Agent de suivi pour le projet de compétence pour l’emploi au Vietnam (PCEV)

INVITATION
The purpose of this notice is to invite formal costed proposals from eligible Consultants. On the basis of the formal proposals, one Consultant will be invited to negotiate a contract for the provision of services. DFATD reserves the right to refuse any or all proposals received. The amount allocated to this contract will not exceed two hundred ninety five hundred thousand Canadian dollars (CAN$295,000.00) excluding applicable taxes. The anticipated contract duration is four (4) years.

WORKING LANGUAGE OF THE PROJECT
Since the recipient country requests communications with DFATD in English the working language for this project is English.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The consultant will be responsible for assessing the performance of DFATD’s bilateral project entitled Vietnam Skills for Employment Project (VSEP) and providing technical advice to DFATD and project implementing partners that will help to ensure the effective implementation and achievement of expected project results. The Consultant will travel to Vietnam to conduct monitoring missions. Five (5) monitoring missions of two (2) weeks in duration are envisioned, in addition to assessing key project documents. Additional information related to the assignment is detailed in section 4, Terms of Reference.

CONSULTANT PROFILE
To meet the requirement of the assignment, DFATD is seeking to retain the services of a Consultant with a set of demonstrated and verifiable capabilities. DFATD is seeking a Consultant t with expertise in the area of technical and vocational education, capacity development and monitoring international development projects/programs, including strong skills in results-based management. The consultant must meet two (2) mandatory criteria such as:

1. The Bidder must have a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized educational institution;
2. The Bidder must demonstrate that the proposed individual has at least 5 years of working experience in the area of education since 2000;

Proposals should be presented in accordance with the instructions provided in the Request for Proposal document to be obtained through the GETS on the Internet (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/). Please note, DFATD does not send out RFPs directly to interested Bidders.

In order to be considered, proposals must be completed and received no later than 14:00 hrs, Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT), on closing date, at the following address:
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Distribution and Mail Services – AAG
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0G2

Attention: Bid Receiving Unit - SGD

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED VIA FACSIMILE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

INQUIRIES
Questions relating to this notice must be directed IN WRITING to:
Point of Contact: Renée Lepage
Email: r••••••••@••••••••.••.ca