| Overview : INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT NOTICE Description of the Assignment: Deputy Team Leader Related Project Names: Support to Development of a Policy Framework on Total Factor Productivity Period of Assignment/Services: 30 months – (expected start period mid-August 2015) Proposal should be submitted to the following address through registered mail, courier or hand delivery, by 20 July 2015, COB. REF: TFP – DTL BM Binası Birlik Mah. 415. Cad. No: 11 06610 Çankaya, Ankara, Türkiye Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the ic.proposal@undp.org.tr e-mail address before 05 July 2015. UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. 1 BACKGROUND Within the scope of the Economic-Growth and Competitiveness Cluster of the ISG portfolio, UNDP aims to support Turkey in its economic and social development and to enhance competitiveness. Increasing productivity is critical for improvement of the manufacturing capacity, enhancement of competitiveness and acceleration of growth and thus economic and social development. In Turkey, productivity is the main obstacle of the growth. The purpose of the Project is to produce a policy framework, which is shaped by a forward-looking analysis, based on economic convergence scenarios, and which at the same time takes into account the fundamental differences between manufacturing industries in terms of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) constraints. Support to Development of a Policy Framework on Total Factor Productivity Project’s Overall objective is to improve the contribution of total factor productivity to growth and Specific objective is to improve the institutional capacities to formulate and implement sector policies and strategies that contribute to national competitiveness. The Project will target to reach and interact with a wide range of stakeholders from public sector to private sector covering policy makers and business actors including think tanks, business service organizations etc.. Ministry of Development will be the final beneficiary who will own the policy framework and manufacturing industry representatives and overall economic actors will be also among the final beneficiaries to be affected by the policy framework. For further details, please see Annex 1(Terms of Reference). 2 SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK The objective of the Assignment is to support day to day implementation and technical assistance responsibility for of the TL but he/she will undertake a complementary role to focus on pilot implementation phase, managing relations with stakeholders, coordinating and ensuring communication and harmonization of the activities/findings from the pilot phase into policy framework development phase. DTL will also contribute formulation of assignment teams, coordination of assignment teams and advocacy and promotion activities to improve participation and ownership from the economic actors. For further details, please see Annex 1 (Terms of Reference). 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS Please see Annex 1 (Terms of Reference). 4 DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications: A one-page Letter of Interest, explaining why they are the most suitable for the work P11 Form, Personal CV, including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references Financial Proposal in separate sealed envelope (please see section 5, below and Annex II)
5 FINANCIAL PROPOSAL The interested individual consultants must submit their financial proposals by following the guidance and the standard template provided in Annex 2 in a separate sealed envelope. Any deviation from the standard text may lead to disqualification. 6 EVALUATION The evaluation will be based on cumulative analysis (i.e. technical qualifications and price proposal). The weight of the technical criteria is 70%; the weight of the financial proposal is 30%. Candidates meeting the minimum requirements listed in the Terms of Reference will be short-listed and will be invited to interview. Candidates who obtain a minimum of 70 pts out of a maximum 100 pts will be considered for the financial evaluation. The 70% technical component will consist of 30% CV criteria and 40% interview performance. Candidates who do not meet the minimum qualification requirements or who could not secure at least 70% of the maximum attainable technical score will be disqualified and their price proposals will not be opened. 7 ANNEXES The following annexes are an integral part of this procurement notice. In case of any conflict between the provisions of the Annex III and the procurement notice and/or Annex I and/or Annex II, the provisions of Annex III are applicable. Annex 1: Terms of Reference Annex 2: Price Proposal Guideline and Template Annex 3: General Conditions of Contract for Individual Consultants
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