The United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (the Government) have entered into a US$600,000,000 Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Indonesia. The Government of Indonesia, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia (MCA-Indonesia) intends to apply a portion of MCC funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Call for Qualifications and Fee is issued. We are looking for competence, capable, highly qualified and highly motivated person for this assignment :
Participatory Land Use Planning Consultant (GP-A-001) The Individual Consultant will focus on land tenure, land law and land administration as supporting elements to effective management of land resources and sustainable renewable energy investments in Indonesia and specifically the four starter districts of the Green Prosperity Project; Muaro Jambi and Merangin in the Province of Jambi and Mamasa and Mamuju in the Province of West Sulawesi, and other districts that will be defined. The focus of this work is technical, developmental and operational.
The duration of the assignment is approximately 12 months (extensions are possible), full-time, 40 hours per week, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Frequent field travel (up to 60% of time) within the provinces of Jambi and West Sulawesi and other provinces and districts to be determined. Travel to Washington DC may also be required.
To apply, applicants must obtain a copy of the Specific Procurement Notice, Terms of Reference, and CV template, by email, at the following address:
MCA-Indonesia Procurement Agent Alamat Kantor MCI, Jalan Subang No. 10, Menteng Jakarta Pusat 10310, Indonesia email address: mcapaindo@cardnoem.com
Specific Procurement Notice, Terms of Reference, and CV template can be downloaded at: http://www.mca-indonesia.go.id/in/main_ind/karir_detail/172/682
Closing date for application : 20 December 2012, by 5.00 PM
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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES
P Pa ar rt ti ic ci ip pa at to or ry y L La an nd d U Us se e P Pl la an nn ni in ng g C Co on ns su ul lt ta an nt t
Country: Indonesia City/Locality: Jakarta Contract No.: GP-A-001 Project: Green Prosperity Submission Deadline: December 20, 2012 Funding Agency: Millennium Challenge Corporation Buyer: Millennium Challenge Account - Indonesia (MCA-Indonesia)
INTRODUCTION
1. The United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (the Government) have entered into a US$600,000,000 Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Indonesia through three projects: the Green Prosperity (GP) Project; the Community-Based Nutrition to Prevent Stunting Project; and the Procurement Modernization Project. The Government of Indonesia, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia (MCA-Indonesia) intends to apply a portion of MCC funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Call for Qualifications and Fee is issued. Any payments made under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC funding. No party other than the Government and MCA-Indonesia shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC funding.
2. The GP Project is comprised of four Activities: (i) Participatory Land Use Planning; (ii) Technical Assistance and Oversight; (iii) GP Investment Facility for renewable energy and natural resources management projects; and (iv) Green Knowledge. The Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) activity, with funding of US$25million, is designed to put in place the foundational spatial planning elements needed to enable and sustain the specific investments in renewal energy and natural resource management funded by the GP Investment Facility, as well as to support the implementation of environmental and social safeguards.
3. The PLUP is expected to: (i) enhance capacity for improved spatial planning at the District level; (ii) reduce land disputes as a means to improve the investment climate for renewal energy and natural resource management projects; and (iii) empower village communities and provide spatial certainty through participatory geo-location and mapping of village settlements and natural resource areas.
SCOPE OF WORK
4. The Consultant will focus on land tenure, land law and land administration as supporting elements to effective management of land resources and sustainable renewal energy investments in Indonesia and specifically the four starter districts of the GP Project; Muaro Jambi and Merangin in the province of Jambi and Mamasa and Mamuju in the province of West Sulawesi, and other districts that will be defined.. The focus of this work is technical, developmental and operational as opposed to strictly research.
5. The specific tasks to be completed are arranged into three task groups: (i) support and logistical; (ii) technical analysis; and (iii) operational analysis and planning
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6. The Consultant will provide the following deliverables: (i) Inception Report, 30 days after contract signing: (ii) Monthly Reports, last day of each month during contract period; and (iii) Final Report, 12 months after contract signing.
QUALIFICATIONS
7. Interested Individual Consultants shall have the following qualifications: at minimum seven (7) years of demonstrated professional experience; graduate level degree in geography, land tenure, property rights law, land use planning, rural sociology or land economics; experience in spatial planning in the Indonesian context and national/local/community institutional structure for land administration and management; research, field or project experience in land tenure, real property rights systems, community participatory planning or land use concessions in Indonesia; specific experience of the institutional structure and administrative processes for land tenure and land use planning at the national, local or community level in Indonesia; experience in government village boundary setting and recent participatory village boundary setting exercises in Indonesia; previous experience with technical and operational design and budgeting of investment operations; and fluent in Bahasa Indonesia and English (speaking, reading and writing), including the ability to translate documents between both languages.
DURATION AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
8. The duration of the assignment is approximately 12 months (extensions are possible), full-time, 40 hours per week, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Frequent field travel (up to 60% of time) within the provinces of Jambi and West Sulawesi and other provinces and districts to be determined. Return trips to Washington, DC may also be required to work with the MCC Teams.
HOW TO APPLY
9. MCA-Indonesia hereby invites interested Individual Consultants to submit their Curriculum Vitae and other documents identified below (Section 10), in addition to a financial proposal (with an all- inclusive daily fee rate) in separate sealed envelopes. Individual Consultants shall only disclose their all-inclusive daily fee rate in their financial proposal which shall be placed in a sealed envelope, separate from the documents requested below. Both envelopes shall be sealed and placed in another envelope. The financial proposal shall be marked: Financial Proposal, Do Not Open until after the Technical Review.
Financial proposals shall not include any travel or per diem. MCA-Indonesia shall provide airfare and per diem when the Consultant is required to travel beyond Jakarta.
The Consultant shall provide their own laptop computer with business software needed to complete the work (e.g.: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.). MCA-Indonesia shall provide office space and materials, internet, and printer access at their offices in Jakarta.
10. Interested Individual Consultants also shall submit the following: (i) Curriculum Vitae (CV), using the CV template provided by MCA-Indonesia, detailing the consultants professional qualifications, areas of expertise, and experience carrying out similar assignments;
(ii) Proof of all professional qualifications and work experience indicated in their CV. This shall include: copies of all the diplomas and certificates (if available); letters from the previous 3/3 clients certifying their work experience, or copy of contracts or any other written document(s) that can prove, beyond any doubt, that the consultant has the work experience and qualifications indicated in his/her CV, using CV template provided at the address below in Section 14.
(iii) Professional references (at least three (3) referees) with contact details, including a valid email address.
Failure to submit the information requested in Section 10 and the financial proposal in Section 9 (above) will render the application incomplete and may have a negative effect on the selection of the Consultant. Any submission without a Financial Proposal will be rejected.
11. CVs and all the supporting documents shall be in English.
SUBMISSION DATE AND TIME
12. Interested Consultants shall submit their CVs (along with other documents mentioned in Section 10, above) and financial proposals to the address below on or before December 20, 2012, by 5:00pm. Envelopes should be clearly marked: Participatory Land Use Planning Consultant. Applications received after this date and time shall not be considered. Electronic submissions shall not be accepted.
13. Interested Consultants should register their interest and request a copy of the Terms of Reference and the CV template at the address below.
14. To request clarification, the CV template, and for submission of CVs and financial proposals, please use the following address:
Address: MCA-Indonesia Procurement Agent Alamat Kantor MCI Jalang Subang No. 10, Menten Jakarta Pusat 10310 Indonesia
Email address: mcapaindo@cardnoem.com
SELECTION PROCESS
15. An Individual Consultant will be selected following the Individual Consultant procedures (IC) as defined in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (available at the following Website: http://www.mcc.gov/pages/business/guidelines)
16. Individual Consultants CVs and related documents will be reviewed to determine if the Consultant meets the qualifications requirements stipulated in Section 7 (above). Consultants who do not meet all the qualification requirements stipulated in Section 7 will be disqualified. The Consultant with the lowest all-inclusive daily rate, from those that met all of the requirements specified above in Section 7 will be invited to negotiate a contract subject to conditions set out in Section 18, below.
17. Final selection will be subject to verification of CV, interview, reference checks and price reasonableness of proposed fee. If verification is not satisfactory or the proposed fee is not reasonable, negotiations will be terminated and the next ranked Consultant may be invited for negotiations.
18. MCA-Indonesia is not bound to accept any of the CVs or other documents submitted, and may cancel the selection process at any time without providing any justification to the Consultants.
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INTRODUCTION
1. The Unites States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (the Government) have entered into a US$600,000,000 Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Indonesia through three projects: the Green Prosperity Project; the Community-Based Nutrition to Prevent Stunting Project; and the Procurement Modernization Project. The Government of Indonesia, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia (MCA- Indonesia) intends to apply a portion of MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this RFQ is issued. Any payments made under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. No party other than the Government and MCA-Indonesia shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC Funding.
2. The GP Project is comprised of four Activities: (i) Participatory Land Use Planning; (ii) Technical Assistance and Oversight; (iii) GP Investment Facility for renewable energy and natural resources management projects; and (iv) Green Knowledge. The Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) activity, with funding of US$25million, is designed to put in place the foundational spatial planning elements needed to enable and sustain the specific investments in renewal energy and natural resource management funded by the GP Investment Facility, as well as to support the implementation of environmental and social safeguards.
3. The PLUP is expected to: (i) enhance capacity for improved spatial planning at the District level; (ii) reduce land disputes as a means to improve the investment climate for renewal energy and natural resource management projects; and (iii) empower village communities and provide spatial certainty through participatory geo-location and mapping of village settlements and natural resource areas.
4. Specifically, Compact funding will support the following PLUP activities. (a) Village boundary setting, including: (i) the development of district level guidelines for participatory setting of administrative village boundaries using established Government processes combined with international best practices, modern survey and mapping technology and including meaningful involvement of women and disadvantaged groups, and (ii) based on the guidelines, the participatory determination, geographic delineation and physical demarcation of village boundaries in target districts. 2/5 (b) Updating and integration of land and other natural resource information, including: (i) completing of inventories of existing and pending licenses for land and natural resource use, other use rights, community claims, and select biophysical data, and (ii) technical assistance to relevant government agencies to support integration, administration and sharing of spatial data, in order to improve their ability to conduct transparent licensing, determine the most effective land use and investments, and to make land information widely available to the public as required by Indonesias law on Public Information Transparency of 2008. (c) Enhancement of district spatial plans, by including the improved land and natural resource information developed by the land use inventory and boundary setting activities into updated spatial plans. 5. In order to finalize the development, articulation and scoping of the specific activities of the PLUP, and as a basis for implementation planning, the Millennium Challenge Indonesia (MCA-I) requires the services of a land use planning/ land resources consultant.
SCOPE OF WORK
6. Objective: The Consultant will engage with and form an integral part of the current MCA- I Team so as to provide expert land use planning and land resources management guidance in the technical and operational aspects of the PLUP Activity of the GP Project.
7. The Consultant will focus on land tenure, land law and land administration as supporting elements to effective management of land resources and sustainable renewal energy investments in Indonesia and specifically the four starter districts of the GP Project; Muaro Jambi and Merangin in the province of Jambi and Mamasa and Mamuju in the province of West Sulawesi and other districts that will be defined. The focus of this work is technical, developmental and operational as opposed to research.
8. The specific tasks to be completed are arranged into three task groups: (i) support and logistical; (ii) technical analysis; and (iii) operational analysis and planning. These tasks are illustrative and may include but not be limited to the following:
8.1 Support and Logistical (i) serve as first-level operational and logistical liaison between the MCA-Indonesia and MCC land sector lead responsible for oversight of the PLUP Activity; (ii) serve as first-level liaison for communications and logistics between MCA-I/MCC and national government agencies in general and specifically with the provincial and district government agencies in Jambi and West Sulawesi, as well as and civil society organizations and their representatives; (iii) provide for pre-trip organization and direct arrangements and facilitation of meetings and provide related logistical arrangements with governmental, donor, NGO, civil society and academic representatives and community stakeholders in support of and during MCC land sector lead trips to Indonesia; (iv) accompany MCC land sector lead during their missions to Indonesia, including trips to starter districts; 3/5 (v) provide translation (Bahasa Indonesia/English) as needed for MCC land sector lead and others during technical meetings in Indonesia; (vi) communicate regularly (and as needed) via telephone and email with the MCC land sector lead on issues that arise; (vii) participate in bi-weekly, and as needed, teleconference communication with MCC Team to identify issues and discuss latest actions and accomplishments in the field and provide updates and recommendations on key land-related issues and follow- up on actions to address these issues; and (viii) conduct necessary activities as requested by MCA-Indonesia GP Director. 8.2 Technical Analysis (i) thoroughly review background and existing documentation and become familiar with the existing PLUP activities as included in the GP Project; (ii) engage with and hold meetings as needed with PLUP stakeholders, including national and local government agencies, NGOs, civil society organizations, to present and describe the PLUP, to determine issues and aspects related to land use and land tenure in particular and identify and analyze specific risks, best practices and opportunities in particular in the starter districts (iii) conduct analysis of land resources, land tenure, land administration and spatial planning related legislation, policy documents and analytical reports and prepare translated briefs of important documents (as identified and agreed with MCA- Indonesia and MCC land sector lead); (iv) work closely with the MCC land sector lead to provide in-country assistance in supervising and monitoring, as well as evaluating the work of the other MCC- funded consultants contracted to provide Support Services for District Readiness Assessment & Project Implementation Preparation for the Green Prosperity Project in Indonesia (DRA/Land Use Consultants); in particular Task 3: Land Use and Spatial Planning Needs Assessment in Starter Districts, and Task 4: Prepare District Guidelines for Village Boundary Setting for Starter Districts; (v) collaborate with the DRA/Land Use Consultants to identify and establish contacts with PLUP stakeholders at the national, provincial and district government, civil society and private sector level; and (vi) provide MCA-Indonesia management and MCC Land Sector Lead with constructive and critical advise and reports on the technical and operational advancement of the DRA/Land Use Consultants as related to Tasks 3 and 4. 8.3 Operational Analysis and Planning (i) conduct analysis in support of the final determination, planning, budgeting and documentation of MCC-funded activities related to the PLUP Activity for fiscal year quarters 2, 3 and 4; (ii) conduct, technical, legal, institutional, financial and operational analysis in support of the final determination and planning of PLUP activities; (iii) working with the MCC land sector lead, take the lead role in preparing and finalizing a detailed budget of the PLUP Activity; (iv) working with the MCC land sector lead, take the lead role in preparing and finalizing the Terms of Reference and estimated budget for a consultant that will 4/5 eventually be contracted to implement the PLUP activities included in the GP Project; (v) working with the MCC land sector lead, take the lead role in preparing a detailed annotated time-line of activities and milestones for the periods: 1 ) DRA/Land Use Consultants to Compact Entry Into Force (EIF); and 2) EIF to mobilization of PLUP contractors; and (vi) identify additional analysis and/or human resources that may be required to ensure the advancement of the DRA/Land Use Consultants and the overall advancement of the PLUP activities; DELIVERABLES
9. The Consultant will provide the following deliverables:
(i) Inception Report: this brief written report will include: a) the Consultants general observations on the PLUP activities identifying any specific issues or risks that may affect the implementation of the PLUP Activity; b) an outline/format to be used for subsequent Monthly Reports; c) a general timeline for monitoring the DRA/Land consultants activities related to PLUP; d) an initial draft of the annotated timelines and milestones as presented in 2.6(v); and e) an initial work plan and timeline for completing the PLUP implementation Terms of Reference as presented in 2.6(iv); (ii) Monthly Reports: these written reports will: a) provide updates on the activities included in the Inception Report; b) provide updates on the work of the DRA/Land consultants and the CIF-funded activities; c) present the analysis of land resources, land tenure, land administration and spatial planning related legislation and policy documents as completed during the reporting period; and d) present issues and aspects related to land use and land tenure in particular and identify and analyze specific risks, best practices and opportunities; and (iii) Final Report: this report will include: a) final observations and recommendations of the Consultant highlighting any additional analysis and/or human resources that may be required to ensure the overall advancement of the PLUP Activity; b) final detailed description of the PLUP Activity; c) detailed budget estimate for the PLUP Activity; d) final Terms of Reference for the contract to implement the PLUP Activity; and e) final estimated timeline for the PLUP preparation and implementation.
10. The deliverable schedule is as follows:
REPORT EXPECTED DATE Inception Report Thirty days after contract signing Monthly Reports Last day of each month during the Contract Period Final Report Twelve months after contract signing
QUALIFICATIONS 5/5
11. The Consultant will have the following minimum qualifications: (i) At minimum seven (7) years of demonstrated professional experience; (ii) graduate level degree in geography, land tenure, property rights law, land use planning, rural sociology or land economics; (iii) experience in spatial planning in the Indonesian context and national/local/community institutional structure for land administration and management; (iv) research, field or project experience in land tenure, real property rights systems, community participatory planning or land use concessions in Indonesia; (v) specific experience of the institutional structure and administrative processes for land tenure and land use planning at the national, local or community level in Indonesia; (vi) experience in government village boundary setting and recent participatory village boundary setting exercises in Indonesia; (vii) previous experience with technical and operational design and budgeting of investment operations; and (viii) fluent in Bahasa Indonesia and English (speaking, reading and writing), including the ability to translate documents between both languages.
DURATION AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
12. The work is expected to be full-time, 40 hours per week, for a minimum of twelve months (extensions are possible) with expected start date of January 2013. The location of work is Jakarta, Indonesia with frequent field travel (up to 60% of time) within the provinces of Jambi and West Sulawesi and other provinces and districts to be determined. Return trips to Washington, DC to work directly with the MCC Team may be required to complete the specific task related to the Terms of Reference for the eventual PLUP Activity implementation consultant.