Developing certification requirements and Issuing ISO system...
Terms of Reference –
Developing certification requirements and issuing ISO Certificates
RFQ#PTC-062-10-2019
Tender for
Developing certification requirements and Issuing ISO system certification
AN OVERVIEW
THE PALESTINE TRADE CENTER- PALTRADE
The Palestine Trade Centre - PalTrade is a non-profit, membership-based organization with a national mandate to lead the development of exports as a driving force for sustainable economic growth. The centre advocates a competitive, enabling business environment and is dedicated to improving trade competitiveness. PalTrade provides a wide range of export support services in the areas of export development and market intelligence, export promotion, and export policy and advocacy.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
PalTrade has received a grant from the EU to implement a project titled “Creating a Business Enabling Environment for a Green Economy in Palestine” as part of European Union (EU), represented by the European Commission (EC), Support to Civil Society Organizations in Palestine – Economic Development and Local Authorities, To ensure that actions which are funded by the European Union (EU) incorporate information and communication activities designed to raise the awareness of specific or general audiences of the reasons for the action and the EU support for the action in Palestine concerned, as well as the results and the impact of this support , PalTrade will undertake a series of activities to ensure the visibility of the project
PalTrade has set two specific objectives for this project:
- Objective 1: To create a national policy that would foster a green enabling environment for Palestinian economic enterprises;
- Objective 2: To build up enterprises’ green capacity to penetrate global markets.
As part of the National Policy component, and within activity 1.1.5, Proposing tax and investment incentive packages which encourage the production of green products through environmentally friendly processes; \ PalTrade will hire a consultant / company to support in the development of an ISO system and issuing the certificates.
Purpose of achieving ISO 22000 and ISO 14000 Certificates
The purpose of this system development and certification issuing tender is to help the project targeted benificiers to achieve ISO certification that ensures that an organization runs its business using international standards for products, services and processes. These can include business management, environmental policies, or they can be standards that were developed by the ISO for specific business sectors.
ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.
Application process
Send a cover letter responding to the Terms of Reference that includes a technical proposal including CVs of the working teams, a sample of related previous works, financial proposal and work plan
Your proposals should be addressed and submitted to Palestine Trade Canter – Al Balou Street, Mall of Palestine Bldg. 5th floor in 2 separated financial and technical sealed envelopes no later than October 17 2019 at 02:00 PM with subject RFQ # PTC-062-10-2019.
