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UNDP Afghanistan Mission Statement

UNDP supports stabilization, state-building, governance and development priorities in Afghanistan. UNDP support, in partnership with the Government, the United Nations system, the donor community and other development stakeholders, has contributed to institutional development efforts leading to positive impact on the lives of Afghan citizens. Over the years UNDP support has spanned such milestone efforts as the adoption of the Constitution; Presidential, Parliamentary and Provincial Council elections; institutional development through capacity-building to the legislative, the judicial and executive arms of the state, and key ministries, Government agencies and commissions at the national and subnational levels. UNDP has played a key role in the management of the Law and Order Trust Fund, which supports the Government in developing and maintaining the national police force and in efforts to stabilize the internal security environment. Major demobilization, disarmament and rehabilitation and area-based livelihoods and reconstruction programmes have taken place nationwide. UNDP Programmes in Afghanistan have benefited from the very active support of donors. UNDP Afghanistan is committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability and works in close coordination with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the UN system as a whole to maximize the impact of its development efforts on the ground.

Organizational context

This project is responding to an increase in the requests from rural communities for modern energy. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) has requested UNDP to develop a national level rural energy programme as a component of National Priority Programme (NPP) 1: National Water and Natural Resources Development (NWNRD) of the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Cluster. The project idea is to scale-up current efforts into a sustainable national level rural energy programme to provide clean energy and to be a catalyst for economic development, which will expand employment and livelihood opportunities in rural areas of Afghanistan. The project will expound upon the current efforts of the Energy for Rural Development Afghanistan (ERDA) Department under National Area Based Development Programme (NABDP) to the next stage by expanding the geographical scope, maintaining technological neutrality and address productive use and public service opportunities, in addition to the provision of household energy. The project focuses on increasing sustainability through engaging the private sector and financial institutions through a policy and incentive framework to supplement government and donor efforts.

This initiation plan is developed to finalise the ASERD project document, following a feasibility study identifying potential areas for renewable energy generation; identifying economic development options that can be linked with ASERD in provision of affordable energy; and mobilize local community support soliciting their ideas to be incorporated and envisaged in the project document.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Scope of Work

Under the supervision of ACD and Head of SNGDU, the Lead Consultant – ASERD, will perform the following duties:

• Lead ASERD-Project Initiation Plan (PIP) feasibility study in target areas. ASERD PIP is expected to assist the Afghanistan Sustainable Energy for Rural Development (ASERD) project document finalization. It is a UNDP initiative to support MRRD formulate the project document;
• Support UNDP and MRRD in mobilizing fund for the programme.

Develop and finalize ASERD PIP feasibility study reports.

The  feasibility reports contains below items:

• Estimate Energy needs of the households, economic actors (shops & establishments, agriculture/agro-processing) and public service institutions for electricity, cooking, space-heating as well as productive and public service use options. Collect data on the current energy use, options/technologies and what each customer segment is currently spending on energy needs;
• Estimate Energy supply options, the options for micro or mini-gris to supply electricity as well as cook stoves/tandoors and Bukharis to be assessed. The technical feasibility to be investigated through site surveys and assessments and feasibility analysis. Costs of initial installations including, hardware, civil works, engineering and post-commissioning periodic maintenance replacements should all be estimated;
• Agreements on tariff and payment commitments and operational model, through a process involving the community (through the DDAs/CDCs), economic actors and public service institutions, estimate the connection fee/upfront contribution and tariffs that each consumer (or groups of consumers will pay) for electricity, thermal energy devices as well as productive and public service use. Also agree with the village on the operational arrangement of the energy service operation and the costs of operation of energy service provision;
• Techno-economic feasibility evaluation, based on the energy needs of the target customers, agreed initial payments and tariffs to be evaluated vis-à-vis costs and investments in the technically feasible energy service options and operational arrangement for service delivery. It is suggested that discussion with the community and other potential energy consumers be held after a draft feasibility evaluation has been carried out. Tariffs can then be set at a level to maintain the operational arrangements for the service as well as for maintenance and replacements. The evaluation to also consider increases in cost of replacement components and wages and will also estimate tariff increases that will be required;
• Explore sustainable provisions in enhancing energy production, as well as access and utilization by the rural people of Afghanistan especially by the most vulnerable population;
• Support to finalize the Project document considering various aspects in relation to enabling environment (policies, energy resource availability, technology options, end-use demand, proper institutional settings, socio-economic aspects (poverty-environment-development nexus, gender, conflict sensitivity, social soundness, and conflict resolution mechanism), potential ‘community-public-private partnership’, UN coherence and GoIRA’s existing Strategies (e.g., ANDS), plans (e.g., Energy Master Plan, Tokyo Paper), policies (e.g., Renewable  Energy Policy, Economy Policy) and programmes (NPPs).  It must explore the potential linkages with the relevant projects supported by UNDP/UN including Local Economic Development Afghanistan (LEDA), LOGO, GEP, APRP and JHRA;
• Devise a strategy which would support  the ProDoc in relation to opportunities to access various global multi-lateral and bilateral funding such as Green Climate Fund, carbon finance, GEF;
• Conduct any other tasks as deemed necessary or advised by the supervisor.

Expected Outputs, Deliverables and Timelines:

• Conduct (lead) feasibility study with the PIP-ASERD technical team, in target areas, submission and acceptance of progress report by UNDP; 20 days; 40%;
• Develop and finalize feasibility study reports according to the UNDP approved template, submission and acceptance by UNDP; 20 days; 40%;
• Provision of support for concept note development for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and support in fund mobilization process for ASERD programme, submission and acceptance of relevant activity report by UNDP; 10 days; 20%.

Woring arrangement

Institutional Arrangements

The Lead International Consultant (Feasibility Study, ASERD) will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of Sub National Governance Development Unit of UNDP Country Office.

Duration of the Work:

• 2 and half month with maximum 50 working days.

Duty Station:

• Kabul and field visit to some districts of some other provinces. Field visit cost if any will be borne by UNDP/ASERD.

Price proposal and schedule of payment:

The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:

• Daily Fee – The contractor shall propose a daily fee, which should be inclusive of his professional fee, local communication cost and insurance (inclusive of medical health insurance and evacuation). The number of working days for which the daily fee shall be payable under the contract is 50 working days;
• The contractor shall propose a Living allowance at the Kabul applicable rate of USD 181 per night for his/her stay at the duty station. The number of nights for which the Living allowance shall be payable under the contract is 77 nights. The contractor is NOT allowed to stay in a place of his choice other than the UNDSS approved places. UNDP will provide MORSS compliant accommodation in Green Village (GV) to the contractor. The payment of GV accommodation shall be made directly to GV by the contractor;
• Travel & Visa – The contractor shall propose an estimated lump-sum for home-kabul-home travel (economy most direct route) and Afghanistan visa expenses.

The total professional fee, shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment linked with deliverables.

Evaluation method and criteria

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• Rsponsive/compliant/acceptable; and
• Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;
• Technical Criteria: weight 70%;
• Financial Criteria weight 30%.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria – Maximum 70 points

• Criteria A: ( Eg. Relevance of Education – Max 10 points);
• Criteria B: ( Eg. Special skills, Language, etc.- Max 10 Points);
• Criteria C: ( Eg. Relevance of experience – Max 30 points);
• Criteria D: (Eg. Description of approach/methodology) – Max 20 Points).

Using hydro, biomass, solar or wind

Compétences

• Demonstrated expertise in convening stakeholder consultation and participatory approaches;
• Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills;
• Tertiary level expertise in renewable energy technology systems, green energy, green development;
• Thorough understanding about GCF, SE4All, MDGs and proposed SDGs including post Rio+20 processes;
• Practical experience in developing energy programmes that linked poverty reduction and economic development;
• Knowledge on carbon finance and relevant existing and upcoming funding mechanisms including GEF;
• Prior experience in Afghanistan or Regional Countries;
• Good knowledge and awareness of gender issues and how they impact upon men and women’s roles in community development;
• Excellent inter-personal, communication, and teamwork skills.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• Master’s Degree in sustainable energy, or other directly relevant fields.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of successful experience in sustainable energy programme development;
• Related working experience in the developing countries is essential.

Language:

• Excellent writing skill in English.

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

• Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II).
• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Technical proposal:

• Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment;
• A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment;
• Financial proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II).

Annexes (to be downloaded from UNDP Afghanistan Website, Jobsite section: www.undp.org):

• Annex I - Individual Contractor General Terms and Conditions;
• Annex II – Offerors Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual Contractor Assignment.