Procurement Notices

The Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) has obtained a financial grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the implementation of the project entitled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Practices to Address Land Degradation and Mitigate Effects of Drought”.

         The SLM project is cognizant of the need for a review of current SLM modules and determine competency gaps in delivering SLM technologies to farmers.  It likewise acknowledges that a manual in SLM training would be greatly beneficial in delivering the SLM modules to a larger number of farmers in the country.  The project therefore aims review current modules in SLM technology, determine competency gaps in the delivery of the modules, develop a competency development program, and to develop a manual for the training of SLM technology.  The objectives would be achieved through partnerships with national government agencies such as the DA-BSWM, the DENR-FMB, ATI, and LGUs to muster their resources and expertise.

         Major components towards the achievement of the SLM project objectives are the review of existing SLM modules, the identification of competency gaps in the delivery of SLM technology to farmers, a competency development program, the development of a SLM training manual, and the Training of Trainor’s to be conducted for various stakeholders on SLM technologies and the use of the manual.

         It is for this reason that a Consultant for Capacity Development and Training Specialist shall be engaged under the SLM Project.

Scope fo Work:

The Contractor is expected to coordinate and interview various national government agencies, LGUs, and other consultants, conduct desk reviews, develop an assessment tool, and conduct trainings.  

Schedule of Payments:

Pricing option to be implemented for the contractor will be the Lump Sum Amount. This pricing option is “all inclusive”. Payments for the service rendered will be given upon submission and acceptance of each deliverables.  For duty travels to the Project Areas, specifically Abuyog, Leyte and Malaybalay, Bukidnon, the Project will shoulder his/her travel costs following the UNDP NIM rates.

First Tranche            -   10 days   - Upon submission and acceptance of Inception Report;

Second Tranche       -  25 days   - Upon submission and acceptance of the report regarding the identification and assessment of competency

                                                      gaps on SLM technology application and mainstreaming for targeted LGUs

Third Tranche           -  20 days  - Upon submission and acceptance of the competency development program guide.

Fourth Tranche         - 30 days   - Upon submission and acceptance of the SLM training manual

Fifth Tranche            -  20 days   - Upon submission and acceptance of the report on the Conduct of Training-of-Trainor’s (TOT) for LGUs, ATI,

                                                      DA-BSWM and DENR

Sixth tranche            -  20 days - Upon submission and acceptance of the report on the conduct of training on potential trainor’s from DILG and

                                                HLURB on various SLM management and physical technologies for mainstreaming SLM into the CLUP.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Contractor will report to the following: SLM National Project Director, GEF Focal Person, and SLM Project Manager.  The Contractor will be required to present the deliverables and outputs to the various audiences shown in the table below.  The PMO may require the Contractor to provide updates as required.

The Contractor is expected to collaborate with the other consultants of the project (CLUP Specialist, SLM Specialist), with National Agencies (DA-BSWM, ATI, DENR-FMB) LGUs of Abuyog, Leyte and Malaybalay, Bukidnon, and other stakeholders such as UNDP, UPLB and IIRR.  The BSWM through the PMO will be the approving authority for the Contractor and the Interagency Technical Committee will evaluate the reports and outputs.  The PMO will provide logistical support during travelling to the project sites.

Duration of Work:

The expected date of completion is 18 months after signing of the contract.  The expected start of work is June 2016 and the expected completion date is December 2017 subject to actual date of contract signing.  The Project Implementing Partners will have one month to review outputs, give comments, certify approval and acceptance of the outputs.  The project outcomes and outputs are to be delivered in sequence and any delay in the production of one deliverable will cause a delay in subsequent outputs.  In addition, the deliverable of the Contractor is an input to other consultants and therefore a delay in delivering an output will cause a delay in the outputs of the other consultants. 

Corporate competences

• Commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values.
• Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences.

Functional competences

• Experience in working in the private sector, or in an outreach position relating with the government and private sector
• Past experience and effective communication skills for dialoguing with senior level private sector executives
• Strong initiative and desire to succeed, accountable and willingness to be pro-active in identifying suitable companies for BCtA membership and engaging in appropriate business opportunities
• Experience and knowledge of the international development sector, e.g. through working at the UN in the private sector engagement and/or development field
• Existing work experience in the Philippines and with the Philippines-based private sector organizations/companies, donor partners and UN agencies
• Possess strong intellectual interest in economic development and the role of the private sector in driving poverty reduction’; knowledge of private sector – development impact assessment
• Past international work experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment & to deal with complex multi-stakeholder environment.

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English

Qualifications:

Education:

• With Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture Education/Extension, Development Communication, and related fields. 

Experience:

• Experience in training in academic institutions; has extensive experience in preparing training modules on agriculture related subjects; and has skills in the conduct of classroom and field training courses.

Language:

• Very good command of oral and written English.

Criteria for selection process:

The offer will evaluated based on the Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications will be weighted a max. of 70% and combined with the financial offer which will be weighted a max of 30%.

Application requirements:

• Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Application requirements should be emailed to procurement.ph@undp.org and registry.ph@undp.org on or before  02 October 2016.