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Consultancy Title: Individual Consultancy - Market Survey for 2 months for international professionals

Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Justification:

Mini market surveys for specific items and services have always been done for creation of LTAs but these are not good enough to give an over all picture of the market. UNDP and WFP have also done some market surveys on behalf of the whole UN but these have not yielded enough also. The hiring of a consultant will help to have a dedicated person to come up with credible findings about the market. The exercise needs a dedicated person focusing on this particular assignment.

Objectives:

The goal of the consultancy is to assess availability of locally sourced supplies, equipment and services, in order to pre-qualify vendors for local procurement initiatives and develop a supplier data base. The market survey will support to engage the right supplier to be able to deliver quality of goods and services for use in regular programming and emergency response.

As part of sustainable procurement policy of United Nations, the market survey will explore all three pillars of sustainable procurement. Economic pillar which looks at value for money and product life costs. Environmental pillar which speaks to how organisations’ activities negatively impact the environment. Social pillar looks at the promotion of local markets including women enterprises, human rights, elimination of child labour, the fair labour conditions and wider ethical issues in supply chain.

1. The consultant will grade the companies in two categories- ie pass and fail according to the minimum qualifications that were requested. Those that will pass will be visited by the consultant for further verification.

Expected Deliverables and Reporting Requirements

An inception report

An electronic version (in Excel table) of the short-listed vendors for the above identified categories of supplies and services based on the tasks completed under tasks no. 7 above

An easily searchable Supplier database in acceptable software platform with the complete information on the short-listed suppliers

A simple how to use guide and training to the supply staff

The completed Supplier Profile Forms

The completed Supplier Inspection Reports.

The completed Sustainability questionnaire duly filled in by each supplier/manufacturer

A methodological framework to setup and manage long term arrangements with the shortlisted vendors

A Final report containing the methodology, principal conclusions and recommendations of the market survey.

: The bidder is required to add timelines and % payment for each deliverable during the execution of the contract- as per the table below

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