Specific Procurement Notice (SPN)

 

Country	Kosovo
Project Name	MCA-Kosovo
Procurement Title	Technical Evaluation Panel Members for JETA Energy Skills for the Future Activity
Procurement Ref. Number	KOS 3023b
Type of Procurement (goods, works or services as applicable)	Consulting Services (Individual Consultants)
Employer	MCA Kosovo
Publication Date	28 November 2022
Submission Deadline	2:00 pm CET, (GMT+1) 9 December 2022

 

1. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the “Government” or “GoK”) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), a United States government agency, signed a grant aimed at poverty reduction through economic growth in Kosovo on July 15, 2022 in the amount of US $202,000,000 (the “Compact”) and a corresponding contribution from the Government of approximately US $34,670,600.

 

2. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Compact, related agreements, and the availability of funds, the Government intends to use a portion of the funds provided through the Compact to fund professional procurement services from an individual (“Technical Evaluation Panel Member” or “Consultant”) to assist the Government with the management of implementing the Compact program in a transparent and fiscally sound manner, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in a Technical Evaluation Panel Member Agreement (“ Technical Evaluation Panel Member Agreement”) a form of which is attached to this Request for Applications (“RFA”) in Section

 

3. MCC requires that all beneficiaries of MCC Funding, including the MCA Entity and any applicants, Bidders, Suppliers, contractors, Subcontractors, consultants, and sub-consultants under any MCC-funded contracts, observe the highest standards of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts. MCC’s Policy on Preventing, Detecting and Remediating Fraud and Corruption in MCC Operations (“MCC’s AFC Policy”) is applicable to all procurements and contracts involving MCC Funding and can be found on the MCC website at: https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/policy-fraud-and-corruption.

 

• The MCA-Kosovo now invites Applications from eligible Individual Consultants (not firms) to provide the consultant services as Technical Evaluation Panel Members (TEP) for the evaluation of proposals in relation to the project procurement of JETA Energy Skills for the Future Activity

 

 

 

More details are provided in the Terms of Reference of the Request for Application (RFA).

 

4. Location: The location of the assignment is Pristina, Kosovo.

 

5. Anticipated Start Date: End of January

 

6. Individual Consultants will be selected under the Individual Consultants Selection (ICS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines which are provided on the MCC website (mcc.gov/ppg). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award.

 

7. The Fees shall be competitive market rates as determined by a price reasonableness

 

8. Consultants interested in receiving the RFA and submitting Application should register their interest by sending an e-mail to the Interim Procurement Agent: Pernille Darville at pernille.darville@crownagents.co.uk subject: (Request for Kosovo TEP for JETA  RFA – KOS-3023b) with mcakosovoprocurement@gmail.com in copy, giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Consultants receive updates regarding the RFA.

 

9. The deadline for submission of Applications is 2:00 pm CET (GMT+1), on 9 December 2022.

 

10. Contact Information:

 

Attn:	Pernille Darville Interim Procurement Agent – MCA Kosovo
Tel:	+44 7717 421977
E-mail:	pernille.darville@crownagents.co.uk Copy: mcakosovoprocurement@gmail.com