Procurement Specialist Consultant - Sudan
Mercy CorpsAbout the role
Terms of REFERENCE
Sudan - Enhancing Community Resilience Project (P181490) THABAT AF
Individual Consultant
Consultancy Title: Procurement Specialist Consultant
Location(s): Remote
Eligibility: Position is open to international candidates.
Duration of contract: 1 year with the possibility of extension.
Risk Level: ☐ Level 3 ☐Level 2 ☐Level 1 (Level 3: Frequent contact with participants, direct contact with children, access to sensitive data, and/or high level of accountability. Level 2: Some contact with participants; unplanned non-direct contact with children. Level 1: Likely to have no contact with participants or sensitive data)1. Background
Mercy Corps is one of the implementing agencies of the Sudan - Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT Additional Financing). The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to basic services and food security of Select Communities in the Republic of the Sudan. The project comprises of two components. The first component, Community-led Basic Service supports (i) delivery of improved community led basic services, including health and nutrition, alternative education programming, water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, and Gender Based Violence (GBV) services; (ii) temporary engagement of frontline workers and volunteers in select sectors; (iii) project management and technical assistance costs; and (iv) technical assistance and training to select local authorities. The second component, Improving Food Security, supports (i) increased resilience and production of select crops and protection of livestock assets in rural areas that supply food to the target communities; (ii) agricultural value chains; (iii) the scaling-up and strengthening of community consumer cooperatives and organizations and community food centers that distribute agricultural outputs and provide affordable food to vulnerable groups; and iv) project management and implementation costs.
Mercy Corps now intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under the contract for hiring a Procurement Specialist Consultant.
2. Objectives of the Assignment
The objective of the assignment is to obtain the services of a highly qualified and experienced Procurement Specialist Consultant who will oversee procurement activities under the THABAT AF Program, ensuring full compliance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers and Mercy Corps policies.
3. Scope of work
The Procurement Specialist Consultant will be responsible for carrying out project procurement activities, record keeping and documentation in line with the World Bank Procurement Regulations including the planning and implementation and supervision of all procurement operations under the project.
Specifically, the Procurement Specialist Consultant will perform the following duties:
- Coordinate the preparation and updating of Project’s Annual Procurement Plan, detailing contract packages for works, goods and services, the estimated cost for each package, the procurement or selection methods and processing times till completion of each procurement activity in consultation with all MC
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