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Terms

of

Reference

for

Consultant/

Consulting

Firm

to

Conduct

Security Risk Assessment

of

BRAC

1.1 Background

L.L.L

BRAC,

one

of the

largest Non-governmental

Organization

in

the

world,

since

its

inception

in \972

has been working

with

people

whose lives

are dominated

by

extreme

poverty,

illiteracy,

disease

and

calamities.

lt

has taken

great

strides

in

the

above fields

and contributed in

the

development

of

Bangladesh

and its society.

The

Nation has

grown,

so

has

BRAC

over

the

years.

ln

the

process

it has

incorporated various

infrastructure,

physical

facilities, institutions,

enterprises,

investment

avenues etc under its

umbrella

in

order to

pursue

its

goals

and

objectives. BRAC

Strategy

2016-

2020

has

been

adopted

for

its

future directions.

L.t.z

Country's security

situation

ultimately

impacts

on BRAC

operations

including

its

people

and

assets.

Very

often it

poses

a

challenge for

the

organisation

to

run

smoothly and attain its

goal

in

an

unsecured environment.

BRAC

has

grown,

the

dimensions

of security vulnerabilities

and

hazards

have

also

been

multiplied

and

proliferated.

1.1.3 Trend

of

extremist activities

in the

country and in

the

region

has made BRAC

management

concerned

about

the smooth running

of

present

and

future

development activities.

Emergence

of unidentified

criminal

groups

and extremist,

Change

of

crime

pattern,

'modus

operondi'

and

emergence

of

new

crimes

including

cyber

related

crimes

have

posed

threat to the

organisation.

L.L.4

High value

targets

of

BRAC

which include

persons

and establishments

do

seem

vulnerable.

1.1.5 Similarly

certain

employees'

unexpected

behaviour

sometimes lead

to

security

and

reputational

issue.

L.L.6

Basic

safety

issues

like

fire

and

earth

quake

awareness

among

the staff

are

concern for

the organisation.

Enhanced

level

of

awareness

ultimately

effects

total

safety standard

of the

organisation.

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1,.L.7 Considering

the

present

security situation and the

situation

that would

be

in

coming day UN

SDG has

kept

agenda on security

with

targets

to be

met.

1.1.8 Under

the circumstances

security

has

become

an

issue

that

a forward

looking

organisation

like BRAC

cannot afford

to

ignore.

When a clear and

in-depth

understanding

of

the existing

security

status,

vulnerabilities

and risks are available;

forecasting

of

future

security

challenges

are

made,

measures

and

strategies

to

overcome

the

challenges

are

possible

to

plan.

1.1.9

ln view

of

the existing

and

rapid

changes

in security

risks

that

exist

in

the

country

and

may occur

in the

future during current

BRAC

strategic

plan period

of

2016-

2020, BRAC

is

in need of delineating

the existing

and

forthcoming

potential

internal and

external security

risks,

vulnerabilities,

hazards,

shortcomings

and

weak

areas

through

a

detailed

risk assessment

and on

the

basis of

the

findings

of

the assessment

chalk out

plans

to

meet

the security

challenges.

1.1.10

BRAC

has arrangement

of

managing the

security

of

its

people,

assets

and

operations.

Moreover,

it

conducted

a

security

risk assessment

in

20L3

for the first

time

and developed

a

security

policy

and

procedures

effective

since

May 2014.

lt is

necessary

to assess

current

and forthcoming

security

threats

and

vulnerabilities

to

meet

the

present

and

future

security

challenges

and

ensure

security

and

safety

of

its

people

and

assets.

1.2

Objective

The objective

is to

assess

security

risks of

people,

assets

and

operations

of

BRAC

Bangladesh,

evaluate

the

risks and vulnerabilities

and

chalk

out

management

plan

to

meet

the

present

and

future

challenges

and

reduce

potential

impacts

of security

incidents.

1.3

Scope

1.3.j.

The consultant/

consulting

firm

will

conduct

assessment

of

security risks

and

vulnerabilities

of

BRAC

in Bangladesh

including

all

people,

assets

and

operations,

identify

the

threats

and

risks

to

which

each

of

the

mentioned

components

are

exposed,

analyse

the

trend

and

pattern

of

security

risks

and

vulnerabilities,

determine

the

probability

of

the

threat

occurring,

identify

the

impact

of

the

threat

should

it

occur,

ascertain

values

for

probability and

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impact,

present

results

of

values for

probability

and

impact

against

values for

protection

with

a

methodology

to overcome/mitigate

the

risks.

The

consultant/consulting

firm will

consider

and

analyse

the

national

security

procedure,

regulatory requirements,

geo-political

scenario,

socio-cultural

and

economic

perspective

during

the

assessment and

recommendation.

1.3.2

All

current

BRAC development

programmes

in

particular

and

BRAC enterprises in

general

within the

geographical

area

of

Bangladesh

will

be covered

in

the

assessment.

1.3.3

All

internal and external security threats

mentioned

in

para

1.1

to

be covered

in

the

assessment.

7.3.4

The

consultant/

consulting

firm will

review

the

existing security

risk

management

procedures

of

BRAC

and

recommend necessary amendments

in line with the

findings

of

security

risk assessment.

1.3.5

ln the light of the assessment, the

consultant

/

consulting

firm will

prepare

and

submit

a

report with necessary recommendations

and

implementation

plan.

The

consultant/consulting

firm will

consider and analyse

the national security

procedure,

regulatory

requirements,

geo-political

scenario, socio-cultural and

economic

perspective

during the

assessment and

recommendation.

1.4

Methodology

L.4.1

Survey to

be

conducted

by consultant/

consulting

firm following

appropriate

methods

(quantitative

and

qualitative), questionnaire

and sample to be decided

in

consultation

with BRAC

focal

person.

The

consultant/

consulting

firm

must

follow internationally defined

and

recognized standards and

methodologies for

the

assessment.

L.4.2

Review

of

the

security

risk

management

plan,

procedures

and systems

of

selected

NGOs, UN and

other

relevant

organizations/business.

L.4.3

Review

of the available secondary data

and

information

on security risks

and

threats

in

Bangladesh.

BRAC will

provide

incident

statistics from its available

records

and assist

in organizing consultations, interviews

and FGDs. Other

secondary

data

to

be collected

by

the

consultant/

consulting

firm.

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1.5

Qualification

and experience

of the

consultant/

consulting

firm

i) Expert/experienced

in

the

field

of business/UN/lnternational

Organization/Nco

security

management

ii) Experienced

and

trained

on

security

management

and

geo-political

analysis.

iii) Have experienced

and

internationally

reputed

security experts

comprising of

national

and expatriates.

iv) Previous

experience

of

security risk assessment,

evaluation and

preparation

of

security

procedu

re

of

business/U N/l

nternational

Organization/NGO

v)

Having

international

certification

of Protection

Professional

(CPP)

or

the likes

will

be

additional

qualification

vi)

Policy

and

procedure review

and

implementation

skills

vii)

Excellent

documentation

and

deliverable

skills

viii)

Having

team

of consultants experienced

in

geo-political

and sociological

analysis,

crime

prevention,

detection, and modern security management.

Experts with law

enforcement

background

will

be considered

as additional

advantage

ix)

Field

data

collectors

should have

past

experience

and minimum educational

qua

lification of

higher

seconda

ry/eq

uiva lent

x)

Consultant/ consulting

firm

may

submit

any

other

credentials relevant

to

security

risk management

1.6

Presentation

Short-listed

candidates

will have to

present

their

methodology on June 16,

2OL6 in

BRAC

Centre

Premises.

1.7

Time

schedule

and

deliverables

A

20

weeks

time

schedule

will

be allowed

from the

day

of

appointment

to

complete the

task.

The

detailed

work

schedule

will

be

as

follows.

i) An

lnception

report on

understanding

and comments

on TOR

and submission

of

plan

of

work

at

the

end of Znd

week.

ii) A

presentation

to

BRAC on

preliminary

security

risk assessment at

the

end of

13th Week

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iii)

Submission

of

security

risks

assessment

report

with recommendations

at

the

end

of

iath

week.

The Report

should

cover

-

ldentified

risks,

evaluation

and

ratings of

the

risks,

methodology

to

cover/mitigate

the

risks

with

clear

recommendations

and

plans.

iv)

Review of

the

submitted

security

risks

assessment

report and

recommendation

for

amendment

of

existing

security

risk

management

procedures

by BRAC,

consultation

with

BRAC by

r8ttt

week.

v)

Submission of

final

report

and acceptance

by

BRAC

at the

end

of

20th

week.

1.8

Supports

from BRAC

BRAC

will

provide

the

following

inputs and facilities:

i) Food, transport

and accommodation

for

lead

team

members

during

field trips

on payment

basis.

ii) All available documents,

papers,

information

etc.

relevant to the

specific

assignment

will

be

provided.

iii) Set

up

of interviews, consultations

and

focus

group

discussions

for

the assessment

iv) A focal

person

to

liaise and

assist

will

be made available.

1.9

Supervision

of the consultant

The selected consultant/consulting

firm

will work under the overall

supervision

of

Director

Administration

and

Road

Safety Programme and

direct

supervision

of

Head

of

SRM.

1.10

Payment

terms

ll LO% on

signing

contract.

ii) Lio/o

on

submission

of lnception report.

iii)

25

%

after submission

of

Security

Risks

Assessment

report with recommendation.

iv)

50 % after

acceptance

of

final report.

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