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International consultant in dedicated bus lanes.

Vacancy Number: Pr20/02076

Location:	Homebased, with one possible mission to Chisinau
Application Deadline:	28 Aug 2020, 16:00 (GMT+2:00)
Starting date:	08 Sep 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:	30 w.d. until December 2020
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Procurement Notice Offeror's Letter to UNDP confirming Interest and Availability UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Mr. Alexandru Rotaru.

Background

The objective of the project is to activate 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. 

As a tool for this, the project will support the design, launching, and establishment of the Green City Lab (hereafter GCL) to become the leading knowledge management and networking platform, clearinghouse, an inter-mediator of finance 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 urban centers 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 Green City Lab is expected to be a self-sustaining entity, operating on a commercial basis (as part of the UNDP in the initial stage and linked to the municipality on a later stage), that does not rely on technical assistance funding alone, so that by the end of the project it can continue to operate and grow.

The direct global environmental benefits of the project are expected to reach at least 200,000 tons of CO₂, resulting from the concrete pilot/demonstration projects in the building energy efficiency, transport, and waste sectors. These are complemented by the project’s indirect GHG emission reduction impact at the estimated amount of 2.4 million tons of CO₂ by scaling up, replicating, and mainstreaming the project results and activities, including those of the Green City Lab.

Scope of work

The current assignment is linked to the overall Chisinau Municipality efforts in reforming the transport system.

More specifically this assignment is a continuation of the short-term assignment supported under Russia – UNDP Trust Fund for development aiming to provide methodological support in planning establishment of the dedicated public bus lanes in Chisinau and piloting on 5 streets: str. Mateevici, str. Puskin, str. Banulescu-Bodoni, blvd. Grigore Vieru, and blvd. Ștefan cel Mare.

In the continuation of the up mentioned activities, the Green city project will support the municipality in developing the Action plan for further expansion of the dedicated bus lanes network in Chisinau.  

For detailed information, please refer to the Terms of Reference. 

Requirements for experience

Academic qualifications:

• Master's degree in transport engineering, transport planning or other related fields.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in the development of similar projects in other cities, including dedicated bus lanes implementation;
• Familiarity with and experience of working with the public sector and the local public authorities;
• Ability and demonstrated success to work in a team, to effectively organize it, and to motivate its members and other project counterparts to effectively work towards the project’s objective and expected outcomes;
• Proven experience in cooperation with international institutions or other bodies responsible for urban smart transport planning; experience of working with UNDP or other international agencies will be an asset;
• Excellent communication, analytical, facilitation and presentation skills;
• Excellent computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Teams).

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English; knowledge of Russian would be an asset.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal:

(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;

(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable);

2. Financial proposal;

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

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 all related costs e.g. fees, taxes, travel, phone calls etc.) and the number of anticipated working days. The consultant shall bear costs for all supplies needed for data collection and data processing including possession of his own personal computer. 

Travel costs should not be included in the financial offer, due to the risk of the travel ban. If travel will be possible, the costs will be organized and supported by UNDP.