Contract Award Notification
CONTRACT AWARD NOTIFICATION
Date: 5th April 2017
Project Name: Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program (CCNPP)/ Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project (CCAP)
Project ID: P160567
Funding: ARTF TFA03827
Client: Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG)
Notification (5th April to 18th April)
PROCUREMENT FOR CONSULTANT’S SERVICES
as Facilitating Partner for the CCAP in select urban communities in Herat city
Package #: __01__
Type of Consultancy Services: Facilitating Partner (FP) for the CCAP for Select Urban Communities in the province of Herat
# of Communities Covered in the Package: 200 CDCs
Type of Procurement: Fixed Budget Ceiling
FBS Ceiling for this Package: US$ 2,290,000.00
Summary of Scope of Services: For the first time, Afghanistan’s urban and rural community development programs will be joined under the same umbrella. The Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program (henceforth ‘Citizens’ Charter) is an inter-ministerial development program through which line ministries – MoE, MoPH, MAIL and MRRD – provide basic services to both urban and rural communities. The Citizens’ Charter in Cities will build on the national urban community development experience, under which 1,800 CDCs have been established. IDLG will coordinate various platforms at the district and provincial levels to ensure linkages between communities and the nation’s sub-national governance structures, whilst MoF will oversee the overall management of the program. The Citizens’ Charter aims to contribute to the Government’s long-term goals of reducing poverty and deepening the relationship between citizens and the state. The objective of the program is to improve the delivery of core infrastructure and social services through strengthened Community Development Councils through a fixed Minimum Service Standards (MSS) package. Services in urban areas will focus on quality education and healthcare, including monitoring mechanisms for private healthcare providers and pharmacies. Infrastructure projects will focus on needs specific to urban populations, including roads, drainage, sidewalks, solid waste management, parks and playgrounds, lighting, and green spaces. The program will have a strong focus on delivering services to informal settlements and returnees.
The program will start in Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad and then would expand to cover one third of urban center for the first phase. In the first phase, this sub-component will support grants to 600 urban CDCs and 120 Gozars in four major cities (Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad) to fund small infrastructure works in urban settings. These four major cities are home to some 945,000 urban dwellers.
Approved Shortlisted Entities: name of entity and nationality, in WB format showing JV, SC etc)
a) Afghanistan Center for Training and Development (ACTD) (Afghanistan)
b) Bakhtar Development Network (BDN) (Afghanistan)
c) Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) (Bangladesh
d) Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees (DACAAR) Denmark
e) International Rescue Committee (IRC) US
f) Oxfam Novib (Netherland) as Lead Partner with Afghan-Aid (JV)
g) People in Need (PIN) (Czech Republic) as Lead partner in Joint Venture with Norwegian Project Office/ Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (NPO/RRAA, Norway) (JV)
h) Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan (WADAN) (Afghanistan).
Technical and Financial Scores for the Shortlisted Entities:
1. / Specific Experience / Average / Firm 1: Oxfam Novib+ Afghanaid (JV) / Firm 2: DACAAR / Firm 3: NPO/RRA+ PIN10 / 7.90 / 8.70 / 8.20
1.1 / Specific experience of the firm(s) in large rural development program management, implementation, technical assistance and/or facilitation / 2 / 0.5 / 1.3 / 1.0
1.2 / Specific experience of the firm(s) in working in Afghanistan for a minimum of 1 year at least, and specifically in one or all of the provinces in the package being procured. / 2 / 2.0 / 2.0 / 2.0
1.3 / Specific experience of the firm(s) in community driven development initiatives including participatory community appraisals/ empowerment, citizens charters, score cards, social audits, grievance handling and the like / 4 / 3.4 / 3.7 / 3.7
1.4 / Specific experience of the firm(s) in South Asia (outside Afghanistan), the Middle East, and/or conflict and/or immediate post conflict countries / 2 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.5
2 / Methodology / 30 / 21.70 / 22.34 / 18.8
2.1 / Comments and comprehension of the ToR (not elaboration but constructive review and feedback) / 5 / 3.5 / 3.7 / 2.0
2.2. / Detailed methodology and brief description of organizational structure to support the same / 10 / 7.6 / 7.6 / 6.3
2.3 / Innovative approaches and additions proposed by the consultant to strengthen the work outlined in the ToRs / 10 / 8.1 / 7.0 / 6.6
2.4 / Appropriate, well considered and feasible work plans to suit proposed methodology / 5 / 2.5 / 4.0 / 3.9
3 / Key Staff * / 50 / 39.73 / 36.8 / 41.5
3.1 / FP CC Program Manager for this Package (full time dedicated staff) / 15 / 10.8 / 10.2 / 12.5
3.2 / Chief Trainer for this Package (full time dedicated staff) / 15 / 12.0 / 10.2 / 12.7
3.3 / Provincial Manager for CCAP / 7 / 5.9 / 5.9 / 5.7
3.4 / Provincial Trainer for CCAP / 6 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 4.7
3.5 / Provincial Senior Engineer / 7 / 5.9 / 5.5 / 5.9
4 / Transfer of Knowledge / 10 / 7.1 / 4.70 / 3.9
4.1 / Detailed proposal on how the consultant will build the capacity of the MRRD’s Community Led Development Department (CLDD)’s HQ and field staff, especially social mobilizers to take over full facilitation roles from the FPs / 7 / 5.0 / 3.5 / 2.6
4.2 / Time bound work plan for 4.1 / 3 / 2.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
TOTAL TECHNICAL SCORES / 100 / 76.43 / 72.5 / 72.4
READ OUT FINANCIAL PRICE WITH CURRENCY (only for firms that got minimum technical score and whose financial proposal is opened) / USD 2,290,000 / US$2,290,000 / US$2,290,000
EVALUATED FINANCIAL PRICE IN US$ / 2,290,000 / 2,290,000 / 2,290,000
RANKING BASED ON HIGHEST TECHNICAL SCORE WITHIN FBS CEILING / 1 / 2 / 3
Entity Selected for Contract Award: Oxfam Novib+ Afghanaid (JV)______
Contract Cost: US$/ AFA/ other currency: US$ 2,290,000.00______
Contract Duration: 36 months______