Education:
- Master degree or PHD in related fields such as Renewable Energy, Energy, electrical or electromechanical Engineering, etc.
Experience:
- A minimum 10 years of international experience in the areas of energy development plans and studies focusing on renewable energy and sustainable development;
- International experience in the preparation of energy strategies, policies, plans, and feasibility studies;
- Experience in the Middle East region and the West Bank and Gaza would be an asset;
- Experience in the development of national or regional energy strategies, plans the projects focused on economic development through providing evidence-based policy advice;
- Documented experience in the development of such studies and Programmes;
- Experience in formulating Energy development strategies and policies.
Language:
- Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills in English.
Documents comprising the Technical Proposal / Documents required for application
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information, which comprises the Technical Proposal:
- Provide personal CV including all qualifications and past experience in similar projects;
- Submit at least two (2) up-to-date recommendation letters;
- Explain why you are the most suitable for the work;
- Provide a brief methodology and/or work-plan on how you will approach and conduct the work; and
- Submit sample report/project document or relevant deliverables;
- Completed financial proposal form, found under Annex III.
Evaluation Process
Preliminary examination
UNDP/PAPP will examine the Proposals to determine whether they are complete, and whether they are substantially responsive to the qualification and experience minimum requirements. A Proposal determined as not substantially responsive will be rejected by UNDP/PAPP and may not subsequently be made responsive by the Applicant by correction of the non-conformity.
Detailed examination
A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposals prior to any financial proposal being opened and compared.
The technical proposals are evaluated on the basis of its responsiveness to the Terms of Reference (TOR).
Below please find the evaluation form for the technical proposals. The obtainable number of points specified for each evaluation criterion indicates the relative significance of weight of the item in the overall evaluation process.
Evaluation Criteria
Level of Expertise (50 points)
- Experience in specific field (five to ten) 10 points;
- Experience in similar projects of comparable size, complexity and technical specialty (< two projects – 5;two to four projects – 10; > five projects – 20 points);
- Experience in the region and developing countries under comparable conditions (1 to 2 countries – 5;3 to 5 – 8; > 6 countries – 10 points);
- Specialized training in alternative energy(5 points);
- Experience and/or knowledge of/in UNDP or UN projects (1 to 2 years – 5; 3 to 5 – 8; > 6 yrs – 5 points).
Proposed Methodology (40 points):
- To what degree does the applicant understand the task? Have the important aspects of the task been addressed? Is the scope of task well defined and does it correspond to the TOR? Is the conceptual framework adopted appropriate for the task? (20 points);
- Is the presentation of the work-plan clear and is the sequence of activities and the planning logical, realistic and promise efficient implementation to the project? (20 points).
Reputation/Credibility (10 points):
Quality of sample report
Total Obtainable Points =100
In the Second Stage, UNDP/PAPP will open and compare the Financial Proposals received from applicants who attained the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the evaluation of the technical proposals.
Financial Proposal
Your financial offer in USD shall specify a lump sum figure all inclusive, and shall take into account various expenses incurred during the contract period and shall form the amount of the resulted contract between the winning Consultant and UNDP. No other entitlements will be considered after submission of financial proposals.
The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days, all envisaged travel (such as but not limited to all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel), per diems/daily allowances). Fee Breakdown should be attached under a separate sheet.
Candidate is requested to submit the quotation on or before 15 December 2014 (Jerusalem Time). Submissions should be made either via/to e-mail address: quotation.papp@undp.org or to Fax No. 02-6268257 (If will be sent thru Email: File/Email size should not exceed 5 MB in a single email - quotation could be send by multiple emails as needed). Any submission of the financial proposal via any other mean will cause the whole application from the candidate to be rejected and disregarded.
Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR.
Award of Individual Contract
The procuring UNDP entity reserves the right to accept or reject any Proposal, and to annul the solicitation process and reject all Proposals at any time prior to award of contract, without incurring any liability to the affected applicant or any obligation to inform the affected applicant or applicants of the ground for the UNDP’s action.
The UNDP procuring entity will award the Individual Contract to the First Lowest Technically Responsive Candidate.
This IC is subject to Individual Consultant General Terms and Conditions available on http://jobs.undp.ps/
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