Background
Since resuming democratic governance in 1999, Nigeria has sought to make advancements in the areas of economic development, good governance and the achievement of the MDGs under the overall umbrella of poverty reduction and employment generation. Currently, almost 90% of Nigeria’s export earnings and 80% of public revenues flow from the sale of oil and gas, are extracted from the Niger Delta.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Infrastructure/public sector investment plan
- Social sector investment plan for the Niger Delta states
- Institutional development and capacity building framework to support the implementation of the programme including the establishment of a Multi-stakeholder trust fund mechanism for the programme .
The Technical Assistance will focus on the following areas:
- Public Sector Investment Plan
- Social Sector Investment
- Institutional Capacity Development and Multi Stakeholder Trust Fund Sectors.
- Formulate a comprehensive public sector investment strategy and action plan with emphasis on the rehabilitation, reconstruction and development of large infrastructure covering the areas of new town development, coastal highway, east-west road and railway, in-land water ways transport, ports and jetties, etc.
- Design an action plan of Environmental management and land reclamation programmes that involve shoreline protection, remediation of oil impacted sites and afforestation.
- Formulate a comprehensive public sector investment strategy and action plan with emphasis on the rehabilitation, reconstruction and development of large infrastructure covering the areas of new town development, coastal highway, east-west road and railway, in-land water ways transport, ports and jetties, etc.
- Urban Planners with expertise in new town development,
- Multi-purpose Engineers with expertise in coastal highways and roads and railway, in-land water ways transport, ports and jetties, etc.
- Environmental management and land reclamation experts particularly involving shoreline protection, remediation of oil impacted sites and afforestation.
Weekly written and/or verbal updates on progress towards meeting the objectives of the mission are essential. The consultant is required to submit the following reports:
- Inception Report submitted not later than 2 weeks after commencement of the assignment. The report will outline understanding of the Terms of Reference, overview of methodology and data analysis that are planned to be used along with interview questions or questionnaire as well as work plan, describing how work will be scheduled and providing milestones for completion of key activities.
- Draft Final Report submitted within the time frame of the assignment and not later than one week of the assignment ending. The report will describe work carried out and results obtained. The Consultant will present findings at a stakeholders’ workshop. Based on feedback from the workshop and from UNDP and the development partners, the Consultant will provide a final report.
Final Action Plan
- The final action plan should cover detailed technical elaboration of the three pillars of the programme.
- The report should provide a general background and introduction for the action plan, description of the overall strategy and detailed description of strategy for each of the three pillars.
- It must contain an overarching objective, goal, and purpose for the programme, methodology, instruments and procedures for implementation as well as key activities to be carried out, a logical framework for the programme, key performance benchmarks and indicators, implementation framework and governance structure for the programme.
- This should include staffing requirement and TORs for key expertise for the programme, indicative TA requirement for implementation, illustrative organigram.
- Definition of the roles of various decision making bodies at Federal, state and local community levels under the programme – policy committees, steering committees, technical committees, coordination and partnership framework with agencies and links with relevant sector Ministries and national agencies etc.
- In addition the action plan would indicate a global programme budget disaggregated on the basis of the three pillars and implementation work-plan.
- Final Report within 2 (two) weeks after receiving comments on the draft final report. The final report will describe the overall work carried out and results answering to the objectives stated above.
Competencies
- Past experience in handling similar assignment
- At least 10 years of comparative experience at progressively senior levels in the design, implementation and monitoring of government development projects, especially community-based development projects of rehabilitation, reconstruction and reintegration, small enterprise development, environmental management, urban and town planning, agriculture and agro-business, civil and engineering works, water and marine transportation, employment creation .
- Proven experience with the logical framework approach and other strategic planning approaches, M&E methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory), information analysis and report writing;
- Have experience in conducting formulation mission on development and governance issues in developing countries;
- Verifiable experience in working with UN Agencies/bi-lateral development Agencies;
- Geographical knowledge of Nigeria and its cultures in particular the complexity of the Niger Delta Crisis, the knowledge of the political terrain, the legal and regulatory framework governing management of public resources
Required Skills and Experience
- Advanced university degree in Development Economics, Development Management, Social Sciences, Engineering/Civil Works Construction, financial and contract Management
- Minimum of 12 years in relevant field of work.
Language:
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
Documents to be included when submitting the proposals.
- Explaining why you are the most suitable for the work.
- Provide a detailed methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work.
- Implementation Plan and Timelines
- Past experience in carrying out similar assignment with verifiable evidence i.e. reference with detail contacts
- All proposals must be submitted alongside signed cover letter.
- Personal CV including past experience in similar projects with detailed contacts relating to the project and at least 3 references.
Evaluation Criteria
- Responsive/compliant/acceptable
- Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Description | Weight | Max Point | Points Obtained | |
1. | Minimum of 12 years advanced university degree in Development Economics, Development Management, Social Sciences, Engineering/Civil Works Construction, financial and contract Management | 15 | 15 | |
2 | Past experience in handling similar assignment | 15 | 15 | |
3 | At least 10 years of comparative experience at progressively senior levels in the design, implementation and monitoring of government development projects, especially community-based development projects of rehabilitation, reconstruction and reintegration, small enterprise development, environmental management, urban and town planning, agriculture and agro-business, civil and engineering works, water and marine transportation, employment creation . | 25 | 25 | |
4 | Proven experience with the logical framework approach and other strategic planning approaches, M&E methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory), information analysis and report writing; | 15 | 15 | |
5 | Have experience in conducting formulation mission on development and governance issues in developing countries; | 15 | 15 | |
6 | Verifiable experiences in working with UN Agencies/bi-lateral development Agencies; | 5 | 5 | |
7 | Geographical knowledge of Nigeria and its cultures in particular the complexity of the Niger Delta Crisis, the knowledge of the political terrain, the legal and regulatory framework governing management of public resources | 10 | 10 | |
Description of Activities | Unit Cost (USD) | Total Cost(USD | |
1. | Lump sum Cost for the entire Assignment as Stated on the TOR (You may provide detailed breakdown) | | |
2. | Any Other Cost (Please Provide full details) | | |
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