Recruitment of Individual Consultant for Senior Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Consultant for Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC)

The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Liberia (the - Government) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Liberia (the - Compact) in the amount of approximately Two Hundred Fifty Six Million Seven Hundred Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars (US $ 256,726,000) (MCC Funding). The Government, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account - Liberia (the - MCA - Entity), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Letter of Invitation (LOI) is issued. The goal of the Compact is to reduce poverty through economic growth. Specifically, the Compact seeks to address two binding constraints to economic growth currently existing in Liberia: a) lack of access to reliable and affordable electricity, and, b) inadequate road infrastructure. This Letter of Invitation, follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared on dgMarket on February 7, 2020, UNDB Online on February 7, 2020, the MCA Liberia's website (www.mca.gov.lr) on February 6,2020 and local newspapers: Frontpage on February 10 &12, 2020 and Heritage on February 13, 2020. 1. Summary of Services: MCA-Liberia seeks an Individual Consultant (or - Senior M&E Consultant) to advise and support the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) as it endeavors to establish, implement and institutionalize an M&E culture in order to improve data quality, utility performance reporting, and results-based management. This requirement is only for individual consultants. Submissions from consulting firms will not be accepted. Individual consultants are also not allowed to subcontract any part of this work to other individuals or firms. Location and Duration. The location of the assignment is Monrovia, Liberia. The overall duration of this assignment is approximately six (6) calendar months and shall Not extend beyond January 20, 2021. The required qualifications for the Individual Consultant to be considered are indicated in the TOR, which is included in the Letter of Invitation (LOI) and is available at the email address indicated below. Interested applicants are encouraged to request a copy of the TOR and the LOI. 2. Application Procedure: a) Consultants should register their interest by sending an e-mail (with subject) Recruitment of Individual Consultant for Senior Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Consultant for Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) to the Procurement Agent at MCALiberiaPA@cardno.com, giving their full contact details. This will ensure that the Consultants receive a copy of the LOI and any updates. b) Interested Individual Consultants are requested to submit their Applications and CVs, using the form of CV provided for this purpose in this LOI (see Section 4). All documents submitted must be in English and in a format that cannot be altered (pdf format is preferred). Any application which is not submitted in English, or is not accompanied by a certified translation, will be rejected. 3. Selection Procedure: A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures for selection of Individual Consultants set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (P1.B.3.10) which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to contract award. The highest ranked Consultant will also be interviewed either in person or electronically via Skype or WebEx. 4. Interested Individual Consultants may request clarification regarding this requirement no later than May 11, 2020 at 5:00 pm. The Client shall be obliged to respond by May 15, 2020. 5. Application with current CV shall be submitted to the address below no later than May 22, 2020 at 5:00 pm, Liberia local time. Applications should be submitted by email to: MCA-Liberia Procurement Agent Email : MCALiberiaPA@cardno.com 6. Bid Challenge: Individual Consultants may challenge the results of a procurement only according to the rules established in the Bid Challenge System developed by the MCA-Liberia and approved by MCC. The rules and provisions of the Bid Challenge System are as published on the MCA-Liberia's website at www.mca.gov.lr. 7. MCA-Liberia is not bound to accept any of the applications submitted and may cancel the selection process at any time without providing any justification to the Consultants. For the Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/33702019 DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.