Structural Engineer
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
UNDP Pacific - FIJI
Deadline
07-Jul-20
Published on
22-Jun-20
Reference Number
67166
Documents
Annex 1 ToR_Jun 20Annex 2_General Conditions of Contract
Annex 3 Letter Confirming Interest and Availability
Procurement Notice Structural Engineer
Overview
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Date: June 23, 2020
REF No.: PN/FJI/061/20
Country: Fiji
Description of the assignment: International Consultant on structural engineering to support construction activities in FSM and RMI.
Project name: Enhancing Disaster and Climate Resilience in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) through Improved Disaster Preparedness and Infrastructure (EDCR Project), UNDP Pacific Office
Period of assignment/services (if applicable):
45 working days (within the period of July – October 2020 in the country of residence of Consultant
Application Process:
Interested candidates need to apply online at www.jobs.undp.org and upload requested documents (Technical Proposal/Methodology, CV/P11 form, Offeror’s Letter of confirmation and Financial Proposal) in Part 6 of Procurement Notice no later than end of July 7, 2020 (New York time). Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged to your email address provided in application. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary.
UNDP Job Site – https://jobs-admin.undp.org/cj_job_edit.cfm
(cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work).
Application submitted via email, incomplete applications or received after the closing date (July 7, 2020) will not be given consideration.
Failure to submit the Financial Proposal by the deadline or without reference to the subject above will result in disqualification.
For more detailed information about UNDP Pacific please visit our website at http://www.pacific.undp.org/ UNDP is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates, people with disabilities, and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. UNDP Balance in Manage Policy promotes achievement of gender balance among its staff at all levels.
Requests for clarification must be sent in writing to akmaljon.topivoldiev@undp.org, ensuring that the reference number above is included in the subject line. UNDP shall endeavor to provide such responses to clarifications in an expeditious manner, but any delay in such response shall not cause an obligation on the part of UNDP to extend the submission date of the Proposals, unless UNDP deems that such an extension is justified and necessary.
1. BACKGROUND
The project aims to improve the capacity for preparedness and mitigation to man-made, geo-physical and climate- related hazards and to climate change impact. This initiative will be implemented in three countries: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Palau. The project will respond to Outcome 1 of the UN Pacific Strategy 2018 – 2022: By 2022, people and ecosystems in the Pacific are more resilient to the impacts of climate change, climate variability and disasters; and environmental protection is strengthened. The cooperation with the Government of Japan will contribute to achieving the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, elimination of threat to human security and protect gains of sustainable development. It is in line with the Japan Country Assistance Policy in these three countries and the priority areas: 1) Overcoming Vulnerability and 2) Environment and Climate Change. In line with the overall outcome, the overall project goal is to effectively address the consequences of, and responses to, geo-physical and climate-related hazards to protect lives, sustain livelihoods, preserve the environment and safeguard the economy. The outcome will be achieved through 3 expected outputs:
The project will be implemented by the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji under the UNDP Direct Implementation Modality (DIM) and will be part of the Resilient and Sustainable Development team. The project includes the following civil work-related activities:
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2. FUNCTIONS/ SCOPE OF WORK
The Consultant will work for home-based from July to October 2020. S/he will report to the UNDP Project Manager and will perform the following functions:
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3. DELIVERABLES AND DEADLINES
This is a lump sum that should include costs (honorarium, travel, DSA, visa, etc.) of consultancy required to produce the above deliverables.
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4. LOCATION OF WORK
Based on desk work in home-country of residence of Consultant, no travel is assumed.
5. REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
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6. DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS.
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
UNDP is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates, people with disabilities, and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. UNDP Balance in Manage Policy promotes achievement of gender balance among its staff at all levels. |
7. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount. Payment will be made in lump sum in installments upon completion of the tasks/works indicated in the TOR and their acceptance by the Project Manager as well as submission of payment documents (PEF, CFP etc.). 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 including visa cost. In general, UNDP does 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. |
8. EVALUATION
Evaluation of the offers will be arranged according to Cumulative analysis. The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: a) responsive/compliant/acceptable b) having received the highest score out of the set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. * Technical Criteria weight – 70% * Financial Criteria weight – 30% Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points for the Technical Criteria will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
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9. ANNEXES
ANNEX 1- TERMS OF REFERENCES (TOR)
ANNEX 2- INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ANNEX 3 - OFFEROR’S LETTER TO UNDP CONFIRMING INTEREST AND AVAILABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR (IC) ASSIGNMENT INCLUDING FINANCIAL SUBMISSION FORM (BREAKDOWN OF COSTS SUPPORTING THE ALL-INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL)