Announcement of Procurement of Consultancy Services for Technical Assistance of National Socio-Economic Analyses Expert in Field Data Gathering for Baseline Study Survey on Agrobiodiversity and Agrotourism in Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia
Closing Date for Submission: 1 May, 2024
Publication Reference: 052RECC/G/GEF/AGROBIO-1201-05-c
The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) as executing entity is implementing of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project “Sustainable Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Vulnerable Ecosystems and Rural Communities of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia”.
The project aims to support the improvement of livelihoods at the local level through the introduction of sustainable management of agricultural biodiversity, and to promote the restoration-distribution of endemic wheat and vine varieties local in Samtskhe-Javakheti and their introduction into agro-production.
REC Caucasus is seeking for procurement of consultancy service contract to be concluded with a National Socio-Economic Analyses Expert to provide technical assistance in the field data gathering within the framework of the Project and therefore makes the present announcement.
Detailed information on the Project (GEF Project ID: 10829) could be found in the GEF Project Date Base at the following internet page: https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10829
For details on the services to be provided (contract type, estimated number of working days, deliverables, qualification requirements etc.) please refer to the attached Terms of Reference – see in Section 9 of this announcement.
Participation is open to all Georgian nationals (natural persons) participating individually.
Interested candidates should submit (via e-mail with indication of publication ref. number in subject line) signed application submission form comprising of Diploma, CV, Technical Part (Technical Offer) and Financial Part (Financial Offer) – in PDF format.
Along with Technical and Financial Parts, candidates could submit documents (such as copies of diplomas/certificates) on an optional basis.
Template for application submission form is available for downloading from this site – see in Section 9 of this Announcement.
Application form should be submitted to:
Ms. Nino Rostomashvili
Project Assistant, REC Caucasus
48/50, Mtskheta Street
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
E-Mail: nino.rostomashvili@rec-caucasus.org
with CC to:
Ms. Sophiko Akhobadze
Executive Director, REC Caucasus
48/50, Mtskheta Street
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
E-Mail: sophiko.akhobadze@rec-caucasus.org
Ms. Marika Kapanadze
Project Coordinator, REC Caucasus
48/50, Mtskheta Street
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
E-Mail: marika.kapanadze@rec-caucasus.org
and
Mr. David Mironidze
Project Financial Officer, REC Caucasus
48/50, Mtskheta Street
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
E-Mail: david.mironidze@rec-caucasus.org
Evaluation will be made in accordance with the quality/price-based selection method per REC Caucasus procedures and rules. The best value for money will be established by weighing technical quality against price on an 80/20 basis.
The quality of each technical offer will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria and the associated weighting as detailed in the evaluation grid specified in the Terms of Reference.
Only successful applicant will be contacted and informed (via e-mail) that its application has been accepted.
Within 5 working days of receipt of the contract, the selected applicant shall sign and date the contract and return it to the REC Caucasus for counter signature.
Failure of the selected applicant to comply with this requirement may constitute grounds for the annulment of the decision to award the contract. In such a case, the REC Caucasus may award the contract to another applicant or cancel the selection procedure.
The other applicants will be informed on the outcomes of the selection process on their demand (via e-mail).
The deadline for submission of applications: 1 May, 2024, 18:00 of Local Time (GET).
Attachments are available for downloading from this site:
(i) Terms of Reference and (ii) Application Submission Form:
