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Background

A. Project Background

This project represents the third phase in a strategic partnership focusing on promoting surveying works and geo-spatial capabilities and a myriad of actions and products stemming from these two areas of work. The key objective of this intervention is to maintain the provision of advisory services in developing the national capacities for effective geo-spatial surveys, generating the national geo-spatial data infrastructure, generating multi-purpose knowledge from such surveys to efficiently boost national efforts in achieving the key directions provided by 2030 Saudi Vision, as well as promoting the national implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The completion of the previous phase has been instrumental in nurturing the idea of developing the foundation of financial sustainability whereby the General Authority for Survey and Geo-spatial Information (GASGI, ex GCS) will achieve a high level of efficiency in all its geo-spatial products. It is through this quality and efficiency that GASGI wishes to expand the availability and marketing of its products and to broaden public awareness about its products and services. The core areas around which all aspects of this project act upon are: Geodesy, Geo-spatial Services, Hydrography, Map Production, Institutional Excellence, and the Establishment of GASGI Academy.

Advisory services are provided towards the achievement of financial sustainability and contribution to the national economy. Moreover, advocacy promoted for wider visibility of GASGI Capacity development will also focus on training in the core areas of a land survey, geodetic survey, topographic survey’ and Cadastral survey.

Duties and Responsibilities

A. Scope of Work

The objective of the assignment is, within the Framework of the UNDP KSA Country office, to support Advisory Services to the General Authority for Survey and Geo-spatial Information. The assignment intends to provide a high-level service focusing on the following Duties and Responsibilities- Outputs & Tasks.

This includes the following:

  • Evaluate & study geo-spatial products
  • Plan for new geo-spatial products & services
  • Evaluate the geo-spatial sector
  • Develop & new geo-spatial services & products
  • Update current geo-spatial products & services
  • Preparation of technical content for RFPs (Request for Proposal) based on the project requirement
  • Analyze spatial and non-spatial data
  • Performing QA/QC on multiple geo-spatial datasets
  • Evaluation of technical proposals/ documents and providing technical suggestion
  • Work allocation to the team members
  • Supporting and guiding team members in resolving technical issues during the project activities
  • Integration of the team’s output work into the final production database
  • Data / Map preparation for field survey teams for field verification & data collection

B. EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES

Deliverable

Expected number of working days

Review and Approvals Required

Deliverable 1

  • Evaluation & study of geo-spatial products
  • Performing QA/QC on multiple geo-spatial datasets

21 working days

Geo-spatial Department Manager, and the UNDP Chief Technical Advisor (CTA), who reports to the Programme Analyst.

Deliverable 2

  • Develop & new geo-spatial services & products
  • Evaluation of the team members in resolving the technical issues during the project activities.

21 working days

Deliverable 3

  • Develop Data / Map preparation for field survey teams for field verification & data collection

21 working days

Deliverable 4

  • Preparation of technical content for RFPs (Request for Proposal) based on the project requirement.

21 working days

Deliverable 5

  • Evaluation of the geo-spatial sector.

21 working days

Deliverable 6

  • Develop GIS data and other GIS output products, including the use of ESRI software and Global Positioning System (G.P.S) units for data collection

21 working days

C. Institutional Arrangement

The geo-spatial products developer will report, in a parallel track, to the National Project Coordinator and to UNDP Programme Analyst

F. Duration of the Work

  • The contract duration will be for an initial period of 6 months.
  • The anticipated starting date of the assignment is 1st of March 2023. And the expected date of full completion of all tasks under this assignment is 15th of September 2023.

G. Duty Station

The assignment will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at Head Office, The General Authority for Survey and Geo-spatial Information (GASGI).

Travel:

  • UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only if the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and exclude working-from-home arrangements.
  • Include any official travel expected to be associated with performing the functions.
  • Any change to the preliminary travel plan/schedule above, in such cases, UNDP will cover travel costs in accordance with corporate regulations and rules.
  • If unforeseen travel outside the assigned duty station is requested by UNDP and not required by the Terms of References (ToR), such travel shall be covered by UNDP/UNEP in line with applicable rules and regulations and upon prior written agreement. In such cases, the Consultant shall receive living allowances not exceeding the United Nations (UN) Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rate for such other location(s).
  • Note: A written approval from UNDP and relevant authorities will be required to facilitate the Consultant's travel to any locations than stated on this TOR on official missions where necessary.

Working Arrangements:

  • All mission travels must be approved in advance and in writing by the Supervisor.
  • United Nations Development of Safe and Security – BSAFE course must be successfully completed prior to the commencement of travel.
  • The Consultant is responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when traveling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director.
  • The Consultant is also required to comply with the UN security directives.
  • The Consultant is responsible for obtaining any visas needed in connection with travel with the necessary support from UNDP.
  • The Consultant will be responsible for submitting his/her own mission travel arrangements in line with UNDP travel policies.
  • The Consultant is responsible for required health and life insurance related to work or travel.
  • The Consultant is expected to have his/her own Laptop/Computer.

Competencies

Competencies:

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to

details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic

problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns

from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles

ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with

Determination:

LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of

pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards

others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and

Inclusion:

LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious

bias, and confront discrimination

Thematic Area

Name

Definition

Leadership

Responsible for own work

Takes responsibility for the quality of own work

Uses resources, methods, partners, and information effectively

Acts as an individual contributor

Innovation

Analyzes and recommend

Analyzes complex technical materials (including data) and makes concise, relevant

recommendations

Contributes reliable production of knowledge services and transactions

Identifies and addresses potential challenges quickly and develops action plans

Sees specific opportunities for immediate improvement

within own field

People Management

Encourages collaboration and improves team performance

Takes ownership of responsibilities

Involves team in different steps of the process; Seeks and values other’s initiatives and expertise Drives team engagement

Produces new ideas and approaches in relation to own team Recognizes and rewards visible improvement in behaviours Sets general individual development goals for improvement in the current position and provides a standard development

opportunities

Communication

Listens to develop awareness of client needs

Respects difference of opinion

Finds common ground to solve problems. Gains the trust of peers, partners, and clients

Presents complex, conceptual ideas in practical terms to others

Adapts communications to the specific audience

Builds informal networks internally and externally and views them as part of the value-creation process

Develops a detailed understanding of the clients’ needs, issues

and priorities through routinely seeking clients’ feedback

Awareness of how the team performs against clients‘

expectations

Recognizes and rewards success

Required Skills and Experience

F. Qualifications of the Successful Individual Contractor:

Education Qualification:

  • Master's Degree with a major related to GIS, survey, computer science or other related fields

Work experience

  • Minimum of 12 years’ experience in Geo-spatial
  • Ability to deal and manage communication channels (mass communication, social media).
  • Demonstrated ability to proficiently, effectively guide and manage interdisciplinary teams comprised of staff with diverse backgrounds and varied skill sets
  • A comprehensive record of successfully completed projects.
  • Proven experience in handling high-level coordination among professionals and senior management.

    Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section

  • Promotes a learning and knowledge-sharing environment

  • Facilitates the development of individual and multi-cultural/team competencies

Professional Certificate

  • Projects from Initiation, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling to closing the project/phase.

Required Language(s):

  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills in English

Required Technical Skills:

  • Strong working experience geo-spatial data technologies and quality practices.
  • Knowledge in ESRI ArcGIS software and in map projections, datum's coordinate systems/transformations and Working experience with national Mapping Agencies.
  • Knowledge of geography as applied to the concepts and principles of GIS map projections, datum's coordinate systems/transformations and cartographic design.
  • Experience in logical database design and modelling using Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Geo-spatial products evaluation & enhancement
  • Knowledge in ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Proven experience working in Geo-spatial Products development
  • Expertise in GIS data and other GIS output products including use of ESRI software and Global Positioning System (G.P.S) units for data collection

Competencies:

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to

details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic

problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns

from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles

ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with

Determination:

LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of

pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards

others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and

Inclusion:

LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious

bias, and confront discrimination

G. Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

All proposals must be expressed in a lump sum amount. This amount must be “all-inclusive”. Please note that the terms “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, living allowances, communications, consumables, etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the Proposal.

Payments shall be made to the individual contractor upon successful completion and certification by UNDP that services have been satisfactorily performed, based upon the actual number of working days and accomplishments of each deliverable.

Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump upon the receipt of the deliverables and certification of satisfactory performance by UNDP.

The Expert will share a Certificate of Payment (CoP) where he/he needs to indicate achieved outputs. Then the certificate of payment must be verified by the UNDP Team and certified by UNDP top management. The Expert is advised to keep a detailed timesheet of the days worked and tasks performed throughout the consultancy assignment. A bi-weekly update of the timesheet will be requested, and such documentation will support the payment process as deemed needful.

Payment

Phases

Estimated Duration to Complete

Payment Percentage

1st payment

  • Evaluation & study geo-spatial products
  • Performing QA/QC on multiple geo-spatial datasets

21 working days

16.66%

2nd Payment

  • Develop & new geo-spatial services & products
  • Evaluation of the team members in resolving the technical issues during the project activities.

21 working days

16.66%

3rd Payment

  • Develop Data / Map preparation for field survey teams for field verification & data collection

21 working days

16.66%

4th Payment

  • Preparation of technical content for RFPs (Request for Proposal) based on the project requirement

21 working days

16.66%

5th Payment

  • Evaluation of the geo-spatial sector

21 working days

16.66%

Last Payment

  • develop GIS data and other GIS output products, including use of ESRI software and Global Positioning System (G.P.S) units for data collection

21 working days

16.7%

H. Recommended Presentation of Offer

For purposes of generating Offers whose contents are uniformly presented and to facilitate their comparative analysis, it is best to recommend the preferred contents and presentation of the Offer to be submitted, as well as the format/sequencing of their presentation. The following documents may be requested:

1)Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;

2)Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;

3)Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per the template provided. The terms “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, travel costs, living allowances, communications, consumables, etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the Proposal. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under the Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial Proposal submitted to UNDP.

I. Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

Applicants are shortlisted based on the Required Skills and Experience stated in the TOR.

The selection of the best offer from the shortlisted candidates will be based on a Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications and methodology will be weighted a max. of 70% and combined with the price offer, which will be weighted a max of 30%.

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:

Step I: Screening and desk review/(Interview optional):

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology.

Technical Criteria (CV review and Desk Review/Interview optional) – maximum 70 points. Only candidates who obtained at least 70% of points from the CV desk review (who will score at least 49 points) will be considered for the next evaluation stage, i.e., financial evaluation.

Applications will be first screened, and only candidates meeting the following minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:

Requirements

Criteria

Max 70 points

Education

Master's Degree with a major related to GIS, survey, computer science or other related fields

10

Relevant work experience

  • Minimum of 12 years’ experience in Geo-spatial
  • A comprehensive record of successfully completed projects.
  • Experiences in programming and project management.
  • Povenworking experience geo-spatial data technologies and quality practices.

30

Required skills

  • Proven experience working with government counterparts
  • Proven experience in handling high-level coordination among professionals and senior management.
  • Demonstrated ability to proficiently, effectively guide and manage interdisciplinary teams comprised of staff with diverse backgrounds and varied skill sets
  • Proven knowledge in ESRI ArcGIS software and in map projections, datum's coordinate systems/transformations and Working experience with national Mapping Agencies.
  • Knowledge of geography as applied to the concepts and principles of GIS map projections, datum's coordinate systems/transformations and cartographic design.
  • Proven experience working in Geo-spatial Products development
  • Expertise in GIS data and other GIS output products including use of ESRI software and Global Positioning System (G.P.S) units for data collection
  • Experience in logical database design and modelling using Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Geo-spatial products evaluation & enhancement and Knowledge in ESRI ArcGIS software.

25

Required Language(s)

Fluency in written and spoken English

5

Total

70

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Weight Per Technical Competence

5 (outstanding): 96% - 100%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated an OUTSTANDING capacity for the analyzed competence.

4 (Very good): 86% - 95%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a VERY GOOD capacity for the analyzed competence.

3 (Good): 76% - 85%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a GOOD capacity for the analyzed competence.

2 (Satisfactory): 70% - 75%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a SATISFACTORY capacity for the analyzed competence.

1 (Weak): Below 70%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a WEAK capacity for the analyzed competence.

Step II: Financial Assessment:

Financial Proposal – Maximum 30 points

  • Duly accomplished Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II)

PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:

The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment linked with deliverables. The financial Proposal should include all relevant costs (consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

UNDP applies the “Best value for money approach” – the final selection will be based on the combination of the applicants’ qualification and financial Proposal.

Financial Proposal – Maximum 30 points

  • Duly accomplished Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II)

PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:

The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment linked with deliverables. Financial Proposal should include all relevant cost (consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

Financial evaluation - Total 30% (30 points)

The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial Proposal:

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial Proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial Proposal

µ = price of the lowest-priced Proposal

z = price of the Proposal being evaluated

J. Instructions for online submissions

Step 1: Please prepare all required documents electronically.

Step 2: Combine all documents in ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF however, Word format can also be accepted) and upload to the UNDP Jobs links

Step 3: After that, you will receive an auto-reply from the UNDP jobs if your offer is received successfully.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.

Given the volume of applications that UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.

UNDP reserves the right to reject any incomplete applications.

Please be informed that we don’t accept applications submitted via email.

Interested Offerors are required to submit an application via UNDP Jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP Jobsite system. Please note that UNDP Jobsite system allows only one uploading of application documents, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your online application submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an email acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows you to upload a maximum of one document.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email mohammed.abbas@undp.org with a copy to huda.alsaud@undp.org the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 3 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted on the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain updates related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.

The interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at

https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=97480 for more detailed information about terms of references, instructions for the offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer online.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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