Needs and Objectives
The implementation of the CLMV Development Framework will pave the pathway to the establishment of CLMV as an Advanced Global Business Hub, as envisaged by the Vision 2030. The Project will support CLMV SEOM in the implementation and monitoring of the CLMV Development Framework by developing a clear, specific, measurable, and achievable action plan covering the period of January 2022 to December 2025.
The Project will contribute to the ASEAN Economic Integration Agenda (AEC Blueprint and corresponding sector plans), Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC 2025), ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF), and the IAI Work Plan IV (2021-2025). The Implementation Plan shall also further contribute to achieving the Vision 2030 set in the Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It is envisaged that the Implementation Plan will contribute to deepening cooperation and overcoming the challenges faced by CLMV countries, as well as enhancing regional integration capacity, bridging the development gap within ASEAN, and improving better livelihoods of ASEAN peoples as well as maintaining peace, stability, and prosperity in the region.
Scope of Services
The consultancy will be undertaken over a continuous effective period of 5 calendar months or no more than 130 person working days as indicated in section IV. Work will commence immediately after contract signing.
Bidding
Interested consulting firms are invited to submit a proposal in response to these Terms of Reference. This proposal should be in two parts: Technical and Financial components.
The Technical component should present the following information:
- A brief discussion indicating the bidder’s understanding of the needs of the project;
- A brief analysis of key issues;
- A methodological discussion of how the bidder proposes to address those needs including assessment of key issues, analytical strategies that will underlie the project, specific techniques to be utilised, and practical discussion of possible limitations in carrying out the project;
- A detailed work plan that specifies activities to be undertaken, expected outputs, and deliverables, resources to be utilised and timing;
- Staffing and management plan;
- A discussion on how measures to ensure the future sustainability of the outcomes of the project will be addressed;
- CVs of all proposed experts;
- Brief discussion of firm’s past experience in undertaking similar work and brief summaries of all projects undertaken.
The Financial component should specify:
1) Professional fees of expert(s);
2) Management and/or operational fees (if any), which include all costs incurred by the person/entity/company for internal coordination, communication, travels and any other associated project management cost;
3) Applicable taxes such as VAT, GST, PPN. See Section IX point 3 for an additional note on tax liability.
Activity costs for experts and participants such as reimbursable expenses for airfare, other travel costs, and daily subsistence allowance for workshops, meetings, and all other agreed activities do not need to be included in the Financial Component. These items will be discussed with the preferred contractor during the finalisation of the scope of services. Costs will be based on prevailing ASEC rates.
Submission of Application
Applicants should send their application with a cover letter, materials specified in Section IX above, and other supporting documents with “Formulation of the Implementation Plan of the Framework for CLMV Development” as the subject via email to tender@aadcp2.org, no later than 5 July 2021 (at 05:00 pm Jakarta time.
For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), please visit http://aadcp2.org/aadcp-ii-tender-frequently-asked-questions/
Any queries on the TOR should be sent to contact@aadcp2.org with the subject line:” Query on Formulation of the Implementation Plan of the Framework for CLMV Development’.
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR Formulation of the Implementation Plan of the Framework for CLMV Development