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30 Jul 2021
16 Aug 2021
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Procurement Process : | IC - Individual contractor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office : | Fiji - FIJI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deadline : | 16-Aug-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted on : | 30-Jul-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development Area : | CONSULTANTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference Number : | 81372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Atlas Project : 00128348 - Kiribati trade capacity -Tier1 Phase2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documents :
Terms of Reference Confirmation of Interest Form | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overview : TERMS OF REFERENCE
Kiribati is an island republic in the Central Pacific with 811 square kilometers of land area largely in atolls and islets. The country’s population is 110,136(2015 Census). The 2018 GDP per capita income was $1681. Kiribati is Ranked position 134 in the 2020 UNDP global Human Development Index (HDI). The public sector accounts for two-thirds of formal employment and about half of GDP. Only a small proportion of total labour force depend on salaries. The rest of the population work in subsistence farming or fishing. The outer islands remain economically underdeveloped, with limited economic activities. 80% of the population from the outer island depend on income revenue from copra. Agriculture, fisheries and marine resources remain the main sources of livelihood of the community living on the outer Islands. The development of cooperatives is considered a good vehicle through which the community can generate income and improve livelihood. Cooperatives can provide a good platform to enable the community exploit opportunities in key productive sectors of the economy. Cooperatives is known to foster private sector activity and sustainable development by enhancing their capacity to add value to products in the key productive priority sectors. Strengthening performance of cooperatives can therefore support the Government in achieving development aspirations as envisaged in the Country’s 20-Year Vision Development Plan (KV20). While there is significant potential in using cooperatives as a vehicle for sustainable development, the performance of the sector in Kiribati is constrained by poor governance, attributed to outdated cooperative-related legislative framework and inadequate management capacity among others. In addition, 160 out of 200 cooperatives are copra agents, while 22 are primarily concerned with cargo and handling, with only a few in the key productive sectors related to value addition. Another key challenge is lack of a National Cooperative Policy to act as a holistic framework to guide Government towards a more sustainable development of the cooperative sector. The Trade Policy Framework (TPF) adopted by Government in 2017 recognizes the importance of the cooperatives in stimulating Inclusive trade and private sector development, given its potential impact on smallholder farmers, producers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The TPF recommends the need to develop a National Cooperative Policy in order to enhance product and export diversification, sustainability and prudent management of the cooperative sector. It is against this background that the Government of Kiribati through this consultancy seeks to address the challenges constraining the development of cooperatives through formulation of a National Cooperative Policy (NCP) and capacity development on Cooperative Development. This consultancy comes under the “Kiribati trade capacity development and institutional strengthening project Phase 2” funded by Enhanced Integrated Framework Facility. This second phase of the project commenced in July 2020. The objective is to strengthen the capacity of institutions and stakeholders to implement trade policies that support poverty reduction, inclusive economic growth, equitable sustainable development and wealthy economy in line with the Government’s 20-Year Vision development plan (KV20) 2016-2036). As part of the project, UNDP, as the Main Implementing Entity, is seeking the services of a qualified consultant with expertise and experience on policy and institutional issues related to Cooperative development and management to formulate Kiribati National Cooperative Policy (NCP) and undertake a 2-day training on Cooperative development
The primary objective of the assignment is to formulate a NCP and to implement a Trainer of Trainer capacity development programme on Cooperative Development. The strategy is expected to provide a holistic and coherent approach, with key recommendations on policies to be implemented in order to create a more conducive environment for cooperatives to expand and diversify their activities. The policy is expected to improve governance, enhance production, value addition and marketing capacities of cooperatives. The assignment will start with the examination of the overall macro-economic environment in which the NCP is being formulated. This will involve analysis of socio-economic setting, status of cooperatives in Kiribati and national development strategic framework. Further analysis should look into the contribution of the cooperative sector to key development sectors including trade and business development. The consultant is expected to analyse the level of women participation and engagement in cooperatives development, type of economic activities and employment in the cooperative sector and make policy recommendations. The consultant is required to further undertake the following specific key tasks:
The project will be implemented in Kiribati and consultation will be undertaken in Tarawa.
The consultant is required to produce the following outputs:
All the activities are expected to be completed in a 4 months’ period.
Fluency of English language is required.
The proposal will be evaluated using the cumulative analysis method with a split of 70% and 30% financial scoring. The proposal with the highest cumulative scoring will be awarded the contract. Applications will be evaluated technically and points are attributed based on how well the proposal meets the requirements of the Terms of Reference using the guidelines detailed in the table below:
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the Technical Evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation. Interviews may be conducted as part of technical assessment for shortlisted proposals. The final evaluation method will be based on a cumulative analysis of both the technical and financial proposals. When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
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:
Consultant must send a financial proposal based on a 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, and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the LC 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. 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. Annexes
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to Mr. Dale Kacivi - [email protected]/[email protected] All applications must be clearly marked with the title of consultancy and submitted by 5:00pm, 16th August 2021, 5pm (Fiji Time) online via UN Jobs website https://jobs.undp.org/ or [email protected] |
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