Academic Qualification
- Minimum Master’s degree (or equivalent) or Undergraduate in development, planning, public finance, development finance, public administration, social policy, economics, business administration or related fields.
Professional Experience
- Minimum 3 years of relevant Master’s degree experience or 7 years of relevant undergraduate experience in development planning, public finance, public administration, social policy, economics.
Language requirement:
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) required.
Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
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:
Deliverables/ Outputs |
Estimated Duration to Complete |
Target Due Dates |
Review and Approvals Required (Indicate designation of person who will review output and confirm acceptance) |
Comprehensive analysis report for covering Key outputs 1,2,3 & 4 |
30 |
End of January 2022 |
UNDP |
SIIFF Communications Strategy |
20 |
End of December 2021 |
UNDP |
SIIFF Annual Forum Report |
20 |
End of March 2022 |
UNDP |
SIIFF Steering Committee Meeting Minutes or Summary Report |
20 |
End of April 2022 |
UNDP |
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: Relevance of Education – Max 5 points
- Criteria 2: Relevance of language and Key competencies – Max 5 Points
- Criteria 3: Relevance of experience in national planning – Max 25 points
- Criteria 4: Relevance of experience in public finance and Monitoring and Evaluation – Max 20 points
- Criteria 5: Quality of Assessment of approach/methodology to assignment – Max 15 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;
- 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.
Submission
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, 2nd December 2021 (Fiji Time) online via UN Jobs website https://jobs.undp.org/ or etenderbox.pacific@undp.org