Procurement Notices

General

1.

Eligibility

This “Call for Expression of Interest” is open for individual consultants.

2.

Purpose

The aim of the Call is to establish a qualified pool of consultants who can deliver professional services on a short-term basis in the field of climate change adaptation for several different roles and responsibilities.

Thematic areas to be covered, are listed in Attachment 1 (Generic Terms of Reference).

3.

Deadline

Deadline for initial applications is 31.09.2020 (The project needs to deploy several IC holders.)

The Call for Expression of Interest will be open until 31.12.2020 (subject to extension, as needed by UNDP), since the project will need to deploy IC holders throughout the project duration.

The first round of applications will be done after the deadline. Then, UNDP will evaluate the applicants starting from Monday in the last week of each month, as a routine practice.

Preparation and Submission of Applications (Expression of Interest)

4.

Language

All applications shall be made in English. Applications in languages other than the English Language may be automatically eliminated by UNDP without a further request for clarification and/or completion.

5.

Submissions

All submissions and inquiries shall be emailed to tr.icproposal@undp.org

The subject line must be indicated as, REF: UNDP-TUR-CCE-2019-EoI

6.

Documents

Submissions shall include Application Form (Attachment 2), P11 and short motivation letter of the candidate.

7.

Validity Period

All applications will be assumed to be valid until 31.12.2023.

Evaluation and Award of Contracts

8.

Step 1:

Expression of

Interest &

Long-listing

The applications (Expression of Interest) will be reviewed by an evaluation committee against the minimum requirements, defined in the attached generic terms of reference.

Applicants meeting the minimum requirements (pass/fail) will be included in the roster. Screening process will be repeated on a monthly basis (or more frequently when needed) to review the incoming applications and expand the roster accordingly.

The outcome of the long-listing process is to establish a roster of consultants meeting the minimum requirements of the generic terms of reference, categorized in accordance with the level, type and area(s) of expertise of the consultants.

9.

Step 2:

Specific Terms of Reference &

Short-listing

The project management unit will prepare specific Terms of Reference (ToR) for each assignment. Assignment-based specific terms of reference will include (a) specific set of required qualifications and (b) the level, type and area(s) of expertise, required for fulfillment of the assignment.

Assignment-based specific terms of reference will be sent (e-mailed) to the long-listed consultants, qualifications of whom meet the level, type and area(s) of expertise, identified in the relevant specific ToR.

The invitees will be provided with the opportunity to update their CVs with a view to highlight their qualifications and experiences that are most relevant to the requirements of the specific Terms of Reference. Invitees may also prefer not to update their CVs in which case the CVs submitted during the expression of interest will be taken into account.

A short-listing committee will review and score CVs of the candidates, based on the specific set of qualifications, indicated in the assignment-based specific terms of reference. The outcome of the short-listing process is a list of consultants that meet the minimum requirements in the assignment-based specific Terms of Reference, scored in accordance with the technical evaluation criteria indicated in the relevant ToR.

10.

Step 3:

Price

Proposal

Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit their price proposals, by following the guidelines and price proposal submission template to be sent to the short-listed candidates along with the request for submission of price proposal. Only successful candidates will be contacted as a result of the process.

11.

Award Criteria

To be specified in the specific Terms of Reference.

12.

Attachment

Attachment 1: Generic Terms of Reference

Attachment 2: Application Form

Attachment 3: P11

Attachment 4: General Terms and Conditions

* All the applications will be received through email. UNDP will not assume any responsibility for any failure regarding transmission and/or receipt of emails. UNDP will not accept any liability and/or cannot be kept liable for not receiving email submissions that are rejected by its servers due to the excessive size of the email (e.g. larger than 10 MB), virus, spam etc. No phone inquiries will be accepted regarding receipt of applications.

** The UNDP reserves the right to cancel the application, evaluation and/or the award process and reject all applications at any time prior to award of an agreement without incurring any liability to the affected applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 *** UNDP implements several projects and programmes, applications to this call for expression of interest will be considered for specific projects. Candidates to be long-listed may not be automatically considered for other opportunities.