Individual National Consultancy on support to the State Statistics Committee in in the organization of the Operational Survey on the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on the labor market based on a sample Labor force survey

Job no: 537196

Position type: Consultancy

Location: Turkmenistan Division/Equivalent: CEE/CIS

School/Unit: Republic of Turkmenistan

Department/Office: Ashkhabad, Rep. of Turkmenistan

Categories: Child Protection

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Background

UNICEF Turkmenistan aims to support the Government and its partners to implement immediate socio-economic response plan to acute infectious disease pandemic (SERP) and develop recommendations for the effective social policy responses and recovery strategies in order to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on children and their families, and to strengthen preparedness for similar events in the future. This Assignment is intended to generate evidence and advice to inform the planning of Government and developmental partners to better mitigate the medium and long-term impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups in the society and strengthen the resilience of national systems against future pandemics and similar shocks.

The main objective of the Assignment is to support the State Statistics Committee to collect data through the Labor Force Survey, that will help to understand how COVID-19 pandemic impacted the socio-economic wellbeing of the households in Turkmenistan and adequacy of payments (related to all social benefits paid). These data will contribute to the emergency preparedness activity called: "Assess the readiness of the existing system (of SP) to respond to declining household incomes and develop a set of recommendations based on the needs of the population".

The Labor Force Survey data for will provide insights to the period of December 2019 to December 2020, when Covid-19 crisis could be impacted household wellbeing, inequality, adequacy of payments (related to all social benefits paid) and social exclusion in Turkmenistan, and will help to estimate the mitigative/protective outcomes of key response measures. Based on the analysis of the data it is expected to develop a targeted recommendation to policy makers on strengthening the vulnerability, child and gender lenses of their planning in order to improve the targeting and effectiveness of their efforts to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis.

Collected through the Labor Force Survey data will help to develop policy recommendations for the policy makers to ensure the socioeconomic impact mitigation plans of the national authorities sufficiently address the age and gender-specific vulnerabilities that will develop or be exacerbated due to the pandemic situation.

To support the State Statistics Committee National and International Consultants will be hired to support the process and ensure that initially planned goals for this activity are followed.

Purpose of the assignment

Overall purpose of the assignment is to provide support to the national consultant on Coordination of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) and help to the State Statistics Committee to monitor timely implementation at the velayat (regional) level.

Specific Tasks

Specifically, the National consultant will contribute to the Labor Force Suvey, as follows: Support to the coordination of the field work:

  • Learn from the international and National Consultants of the ILO/World Bank/UNICEF tools and approaches using the LFS for socio-economic vulnerability assessments
  • Support to the National Consultant coordinate the work at the velayat (regional) level
  • Work closely with enumerators to ensure data quality and timely submission
  • Help with questions erased during the household survey
  • Daily monitoring of the survey implementation
  • Check completed questionnaires and report to the Survey Coordinator of any difficulties, obstacles

Tasks:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Date

Support to the coordination of the field work :

  • Learn from the international and National Consultants of the ILO/World Bank/UNICEF tools and approaches using the LFS for socio-economic vulnerability assessments
  • Support to the National Consultant coordinate the work at the velayat (regional) level
  • Work closely with enumerators to ensure data quality and timely submission
  • Help with questions erased during the household survey
  • Daily monitoring of the survey implementation
  • Check completed questionnaires and report to the Survey Coordinator of any difficulties, obstacles

February 20, 2021

April 1, 2021

Workplan and deliverables

The consultancy will cover the period of 1 February until 1 April 2021 and will be deliverable based. The consultant is expected to work from home and with his own computer/equipment with occasional visits to the State Statistics Commitee. Travel to velayats or outside of the country is expected for this consultancy. Specific tasks for Survey Plan implementation may be adjusted based on current events and corporate priorities.

Reporting requirements

National Survey Consultant will provide delivery reports at the end of each deliverable in Russian or English.

Payment schedule

Payments will be made monthly as a lump sum. All deliverables must be delivered on time and to the satisfaction of the State Statistics Committee and the UNICEF Turkmenistan.

The costs of the travel, if undertaken within the framework of the consultancy, will be added to the contract and reimbursed, as the need arises.

Work arrangements

Day to day supervision and guidance will be provided by UNICEF Turkmenistan Child Rights Monitoring Specialist. UNICEF will regularly communicate with the National Survey Consultant and provide UNICEF and UN requirements, guidance on specific questions, feedback on performance and all other necessary support to achieve objectives of the consultancy.

General Terms and Conditions

UNICEF's general terms and conditions will apply to the contract awarded to the vendor. Please note that, in the evaluation of the technical merits of each proposal, UNICEF will take into consideration any proposed amendments to the UNICEF General Terms and Conditions. Proposed amendments to the UNICEF general terms and conditions may negatively affect the evaluation of the technical merits of the proposal.

UNICEF retains the right to patent and intellectual rights, as well as copyright and other similar intellectual property rights for any discoveries, inventions, products or works arising specifically from the implementation of the project in cooperation with UNICEF. The right to reproduce or use materials shall be transferred with a written approval of UNICEF based on the consideration of each separate case. Consultant should always refer to UNICEF Turkmenistan support in developing the materials when publishing the results of the research conducted while in Turkmenistan in academic journals, books and websites.

In the event of unsatisfactory performance, UNICEF reserves the right to terminate the Agreement. In case of partially satisfactory performance, such as serious delays causing the negative impact on meeting the programme objectives, low quality or insufficient depth and/or scope of the assignment completion, UNICEF is entitled to decrease the payment by the range from 30% to 50% of the contract value as decided jointly by the Contract Supervisor and Operations Manager.

Qualifications and Skills Required

  • University/advanced degree in statistics, economics, sociology, social sciences, international relations, or other relevant fields;
  • Strong experience in statistical analysis and social analytics;
  • Statistical software knowledge is an asset
  • Good communication and networking skills;
  • Knowledge of Turkmenistan's socio-economic development trends and national aspects of work with the ministries;
  • Knowledge of Turkmen and Russian; English is an asset

Technical Proposal

The technical proposal should include

  • A cover letter, including
    • Assessment of suitability vis-à-vis the requirements of this ToR;
    • A summary of experience in similar assignments;
    • Links to/attachments of examples of similar work;
  • CV of the candidate
  • References

Financial Proposal

Candidates are expected to submit a lump sum financial proposal to complete the entire assignment based on the terms of reference. The lump sum should cover deliverables indicated above.

Evaluation

Each proposal will be assessed first on its technical merits and subsequently on its price. In making the final decision, UNICEF considers both technical and financial aspects to ensure best value for money. The Evaluation Team first reviews the technical aspects of the offer (on the basis of the qualifications described above), followed by review of the financial offers of the technically compliant candidates. The proposal obtaining the highest overall score after adding the scores for the technical and financial proposals together, that offers the best value for money will be recommended for award of the contract.

A cumulative analysis will be used to evaluate and award proposals. The evaluation criteria associated with this TOR is split between technical and financial as follows: 70% Technical, 30% Financial, 100 % Total.

Proposal Evaluation Criteria

The proposals will be evaluated against the following criteria: 1. Technical Evaluation Criteria (70%) with the following weighting

The total amount of points allocated for the technical component is 70.

Criteria

Points

Educational Background

20

Proven experience and knowledge in development or participation in the Surveys, experience with the Labour Force Surveys is an asset

30

Knowledge of national aspects of work with the ministries

20

2. Price Proposal Evaluation Criteria (30%)

- Overall cost (unit costs, investments per phase, level of effort, etc.)

The price/cost of each of the technically compliant proposals shall be considered together with the evaluation of technical criteria.

Technical proposals failing to reach a score of 60 in total will not be considered for the consultancy.

The bidders should ensure that all pricing information is provided in accordance with the following: - The currency of the proposal shall be in USD. Invoicing will be in the currency of the proposal.

- For the purpose of evaluation, UNICEF shall use US Dollars to evaluate all financial proposals.

Both technical and financial proposals should be submitted by 15 January 2021 (by 23.59 pm local time).

Advertised: Dec 29 2020 West Asia Standard Time Application close: Jan 22 2021 West Asia Standard Time

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