Consultant for a Study on Remittances of Migrant Workers Tender, Guinea Bissau - 25745603

Procurement Summary

Country : Guinea Bissau

Summary : Consultant for a Study on Remittances of Migrant Workers

Deadline : 23 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25745603

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Bureau du PNUD Rua Rui Djassi - CP 179, Bissau Tel: (+245) 32013 62
Guinea Bissau
Email :registry.gw@undp.org
URL :http://www.gw.undp.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultant for a Study on Remittances of Migrant Workers to Guinea-Bissau.

Duties and Responsibilities

Overall, the study aims to deepen the knowledge of the authorities of Guinea-Bissau on the evolution of transfers in Guinea-Bissau during the last 10 years and their contribution to the reduction of poverty. The study foresees the collection and processing of information / data that can be used to develop policies to improve the sector and contribute to the reduction of poverty, inequality, capacity building of recipients / beneficiaries at national and local level. In addition, the study focuses on measuring the macroeconomic impact and living conditions of women, men and children.

Specifically, the study will serve to clarify the following questions:

· The volume and types of transfers received in the last 10 years (reporting with the latest study);

· What are the characteristics (gender, age, country of residence, type of activity) of Bissau-Guinean emigrant workers;

· What are the characteristics (gender, age and area of ??residence, type of activity) of the beneficiaries and the sectors of activity at national and local level;

· What are the channels / system used and the costs to transfer the funds?

· Number of Bissau-Guinean emigrants abroad and respective host countries;

· Period of year or event for which remittances are more frequent;

· The impact and / or contribution of emigrants' transfers on the economy of Guinea-Bissau and particularly the effects on the lives of the beneficiaries and the socio-economic development of the receiving regions;

· An indication of the types of income-generating activities initiated by transfer receivers;

· The impact of migrant worker transfers on entrepreneurship, jobs, microfinance promotion and poverty reduction;

· Knowledge of the living conditions of Bissau-Guinean emigrants abroad;

· Knowledge of the flow of remittances by migrant workers (difference between sending and receiving);

· To delineate the possibilities of the facilitations for the diaspora that aims to contribute through transfer of bottom or expertise to the local development for sector;

· The recommendations coming out of this study can help the Government and all stakeholders in the development of policies to address the shortcomings in the sector.




Competencies

skills

· Good interpersonal and teamwork skills;

· Have a great ability to lead and work in a team with a real sense of human relations, therefore skills to establish effective working relationships;

· Have both oral and written communication and interview skills, including listening skills and asking participants clear questions;

· Have excellent data / information analysis, report writing and quality policy documents;

· Have a good mastery in research and studies

· Good command of computer tools and data processing.






Required Skills and Experience

Academic training

· Hold a master's degree in the fields of sociology, economics, history, law, international relations, management and / or administration or equivalent field;

· Know about the migration issue.

Professional experience

· Experience of at least 10 years working in industry studies and research;

· Experience of at least 10 years in the development of Policies and Strategies for Migrant Promotion Institutions;

· At least 10 years of proven experience in an international institution, NGO, public and / or private support of migrants;

· Have good knowledge of the macroeconomic and microeconomic environment (including the informal sector) of Guinea-Bissau and / or WAEMU zone.

Required languages

· Mastery of Portuguese;

· The usual knowledge of French is highly desirable.

Submission:

· A CV ;

· A P11 form with three reference persons with their email addresses;

· Technical proposal (with methodology);

Financial Proposal - Financial proposals will be submitted on the basis of the flat rate approach. All anticipated travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. These costs take into account all trips within the country (back and forth, expenses in place). To allow a better appreciation of the proposed lump sum, the consultant must break out its lump sum amount clearly indicating the fees provided for fees, international travel expenses and those allocated to per diems / perdiems.

Individual consultants will be evaluated using the method described below:

Combined scores

Using this weighting method, the award of the contract must be made to the individual consultant whose bid has been evaluated and retained as:

· Admissible / qualified / acceptable, and

· Having obtained the highest score according to the predefined and specific technical and financial evaluation grid for the consultation.

Percentage of technical offer: (70%)

Percentage of the financial offer: (30%)

Only candidates who have obtained the minimum score of 70% of the technical score will be considered for the financial evaluation.

criteria

· Criterion A: Education - 10pts;

· Criterion B: Experiences and skills as defined in the TORs - 25pts;

· Criterion C: Understanding of RDTs - 15pts;

· Criterion D: Methodology and Approaches - 30pts;

· Criterion E: Quality of the proposal (comprehension, structure, language and clarity) - 20pts.

Link in the UNPD Procurement notice site: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=48833

All document are attached:

· Procurement notice;

· Tor;

· P11;

· Offer submission template.

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/

UNDP is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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