Deadline: 26-Jul-20
UN-Habitat is seeking proposals for “Developing a Preliminary Design for Flood Mitigation Measures and Performing a Flood Risk Assessment and Flood Hazard Mapping for Downtown Amman”.
UN-Habitat is implementing the “Strengthening the Social Stability and Resilience of Vulnerable Jordanian Communities and Syrian Refugees in Amman against Flash Floods”. Funded by the Government of Japan, the project seeks to address these urgent needs by providing a comprehensive and integrated response against flash floods through community consultations, awareness raising, training, building up the capacity of resilience to floods, improving urban management and construction standards, and implementing urgent flood mitigation measures. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen government and community resilience and capacities to better manage flash floods through the implementation of flood risk reduction practices, improved infrastructure management and increased flood resilience. The project will proactively reduce the actual or expected vulnerabilities of local communities and refugees to flash floods. It will provide a number of solutions to strengthen government and community resilience and capacities to better manage flash floods.
This consultancy assignment focuses on developing a preliminary design for a feasible flood intervention measure or measures aiming at reducing the flood hazard risk at the targeted area in Downtown Amman. And to carry out a comprehensive flood risk assessment and hazard mapping for the targeted area in Downtown Amman. The modeling analysis needed to develop the flood hazard and risk analysis should also inform on short, medium- and long-term flood mitigation and flood hazard risk reduction measures that can be implemented within the watershed of the targeted area.
Qualifications of the Service Provider
The Service Provider must describe and explain how and why they are the best entity that can deliver the requirements of UNDP by indicating the following:
- Profile – describing the nature of business, field of expertise, licenses, certifications, accreditations;
- Business Licenses – Registration Papers, Tax Payment Certification, etc.
- Latest Audited Financial Statement – income statement and balance sheet to indicate Its financial stability, liquidity, credit standing, and market reputation, etc.;
- Track Record – list of clients for similar services as those required by UNDP, indicating description of contract scope, contract duration, contract value, contact references;
- Certificates and Accreditation – including Quality Certificates, Patent Registrations, Environmental Sustainability Certificates, etc.
- Written Self-Declaration that the company is not in the UN Security Council 1267/1989 List, UN Procurement Division List or Other UN Ineligibility List.
Proposed Methodology for the Completion of Services
The Service Provider must describe how it will address/deliver the demands of the RFP; providing a detailed description of the essential performance characteristics, reporting conditions and quality assurance mechanisms that will be put in place, while demonstrating that the proposed methodology will be appropriate to the local conditions and context of the work.
If required by the RFP, the Service Provider must provide:
- Names and qualifications of the key personnel that will perform the services indicating who is Team Leader, who are supporting, etc.;
- CVs demonstrating qualifications must be submitted if required by the RFP; and
- Written confirmation from each personnel that they are available for the entire duration of the contract.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=67765