Consultancy Services for an Individual Consultancy For the Compact Completion Report Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania
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Consultancy Services for an Individual Consultancy For the Compact Completion Report
Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania
1. The Government of the United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Tanzania (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the Compact”) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Tanzania in the amount of Six Hundred Ninety-Eight million, one hundred thirty-six thousand USD (“MCC funding”). The Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania (“MCA-Tanzania”) on behalf of the Government intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of MCC funding to eligible payments under this contract. Payments by MCA- Tanzania will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding of the Compact. No party other than the Government and MCA-Tanzania shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC funding.
2. The five-year Compact aims at reducing poverty through the implementation of a program consisting of three projects, each containing a number of activities and sub activities namely:
i) The Transport sector Project consists of four distinct activities, the Mainland Trunk Roads Activity, the Zanzibar Rural Roads Activity, the Road Maintenance Activity and the Mafia Island Airport Activity.
ii) The Energy Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Zanzibar Interconnector Activity, the Malagarasi Hydropower and Kigoma Distribution Activity, and the Distribution Systems Rehabilitation and Extension Activity.
iii) The Water Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Lower Ruvu Plant Expansion Activity, the Non-Revenue Water Activity, and the Morogoro Water Supply Activity
For more details on MCA-T and MCC please see www.mca-t.go.tz and www.mcc.gov.
3. The objective of assignment is to support MCA-T Management on the development of the MCA-T Compact Completion Report (CCR), as per the MCC Compact Closure Guidelines of May, 2011 from September 2012 through July 2013 to. The CCR is intended to provide a summary of the Accountable Entity’s perspective on the implementation of the Compact objectives. The CCR will also summarize factors that affected implementation and achievement of the corresponding outcomes, and including key lessons learnt during the compact implementation period. The key role of the Consultant will be to provide technical support services to MCA-T senior management, Management Units and the respective Implementing Entities to prepare a final comprehensive CCR. Annex I provides a draft outline of a CCR, which will be developed under the Consultancy period in consultation with the MCA-Tanzania Management.
More details on MCA-T and its organization structure may be found, at www.mca-t.go.tz and for more details on the MCC, please see www.mcc.gov and for details on MCC Compact Closure Guidelines please see http://www.mcc.gov/documents/guidance/guidelines-compact-programclosure.pdf.
4. The Consultancy comprises of a period of 10 months.
5. This Invitation for Proposals, follows the General Procurement Notice Number 16 - Revised that appeared on dgMarket’s website on June 22, 2012, UNDBOnline on June 22, 2011, MCA-T website www.mca-t.go.tz on June 22, 2012 and local newspapers, The Daily News and The Guardian on June 21, 2012.
6. MCA- T now invites Individual Consultants to provide their CVs and a covering letter expressing their interest in providing these Consulting Services. This is open to all eligible Individual Consultants who wish to respond.
7. Any Individual Consultant requiring a copy of the draft contract and Terms of Reference (ToR), should request it via email to the MCA-T - Procurement Agent: Email: mca-tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz and copied to the MCA-T Procurement Director, Marieth S Ngaida at mngaida@mca-t.go.tz. Alternatively the draft contract and Terms of Reference can be downloaded directly from the MCA-T website at www.mca-t.go.tz.
8. A Consultant will be selected under the Individual Consultant procedures and evaluation procedures, as per “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” which are provided on the MCC website www.mcc.gov.
9. The minimum qualifications and requirements for the Consultant are:
a) A minimum of Master’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, or a development related field;
b) At least 10 years demonstrated experience in similar assignments five of which shall be in developing countries;
c) Excellent writing skills (English); emonstrable analytic and synthetic skills are essential (examples of written analysis and reports should be available);
d) Experience in quality assurance, drafting and finalizing of Project completion reports, Performance Evaluation reports, or similar reports;
e) Demonstrable experience of providing a critical analysis of the program/projects progress, logical frameworks and results frameworks of development programs, particularly with regards to the logic and coherence between different level results;
f) Strong organizational and time management skills and capacity to work across multiple institutions and stakeholders; and
g) Very good knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and methodologies.
10. Individual Consultants interested in this assignment, should send their CV, (complete with at least three (3) current references with the referees contact details, such as email, telephone number and fax number), with a covering letter, that includes the Consultant’s earliest availability date in case of selection, addressed to the MCA- Procurement Agent: Email: mca-tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz with a copy to
Marieth Ngaida
Procurement Director
Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania,
Room 401, Development House,
Kivukoni Front/Ohio Street,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
mngaida@mca-t.go.tz
Note that the covering letter must not provide any costings for undertaking this work.
Only the selected Individual Consultant shall be asked to submit a costed proposal for negotiation, after the CVs have been reviewed and if required, interviews held.
The closing time for receipt of CVs is August 22, 2011, at 16.00 hours, local time in Tanzania. CVs received after this time and date shall not be considered.
Consultancy Services for an Individual Consultancy For the Compact Completion Report
Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania
1. The Government of the United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Tanzania (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the Compact”) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Tanzania in the amount of Six Hundred Ninety-Eight million, one hundred thirty-six thousand USD (“MCC funding”). The Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania (“MCA-Tanzania”) on behalf of the Government intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of MCC funding to eligible payments under this contract. Payments by MCA- Tanzania will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding of the Compact. No party other than the Government and MCA-Tanzania shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC funding.
2. The five-year Compact aims at reducing poverty through the implementation of a program consisting of three projects, each containing a number of activities and sub activities namely:
i) The Transport sector Project consists of four distinct activities, the Mainland Trunk Roads Activity, the Zanzibar Rural Roads Activity, the Road Maintenance Activity and the Mafia Island Airport Activity.
ii) The Energy Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Zanzibar Interconnector Activity, the Malagarasi Hydropower and Kigoma Distribution Activity, and the Distribution Systems Rehabilitation and Extension Activity.
iii) The Water Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Lower Ruvu Plant Expansion Activity, the Non-Revenue Water Activity, and the Morogoro Water Supply Activity
For more details on MCA-T and MCC please see www.mca-t.go.tz and www.mcc.gov.
3. The objective of assignment is to support MCA-T Management on the development of the MCA-T Compact Completion Report (CCR), as per the MCC Compact Closure Guidelines of May, 2011 from September 2012 through July 2013 to. The CCR is intended to provide a summary of the Accountable Entity’s perspective on the implementation of the Compact objectives. The CCR will also summarize factors that affected implementation and achievement of the corresponding outcomes, and including key lessons learnt during the compact implementation period. The key role of the Consultant will be to provide technical support services to MCA-T senior management, Management Units and the respective Implementing Entities to prepare a final comprehensive CCR. Annex I provides a draft outline of a CCR, which will be developed under the Consultancy period in consultation with the MCA-Tanzania Management.
More details on MCA-T and its organization structure may be found, at www.mca-t.go.tz and for more details on the MCC, please see www.mcc.gov and for details on MCC Compact Closure Guidelines please see http://www.mcc.gov/documents/guidance/guidelines-compact-programclosure.pdf.
4. The Consultancy comprises of a period of 10 months.
5. This Invitation for Proposals, follows the General Procurement Notice Number 16 - Revised that appeared on dgMarket’s website on June 22, 2012, UNDBOnline on June 22, 2011, MCA-T website www.mca-t.go.tz on June 22, 2012 and local newspapers, The Daily News and The Guardian on June 21, 2012.
6. MCA- T now invites Individual Consultants to provide their CVs and a covering letter expressing their interest in providing these Consulting Services. This is open to all eligible Individual Consultants who wish to respond.
7. Any Individual Consultant requiring a copy of the draft contract and Terms of Reference (ToR), should request it via email to the MCA-T - Procurement Agent: Email: mca-tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz and copied to the MCA-T Procurement Director, Marieth S Ngaida at mngaida@mca-t.go.tz. Alternatively the draft contract and Terms of Reference can be downloaded directly from the MCA-T website at www.mca-t.go.tz.
8. A Consultant will be selected under the Individual Consultant procedures and evaluation procedures, as per “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” which are provided on the MCC website www.mcc.gov.
9. The minimum qualifications and requirements for the Consultant are:
a) A minimum of Master’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, or a development related field;
b) At least 10 years demonstrated experience in similar assignments five of which shall be in developing countries;
c) Excellent writing skills (English); emonstrable analytic and synthetic skills are essential (examples of written analysis and reports should be available);
d) Experience in quality assurance, drafting and finalizing of Project completion reports, Performance Evaluation reports, or similar reports;
e) Demonstrable experience of providing a critical analysis of the program/projects progress, logical frameworks and results frameworks of development programs, particularly with regards to the logic and coherence between different level results;
f) Strong organizational and time management skills and capacity to work across multiple institutions and stakeholders; and
g) Very good knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and methodologies.
10. Individual Consultants interested in this assignment, should send their CV, (complete with at least three (3) current references with the referees contact details, such as email, telephone number and fax number), with a covering letter, that includes the Consultant’s earliest availability date in case of selection, addressed to the MCA- Procurement Agent: Email: mca-tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz with a copy to
Marieth Ngaida
Procurement Director
Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania,
Room 401, Development House,
Kivukoni Front/Ohio Street,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
mngaida@mca-t.go.tz
Note that the covering letter must not provide any costings for undertaking this work.
Only the selected Individual Consultant shall be asked to submit a costed proposal for negotiation, after the CVs have been reviewed and if required, interviews held.
The closing time for receipt of CVs is August 22, 2011, at 16.00 hours, local time in Tanzania. CVs received after this time and date shall not be considered.
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