Request for Proposal (RFP) for Upgrade of CARE Nepal’s Information Management System (CNIMS)

CARE is a leading humanitarian and development organization committed to ending poverty and social injustice, with a particular focus on the empowerment of women and girls. CARE Nepal has been operational since 1978 and works with the most vulnerable communities across Nepal — including Dalit, ethnic minority, and Indigenous communities; women and adolescent girls; and populations affected by disasters and climate change.

CARE Nepal operates through a wide network of civil society organizations, community-based partners, government institutions, and private sector actors across Nepal. This partner-centered model is central to how CARE Nepal designs and delivers its programming.

In 2026, CARE Nepal launched its Strategy 2026–2030, which marks a deliberate shift from direct service delivery toward systems change — influencing policies, institutions, markets, and social norms to create sustained and scalable impact. The strategy is organized around four Strategic Priority Outcome Areas:

This strategic direction is underpinned by feminist principles, systems thinking, and a commitment to locally led, evidence-based, and adaptive programming. Digital technology integration is explicitly identified as an enabling approach for delivering this strategy.

Since 2021, CARE Nepal has operated its own web and mobile-based Management Information System — the CARE Nepal Information Management System (CNIMS). Built on a .NET platform, CNIMS serves as the central tool for project and program data management, covering:

CNIMS is used by CARE Nepal staff and implementing partner organizations and plays a central role in the work of CARE Nepal’s Program Quality and Impact (PQI) Department, which leads monitoring, evaluation, learning, knowledge management, feedback and accountability, impact measurement and program quality assurance — contributing to driving the organization toward its strategic vision and mission.

Over five years of operation, CNIMS has accumulated a substantial institutional data asset — covering multiple projects, partners, logframe, participant records, and accountability cases. This data represents an important organizational resource that must be preserved in full.

While safeguarding and managing historical data remains a key priority, there is also a need to undertake a strategic and operational transformation of the current information management system. The upgraded system should align with CARE Nepal’s 2026–2030 Strategy, respond to evolving organizational priorities, and strengthen support for key functions including security, project planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning, advocacy, partnership management, program quality, and other operational requirements. Furthermore, the system should be designed to be scalable, adaptable, and future-ready, enabling CARE Nepal to effectively leverage data for decision-making and organizational effectiveness.

To this end, CARE Nepal seeks to engage a qualified IT firm to support the transformation and enhancement of its information management system, ensuring the preservation of existing institutional data while delivering a robust, integrated, and future-fit solution.

The primary objective of this assignment is to upgrade CNIMS — delivering a significantly improved web and mobile-based information management system that:

What We Are Looking for in a Partner

Interested and eligible firm/company are requested to submit their proposal via email to [email protected]. To download detailed terms of reference, CLICK HERE. The deadline for submission of the proposal is 7 Oct 2026.

CARE reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal received without giving reasons and is not bound to accept the lowest, the highest or any bidder. Only the successful applicant will be contacted.

CARE places human dignity at the centre of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE’s efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (PSHEA) of vulnerable adults, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE initiates rigorous investigation of complaints that indicate a possible violation of this policy and takes appropriate disciplinary action, as warranted.

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