Deadline: 01-Jul-2020
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a request for proposals for the Master Planning of Gambia River Basin, and Technical Assistance and Legal Review of Gambia River Basin Development Organization.
Objectives
The objective of this RFP is to engage a consultant (or consortium) that will support the Gambia River Basin Development Organization or OMVG (as a recipient of Development Financing from the Blue Peace Financing Programme) on three areas:
- Lot 1. Main deliverable – Masterplan: To develop a modern, digital based, integrated masterplan and its first joint investment plan.
- Lot 2. Sub-deliverable – Technical Assistance: To provide technical assistance support in the areas needed for OMVG to:
- Bring its capacity to the level that will be able to deliver its services to the member states in an efficient way.
- Be able to respond to the requirements of the new Masterplan.
- Lot 3. Sub-deliverable – Legal Review: To provide legal review of its existing institutional and legal frameworks. The work intends to improve the functioning of the OMVG organization and its ability to implement the new masterplan.
Outputs
The outputs can be split into three main components:
- Lot number 1. Main deliverable – Masterplan: A fully vetted and approved masterplan of the above mentioned three river basins. This will also include a joint investment plan as indicated in the Masterplan’s Terms of Reference. The Masterplan will be delivered in both digital and paper formats. The Masterplan process will follow all international standards of producing a transboundary river basin masterplan.
- Lot number 2. Sub deliverable – Technical Assistance: A well-designed and fully implemented Technical Assistance programme. The implementation of the Technical Assistance Programme by the successful bidder will be conducted in concurrence with the development of the masterplan. The development of the Masterplan will be used to build the capacity of OMVG as a beneficiary of the project to allow the organization to develop masterplans on their own by re-creating the process and steps underwent to produce this masterplan as well as to share best practices and lessons learned from the masterplan component of this terms of reference. The Technical Assistance programme will also be supporting OMVG to be able to respond to the requirements needed for the lot 1: Masterplan.
- Lot number 3. Sub delivery – Legal Review: A Legal Review Report which outlines the basis for OMVG´s institutional reforms that will allow the organization to gain direct access to financial and non-financial resources in order to deliver the benefits that the river basin accords to its member states.
Location of Work
The Service Providers are expected to work primarily from Dakar, Senegal. A specific office space will be allocated for the Service Providers within the Head Office of OMVG. The Service Providers are expected to travel within the four member countries of the OMVG: The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
Duration of Work
The expected duration of the contract will be for a period of one (1) year.
Eligibility Criteria
In general terms, vendors that meet the following criteria may be considered qualified:
- They are not included in the UN Security Council 1267/1989 Committee’s list of terrorists and terrorist financiers, and in UNCDF’s ineligible vendors’ list;
- They have a good financial standing and have access to adequate financial resources to perform the contract and all existing commercial commitments;
- They have the necessary similar experience, technical expertise, production capacity where applicable, quality certifications, quality assurance procedures and other resources applicable to the provision of the services required;
- They are able to comply fully with UNCDF General Terms and Conditions of Contract;
- They do not have a consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the Bidder; and
- They have a record of timely and satisfactory performance with their clients.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation of proposals is made of the following steps:
- Preliminary Examination
- Minimum Eligibility and Qualification (if pre-qualification is not done)
- Evaluation of Technical Proposals
- Evaluation of Financial Proposals
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=66266