Republic of Moldova

International Consultant – Evaluation of the project “Support for blood transfusion services within medical units in the South of the Republic of Moldova”

Vacancy Number: Ex14/00468

Location:	Bucharest, Romania
Application Deadline:	03 Mar 2014, 10:00 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	10 Mar 2014
Reference to the project:	United Nations Development Programme Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	25 working days between 10 March - 14 April 2014
Submission Instructions: Proposal should be submitted by mail to: Casa ONU, Blvd. Primaverii 48 A, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania or by email to procurement.ro@undp.org, no later than March 3rd 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (Bucharest local time). Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the deadline shall not be taken into consideration. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above. UNDP Romania will respond in writing and post the response on www.undp.ro, including an explanation of the query, without identifying the source of inquiry, to be available to all consultants. For complete instructions, please go to the UNDP Romania website: http://www.undp.ro/operations/tender-announcements/
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice

Background

Romania’s development assistance (ODA) programme has been officially launched in 2007, following the country’s accession to the European Union (EU). Since then,Romaniahas strived to position itself on the international development arena as an innovative donor, with the main comparative advantage of being able to share its direct experience and knowledge in the democratic transition and Euro-Atlantic integration processes.Romania’s strategic objective in development cooperation is to contribute to poverty reduction by promoting security and economic welfare, state of law, sustainable economic development, climate change mitigation and investments in education, complementing international efforts in the field.

Romaniahas identified the thematic and geographic priorities, and has developed a clear national Policy and institutional framework for its ODA. The geographical focus is now on twelve countries: in the Black Sea extended region - the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan; and in North Africa and the Middle East - Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan. The Romanian current ODA thematic priorities are: 1) transition to democracy (reconstruction of the state, democratic governance, administrative reform, support for the civil society, the media, and conflict resolution); 2) support for agriculture and sustainable economic growth in the climate change context– preferably in the phytosanitary and sanitary and veterinary fields; 3) environment protection and support for activities to promote sustainable energy in the context of the climate changes. The secondary sectors are health and education.

In view of further consolidating national capacities in the field of ODA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  (MFA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are currently implementing The New ODA Cooperation Partnership with Romania project (2013-2015), with the overall objective to support Romania in becoming an effective, innovative and increasingly influential actor for development cooperation so it can achieve sustainable, scalable development impact in the countries that are a priority of Romanian ODA. The UNDP continues to provide the MFA with the necessary administrative and implementation mechanism and tools for ODA delivery (project/programme frameworks and management capacity) where needed.

As part of the Romanian ODA Programme, the Romanian Government also offers direct funding to beneficiary countries for selected projects, transferring OFA funding to relevant national institutions in the respective partner countries. One such intervention is the project “Support for blood transfusion services within medical units in the South of the Republic of Moldova”, financed through two Memoranda of Understanding in 2010 and 2012 respectively, signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova, following the direct and specific request of the Government of the Republic of Moldova. The main objective of this project was to enhance the availability of blood transfusion services in the Southern region of the Republic of Moldova, by rehabilitating the Regional Center for Blood Transfusion in Cahul. This project was a coordinated effort of seven different partners:  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova, the Local Council Cahul, the National Health Insurance Company, the National Blood Transfusion Center, Global Healing and the Development Bank of the Council of Europe. The funding received from the Romanian MFA (in two different tranches) was used for the construction works necessary for the rehabilitation of the Regional Blood Transfusion Center building in Cahul.

Scope of work

The evaluation is intended to assess the implementation status of the project (particularly at the results level) and the quality of the resulting outputs.

For details please refer to the attached Procurement Notice and Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic qualifications:

• Masters degree in Public Policy, International Development, Development Economics/Planning, Economics, International Relations/ Diplomacy or any other relevant university degree;

Years of experience and competencies:

• At least 4 evaluations performed and accepted by the hiring organization; experience in conducting UNDP project evaluations is a strong asset
• At least 3 years of experience in working with international organizations and donors
• Good knowledge and understanding of development cooperation and aid effectiveness, related issues, including the Paris, Accra and Busan agenda
• Proven understanding/training in public acquisitions and construction work would be a plus

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proficiency in Romanian language
• Strong analytical competences
• Well-developed ability to synthesize information
• Knowledge of Russian language represents an advantage

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Cover letter explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
2. Financial offer (as per the Offeror’s letter confirming interest and availability);
3. P11 form including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

• Contracts based on daily fee

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

 

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