COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
NAME OF PROJECT: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT – CAPE VERDE II
Individual Consultants to provide Technical Assistance to IGF Team on revision Projects documentation
Ref: WAS-C06/CF
The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) signed a five-year, $66.2 million compact with the Government of Cape Verde in February 2012 to reduce poverty through economic growth. The $41.1 million Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Project is designed to establish a financially sound, transparent and accountable institutional basis for the delivery of water and sanitation services to Cape Verdean households and businesses. The $17.3 million Land Management for Investment Project is expected to improve Cape Verde’s investment climate by refining the legal, institutional and procedural environment to create conditions for increased reliability of land information, greater efficiency in land administration transactions, and strengthened protection of land rights; developing and implementing a new land information management system; and clarifying parcel rights and boundaries on targeted islands with high investment potential.
In furtherance of the development of a Compact, the Millennium Challenge Account - Cape Verde II requires the service of individuals consultants like, Civil Engineers and a Social and Gender Expert to provide the services as described in the Terms of Reference (TOR).
Location: Praia, Republic of Cape Verde (and other islands, if necessary)
Anticipated Start Date: April 2014
Duration of Assignment: 45 calendars days
Before applying, interested consultants should review the Terms of Reference (TOR) that describes the assignment in detail.
A complete set of Instruction document, including the Terms of Reference (TOR), in English may be requested by the interested Individual Consultants in writing to the address below. The document will be sent in PDF format by e-mail.
The required qualifications for the Individual Consultant to be considered are indicated in the TOR.
The selection shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.B. of the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (PPG), which are available on the Business & Procurements page of the MCC website (http://www.mcc.gov). The selected consultant will sign a contract (Chapter III) on the basis of a fixed price/fee lump sum.
Application Procedure
Interested Individual Consultants are requested to send their responses, which should include Submission Form (FORM I) to be considered for the assignment, an updated CV (FORM II) showing the minimum requirements described above and in compliance with the attached TOR, contact details (i.e., address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, website, etc.), at least three references (FORM III) that can comment on the consultant’s related work experience, (FORM IV) and any other relevant information.
A Portuguese version of Curriculum Vitae - CV (Form II) and Form III will be considered.
Interested individuals consultants may obtain further information from the e-mail addresses below, during office hours 08:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Cape Verde Local Time, from Monday to Friday, until March 14, 2014.
The responses in the standard of Consultant Qualification format (Forms I, II, III, and IV) should be submitted electronically (Option 1) or in a closed envelope (Option 2) labelled "MCA CV II/FASA CONSULTANTS" to the addresses indicated below:
Attn: Ms. Maria de Lourdes Silva
Procurement Manager, MCA-Cape Verde II
Largo MCA-CV II
Edifício Cartório, 1° Andar
Achada Santo António
Republic of Cape Verde
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Deadline for submission of responses in the standard of Consultants Qualification format (Forms I, II, III, and IV attached hereto) is no later than March 21, 2014 - 17H00 Cape Verde time.
Praia, March 13, 2014
Helder Santos
MCA-CV II Director