Procurement Notices

Proposal should be submitted by email to tr.ic.proposal@undp.org no later than 31 July 2016, COB. The proposal must include the following documents and each document must be submitted as a separate attachment.

1. P11 and Personal CV, including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references
2. Price Proposal Submission Form (must be submitted in a separate attachment)

 Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above before 19th July 2016. 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

Please see Annex 1(Terms of Reference).

2) SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK

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:

• P11 and Personal CV, including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references
• Price Proposal Submission Form (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. 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 that obtain a minimum of 70 pts out of a maximum 100 pts will be considered for the financial evaluation.

Candidates that do not meet the minimum requirements will be disqualified.

7) Payments

The contract to be signed between UNDP and successful candidate(s) will not entail a financial commitment from UNDP. UNDP’s financial commitment will be established on an ad-hoc basis every time as services are officially requested by UNDP.

Payment terms and conditions will be specified in the specific service requests. Payment terms and conditions along with the daily fee rate (indicated in the contract) and number of days invested (not to exceed maximum number of days in the service request) will be the basis of payment to the IC. Payments will be made against submission of the deliverable(s) in the specific service requests by the IC and approval of such deliverables by UNDP and MoD.

The consultant will be paid in TRY equivalent of USD in case s/he is Turkish national otherwise in USD upon submission of the deliverables as detailed above. The rate of exchange shall be the official rate applied by the United Nations on the day the UNDP instructs its bank to effect the payment(s).

The consultant shall provide IC timesheet together with the deliverables in order to proceed with the payment. Without submission of and approval of the deliverables, the IC holder shall not receive any payment even if he/she invests time for this assignment. The amount paid shall be gross and inclusive of all associated costs such as social security, pension and income tax.

Assignment-related travel and accommodation costs outside duty station will be borne by UNDP in line with UNDP corporate policies, rules and regulations.

8) 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