Deadline: 8-Jun-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Provision of Service for Organisational development of national CSOs.
UNDP is seeking the services of an organization to conduct a comprehensive capacity assessment, including gender mainstreaming, produce OD plans for each CSO, and deliver a programme of training. Additionally, the contractor will provide a set of standard policies covering a range of management issues that can be adapted by each CSO as needed.
The objective of the assignment is to strengthen the implementing capacity and organisational resilience of 20 national CSO partners of UNDP, including on gender mainstreaming, through a process of capacity assessments, tailored OD plans and delivery of training for ICT improvement and data management.
Focus Areas
The OCA should coverthese areas:
- Governance – including composition, role and activity level of Board
- Strategic planning – what plans exist, how was it developed, has provided the CSO with a clear direction and supported consistent action, has it been reviewed and revised.
- Programme management – basic details of completed and ongoing projects, how are community needs assessed, staffing capacities, what tools are used to manage activities and track progress, quality of reporting, M&E systems
- Financial management – existence of clear guidelines, accounting system, budgeting & reporting, cash management, audits
- Human resources management – existence of clear guidelines and policies, capacity development of staff, performance management
- Operations management – existence of SOPs covering procurement, travel, cash/account management, assets, data, insurance
Outputs
The outputs and deliverable required are:
- Conduct Operational Capacity Assessments (OCA) and provide recommendations
- Develop Organisational Development plans addressing the same areas as the OCA, and containing:
- Activities to be delivered
- Desired outcomes
- Staffing and resource requirements
- Timeline
- Provide Organisational Development training
- Provide standard organisational policies and SOPs appropriate for medium sized national CSOs, in the same areas as the OCAs and OD plans
Eligibility Criteria
- Qualifications of the Successful Service Provider(s)
- The service provider’s team must be comprised of qualified experts with a demonstrated track record of at least three years providing organizational development services, to CSOs and NGOs in low income countries. This should include experience both assessing organisational capacities and delivering online programmes of training in the areas of management of finances, operations, human resources, strategic planning, and project implementation.
- Strong familiarity and demonstrated direct experience required applying capacity assessment methodologies to identify and address performance gaps, developing and implementing capacity building programmes.
- The service provider should have experience of providing similar services in the Southeast Asia region, ideally in Myanmar, is required.
- The service providershould have the ability to scale up the services to be provided by 50%, i.e. to a further 10 CSOs if required. In this event the contract would be amended with cost increase in line with the unit costs of the accepted proposal.
- Required languages: the service provider’s team must be able to work and develop content in English and Myanmar.
- References and examples of past work are required and should be included in the proposal.
- Qualifications of Key Personnel
- 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;
- Written confirmation from each personnel that they are available for the entire duration of the contract.
- The Service Provider must provide :
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=91553