Background

The Province of Lanao del Sur is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital is the city of Marawi, and it borders Lanao del Norte to the north, Bukidnon to the east, and Maguindanao and Cotabato to the south. To the southwest lies Illana Bay, an arm of the Moro Gulf. Lanao del Sur is composed of 39 municipalities and Marawi City. The Province is currently composed of 1,159 barangays and is divided into two congressional districts. The siege of Marawi City by the combined forces of the Maute Group, Abu Sayyaf Group led by Isnilon Hapilon, and supported by foreign jihadists is part of a prolonged conflict that has exacerbated the socio-economic conditions in the conflict-affected areas. While Marawi was the epicenter for the recent armed conflict, the province of Lanao del Sur has long been the epicenter of conflict between multiple groups and clans, often resulting from competition over access to and control of land and resources. Lanao del Sur has the highest incidence of poverty among all provinces in the Philippines, with 71.9% of the population living below the annual per capita poverty threshold of about $442.8 (P22,802) in 2015 compared with 53.7% for the entire region of ARMM and 21.6% nationally. This extreme poverty combined with land dispossession, social exclusion, and constrained access to basic services as exacerbated the long-standing conflicts in the region, including the Bangsamoro struggle for self-determination, led by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front, and the struggle of the Communist Party of the Philippines

Most of the assistance agencies or organizations partakes helping the Lanao Sur Province in recovering from the difficult challenges that they are facing after the Marawi Siege yet there is a need for its government also to recover the data systems and to update its provincial physical development framework plan in order to sustain its services to its people and be approved by the SP.

To assist the Province of Lanao del Sur in its recovery and reconstruction under the BARMM as the new structure of government in the autonomous Mindanao, the UNDP has been supporting the Lanao del Sur Province by providing technical assistance for the updating of the province’s Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP). 

The preparation of the PDPFP, a comprehensive multi-sectoral development plan, is a mandate given to local government units under Republic Act 7160. The Governor as well as the Provincial Development Council (PDC) provides overall policy direction in the preparation of the PDPFP. It is a thirty- year development plan that contains the long-term vision of the province and identifies development goals, strategies, objectives/ targets and corresponding PPAs which serve as primary inputs to provincial investment programming and subsequent budgeting and plan implementation.

1. Institutional Arrangement

The Climate Action Outcome Lead and BARMM Coordinator shall directly supervise the Consultant. The Consultant is expected to work closely with the UNDP team and the Provincial Government of Lanao del Sur and team experts. 

Duration of Work

The expected duration of work is estimated to be 16 working days spread over 2 months.

Duty Station

The Consultant is not expected to report on a daily basis to UNDP Philippines office based in Mandaluyong City but shall be available on an on-call basis. The assignment will require travels to Mindanao area, including Lanao del Sur and/or Cagayan de Oro City. UNDP Project will shoulder the travel cost.

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Climate Action Outcome Lead and Coordinator for BARMM, the Consultant shall provide technical advice in the Lanao del Sur PDPFP updating, particularly providing environmental and natural resource management, climate action and disaster risk reduction lens. This will include defining the spatial framework to guide the sustainable use of province’s natural resources and the comprehensive development of its social, economic, infrastructure, environment, and institutional sectors. The technical consultant will work in collaboration with Provincial Government of Lanao del Sur and team of experts and UNDP team.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

Competencies

Corporate competencies

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional and technical competencies

• Ability to work in a diverse and multi-cultural environment;
• Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure and to meet strict and competing deadlines;
• Displays analytical judgment and demonstrated ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;

Required Skills and Experience

Offers will be evaluated based on combined scoring method :

• Technical qualifications = 70%
• Financial Proposal =    30%

 For the evaluation of the Technical Proposal, the selection of the successful consultant must be based in the following qualifications (with the appropriate obtainable points):

Applicants who will only receive 70 points  from the assessment of the CV and Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment will be qualified for the assessment of the Financial Proposal.

Recommended Presentation of Offer

Offerors must upload in one (1) file the documents below:

You may download the editable version of the Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Insterest and Availability for the IC by clicking on this link: http://gofile.me/6xdJm/bE9TCw8fU

1. Duly accomplished Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Insterest and Availability for the IC that indicates the all-inclusive lumpsum contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided; If an Offeror 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 Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP;
2. Financial Proposal (Annex 2 of Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Insterest and Availability)
3. 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;

In view of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.