MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT has floated a tender for Individual Consultants for Compact Close-Out Consultant. The project location is Liberia and the tender is closing on 17 May 2019. The tender notice number is 4A1508/CA/005, while the TOT Ref Number is 32836861. 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 : Individual Consultants for Compact Close-Out Consultant

Deadline : 17 May 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32836861

Document Ref. No. : 4A1508/CA/005

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 Individual Consultants for MCA-Liberia Compact Close-Out Consultant.

LETTER OF INVITATION

Selection of Individual Consultants for MCA-Liberia Compact Close-Out Consultant

Country: Liberia
City/Locality: Monrovia
Ref# Number: 4A1508/CA/005
Contract Name: “Selection of Individual Consultants for MCA-Liberia Compact Close-Out Consultant”
Project Name: Program Management and Administration
Funding Agency: Millennium Challenge Corporation
Buyer: Millennium Challenge Account – Liberia (MCA-Liberia)


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 this 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 for MCA-Liberia Compact Close-Out Consultant. 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 base period of seven (7) months and option period of fifteen (15) 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 this Letter of Invitation (LOI) under Item 2 (Terms of Reference) below. Among other requirements, the qualifications for the Individual Consultant to be considered include:

a) A Master’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, or a development related field;
b) At least five (5) years demonstrated experience in similar assignments, at least three (3) of which shall be in developing countries;
c) Excellent writing skills (English); Demonstrable analytic and synthetic skills are essential (examples of written analysis and reports should be available);
d) Experience in quality assurance, drafting and finalizing of Project completion reports, Performance Evaluation reports, or similar reports;
e) Demonstrable experience of providing a critical analysis of the program/projects progress, logical frameworks and results frameworks of development programs, particularly with regard to the logic and coherence between different level results;
f) Strong organizational, project, and time management skills and capacity to work across multiple institutions and stakeholders; and
g) Very good knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and methodologies.
h) Previous experience in developing similar plans with a strong preference for experience in successfully developing closure plans that involve MCC Funding;
i) Demonstrated ability to work with government officials, donor organizations, and/or development organizations;
j) Demonstrated ability to work in multicultural teams;
k) Availability to participate in the Program Closure Workshop in Monrovia, Liberia, scheduled for early to mid-July 2019, will be a selection consideration.
l) Fluency in the English language (oral and written) is required. Sample of written work may be requested.
m) Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
n) Competence in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs (MS Project an advantage).

2. Application Procedure:

Consultants should register their interest by sending an e-mail (with subject: MCA-Liberia Compact Close-Out Consultant) 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 regarding the LOI.

3. Interested Individual Consultants are requested to submit their Applications and CVs, using the form of CV provided for this purpose in this LOI.

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 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm. The Client shall be obliged to respond by May 10, 2019.

7. Application with current CV shall be submitted to the address below no later than May 17, 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