Background
Those who have applied earlier need not re-apply.
This is the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the UNDP-GEF Midterm Review (MTR) of the full sized project titled Market Development & Promotion of Solar Concentrators for Process Heat Applications in India (PIMS 4284) implemented through the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), which is to be undertaken in 2014. The project started on the 28th March 2012 and is in its third year of implementation. In line with the UNDP-GEF Guidance on MTRs, this MTR process was initiated before the submission of the second Project Implementation Report (PIR). This ToR sets out the expectations for this MTR. The MTR process must follow the guidance outlined in the document Guidance For Conducting Midterm Reviews of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects link http://gef.undp.org/uploads/H-Jk1_dCXqGqaPG4BlccvA/Guidance_for_Conducting_Midterm_Reviews_of_UNDP-Supported_GEF-Financed_Projects_Final_June_2014.pdf.
The industrial sector is the second largest energy intensive sector in India accounting for about 37% of the total consumption. Process heat applications in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, metal plating, food processing, textiles and dairy require significant amount of heat in the low – medium temperature range of 90 to 250° C. They currently use fossil fuels such as furnace oil, diesel, coal, biomass and electricity for their energy needs. The process heat needs can be met with Concentrating Solar Heat (CSH) systems along with suitable process integration and heat storage.
The UNP-GEF-MNRE CSH project objective is to increase the use and promotion of CSH systems for low and medium temperature process heat applications. It aims to complement the efforts of MNRE to promote the use of Solar Concentrators for process heat applications by overcoming existing barriers in technology, awareness, capacity, market and financial. The overall project objective is to reduce the CO2 emission reductions by 32,900 tCO2 through technical support for setting up of demonstration and replication projects cumulating to 45,000 sq m of collector area. The project interventions will help in the tripling of the annual sales to 15,000 sq. m/ year by end of project. It will be implemented over a 5 year period until March 2017 across India. The key outcomes of the project are:
- Technical Capacity Development;
- Awareness enhancement and capacity building;
- Pilot demonstration of CSH technologies for various applications, and
- Sustainable financial approach in the adoption of CSH technologies and applications. The total budget for the project is USD 23,750,000 – GEF: USD 4,400,000; MNRE (grants): USD 6,000,000; MNRE (in kind): 1,350,000; Industries: USD 6,000,000; Financial Institutions: USD 6,000,000. Key stakeholders in the project are: National Institute of Solar Energy (formerly SEC), end users, CSH manufacturers and other subject experts/academic institutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
The principal responsibility for managing this evaluation resides with the UNDP CO in New Delhi, India. The UNDP CO will contract the evaluators and ensure the timely provision of per diems and travel arrangements within the country for the evaluation team. The Project Team will be responsible for liaising with the Evaluators team to set up stakeholder interviews, arrange field visits, coordinate with the Government etc.
Throughout the period of evaluation, the evaluation team will liaise closely with the UNDP Resident Representative/Deputy Resident Representative/Programme Analyst/Senior M&E Adviser/Project Manager, the concerned agencies of the Government, any members of the international team of experts under the project and the counterpart staff assigned to the project. The team can raise or discuss any issue or topic it deems necessary to fulfil its task, the team, however, is not authorized to make any commitments to any part on behalf of UNDP/GEF or the Government.
The International consultant will act as team leader.
Logistics
The team will conduct a mission visit to New Delhi and selected project sites, to meet with relevant project stakeholders. This visit will also include meetings with the officials of UNDP, the Implementing Partner, stakeholders from other institutions and ministries related to the project. The MTR team is expected to conduct field missions to New Delhi, Gurgaon, Pune, and Bangalore/Mysore.
After the initial briefing by UNDP CO, the review team will meet with the National Project Director (NPD), National Project Coordinator (NPC) and the GEF Operational Focal Point as required.
Key Deliverables:
Please refer detailed ToR.
Please note proposal has to be submitted strictly as stipulated in detailed Terms of Reference, online link has been given at the bottam of this document.
Competencies
Functional Competencies:
- Competence in adaptive management, as applied to (Climate Change Mitigation);
- Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and (Climate Change Mitigation); experience in gender sensitive evaluation and analysis;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Demonstrable analytical skills;
- Project evaluation/review experiences within United Nations system will be considered an asset.
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.
Required Skills and Experience
Educational Qualification:
- A Master’s degree in Engineering, Management, or other closely related field.
Professional Experience:
- Work experience in relevant technical areas for at least 10 years;
- Work experience working with the GEF or GEF-evaluations for at least 8 years;
- Recent experience with result-based management evaluation methodologies;
- Experience applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating baseline scenarios;
- Experience working in (South and South East Asia).
Language Requirement:
- An excellent command of English is required.
Payment Schedule:
- 10% of payment upon approval of the final MTR Inception Report;
- 40% upon submission of the draft MTR report;
- 50% upon finalization of the MTR report.
Evaluation Criteria:
- As given in detailed TOR.
Documentation required
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:
- Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
- CV and a Personal History Form (P11 form);
- Brief description of approach to work/technical proposal of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a proposed methodology on how they will approach and complete the assignment; (max 1 page)
- Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price and all other travel related costs (such as flight ticket, per diem, etc.), supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template attached to the Letter of Confirmation of Interest template. If an applicant is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the applicant must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.
Annexes:
Annex I - Individual IC General Terms and Conditions;
Annex II – Offerors Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual IC Assignment, P11 form, including Financial Proposal template.
Annexes can be downloaded from UNDP India Website, Career section ‘Forms and Documentation for Individual Contractor’ at the following link:
http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/operations/careers/
Annex III- Detailed ToR at the following link:
For any clarification regarding this assignment please write to sandeep.sharma@undp.org.