Automatic Exchange of Information Solution for the Federal Burea of Revenue Pakistan - Call Down Contract Award

Tender description

To provide FBR with a framework to report information on financial accounts to the respective participating jurisdictions under CRS (and preferably Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)) as well), as obtained from the reporting financial institutions in Pakistan under the Common Reporting Standard. ii. To provide the interface (the "Portal"), between FBR and industry which enables the secure and efficient reporting of the required tax information under CRS (and preferably FATCA as well). FBR envisages that this information technology solution will be developed from a pre-existing platform provided by a supplier of a proven and previously deployed CRS IT system with successful implementation in other jurisdictions which will be adapted to meet the requirements of the Project. iii. To provide support for FBR in the form of helpdesk that shall be run by the Portal (Supplier) during Pakistan business hours (i.e. 9am - 5pm) for a period of six months to one year from the time the portal has become operational. The recipient of the activity is the Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan. The scope of the project is the Implementation of Common Reporting Standard (CRS) - Compliant software and putting in place the required hardware. The procurement will be carried out by the Procurement Supplier. The Supplier will also be responsible for the complete deployment along with the training to the users. In addition to this the scope includes the setting up of the helpdesk for ongoing support for a period of one year after the deployment of the solution.