| Overview : UNDP Vietnam is seeking for 03 National Consultants to work on policy reform options to increase the inclusivity and responsiveness of Viet Nam’s social assistance system (Ref: T210601) Overall objective: The proposed research supports Viet Nam’s efforts to transform the country’s social assistance system to make it more inclusive and shock-responsive, to achieve the SDGs.
Concrete objectives of the study include:
• Estimates of the costs and impact of various reform proposals on the incidence of poverty, government expenditure and the macroeconomy, including direct and administrative costs;
• A simulation of the impact of various reform proposals on the incidence of poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic to gauge the extent to which reform programs would make the system more responsive to external shocks;
• Integrated and comprehensive estimates of the impact on reform programs implemented together, and their interactions with regards to the incidence of poverty, cost, and economic effects; • Policy recommendations/options for making Viet Nam’s social assistance system more inclusive and shock-responsive.
Procurement Notice with enclosed TOR and evaluation criteria are in the attached files. Interested offerors are invited to submit CVs, financial proposals and other information following guidance in the Procurement Notice to: Procurement Unit UNDP Viet Nam 304 Kim Ma, Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tel: (+84 24) 38500100 Direct: (+84 24) 38500195/ 0377397439 Email: luu.thi.trang@undp.org with notification by email (without attachment) to: procurement.vn@undp.org that the bidder has submitted proposal. UNDP will not be responsible for the missing of proposal if the bidder does not send notification email to above address. Deadline for submission: 12.00 hrs., noon 10 June 2021 (Hanoi time) | 
