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National Consultant in Energy Management System.

Vacancy Number: Pr20/02009

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	29 Apr 2020, 14:00 (GMT+2:00)
Starting date:	11 May 2020
Reference to the project:	Moldova Sustainable Green Cities - Catalyzing investment in sustainable green cities in the Republic of Moldova using a holistic integrated urban planning approach
Expected Duration of Assignment:	110 working days till December 2020
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Mr. Simion Berzoi.

Background

The objective of the project is to catalyze investments in low carbon green urban development based on an integrated urban planning approach, by encouraging innovation, participatory planning, and partnerships between a variety of public and private sector entities. 

The strategy of the project is to create, launch and support a new institutional mechanism called “Green City Lab” (GCL) as a vehicle for encouraging and supporting new innovative measures and approaches in addressing the urban development challenges and barriers. Green City Lab has to become the leading knowledge management and networking platform, clearinghouse, an facilitator of financing various green urban development projects,  and a source of innovations and expertise to catalyze sustainable low carbon green city development in Moldova with a mission to transform Chisinau and other cities/towns in Moldova into modern green and smart European cities with improved quality of life for their citizens, while also demonstrating opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

The objective of the assignment is related to the transfer of best international practices of Energy Management Information System (EMIS) and testing it in a group of buildings with a possibility to establish a municipal and national database on actual consumption of energy, energy raw materials, and water in public buildings.

Context:

Energy management information system – EMIS is a computer program or an internet application serving as a basic tool supporting the energy management system in public and commercial buildings. EMIS is intended primarily for monitoring and analyzing data on consumption and costs of energy and water in public buildings under the responsibility of local, regional, and national levels. Nevertheless, irrespective of its primary purpose, its concept design is flexible which enables it to be used with equal success also for buildings which are the responsibility of other institutions and organizations, indirect budget beneficiaries, commercial buildings, and public enterprises. The EMIS is designed using the relations database platform (Oracle) and Web architecture, meaning that it can be accessed from any computer with an online connection using any Internet browsers available in the market. Also, it allows the export of the data in XLS and other formats, thus providing data resources for any kind of advanced analysis. Additionally, EMIS has an integrated option of automatic data screening and if any result of the automatic analysis is critical, or out of the set limits (e.g., a dramatic increase in energy or water consumption) EMIS sends alert message to the person(s) in charge thus any unwanted and unnecessary energy or water usage and costs are avoided.

Scope of work

The Consultant will work in close collaboration with Chisinau Municipality, Energy Efficiency Agency (EEA) and under the direct supervision of the Green Cities Project Officer and UNDP Country Office in Moldova. Under this activity national consultant is requested to provide full support necessary to predefine, test and pilot EMIS platform as well as providing the required support to energy managers for further utilization.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in Energy, Environment, Engineering, IT or other closely related field.

Years of experience:

• At least 3 years of professional experience in providing advice to electronic management systems, Information Technologies or energy engineering.

Competencies:

• Proven experience in managing projects/initiatives related to smart technologies, as well as required tools in energy management;
• Sound knowledge of energy efficiency, energy-saving and use of renewable energy development in the residential sector;
• Good knowledge of electronic communications through wired and wireless networks;
• Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modeling UN values and ethical standards;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize multiple tasks;
• Excellent communication skills; Excellent analytical skills; Strong oral and writing skills;
• Excellent computer literacy (Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint) and other advanced programming tools, would constitute an advantage;
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team;
• Proficiency (verbal and written) in Romanian and English; a working level of Russian will be an asset.

Documents to be included

• Offeror's Letter confirming Interest and Availability;
• CV, including information about past experience in similar assignments and contact details for three referees;
• Brief description of the approach to work/technical proposal of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a proposed methodology on how they will approach and complete the assignment;
• Financial proposal (in USD, specifying the total lump sum amount as well as the requested amount of the fee per day). Financial proposal template prepared in compliance with UNDP's template.

Financial proposal

Lump-sum contracts

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR.  In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fees, taxes, travel costs, accommodation costs, communication, and a number of anticipated working days).