Terms of Reference For Development of Request For Information Online Management System
Terms of Reference For Development of Request For Information Online Management System
Terms of Reference For Development of Request For Information Online Management System
In addition, the online system should entail features that records time of the requests, response
by the government agencies as well as those requests that are overdue or completed as
required by the article 8 of the law:
Furthermore, the applicant of the information should be able to request the information in the
format he/she wishes as allowed by the article 10 of the law:
The online system should have features that allow the public information officers to respond to
the requests including rejection as stipulated in article 14 of the law:
Rejection of information request
Article 14
(1) where a request is refused, in whole or in part, on the basis that the information is
prohibited from public access, the public information officer shall provide written notice to the
applicant, specifying the exact prohibition and legal provision relied upon.
(2) public information officer shall provide details regarding the right of the applicant to lodge a
complaint against a decision rejecting his or her request for information.
In case, government agencies do not provide information on the justified ground, an applicant
should be able to file a complaint online through the same system as stipulated in article 32 of
the law:
The online system should include features that allow the access to information commission to
respond to the complaints that are referred to it as stipulated in article 33 of the law:
Complaint of the applicant
Article 33
(1) the public information officer of the institution that the applicant has requested information
from, shall investigate the complaint and respond to the complainant based on the provisions
of this law in five working days.
(2) in case the applicant lodges a complaint first with the institution that he or she requested
information from, after receiving a written answer or after five working days can address
his/her complaint to the commission.
(3) the commission shall investigate the complaint within a maximum of twenty working days
and make a decision.
(4) if deemed necessary, the commission may facilitate participation of the stakeholders in the
complaint hearing process.
(5) the agency from which the complaint has been made, shall provide documents and evidence
that it has acted based on the provision of this law.
(6) the complaint redressal mechanism and assessment of related documents and evidences
shall be established in a separate procedure by the commission.
HOW TO APPLY
- Applicants are requested to appear in an information session that will be held on
October 6 by responding to [email protected] the following details: name of the
company, details of the representative including contact and email ID.
- Applicants are then requested to present their prototypes to a panel of judges on
October 10 and submit hard copy and sealed technical proposal at Integrity Watch
office.
- The panel decides the eligible applicants and then request each of them to provide their
financial proposal.
- The final winner is selected based on a combination of technical score (70) and financial
price (30).