Antecedentes

Background:

The Government of KP has adopted a multi-year Accelerated Implementation Program (AIP), 2019-2022, to address the key developmental gaps in the Merged Areas (MA), erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). AIP is the first three-year program under the Tribal Decade Strategy (TDS) of the government that seeks to address developmental disparity of the MA and bring these areas at par with other areas of Pakistan.

The TDS, with detailed discussion of the development challenges and issue of the MA is available on the following link:

http://bit.ly/TDSKPMA

The Draft Accelerated Implementation Programme is available on the following link:

http://bit.ly/AIPKPMA

UNDP is implementing its FATA Governance Project (FGP) as key partner in the process of erstwhile FATA development. FGP seeks to support AIP implementation through technical assistance in the areas of project formulation, context specific innovations in service delivery systems, results oriented programming, data collection and analysis to contribute to development of locally feasible solutions. In this endeavor, the services of the following specialist(s) are required:

Deberes y responsabilidades

 

  1. Review the relevant literature including reports on agriculture and horticulture in MA and KP and study the departmental and sectoral data of KP;

  2. Carry out review of international development practices, with particular attention to behavioral economics based studies, in the subject area relevant to developing countries;

  3. Carry out discussions with Government and UNDP local teams to finalize area and focus of intervention(s) linked to priority developmental objectives in the sector;

  4. Develop a preliminary proposal of innovative and problem driven intervention(s), using behavioral economics precepts, to address the agreed key developmental priorities in the AIP sector;

  5. Participate and assist in detailed design of the intervention(s) with implementation notes and instructions;

  6. Develop scheme of data collection and periodic reviews;

  7. Develop data collection instruments, instruction manual, variable definitions and sample calculations;

  8. Carry out data analysis and contribute to evidence based program development in the sector through a report/paper on the intervention(s); and

  9. Present the analysis and results to stakeholders.

  10. Deliverables, Scope and Schedule of Payments

 

Deliverables/ Outputs

Schedule of Payments

Review and Approvals Required

1. Concept paper for sector intervention 20%

20%

LEA

2. Final programme document for sector intervention & Data collection instrument(s) with detailed methodological notes and instructions 20%

20%

LEA

4. Working paper on results coming out of data analysis of initial intervention including proposals for scale-up/iteration 40%

40%

LEA

5. In-person presentation of analysis and results to stakeholders 20%

20%

LEA

Total

100%

 

Competencias

Innovation - Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

Level 6: Exercises stakeholder-centered design approaches for office / programme / division.

Leadership - Ability to persuade others to follow.

Level 6: Ensures teams are resourced for success  and empowered to deliver.

People Management - Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

Level 6: Guides substantive specialists / teams and expands credibility and innovation capacity.

Communication - Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

Level 6: Creates confidence among stakeholders by delivering authoritative positions, compelling analysis, and contextual acumen.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

The detailed TORs and Submission Forms can be downloaded from below link:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=61714

Submission Instructions:

Please submit your Technical and Financial proposals to the following address: not later than 10th December 2019 at 1230 hours Pakistan standard time. Or 02:30 AM EST.

UNDP-IC-2019-385

UNDP Registry, Quotation/Bids/Proposals

United Nations Development Programme

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Islamabad, Pakistan

Tel: 051-8355600 Fax: 051-2600254-5

OR by email to bids.pk@undp.org;  no later than 10th December 2019 at 1230 hours Pakistan standard time. Or 02:30 AM EST.

Kindly write the following on top left side of the envelop or email subject line UNDP-IC-2019-385

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If you request additional information, please write to pakistan.procurement.info@undp.org;  The team will provide necessary information within due date. However, any delay in providing such information will not be considered a reason for extending the submission date of your proposal. All/any query regarding the submission of the proposal may be sent prior to the deadline at the e-mail/address mentioned above.

Only Consultants obtaining a minimum of 70% on the Technical evaluation will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Criteria

Weight

Max. Point

Technical Competencies

70

 

  1. Doctorate degree in economics, agriculture or a closely related discipline

Min. Requirement.

 

  1. Published peer reviewed research in adoption of new crops / horticulture varieties in a similar context

25

 

  1. At least 10 years of relevant experience working in education and development research/development policy/evaluation/innovation or programme design and other relevant experience working in the international development field is required

20

 

  1. Quality of writing samples

25

 

Financial (Lower Offer/Offer*100

30

 

Total Score

Technical score 70 + 30 Financial