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Educational Qualifications:
Key personnel should have a minimum bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Marketing, Finance or related field, and at least 3 years of relevant experience
Experience
- The firm should have at least 3 years of professional experience in the private sector in the Pacific, preferably in management consultancy, marketing, business development and consulting or related fields
- Good understanding of the country and pacific regional innovation and entrepreneurship
- ecosystem
- Key personnel should have at least 3 years of experience in leading incubation and acceleration programs
- Has successfully helped raise VC investment for at least 5 companies
- Have at least 3 years of experience in supporting the development of impact projects
- At least 2 key dedicated personnel for the assignment
- Experience in implementation of capacity development programmes, MSME sector support and community building is preferred
Language requirements
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Pacific Island languages of the countries in scope would be an asset.
Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
The consultant must send a financial proposal based on 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 fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs and as per below percentages:
- Deliverable 1 Design country specific incubation programmes: 20% of total contract amount
- Deliverable 2 Implement country specific incubation programmes: 40% of total contract amount
- Deliverable 3 Pitching event: 20% of total contract amount
- Deliverable 4 Final report: 20% of total contract amount
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.
Evaluation Method and Criteria
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology…
Cumulative analysis
The award of the contract shall 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 set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.
Technical Criteria for Evaluation (Maximum 70 points)
- Criteria 1: Key personnel should have a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Marketing, Finance or related field, and at least 5 years of relevant experience – Max 20 points
- Criteria 2: Experience in implementation of capacity building programmes, MSME sector support and community building is preferred Max 20 Points
- Criteria 3: The firm should have at least 5 years of experience in private sector in the Pacific, preferably in marketing, business consulting or related fields Max 10 points
- Criteria 4: At least 2 key dedicated personnel for the assignment Max 10 points
- Criteria 5: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Relevant Pacific Island languages an asset Max 10 Points
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Shortlisted candidates shall be called for an interview which will be used to confirm and/or adjust the technical scores awarded based on documentation submitted.
Documentation required
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:
- Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided in Annex II.
- Personal CV, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
- Technical proposal, including a) a brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment; and b) a methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.
- Financial proposal, as per template provided in Annex II. Note: National consultants must quote prices in United States Dollars (USD).
Note: Successful individual will be required to provide proof of medical insurance coverage before commencement of contract for the duration of the assignment.
Incomplete and joint proposals may not be considered. Consultants with whom there is further interest will be contacted. The successful consultant shall opt to sign an Individual Contract or a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA) through its company/employer with UNDP.
Annexes
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to Mr. Dale Kacivi – procurement.fj@undp.org/dale.kacivi@undp.org
All applications must be clearly marked with the title of consultancy and submitted by 5:00pm, 15th October 2021 (Fiji Time) online via UN Jobs website https://jobs.undp.org/ or etenderbox.pacific@undp.org