CALL
FOR PROPOSALS.
Procurement
Reference: RFP/AFAAS/LCS-2015/001 (Item 1.1.2)
Country: Uganda
Organisation: African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)
Sector: Agriculture and Rural Development
Project: Second
Multi-Donor Trust Fund Project
Grant No.
TF015730
Dear
Bidder
RE: CONSULTANCY FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN FOR COUNTRY FORUM
1)
African
Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) has received financing
from the European Union (EU) under the World Bank towards the
implementation of the Second Multi Donor
Trust Fund Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under
the contract for: Consultancy to develop
strategic plans for Country Forum.
2)
AFAAS hereby invites Curriculum
Vitaes from individual consultants to provide consulting services described in
detail in the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).
3)
The consultant will
be selected under the Individual Consultant Selection (ICS) method in
accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and
Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011).
4)
Any resulting
contract will be subject to the General Conditions of Contract for Consultants.
5)
Bidders
shall acknowledge the receipt of this invitation
letter by email to NGOUAMBE Nestor, ngouambe@gmail.com with copy to camfaas.cmr@gmail.com no later than 10th July, 2015,
and indicate whether or not a Curriculum Vitaes shall be submitted. The acknowledgement shall provide Country
Forum’s name (Cameroon) , telephone number and focal/contact
person.
6)
Deadline
for submission of CVs is 20th July, 2015 at 10.00 hrs (10.00 a.m.). CVs received after the indicated date will
not be accepted under any circumstances.
Yours
Sincerely
Dr. Silim Mohammed. Nahdy
Executive Director, AFAAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SUBMITTING CVs
1)
INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS:
The consultants are invited to submit Curriculum
Vitae for consulting services for the stated assignment.
a)
The estimated timing for activities:
The estimated time for undertaking the assignment
is 15 working days allocated,
subject to further clarification from the consultant. The consultant should
take into consideration this time estimate as indicated in the TOR when
preparing the work plan.
b)
Application Process:
The
Consultant is required to submit Curriculum Vitae indicating a description of
the Consultant demonstrating why it is qualified to undertake the assignment. In preparing the CV, the consultant is expected to
examine the TOR in detail.
While
preparing the CV, consultants must give particular attention to the following:
·
The consultant
considers that he/she has all the expertise for the assignment.
·
The financial
proposal shall not exceed the budget of US$
3,000
·
The consultant must,
at a minimum, have the experience indicated in the ToR.
·
Only one curriculum
vitae (CV) will be required for the assignment.
·
Submissions and
reports to be issued by the consultant as part of this assignment must be in
the English language.
The
Curriculum Vitae shall provide the following information
·
CV recently signed by
the consultant.
·
Proposed cost/Daily
rate not exceeding USD 3,000. The consultant is expected to take into account
the requirements and conditions outlined in the TOR
c)
Sealing and marking
of CVs:
CVs
should be sent/emailed to the submission
address in section d below: clearly marked with the- Procurement Reference: AFAAS-IC/2015-001,
the name of the Consultant and Country (i.e. Cameroon,).
d)
Submission
of CVs
Consultants
must submit CVs addressed to:
The
CV submission address is:
The Executive
Director
African Forum
for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS)
Plot 22A,
Nakasero Road
P. O. Box 34624 Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-312-313400
Through the Focal Point Person (NGOUAMBE Nestor), Located at Regional Delegation
of MINADER for the Center (Regional Service for cooperative registry)
Tel: +237 679 71 78 09 or 222 31 12 89
The
CVs should be submitted to the address above, no later than the date and time
of the deadline stated below:
·
Deadline:
20th July, 2015. Time of deadline: 10.00 hrs (10.00 a.m.). CVs received after the indicated date will
not be accepted under any circumstances.
·
It is the
individual’s responsibility to ensure that his/her proposal is received by the
deadline.
·
Thank you for your
interest in this AFAAS assignment; and we look forward to receiving your CV and
or short proposal in due date.
e)
Evaluation
of CVs
The
evaluation criteria that will be used to evaluate the CVs are summarized in the
table below:
|
NO.
|
EVALUATION CRITERIA
|
POINTS
|
NAME
|
NAME
|
NAME
|
|
|
|
|
Scores
|
Scores
|
Scores
|
|
(i)
|
CV
demonstrating experience of consultant in similar assignment
(Information on
relevant services carried out in the last 5 years that best illustrate the
experience) ( 0 - 40 points)
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
Past
Performance of consultant
·
Record of Past
Performance (0
- 10 points)
·
Contact details of
previous work (0
- 5 points)
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
Qualifications
of the consultant for the Assignment
Relevant
Qualifications (Masters) (0 - 15 points)
Understanding
Research (0 - 10 points)
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
|
Previous
experience writing technical reports (0 - 5 points)
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
|
Proposed
Cost/Daily Rate (0 - 10 points)
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL POINTS:
|
100
|
|
|
|
f)
Award
of Contract and Commencement
The
assignment is expected to commence on 27th July, 2015
