Individual consultant-Policy Development Analyst (NSDS) – Dhaka

            Education

The incumbent should have a Bachelor’s degree in the field of Business administration/Economics or any other relevant disciplines.
       
           Experience:

Expected outputs/deliverables:

Supervision and Performance Evaluation:

The assignment will be supervised by the Project Manager of the SPPS Programme for the tasks.

Timeframe and Deliverables:

This assignment will require approximately 105 days spread over a duration of 07 months (28th November 2022 to 30th June 2023).

INPUTS:

Duration of the Work: Not more than 105 days spread over a duration of 07 month.

Duty Station: The selected candidate will be home based with several brainstorming and sharing meetings with PD, NPD, Project Manager of SPPS Programme in the Dhaka Office.

Travel and DSA:

No DSA will be paid at the duty station. If unforeseen travel outside the duty station not required by the Terms of Reference is requested by UNDP, and upon prior agreement/approval, such travel shall be UNDP’s expenses and the individual contractor shall receive a per-diem not to exceed United Nations daily subsistence allowance rate in such other location(s).

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 be 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-

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. Lodging, meals and transport cost for field visit related to this assignment will be paid by the project as per UN standard.

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.

Contracts based on daily fees:

Payments will be made to the Individual Consultant based on the delivery of agreed-upon deliverables, verified by the Project Manager of SPPS.

Evaluation of the Candidates:

Individual Consultant will be evaluated based on the following methodologies: Preliminary Evaluation:

Prior to the technical evaluation all proposals will be screened based on the eligibility criteria mentioned in the table below. To be eligible for technical evaluation a proposal must meet both the criteria. Any proposal not meeting either of these criteria will be rejected from the evaluation. There is no scoring in this stage and screening will be done pass/fail basis.

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual Consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

– responsive/compliant/acceptable, and

– Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined 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 70% point in technical criteria would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Evaluation Criteria (Total 70 marks)

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Financial Evaluation: (Total obtainable score – 30)

All technically qualified proposals will be scored out 30 based on the formula provided below. The maximum points (30) will be assigned to the lowest financial proposal. All other proposals receive points according to the following formula:

p = y (µ/z)

Where:

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

Recommended Presentation of Offer

Interested individuals must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications.

1. Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP.
2. Personal CV or P11, 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.
3. Technical Proposal/Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself the most suitable for the assignment and a work plan on how he/she will approach and complete the assignment.

1. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. Note: National Consultants must quote prices in BDT.

Incomplete proposals may not be considered. Annexes

Applicants are requested to submit their financial proposal using the template from the below link;

Template-Confirmation of Interest and Availability with Financial Offer

This contract does not carry any expectation of any future engagement by UNDP.