Consultancy for National Consultant – UNDP Country Programme Papua New Guinea Evaluation IC/PNG/039-2021
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
UNDP Papua New Guinea, Country Office - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Deadline
24-Sep-21
Published on
10-Sep-21
Reference Number
83104
Documents
Terms of ReferenceIC Offerors Letter Confirming Interest and Availability Form
P11 ICs Form
Overview
Location: | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of Contract: | National Consultant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project: | UNDP Country Programme Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Languages Required: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starting Date: | October 2021 to December 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration of Initial Contract: | 48 working days Background
UNDP Country Programme (CP) (2018-2022) for Papua New Guinea focuses on three pillars: Peace: promoting inclusive governance, justice and peace; Prosperity: inclusive and sustainable growth; Planet: sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity conservation, strengthened climate and disaster resilience. Throughout its programming, UNDP prioritizes those who are affected by and vulnerable to crisis, poverty, and climate change especially rural communities, as well as fighting gender-based violence and targeting women and other vulnerable populations for skills development and access to basic services to combat high rates of gender inequality. The Country Programme (CP) evaluation will focus on the formal UNDP country programme approved by the Executive Board. The scope of the CP evaluation includes the entirety of UNDP’s activities at the outcome and output levels from 2018 to date. The evaluation covers interventions funded by all sources, including core UNDP resources, donor funds and government funds (non-core resources). In this end-of-cycle evaluation, a special focus will be given to assess contributions made toward Gender mainstreaming, youth inclusion, women empowerment and human rights. The end-of-cycle evaluation will be forward-looking whereby drawing lessons from the current CP and proposing recommendations for the next CP (2023-2027). The evaluation is expected to use a variety of data sources, primary, secondary, qualitative, quantitative, etc. to be extracted through surveys, storytelling, focus group discussions, face to face interviews, participatory methods, desk reviews, etc. conducted with a variety of partners. A transparent and participatory multi-stakeholder approach should be followed for data collection from government partners, community members, private sector, UN agencies, multilateral organizations, etc.
Objectives:
This evaluation will assess UNDP's contribution and performance in supporting the national development and priorities under the approved Country Programme Document (CPD). The evaluation will serve as an important accountability function, providing national stakeholders and partners in Papua New Guinea with an impartial assessment of the results of UNDP support. Besides providing evidence of the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the current programme, this end-of-cycle evaluation, considering results of previous CP (2013-2017) and recommendations of Assessment of Development Results (ADR) 2016, will also assess impact of current CP which will greatly facilitate identifying lessons learnt and providing guidance in the development of new CP (2023-2027). Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will support the Team Leader by providing knowledge of the development context in Papua New Guinea. The consultant must be well aware of Papua New Guinea cultural context and working with different government institutions. S/he will collect all relevant documents and reports needed for the review. S/he will support the team leader and international evaluators in coordinating with UNDP, government partners and other stakeholders. S/he will play a crucial role in organizing meetings, workshops, interviews, consultations during the field missions. S/he will facilitate in data synthesis, data coding, presentation of data/infographics, draft some parts of the report as assigned by the team leader and international evaluators. The consultant will advise the Team Leader and international evaluators on relevant aspects of the local context where the projects have operated
Under the supervision of Evaluation Team Leader, s/he has responsibilities as follows:
Deliverables Payments will be made against the following reporting schedule and subject to submission of a timesheet.
Reporting and Payment Terms
The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the International Evaluation Consultant. Submission of specific deliverables will be completed in accordance with the above schedule unless revised timelines are mutually agreed by UNDP and the Consultant. Acceptance of deliverables will be determined by the International Evaluation Consultant. Milestone payments will be made upon submission and acceptance of specific deliverables.
Resources Provided
The consultant must be equipped with a fully-functional laptop, which must run at least Windows 7. The consultant must be reasonably accessible by email and telephone (preferably mobile). The use of reliable, internet-based telecommunications application software (Zoom, MS Teams or equivalent) is required.
Education and experience
Corporate Competencies
Functional Competencies
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: 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 weighting; 70% * Financial Criteria weighting; 30% 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 for shortlisted proposals.
Documents to be included when submitting Consultancy Proposals The following documents may be requested;
The P11 form and Template for confirming availability and interest is available under the procurement section of UNDP PNG website (www.pg.undp.org ). 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 instalments 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, living expenses, and number of anticipated working days). Duty Station The duty station for this consultant is Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. 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 reimburse. Submission Instructions
Completed proposals should be submitted to procurement.png@undp.org , no later than 24th September. For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to procurement.pg@undp.org Please be guided by the instructions provided in this document above while preparing your submission. Incomplete proposals and failure to comply with proposal submission instruction may not be considered or may result in disqualification of proposal. UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thank you in advance for your interest in UNDP procurement opportunities. |