The purpose of the Call for Expression of Interest is to solicit interest from existing or prospective Implementing Partners that wish to participate in UN-Habitat operation and contribute complementary resources (human resources, knowledge, funds, in-kind contributions, supplies and/or equipment) to achieving common objectives as outlined below and subsequently agreed in an Agreement of Cooperation
Submission of proposals: By email to unhabitat-syriaprocurement@un.org
Project key information:
- UN-Habitat Project title: Hygiene Awareness Campaigns for Covid-19 in Two Cities
- Locations: Homs and Hama cities
- Anticipated start date: 15 July 2020
- Estimated duration of project in calendar months: One month
- Maximum proposed value in US$: 40,000.00
- Lead Organization Unit: UN-Habitat – Syria Programme.
Brief Background of the Project:
Several factors make Syria highly vulnerable to a severe outbreak of COVID-19. These include: an exhausted health system; protracted violence; high poverty levels; high average number of individuals per (often inter-generational) household and; a large internally displaced population living in high-density residential areas or IDP camps with an inability to isolate.
The effects of the pandemic on people and institutions are compounded by pre-existing drivers of humanitarian needs such as poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and services.
The objectives are:
Raising hygiene awareness and strengthening prevention measures among municipal staff, population in target cities and community leaders to address the potential impacts of "Covid-19" pandemic and build efforts to mitigate its impacts and risks on society especially in densely populated areas and informal settlements.
Main activities and outputs:
1 - Awareness advertising campaigns
- Printing 100 posters (size of A2), delivered, and presented within the public buildings and directorates related to the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment (MOLAE) in Homs and Hama cities.
- Street billboards to be displayed up to one-month time in the main streets of Homs and Hama with topics related to recent issues of Covid-19.
- Brief text messages (SMS) to be sent to the residents of both cities.
- Advertising breaks on local radio stations for one month.
- Broadcasting a children song via local radio stations with the lyrics relevant to the hygiene measures and advice customized specifically for combating the virus.
2 – Hygiene Awareness Sessions:
- Organize two awareness sessions one in each city. Main topics and participants will be agreed upon with MOLAE and UN-HABITAT.
- 200 copies of folded cards will be designed, printed, and distributed to participants during the sessions.
Risk Screening Tool
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Are there any unplanned but predictable changes within the area of influence resulting from the project (e.g. risk to local government / capacity, risk to social cohesion, risk of disruption of local economy (formal or informal), risk of secondary displacement or illegal occupation of abandoned housing, risk of elite capture, hazard risks, etc.)? |
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Are communications with affected communities in the project area of influence satisfactory? |
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What are the key environmental, social, reputational and do no harm risks requiring management? |
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Eligibility Criteria
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1. Technical capacity |
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1.1 Does the organization have the relevant experience and proven track record in implementing activities in the areas of the project? Has it managed in the past projects of similar technical complexities and financial size? Is the project linked with the core business of the IP? |
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1.2 Does the organization have qualified technical staff with the experience and the technical skills required by the project? What is the staff size, type, qualification and education background? |
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1.3 Does the organization have a clear and strong link with an identifiable constituency relevant to the targeted population of the project? Does it have the ability to impact on the targeted population and on the issues? Does it have strong presence in the field and for how long? Does it have adequate capacity to work in key areas/regions where the proposed field activities will be implemented? |
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1.4 Does the organization possess adequate physical facilities, office equipment, transport, etc. to implement the activities? |
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1.5 Does the organization have formal procedures to monitor project execution (e.g. milestones, outputs, expenditures…) |
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2. Financial and administrative capacity |
15 % |
2.1 Has the organization been in operation over a period of at least 2 years to demonstrate its financial sustainability and relevance? |
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2.2 Does the organization have qualified staff in Finance? Is the current accounting system computerized and does have the capacity to collect and provide separate financial reports on the activities executed under the Agreement of Cooperation? Does it have systems and practices to monitor and report whether the project deliverables and expenditures are within agreed time and budget? Does it have minimum segregation of duties in place (separation between project management, finance/accounting and executive office) |
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2.3 Does the organization have the capacity to procure goods and services on a transparent and competitive basis? (if applicable) check for procurement unit with experienced staff |
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2.4 Does the organization have formal procedures and controls to mitigate fraud such as multiple signature signatories on bank accounts, reporting and prosecution of incidences of fraud? |
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2.5 Does the organization have capacity to provide in-kind, financial, personnel contribution as UN-Habitat Implementing Partner in this present project? Please give details of contribution nature and size. |
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3. Financial Proposal |
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3.1 Is the budget for each component of the activity to be performed by the Implementing Partner (i) cost-effective ( i.e. the cost should be economical and prudently estimated to avoid any under/over estimation) (ii) justifiable/well supported and (iii) accurate and complete |
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4. Technical Proposal |
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4.1 The technical proposal is sound and responds adequately to the specifications and requirements? |
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Notes:
- Interested Organizations must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochure, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc).
- The CFP and accompanying documents must be received in accordance with instructions provided. CFP submitted to a different email address will not be considered.
- CFP from applicants failing to provide the complete information to fulfill the basic eligibility criteria will be considered non-responsive.
- CFP received after the above deadline will not be considered
- Organizations will be selected in accordance with the procedure set out in the UN-Habitat IP Management policy and Standard Operating Procedures.
- CFP from applicants failing to provide the requested information will be disregarded.
- This CFP does not entail any commitment on the part of UN-Habitat, either financial or otherwise. UN-Habitat reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals without incurring any obligation to inform the affected applicant(s) of the grounds.
- All prices must be in USD