SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Consulting Services for Technical Assistance to National Committee in Privatization
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, Washington DC, 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20005
- Solicitation Number
- 220300
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2018
- Point of Contact
- Grant Knutson, Phone: 2027726495
- E-Mail Address
-
knutsongm@mcc.gov
(knutsongm@mcc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Consulting Services for Technical Assistance to National Committee in Privatization MCCU Procurement Ref: 220300 1. The Government of Sierra Leone has established the Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit ("MCCU") as an autonomous entity with independent legal authority to oversee, manage, and implement a Threshold Program funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC"). MCC is a U.S. government agency focused on assisting countries dedicated to good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people. 2. The MCC Threshold Program with Sierra Leone will provide up to $44.4 million to support significant policy reforms and improve governance in the water and electricity sectors. By establishing independent regulation, strengthening key institutions, and increasing transparency and accountability, the program seeks to create a foundation for the financially sustainable provision of essential water and electricity services, as well as limit opportunities for corruption in service delivery. The Threshold Program will run for up to four (4) years after the entry into force of the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program Grant Agreement ("Threshold Program Agreement") which occurred in February 2016. 3. The Request for Consultants' Qualifications (RCQ) follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared in dgMarket on 13 February 2018, on UNDB Online on 14 February 2018 and Concord Times and Standard Times newspapers on 15 February 2018. 4. MCCU now invites qualification documents (in the form of curriculum vitae) from individual consultants to provide the consultant services referenced above. More details on these consultant services are provided in the RCQ which incorporates the Terms of Reference (TOR). This procurement - open to all eligible individuals who wish to respond - is not for consulting firms, or individuals being proposed by consulting firms. Submissions from consulting firms (or individuals proposed by consulting or other firms) shall be rejected. MCCU intends to hire an individual consultant (the "Consultant") to provide technical assistance to the National Committee on Privatization. Detailed information is provided in the Terms of Reference. 5. Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone 6. Anticipated Start Date: April/May 2018 7. Duration of Assignment : One year; detailed information is provided in the TOR. 8. Individual consultants will be selected under Individual Consultants' Selection (ICS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov/ppg). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award. 9. Submission Procedure: Please submit your Qualifications/CVs using the forms provided in the RCQ for this purpose. Failing to submit all forms may result in the rejection of the submission. 10. Procedure: MCCU will evaluate the Qualifications using the criteria provided in Annex 2 of the RCQ. The Consultant that attains the highest score (who also attains the minimum technical score required to pass) shall be invited for negotiations. 11. Consultants interested in receiving the RCQ (and the submission forms) and who intend to submit Qualifications should register their interest by sending an e-mail (with subject: Request for TA to NCP RCQ) to the Procurement Consultant on franklin@ebmse.com, giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Consultants receive updates regarding this RCQ. 12. Any clarification on the RCQ including the TOR should be sent via e-mail to franklin@ebmse.com no later than 10.00am GMT of 27 February 2018. MCCU will provide responses to all clarification requests by 5.00pm GMT of 2 March 2018. 13. Qualifications/CVs shall be submitted to the address below no later than 10.00am GMT of 27 March 2018. Qualifications submitted by email in pdf format are acceptable. Office of the CEO Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) 23 Spur Road, Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone Email: ndeye.koroma@mccu-sl.org and franklin@ebmse.com Yours sincerely, Ndeye F. Koroma CEO. MCCU For Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/19894890 DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.
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