Location:                                 Maseru and Home based

Application Deadline:              16 October 2019

Type of Contract:                    Individual Contract

Post Level:                              International Consultant

Languages Required:             English

Starting Date:                          28-October-2019

Duration of Initial Contract:     28-October - 2019 – 31 March 2020

Expected Duration of Assignment:     Up to 100 days over 6 Months on a Retainer Basis

Application Instruction to Bidders:     

 e-Tendering event ID: 0000004589 , https://etendering.partneragencies.org

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit you offer for the Internation Communications Consultant under the Lesotho National Dialogue and Stabilisation Project.

Detailed Terms of Reference(TORs) and Submission documents  are available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system” (https://etendering.partneragencies.org) UNDP/LSO10/Event ID: 0000004589

Your offer,should be submitted in accordance with TORs requirements, through UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system and by the deadline indicated in https://etendering.partneragencies.org

In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the system shall prevail.

Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are signed and stamped and in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE!: The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets).

 You are kindly requested to indicate whether you intend to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 16 October 2019. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records.

 If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using

•  username: event.guest
• password: why2change

The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: [email protected]  cc: [email protected]

Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password:

• Minimum length of 8 characters.
• At least on capital letter.
• At least one number.

New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed.

For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet requirement.

 Online video guidelines available on the following link:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/

 The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues with the e-tendering system.

No hard copy or email submissions will be accepted by UNDP.

 UNDP looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thanks you in advance for your interest in UNDP procurement opportunities.