| Overview : Country: Nepal Description of the assignment: UNDP is in the process of establishing a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with an International Advisor. The consultant will be selected for the LTA to provide technical advice in the following areas as per the detailed ToR: 1. Preparation for setting up Provincial Legislature
2. Assist project team in the implementation of the project outputs and activities.
3. Support to develop Knowledge-base and research capacity of LP
4. Provide technical, policy and advisory services to MPs.
5. Knowledge product development Number of consultant required: 1 Project name: UNDP/ Parliament Support Project (PSP) Period of assignment/services (if applicable): Maximum 100, working days, under a Long-Term Agreement (LTA), over the period of 24 Months (1 Jan 2018 – 31 December 2019) with 7 visits and 30 days home based. The LTA will be initially for two years and is extendable for one additional year. Duty Station: Kathmandu and home based. Proposal should be submitted at the following address: Procurement Unit, UNDP (Ref.: UNDP/PN/49/2017: International Advisor (SM), UN House, Pulchowk, PO Box 107, Kathmandu, Nepal or by email to procurement.np@undp.org not later than 1730 hours (Nepal Standard Time) of 5 November 2017.
Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the e-mail: query.procurement.np@undp.org mentioning Procurement Notice Ref: UNDP/PN/49/2017: International Advisor (SM), on or before 29 October 2017. The procurement unit will respond to the inquiries by 30 October 2017, in writing, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants or via bulletin published on the UNDP website: http://www.np.undp.org/content/nepal/en/home/operations/procurement.html. Inquiries received after the above date and time shall not be entertained. Inquiries received after the above date and time shall not be entertained. Any delay in UNDP’s response shall be not used as a reason for extending the deadline for submission, unless UNDP determines that such an extension is necessary. | 
