Recruitment of a Firm for Gender Policy Development in Education and Institutional... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Cote d'Ivoire

Summary : Recruitment of a Firm for Gender Policy Development in Education and Institutional Strengthening for the Ministry

Deadline : 15 Oct 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26612478

Document Ref. No. : CNPC/Consult/QCBS/016

Competition : ICB

Financier : Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MINISTÈRE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE ET DE LA FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE (MENETFP)
Procurement Agent Résidence Tropique 3, Angle Rue 148 Jesse Owens et Blvd de la République (Hôtel Tiama) - 8ième Etage, Apt.D32 Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire
URL :http://www.cnpc-mcc.ci

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Recruitment of a Firm for Gender Policy Development in Education and Institutional Strengthening for the Ministry of National Education of Technical Education and Vocational Training (MENETFP).

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Recruitment of a Firm for Gender Policy Development in Education and Institutional Strengthening for the Ministry of National Education of Technical Education and Vocational Training (MENETFP)
General Information
Country Ivory Coast
Town Abidjan
Project Skills Project
Reference: CNPC / Consult / QCBS / 016
Submission Deadline October 15th, 2018; 1pm Abidjan time.

Source of financing Millennium Challenge Corporation
Buyer Millennium Challenge Account-Ivory Coast / CNPC

Information Contacts:
National Coordination of the Compact Program Côte d'Ivoire-MCC
Att: Procurement Agent
Tropic III, Corner Street 148 Jesse Owens and Blvd of the Republic
(Front Tiama Hotel), 3rd floor, Apt. D32, Abidjan-Plateau, Ivory Coast
Email: MCACotedIvoirePA@cardno.com
Website: www.cnpc-mcc.ci

1. The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire (the “Government” or “GoCI”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Cote d'Ivoire (the “Compact”) in the amount of approximately US$ 524.7 million (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through MCA-Cote d’Ivoire/CNPC (the “MCA Entity”), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is issued. Any payments made by the MCA Entity under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov) and on the CNPC website (www.cnpc-mcc.ci).

2. The Compact program includes two (2) projects:
The Skills for Employability and Productivity Project (Skills Project) which aims to improve the employability of Ivoirians and enhance the productivity of the private sector by improving the quality and relevance of, and access to, basic and technical skills in response to private sector demand;
The Abidjan Transport Project (Transport Project) aims to increase the competitiveness of Abidjan as the country’s growth pole by improving the mobility of goods and people. The Transport Project will include infrastructure and institutional strengthening investments designed to improve traffic fluidity and decongest a central corridor of the city linking the Port of Abidjan to points north, west and east.

3. This Request for Proposals falls under the «Skills Project».

4. The objectives of this RFP are to assist the MENETFP in: (i) creating and making operational a Gender Action Unit (GAU, (ii) devising a gender policy and an implementation plan spanning 5 years, (iii) developing and implementing a priority action plan and (iv) training the members of the Gender Action Unit and other participating entities. The conception and enactment of these actions during the Compact implementation period would reduce gender inequalities related to access, improvement and better school results in the Ivorian educational system.

5. A Consultant will be selected under the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS), the evaluation procedure for which is described in sections of the RFP in accordance with “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” which are provided on the MCC website www.mcc.gov. The selection process, as described, includes the verification of consultants’ qualifications and past performances, as well as the verification of references before the contract award.

6. Consultants interested in receiving the RFP document including the Letter of Invitation and the Terms of Reference should register their interest by sending an e-mail, giving full contact details of the Consultant, to MCACotedIvoirePA@cardno.com.

7. A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on September 17th, 2018 at 14:00pm Abidjan time by web conference using Zoom (www.zoom.us). Consultants who request the RFP will be sent the RFP and the weblink to attend the web conference.

8. MCA-Cote d’Ivoire/CNPC is not bound to accept any proposal and reserves the right to annul the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) process, at any time prior to Contract award without thereby incurring any liability to any Consultant.

9. The closing date and time for receipt of proposals is October 15th, 2018, at 1 pm, Abidjan time at the address indicated above.
10. Clarifications may be requested by e-mail at the addresses indicated above.




Mrs. Aïda Alassane N'DIAYE-RIDDICK
National Coordinator of the Ivory Coast CNPC-MCC Compact Program

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