MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT has floated a tender for Consultants Technical Assistance to Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection (MGCSP) and Implementing Entities (IEs). The project location is Liberia and the tender is closing on 28 May 2019. The tender notice number is 4A1506/EP/024, while the TOT Ref Number is 32893953. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Liberia

Summary : Consultants Technical Assistance to Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection (MGCSP) and Implementing Entities (IEs)

Deadline : 28 May 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32893953

Document Ref. No. : 4A1506/EP/024

Competition : ICB

Financier : Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT
Jacob N.W. Slewion, Sr. Procurement Lead F & F Building, Ground & 1st Floors UN Drive, Coconut Plantation Monrovia Telephone: +231 7701 44444
Liberia
Email :mcaliberiapa@cardno.com
URL :www.mca.gov.lr

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultants Technical Assistance to Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection (MGCSP) and Implementing Entities (IEs).

The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Liberia (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Liberia (the “Compact”) in the amount of approximately Two Hundred Fifty Six Million Seven Hundred Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars (US $ 256, 726, 000) (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account - Liberia (the “MCA - Entity”), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which the Letter of Invitation (“LOI”) is issued.

The goal of the Compact is to reduce poverty through economic growth. Specifically, the Compact seeks to address two binding constraints to economic growth currently existing in Liberia:

a) lack of access to reliable and affordable electricity, and,
b) inadequate road infrastructure.

The Letter of Invitation, follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared in dgMarket on February 7, 2019, UNDB Online on February 13, 2019, local newspapers: The Inquirer on February 13 and 14, 2019, Independent Probe on February 15, 2019, and MCA-Liberia Website (www.mca.gov.lr).

1. Summary of Services:
The MCA-Liberia now invites applications from eligible Individual Consultants to provide Technical Assistance to Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection (MGCSP) and Implementing Entities (IEs). This requirement is only for individual consultants. Submissions from consulting firms will not be accepted. Individual consultants are also not allowed to subcontract any part of this work to other individuals or firms.

Location and Duration. The location of the assignment is Monrovia, Liberia. The assignment is for a period of approximately twelve (12) months.

The required qualifications for the Individual Consultant to be considered are indicated in the Terms of Reference (“TOR”). Please refer to the detailed TOR included in the Letter of Invitation (LOI) under Item 2 (Terms of Reference). Among other requirements, the qualifications for the Individual Consultant to be considered include:

a) At least 7 years of progressive responsibility in social inclusion and gender mainstreaming in organizations, with a focus on service delivery for the poor;

b) An accredited University Graduate Degree (Masters or PhD) in one of the following fields: Anthropology, Sociology, Public Administration, or other relevant degree in social sciences;

c) Have significant experience (at least 5 years) working on the development and implementation of social and gender strategies and action plans for utility institutions, and in /capacity needs assessment and poverty assessment identification and targeting;

d) Have significant experience (at least 7 years) working on pro-poor and gender-sensitive policy development and implementation in low-income countries;

e) Overall experience in the electricity sector desirable; experience with gender audits desirable. Strong English skills required.

2. Application Procedure:
Consultants should register their interest by sending an e-mail (with subject: Technical Assistance for Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection (MGCSP) and Implementing Entities (IEs)) to the Procurement Agent at MCALiberiaPA@cardno.com, giving their full contact details. This will ensure that the Consultants receive a copy of the LOI and any updates.

3. Interested Individual Consultants are requested to submit their Applications and CVs, using the form of CV provided for this purpose in the LOI. All documents submitted must be in English and in a format that cannot be altered (pdf format is preferred). Any application which is not submitted in English, or is not accompanied by a certified translation, will be rejected.

4. Selection Procedure:
The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures for selection of Individual Consultants set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (P1.B.3.10) which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to contract award. The Consultant may also be interviewed either in person or electronically via Skype or WebEx.

5. The selection process comprises two stages: The Individual Consultant having the highest technical score will be invited to submit a financial proposal (e.g fees and reimbursable expenses). Contract award is subject to a price reasonableness analysis. Should negotiations fail with the selected Individual Consultant, negotiations will be initiated with the other Consultant that submitted responsive application, in the descending order of their technical scores.

6. Interested Individual Consultants may request clarification regarding this requirement no later than: May 15, 2019 at 5:00 pm. The Client shall be obliged to respond by May 21, 2019.

7. Application with current CV shall be submitted to the address below no later than May 28, 2019 at 5:00 pm, Liberia local time. Applications should be submitted by email to:

MCA-Liberia Procurement Agent
Email: MCALiberiaPA@cardno.com

8. MCA-Liberia is not bound to accept any of the applications submitted and may cancel the selection process at any time without providing any justification to the Consultants.

Documents

 Tender Notice