Antecedentes

The Democratic Governance for Development (DGD) project supports Nigeria’s democratic process within the framework of Electoral Cycle Support and Deepening Democracy over the period, 2009-2015. The overall goal of DGD   is to help develop the capacity of national and sub-national institutions, networks and processes, whether governmental or non-governmental, as a contribution to the further entrenchment of electoral democracy and democratic governance in Nigeria. The project provided technical assistance to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) among other critical stakeholders towards the 2011 general elections to deliver free, fair and credible elections.
 
Following the improvement in the 2011 elections, partnership between DGD and INEC is being strengthened to further position it to improve on subsequent elections. While developing the post-election phase of its support to INEC in this regard, DGD is supporting INEC to undertake a review of the Voter Registration exercise and the 2011 elections, identify specific issues to be addressed in the reform of the constitutional and legal framework of elections, the development of a strategic plan and organizational restructuring based on the experience of the 2011 elections. To facilitate this, DGD is supporting INEC and the office of the Chairman to recruit five consultants including a Technical Adviser on Operations to the Chairman of INEC.
 
 

Deberes y responsabilidades

Under the strategic direction of the Chairman of INEC, the Technical Advisor to INEC – Operations – will carry out the following tasks:

  • Provide operational support and advise the INEC Chairman and the Commission within the framework of the planned organizational restructuring of the Commission, focusing on the operational elements of the preparation and conduct of elections.
  • Provide requisite back up to the Chairman of INEC in the oversight of the operations plans and activities of the Commission.
  • Liaise with the Inter-Agency Committee on Elections to facilitate the review process and the lessons learnt exercise with a focus on elections operations.
  • Perform such other related duties as may be assigned. 
Deliverables:
 
  • Assist the Chairman and the Commission in drafting relevant papers in the context of restructuring the operations activities of the Commission.
  • Provide regular progress report to the INEC Chair on proposals for the restructuring of the operations activities of the Commission.
  • Prepare and submit five policy/options papers in support of improvements in the operational aspects of the preparation and conduct of future elections.

Competencias

  • Substantive understanding of the social, economic, political and historical trends underpinning African and ideally Nigerian governance and electoral processes.
  • Excellent knowledge of election procedures and frameworks.
  • Proven track record of advising, organizing and supervising public awareness activities partnering with democratic organizations capacity building projects.
  • Skills in training, process facilitation, strategic planning and partnership building.
  • Strong skills in written communications in English particularly in preparing issue-based papers or reports.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:
  • Advanced University degree (Masters or PhD) in areas of democratic governance and development including Law, Political Science and other social sciences.

Experience:

  • Minimum 15 years experience in research related to democratic governance, elections, electoral reforms.

Language:

  • Excellent spoken English is required as well as fluency in one Nigerian language.

Application Procedure:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications and suitability.
  • Proposal explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the work.
  • Provide a brief methodology on how you will approach and carryout the assignment.
  • CV of the individual consultants.
  • Financial Proposal - breakdown of fees which include all the costs in connection with this assignment.
 
EVALUATION
There will be a two stage evaluation as follows:
* Technical Criteria weight; [70]
* Financial Criteria weight; [30]
  • Stage One (Technical Evaluation of Proposals) - All Individual Consultants proposals comprising the information/documentation provided as per 4 (a) – (c) will be evaluation to ascertain the suitability of the individual consultants to carry out the assignment. Candidates who obtain the minimum pass score of 70% of the full mark (100) will be considered technically compliant and their financial evaluations will be evaluated thereafter.
  • Stage Two (Financial Evaluation) – The financial proposals of all the individual consultants who obtain 70% at stage one of the evaluation will be evaluated.
Only candidates that obtain a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation. The maximum 30 points all be allotted to the lowest financial  bid, all other bids shall receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest fee e.g. [30 Points] x [Naira lowest] / [Naira other] = points for other proposer’s fees
The award of contract shall be based on the individual consultant who receives the highest cumulative score.
 
 
 The following criteria will be used to evaluate the individual consultants’ proposals.
 

Summary of Technical Proposal Evaluation Forms
Score Weight
Points Obtainable
Individual Consultants
A
B
C
D
E
1.
Experience/skills /expertise and qualification of Consultant
20%
 
200
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
Excellent knowledge of election procedures and frameworks
 
20%
 
200
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
Methodology and Approach
30%
300
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Technical Score
70%
700
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4
 
Financial Offer
 
30%
 
300
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
1000