Digitization of Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLAs)

Procurement Notices - UNCDF-00696 - Digitization of Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLAs) GLOBAL Procurement Notices • About Us • Procurement at UNDP • UNDP Office of Procurement • Our Guiding Principles • UNDP Procurement Strategy & Sustainable Procurement • Procurement Training & Certification • UNDP Procurement & Supply Offer • For Suppliers • How we buy • What we buy • Qualifications and eligibility • Protest and sanctions • Supplier code of conduct • Quantum eTendering guidance • Annual procurement statistics • Resources for suppliers • FAQ • Contract Awards • Search Notices Nav toggle • About Us • For Suppliers • Contract Awards • Search Notices Back About Us • • Procurement at UNDP • UNDP Office of Procurement • Our Guiding Principles • UNDP Procurement Strategy & Sustainable Procurement • Procurement Training & Certification • UNDP Procurement & Supply Offer For Suppliers • Page Title • How we buy • What we buy • Qualifications and eligibility • Protest and sanctions • Supplier code of conduct • Quantum eTendering guidance • Annual procurement statistics • Resources for suppliers • FAQ Back • Select Language • English • Français • Español • Home • Digitization of Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLAs) Digitization of Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLAs) Procurement Process RFP - Request for proposal Office UNCDF - SIERRA LEONE Deadline 28-Sep-26 @ 11:59 PM (New York time) Published on 08-Sep-26 @ 12:00 AM (New York time) Reference Number UNCDF-00696 Contact Djime Guibril Ndiaye - uncdf.procurement@uncdf.org This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system of UNDP Quantum. If you are interested in submitting a bid for this tender, you must subscribe following the instructions in the user guide . If you have not registered a profile with this system, you can do so by following the link for Supplier Registration . If you already have a supplier profile, please access the negotiation using quicklink or please login to the Supplier Portal , then search for the negotiation using the reference number UNCDF-00696 , following the instructions in the user guide . Introduction SCOPE OF TENDER The overall objective is to design and implement a scalable, secure, and user-centric digital solution to digitize VSLA operations and enable linkage of VSLA members (smallholder farmers) to formal financial institutions and appropriate digital financial services i.e by ensuring the VSLAs onboarded onto the Fintech digital platform ultimately open up accounts and transact with a registered formal financial institution. Specific objectives:   • Digitize core VSLA functions (e.g member registration, savings, loans, meeting records, share outs, group level accounting, digital receipts).  • Provide low-cost, accessible member interfaces (e.g USSD, IVR, feature-phone app, smartphone app, agent-assisted options).   • Integrate KYC-light onboarding processes aligned with national regulation and proportional risk principles to enable onward linkages.  • Enable interoperability with existing mobile money operators, payments rails and interested Financial Institutions.   • Pilot and operationalize business models that demonstrate financial viability for FIs/FinTechs and affordability for VSLA members. . Strengthen data privacy and consumer protection, and implement measures to mitigate risks (fraud, over-indebtedness).  • Build capacity of VSLA members and local agents; document lessons and prepare scale-up roadmap. 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