Procurement Notices

The “Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Youth Entrepreneurship in Timor-Leste” initiative combines a solution-oriented initiative with innovation and service delivery to transform Timorese young people particularly those who are unemployed and are economically inactive in to ‘change makers’ or social entrepreneurs creating jobs/livelihoods towards achieving economic transformation.

The project involves strategic partnerships with private sectors, government authorities, local leaders and community, civil societies and relevant institutions. It will operate in the One Stop Shop in the capital city of Dili.

The National Business Incubation Trainer will support the achievement of the following project outcomes and outputs:

•                             CPD Outcome 1: Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment and livelihoods for the poor and excluded

•                             Output 1.1: National/municipal systems and institutions enabled to provide a wide range of methods and tools to stimulate creativity, guide discussions, moderate collaboration, as well as develop, prototype, and experiment solutions for the ‘unmet human needs’ in the community benefiting ‘people and planet’.

•                             Output 1.2: Improved skills and knowledge on innovation and entrepreneurship among Timorese young people to become “Change Makers” in the community

•                             Output 1.3: Young people with knowledge and expertise creates ventures that spawn new products and services in local industry such as fishing, agriculture, tourism, waste recycling, and thereby create jobs and livelihoods in the community.

Overall, the National Junior Business Trainer and Incubator will support Business Incubation Specialist to create and implement a strategy to establish and successfully grow the business incubation programme of KJFL – Dili and two youth centres in municipalities, aimed at supporting the growth of entrepreneurs (individual and organizations) in agriculture, tourism, and environmental sectors.

In close coordination with KJFL Manager and UNDP Programme Manager, the consultant will support regular activities to consolidate and develop a comprehensive programme of business incubation to be offered to KJFL’s supported youth/entrepreneurs in Dili and municipalities. These services should include, but not limited to technical and professional entrepreneurial development programmes, including needs assessment of each entrepreneurs, business mentoring and coaching, personal development, networking and connecting, business advisory, access to markets/trade, customized technical assistance, access to facilities, investments readiness, and marketing.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1

I. Academic Qualifications:

• University degree or high school diploma with experienced in providing business training and incubation to youth.

II. Years of experience:

•             At least 1 year of working experiences in youth empowerment related to entrepreneurship development particularly in providing training and various incubation services.

Language Requirements:

•             Fluently in spoken and written English and Tetun;

III. Competencies:

• Analytical skills, communications abilities, teamwork
• Knowledge on business registration procedures and requirements, Timor-Leste labour law, and other related rules/regulation.

• Previous experience with United Nations/INGO youth innovation and entrepreneurship programme would be an advantage.

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal:

(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable)

2. Financial proposal

3. Personal CV or complete P11 from including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references with telephone numbers and email to be contacted.

• Lump sum contracts

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR.  In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Travel;

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.  In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and

b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

* Technical Criteria weight; [70%/70 points]

* Financial Criteria weight; [30%/30points]

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points of the technical criteria would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.