PRDP-Visayas – Leyte: HIRING A VALUE CHAIN CONSULTANT FOR ABACA (Closing date: October 12, 2015 @ 5:00 pm) [RPCO8-SIC-020-15]

Date Published: October 7, 2015
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)Hiring of Consultancy Services (Individual Consultant)
Solicitation No. RPCO8-SIC-020-15
Estimated Project Cost: PhP250,000.00

1. The Government of the Philippines has received a loan from the World Bank towards the cost of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payment for the cost of HIRING A VALUE CHAIN CONSULTANT FOR ABACA.

2. The PRDP-RPCO 8 hereunder referred to as the “End User” now requests interested applicants to submit Expressions of Interest for the Hiring of Value Consultant:

Item no. 1
PR No. IP-15-09-0016
Position: VALUE CHAIN CONSULTANT FOR ABACA – I-PLAN COMPONENT
Quantity: 1 person x 3 months
Unit Price: Php 250,000.00

Click here for the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the position of VCA-Abaca

4. The applicant shall be evaluated on the following criteria:Criteria Description Relative Weight Distribution
1. Experience of the consultants Consultant’s general experience and record in the field covered by the TOR 40%
2. Adequacy of methodology and work plan Adequacy of the proposed approach, methodology and work plan 30%
3. Qualifications and competence of staff to be hired (if needed for the KII) Experience and records of the staff to be hired and to be assigned to the work.
30%
3.a. General qualifications Education, length of experience, etc. 10%
3.b. Suitability for the project Experience of performing the duties which will be assigned to him/her in the project 10%
3.c. Familiarity with the language and the conditions of the region.
Familiarity with the language and the conditions of the region in which the work (KII) is to be performed or experience in similar environments. 10%

5. Bidding Procedures will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the World Bank Guidelines and taking into consideration the related provisions in the Project Loan Agreement and Guidelines in the Procurement under IBRD loans and IDA credits. The individual consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedure set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2011.

6. Interested proponents shall submit their Expression of Interest, Curriculum Vitae and all necessary supporting documents, in a sealed envelope marked “HIRING OF VALUE CHAIN CONSULTANT FOR ABACA– I-PLAN COMPONENT (SOLICITATION NO. RPCO8-SIC-020-15).”

7. Expression of Interest (EOI) must be delivered at the address below not later than 5:00p.m. of October 12, 2015.Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8
PRDP – RPCO 8 SBAC Secretariat Office
3rd Floor, Administrative Building
Kanhuraw Hill, Tacloban City

8. The PRDP – RPCO 8 reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC) process or reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/bidders.

(sgd) JENNY LYN R. ALMERIA, Ph.D.
Chairman, Special Bids and Awards Committee
PRDP – RPCO 8

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