The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Individual Consultant Procurement Notice (IC) for the above-referenced subject. 

The RBLAC SDG and Development Policy Team is responsible of the implementation process of the recommendations of the RHDR, through the production of analytical content to support decision-making in the region. This includes the production of research using microeconomic data, and the dissemination of results in different publication outlets to target different audiences, including the periodic publication of the RHDR for Latin America and the Caribbean. 

To strengthen the capacity of its SDGs and Development Policy Team, the UNDP Regional Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean wants to hire a consultant who will be engaged in the production of policyoriented research, contribute to new  publications, and provide support the work of Country Offices. The consultant will be working together with other team members under the lead of the RBLAC Chief Economist.

This IC includes the following documents:

File 1: Invitation Document

           • Annex I: Terms of Reference

           • Annex II: Offeror´s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) Assignment

           • Annex III: Statement of Health Form

           • Annex IV: Designation of Beneficiary for IC Contract

           • Annex V: Model of Contract for the Services of an Individual Contractor and General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of                            Individual Contractors

           • Annex VI: Evaluation Matrix

        File 2: Application Form: Annex 2, Annex 3 and Annex 4. 

We kindly invite you to submit your offer for the Economic Research Consultant, as detailed in Annex 1 of this Individual Contract Procurement Notice; when preparing your offer, please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, Annex 3 and Annex 4.

Quotations may be submitted on or before March 1, 2022 at 15:00 p.m., time of the Republic of Panama via e-mail to the following address with subject line as follows:

Subject Line: 19477-2022 – Economic Research Consultant

Email:  procurement.rblac.regionalhub@undp.org

The procedures for the acquisition of services will be the ones indicated by the United Nations Development Program.

This process is directed only to one individual.  Any proposal received by more than two individuals jointly or legal entity will be rejected.  Likewise, all the proposals from consultants involved in the elaboration of the present Terms of Reference will be rejected.