Public Financial Management and Governance Advisor
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
UNDP - FIJI
Deadline
20-May-20
Published on
04-May-20
Reference Number
65582
Documents
Annex 2 Confirmation of InterestConditions of Contract
UNDP eTendering User Guide for Bidders
Terms of Reference
Overview
Terms of Reference
Ref: PN/FJI/051/20
Consultancy Title Public Financial Management and Governance Advisor (2 positions) |
Project Name Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific Project (Gov4Res) |
Duty Station Based in Suva (Fiji) with travel (conditional on COVID-19 situation - initially desk based) |
Type of Contract- International Individual Consultancy |
Duration of the Contract
Consultancy Proposal (CV & Financial proposal Template) should be uploaded on UNDP e-tendering Portal (https://etendering.partneragencies.org) ID Ref: 0000005903 no later than, 19th May 2020 (New York Time). Any proposals received after the due date/time will not be accepted. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to procurement.fj@undp.org. 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. Incomplete, late and joint proposals will not be considered and only offers for which there is further interest will be contacted. Failure to submit your application as stated as per the application submission guide (Procurement Notice) on the above link will be considered incomplete and therefore application will not be considered. NOTE: Proposals must be sent/uploaded through UNDP e-tendering Portal. Candidates need to upload their CV and financial proposal -using UNDP template If the selected/successful Candidate is over 65 years of age and required to travel outside his home country; he/she will be required provide a full medical report at their expense prior to issuance to contract. Contract will only be issued when Proposed candidate is deemed medically fit to undertake the assignment.
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Objectives The objective of this assignment is to provide technical advisory support to countries to ensure gender and socially inclusive risk informed development is integrated into government systems of policy, planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation. The consultant will be responsible for supporting the successful implementation of Output 1.1 of the Gov4Res project, and ensuring that this is translated into regional knowledge management, technical peer-to-peer exchanges and at the country level support institutionalisation and sustainability of the programme.
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Background The Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific (Governance for Resilience) project works with Pacific governments to ensure that countries adapt their decision making and governance systems towards more resilient development. The projects theory of change rests on a core assumption that Pacific Island people will be more resilient to the impacts of climate change and disasters if countries manage all development through a risk informed approach. This is consistent with the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific which calls for the ‘mainstreaming’ of climate and disaster risk treating risk management as fundamental to all development decisions.
The Governance for Resilience project has three outcomes areas: 1) government planning and financing systems enable gender and socially inclusive risk-informed development; 2) country oversight and accountability systems require gender and socially inclusive risk-informed development; and 3) regional organisations, policies and practices are actively supporting gender and socially inclusive risk-informed development.
The project is being delivered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office, in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It is a 5-year project working across all Pacific countries. It is the second phase of the DFAT funded, UNDP implemented Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP).
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Scope of work/Expected Output The scope of work for this assignment will be to lead the technical inputs on specific products and advisory support, with a focus on governance, public financial management, development of financing strategies, and engagement with government ministries responsible for financing and planning. Specifically, the scope of work includes:
Undertake CCBII++ Assessments and Inception Risk Mapping and Analysis
Identify opportunities for development of Climate Change Financing Framework assessments
Provide Public Financial Management expertise
Initiate communities of practice and peer-to-peer learning
Provide training and capacity building for project staff and partners
Contribute to UNDP Resilient Development Activities
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Resources Provided The consultant is expected to provide their own laptop and communications equipment. UNDP will provide desk space in Suva and will make arrangements for travel to Suva and other countries as required. |
Supervision/Reporting The consultant will report directly to the Programme Manager for the UNDP Governance for Resilience Project under the overall guidance of the Resilience and Sustainable Development Team Leader and will work in collaboration with other members of the Resilience and Sustainable Development team including Gov4Res team and key partners. |
Requirement for Qualifications & Experience
Functional Competencies
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Payment Schedule (if required)
Fees to be paid based on monthly invoice submitted by consultant with progress report of outputs certified by UNDP. Consultancy fee and living allowance to be paid based on satisfactory completion of outputs and certification by UNDP. |
Evaluation
Cumulative analysis The proposals will be evaluated using the cumulative analysis method with a split 70% technical and 30% financial scoring. The proposal with the highest cumulative scoring will be awarded the contract. Applications will be evaluated technically, and points are attributed based on how well the proposal meets the requirements of the Terms of Reference using the guidelines detailed in the table below: When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract may be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the Technical Evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation. Interviews may be conducted as part of technical assessment.
Top two (2) ranked candidates will be selected for this consultancy
Technical Criteria for Evaluation
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Proposal Submission Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for an interview. Offerors must send the following documents.
Individuals applying for this consultancy will be reviewed based on their own individual capacity. The successful individual may sign an Individual Contract with UNDP or request his/her employer to sign a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA) on their behalf by indicating this in the Offerors letter to Confirming Interest and Availability Consultant must send a financial proposal based on a Lump Sum Amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all costs components required to perform the deliverables identified in the TOR, including professional fee, travel costs, living allowance (if any work is to be done outside the IC´s duty station) and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment. The contract price will be fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs.
In general, UNDP shall 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 event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.
Bid Submission Address https://etendering.partneragencies.org BU Code: FJI10 Event ID: 0000005903 If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using: Username: event.guest Password: why2change Please use the bidder’s guide for submission of proposal
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to procurement.fj@undp.org
Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
*The Fiji Office covers Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu |