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Background

United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment
agency for the world’s 47 least developed countries LDCs. With its capital
mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock
public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce
poverty and support local economic development.

It’s Local Finance Initiative LFI programme is designed to support
commercially viable investments with transformational impact to national
economies and local communities.

UNCDF has developed SPVs to promote the achievement of United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals SDGS. SPV, also called a special purpose
entity SPE, is a governance arrangement created by an organization to
isolate business risks e.g. operational, political and or financial risk. It
is a legal company created for a specific or single purpose. In Tanzania,
UNCDF in collaboration with the President Office, Regional Administration and
Local Government PO-RALG invested in economic infrastructure projects owned
and operated by both local authorities and the private sector. Based on this
experience and at the request of both the Ministry of Finance and Planning and
President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government, we are
inviting consultants to develop standardized National Guideline for SPVs to
be used by public corporations, the private sector and others.

The objective of this assignment is to create a better understanding and clear
guidelines for the use and development of SPVs created for different purposes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the UNCDF global LFI
technical secretariat based in Tanzania. He/she will, at a minimum, analyze
relevant information sources and documents that may provide input as to how
the assignment should be approached. He/she is expected to facilitate
stakeholder consultations at national and sub-national levels and facilitate
workshops for presentation of the draft guidelines. Specifically, the
consultant will

Conduct stakeholders mapping of different organizations at the national and
local government level to collect relevant information including their inputs
on the assignment.
Review existing SPVs in Tanzania and globally to learn practice challenges,
lesson learned, best practices, and other relevant information for the
assignment.
Analyse applicable legislative and statutory laws & regulations guiding
investments in partnership with local authorities e.g. in the areas of
governance, administration, finance, investment etc and implementation of
SPVs.
Understand and document the options available for SPV structures used to
manage LGA’s projects including wholly owned public projects and those
involving the private sector and other stakeholders
Obtain and review different assessments on this topic including recent
assessments by PO-RALG in collaboration with other development partners.
Develop two different versions of guidelines as follows
Guideline #1 A Tanzania National Guideline for establishment and management
of SPVs with a focus on public corporations and PPPs. This guideline will be
in collaboration with focal points from the Ministry of Finance and Planning,
and President Office, Regional Administration and Local Government. For this
segment, the consultant will develop training modules and presentation
materials; conduct training of Trainers ToTs on the subject; and prepare a
general TOT training report.
Guideline #2 A generic technical guideline for SPVs to be used in different
country settings globally. The difference between guideline 1 and 2 is that
the former focuses on the Tanzanian environment while the latter is a general
document to be tailored to any developing country.

The guidelines will be developed through a consultative process that will also
require travel to selected local authorities in Tanzania.

Outputs/Deliverables

Deliverables are as follow

An inception report in which among other things, should include a detailed
work plan with clear tasks and completion date.
Draft SPV guideline #1 A Tanzania National Guideline for establishment and
management of SPVs. This is drafted after the scoping exercise, consultation
with various stakeholders, assessment, and analysis of relevant information
etc.
Final document – a soft copy in word format of the SPV guideline #1
Draft SPV guideline #2 A UNCDF technical guideline on SPVs for developing
countries.
Final document – a soft copy in word format of the SPV guideline #2.
SPV training modules materials, program etc, a TOT training session and a
training report
Each of the above steps is subject to written approval by UNCDF before moving
on to another step.

Payment Terms

This contract will be based on the payment terms described below. The contract
price shall be all-inclusive with the exception of travel costs and shall
include other various expenses incurred by the consultant during the period of
the contract. All outputs shall be subject to written final acceptance by
UNCDF and subsequent authorization to disburse the payment.

Deliverable 1 Inception Report

Deliverable 2 Final SPV Guideline 1 – Tanzania national SPV guideline

Deliverable 3 Final SPV Guideline 2 – UNCDF technical guideline on SPVs

Deliverable 4 A training session to TOTs on SPV guidelines as evidenced by
consultant’s submission of training modules and a training report

Travels

This assignment will involve travels to the capital city to meet with senior
government officials and other public institutions, travel to at least two
other regions as deemed necessary. These consultations will need to be agreed
with UNCDF technical team in the course of performing this task. UNCDF will
arrange and separately cover costs related to necessary travels in this regard
based on UNCDF rules and regulations

Competencies

Functional and technical competencies include

1\. Project management and writing skills

2\. Communication, consultation and presentation skills including ability to
manage social development dialogue processes

3\. Team management skills

4\. Planning skills

5\. Demonstrated knowledge of research and analytical capacity

Required Skills and Experience

Education, Skills and Experience include

Education

Minimum of master’s degree in any of the following areas Economics, law,
international development, investments, Commerce/finance, business or public
administration, or related field.

Knowledge and Experience

The consultant must have a minimum of seven 7 years of progressive relevant
experience, with practical knowledge in development finance, investments, or
project management.
Experience in the development of national guidelines and other instruments on
project finance, investment, PPPs, or similar assignment.
Experience in working with central and local government actors, civil society
actors and communities in developing country context
Understanding of private sector and public sector investments, Tanzania local
government laws, finance, its administration, governance, and national
politics
Understanding of private sector and public sector investments, Tanzania local
government laws, finance, its administration, governance, and national
politics

Evaluation

Step 1 Longlisting/Screening of applicants

Applications will be screened and only applicants meeting the competencies and
qualifications below also stated above will be longlisted

Education

Minimum of master’s degree in any of the following areas Economics, law,
international development, investments, Commerce/finance, business or public
administration, or related field.

Knowledge and Experience
The consultant must have a minimum of seven 7 years of progressive relevant
experience, with practical knowledge in development finance, investments, or
project management.
Experience in the development of national guidelines and other instruments on
project finance, investment, PPPs, or similar assignment.
Experience in working with central and local government actors, civil society
actors and communities in developing country context
Understanding of private sector and public sector investments, Tanzania local
government laws, finance, its administration, governance, and national
politics

Step 2 Shortlisting – Desk Review, 60% of the technical evaluation

A desk review of those included in the longlist will be done based on the
following evaluation criteria and maximum obtainable points

Education background and relevant competency skills communication & writing;
research & analytical, and planning & management – 10 pts
A minimum of seven 7 years of progressive relevant experience, with
practical knowledge in development finance, investments, or project management
– 25 pts
Demonstrated experience in the development of national guidelines and other
instruments on either project finance, investment, PPPs, or similar assignment
– 25 pts
Specific experience in working in developing country context includes
understanding of development finance, national & local government issues – 20
pts
Proposed methodology, approach, and implementation plan to meet the
requirements of the TOR This is one of the documents to be submitted – please
see application procedure below – 20 pts

Step 3 Interviews – 40% of the technical evaluation

A competency-based interview shall thenbe conducted for all the candidates who
obtained 70% of the points at the desk review.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% on the total of Steps 1 and 2 will
be considered as technically qualified and will be reviewed further for
financial evaluation.

Step 3 Financial Proposal Evaluation

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal lowest
priced proposal/price of the proposal being evaluated x 30%.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants must submit the following documents/information to
demonstrate their qualifications. Proposers who shall not submit below
mentioned documents will not be considered for further evaluation. Note the
system does not allow multiple uploads of documents. Applicants must make sure
to upload all documents in one PDF file.

Latest CV with prior experience & references and with cover letter also
containing motivation statement
Approach and methodology on how the assignment will be implemented technical
proposal
A detailed financial proposal indicating the total contract price in USD –
please use the offeror’s letter confirming interest and availability,
available at http//procurement-notices.undp.org/viewfile.cfmdocid=29916.

Issuance of Individual Contract

Issuance of Individual Contract will be made to candidate whose offer has been
evaluated and determined as

Responsive/compliant/acceptable vis-à-vis the requirements of the TOR and the
project operating environment; and

Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted
technical criteria 70% and financial criteria 30% specific to the
solicitation.

Both individual consultants and individuals employed by a company or
institution are welcome to apply.

Any individual employed by a company or institution who would like to submit
an offer in response to a Procurement Notice for IC must do so in their
individual capacity providing a CV so that their qualifications may be judged
accordingly.

Women candidates or women-owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.

UNCDF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups
and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All
applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have
vaccinations/inoculations when traveling to certain countries, as designated
by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the
UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org.



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Closing Date 12th April, 2021.



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