UNDP Jobs - 63673- Additional Categories of a Pre-approved Consultant

Additional Categories of a Pre-approved Consultant Roster to Meet UNDP Health Related Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) Needs

Location :

Global, DENMARK

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

01-Mar-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works with national partners to help people achieve inclusive and sustainable human development. We address regional disparities by strengthening local economies and governance systems able to deliver social and health services in an equitable manner, while helping disadvantageous communities to access justice systems and legal aid. We also work to protect the environment and develop national capacities to respond to disasters and mitigate the risk they pose.

UNDP is an Implementing Agency of the Global Fund. As such, UNDP supports countries worldwide with management of grant proceedings and provides the necessary capacity building support to strengthen national institutions and systems.

Often, UNDP’s work in managing programmes and conducting national capacity development activities require provision of expertise, guidance and support in a number of areas pertaining the Procurement and Supply Management function. Such is the case in connection to multiple interventions conducted by UNDP in the Health sector within or outside the scope of our work with the Global Fund.

As an outcome of the EOI published on 24 June 2015, UNDP has established a pre-approved roster of experts and senior experts, who are ready to provide consultancy services for sustainable development in the area of Procurement and Supply Management (PSM), specifically pertaining the Health sector.

Consultants listed in the roster and matching the specific ToRs for each respective assignment, are, if/when required, engaged by UNDP through the Individual Contractors modality and deployed to work in any of UNDP Country Offices, HQ locations or work from their own respective locations through remote support modality. The roster is maintained for a period of 3 years.

All candidates who submitted an application in response to the original EOI (June 2015) and resulted selected for inclusion in the roster have been formally contacted and notified by UNDP.

In order to respond to the dynamic needs of services, we are adding 5 new categories (13-17) and encouraging new PSM Experts in the health sector to apply. Candidates who already applied in June are invited to apply for the new categories and/or for the previous categories (1-12) if they have gained relevant and demonstrable experience since June.

The PSM Roster Categories:

PSM quantification, forecasting and planning experts;
Quality Assurance experts;
Experts in the design of Health PSM strategies and systems;
Experts in the evaluation and risk assessments of health supply chains;
Health commodity related procurement process experts;
Logistics & Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) experts;
Experts in regulatory authorities & IPRs for pharmaceuticals & health commodities;
Pharmaceutical and laboratory supplies experts;
Medical equipment and supplies experts;
Health supply chain infrastructure experts;
PSM capacity development and training experts;
Pharma warehousing, inventory and stock management experts.

New Categories:

X-ray, scanning and radiological equipment experts;
Sustainable Energy experts in the health sector;
Epidemiology PSM experts;
Waste Management Experts;
Pharmaceutical and Health policy and financing.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria mobilizes and invests nearly US$4 billion a year to support countries and communities most in need.

See UNDP General Conditions of Contract for the services of Individual Contractors (ICs), available through the following link; http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/documents/procurement/documents/IC%20-%20General%20Conditions.pdf.

How to apply:

Interested individuals must apply here (UN JOBS PORTAL https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=63673) and provide the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications;

“Resume and Motivation”: Brief statement explaining the merits of the candidate (1000 characters or less, to be uploaded directly to the PORTAL).

After submitting the application there will be opportunity to upload 1 document that shall include the following:

FORM 1: The template for the FORM 1 can be found at 'Documents' at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=27986.

For each of the categories to which the expert submits its application, the candidate shall provide a summary of relevant experience, and at least 3 references. (FORM 1 parts “c)” and “d)” ).

Financial proposal: specifying daily asked rates in USD (form 1, part “e)” ). Consultants shall note that the daily rate specified in their submission will be considered as a ceiling amount/maximum daily fee. This ceiling amount will be applicable during the first 12 months from the date of notification of inclusion of the expert in the roster. At a later stage, consultants included in the roster will be asked to quote specific daily fees for each concrete assignments, based on profile matching TORs. Quoted daily fees shall not exceed the ceiling amount indicated in this submission.

CV duly signed and copied and pasted to FORM 1 (Section 2). Please note that only 1 (one) file can be uploaded to the UNDP jobs portal.

Should you require any additional information with regards to this EOI – Call for proposals, kindly contact Sonia Tardajos at sonia.tardajos@undp.org.

Applicable Evaluation Criteria:

Education & Professional qualification - up to 14 points;
Relevant Experience - up to 80 points.

Evaluation, selection criteria and process

The evaluation of each application will be based on a set of selection criteria as listed in the table below and on the basis of the information submitted by each candidate. Only candidates fulfilling the minimum “expertise, experience and qualifications required” Candidates who score 65 or more points will be considered as technically qualified and eligible to be included in the roster. Candidates scoring 75 points or more will be eligible to be considered as “senior experts” for each of the categories they have applied for, provided their corresponding relevant expertise exceeds the minimum 10 years required.

Duties and Responsibilities

The selected consultants are expected to provide procurement and supply management support services in a range of levels of responsibilities and functions, as below. However, context-specific Terms of Reference will be issued for each assignment:

Support UNDP Country Offices (COs) and/or national counterparts with annual quantification, forecasting and planning exercises, including development of PSM plans mainly for procurement of pharmaceutical and health related procurement;
Support UNDP COs and/or national partners with development and implementation of Quality Assurance strategies and procedures, for the supply, transportation, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies;
Support UNDP COs and/or national partners with the design and establishment of suitable PSM strategies and systems in the health sector;
Support UNDP COs and/or national partners with strengthening of national capacities in the area of Health PSM, including the ability to identify and manage supply chain risks, and the optimization of systems and procedures related to the procurement, logistics, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals and health items to secure delivery of health services;
Develop business cases for rationalization of existing PSM strategies and procedures, including procurement planning, spend analysis, establishment of framework agreements, review of existing solicitation documents, strengthening bid evaluation, etc.
Support and/or advise in writing Contracts (Civil Works, Professional Services, LTA, etc.) using standard UNDP templates.

Travel:

When travel is required to be undertaken to a UNDP location for a specific assignment, payment of travel costs including tickets (lowest economy class only), lodging and terminal expenses shall be reimbursed by UNDP.

Note:

Consultants who are offered a home-based task or assignment in their home country would be considered as National Consultants.

This ceiling amount will be applicable during the first 12 months from the date of notification of inclusion of the expert in the roster. Consultants included in the roster will be asked to quote specific daily fees for concrete assignments, based on profile matching TORs. Offered daily fees shall not exceed the ceiling amount indicated in each corresponding submission in response to this EOI.

Competencies

Excellent Analytical skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office packages;
Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective;
Continues to seeks new and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the tasks;
Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms;
Service minded, self-motivated, proactive, team-oriented, reliable, and ability to work in harmony with teams of different nationalities and professional backgrounds.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in Business Administration, public health, pharmacy, engineering, Supply Chain Management and/or Logistics or Procurement and/or related disciplines;
Specific training, certificate or diploma in supply chain and/or procurement from renowned institutions (e.g., ISM, CIPS, SPSM, etc.) will be positively considered;
Specific training, certificate or diploma in relevant aspects of public health will be positively considered.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 (five) years’ (for Expert band) and 10 (ten) years’ (for Senior Expert band) in one or several of the areas of expertise / categories detailed above under “duties and responsibilities”;
Experience with United Nations/UNDP or international agencies will be positively considered;
Experience in working with the Global Fund will be positively considered;
Experience in working with national and/or sub-national health authorities and institutions will be positively considered;
Experience working in countries in special development circumstances and/or crisis countries will be positively considered.

Language:

Knowledge of English at Professional level is required;
Professional level in other languages especially in Spanish and Russian, but also in Arabic, and Portuguese will be positively assessed.

It is envisaged that the roster will consist of two different bands, including experts and senior experts. Consultants will be considered for placement in one or the other band, for each of the categories they have applied for, depending on the amount of experience that they have gained in each of the required areas of expertise / categories that they have applied for.

Depending on the location some assignments will be open to Consultants with the knowledge of a specific language only.

You can find the FORM 1 at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=27986.