I. Academic Qualifications:
- Postgraduate degree or equivalent education in ecosystems and biodiversity, natural resources and/or environment related discipline;
- Experience and skills in facilitation or multi-stakeholder workshops and broad-based consultative processes;
- Previous experience of working with International Organisations and ideally on the development of GEF
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English;
II. Years of experience:
- At least 7 years experience in project design in developing countries
Requirements for submission of applications:
All interested and qualified candidates should apply on-line through the UNDP website at http://www.undplao.org/vacancies/procurementnotice.php or http://jobs.undp.org/ UNDP Lao PDR will only accept applications submitted on-line. Documents to be included when submitting the proposals: Documents to be included when submitting the proposals: Documents to be included when submitting the proposals: or Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
1) Proposal:
(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable);
2) CV including past experience in similar project and at least 3 references;
3) Detailed financial proposal: Lump sum offer with clear cost breakdown (international travel, consultancy fee and per diem).
Note: 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 installments 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, per diems, and number of anticipated working days). All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. UNDP accept travel costs not exceeding of an economy class ticket.
Instructions for on-line submissions:
Step 1: Please prepare all required documents electronically;
Step 2: Combine all documents in ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF however Word formats can be also accepted) and upload to the UNDP Jobs using the link above;
Step 3: After that you will receive an auto reply from the UNDP jobs if it was received successfully.
Evaluation of Proposals.
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:
A. Cumulative analysis
The award of the contract will 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 weight; [ 0.7]
* Financial Criteria weight; [ 0.3]
Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 70 points. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 point will be considered for the Financial Evaluation. Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 30 points
Technical Evaluation Form -1
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Points
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Name of Consultant
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Max 70
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1.1 At least 5 years experience in ecosystem and water resources management in Lao or Mekong region
None or no relevance - 0
Ecosystems – 10
Ecosystems and water resources – 20
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20
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1.2 Appropriate higher degree qualifications
None or no relevance - 0
Bachelor degree - 5
Master degree - 10
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10
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1.3 Project design experience for development projects in the natural resources sector
None - 0
5 years - 10
5 years including experience with GEF projects - 20
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20
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1.4 Proven experience in Climate Change Adaptation
None: - 0
Climate Change: - 10
Climate Change adaptation: 20
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20
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Sub-total for Technical Evaluation
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70
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Note: Any request for clarification must be sent in writing to the following e-mail diyer.rasulov@undp.org UNDP Lao PDR will respond in writing by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. The copies of the response will be also placed on our web-site at http://www.undplao.org/vacancies/procurementnotice.php and linked to the current Procurement Notice. All interested candidates are encouraged to visit the above web-site for updates. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more detailed information about UNDP Lao PDR please visit our website at http://www.undplao.org
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