JAMAICA SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND

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1 JAMAICA SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND ISO 14001:2015 CERTIFIED INVESTING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Expression of Interest (EOI) Submission- Standard Forms FOR THE PROVISION OF SOFT SKILLS TRAINING SERVICES UNDER THE JSIF S INTEGRATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (#73559) 1 P a g e

2 I. TEMPLATE OF EOI Submission Letter Location: Date:... To: The Manager Director Jamaica Social Investment Fund 11 Oxford Road, Kingston 5 Ladies/Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, offer to provide the consulting services for in accordance with your Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) notice dated and our EOI. We are hereby submitting our EOI as per the instructions provided. We understand you are not bound to accept any EOI you receive. Yours sincerely, Authorized Signature: Name and Title of Signatory: Name of Firm: Address: Seal of the Firm: 2 P a g e

3 Important Notice The documents submitted herewith in response to the Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) must contain sufficient information to enable a comprehensive assessment of the firm to be carried out. The information submitted will form the basis on which the scoring will be carried out and will determine the ranking of the firm or whether or not the firm is shortlisted. Additional documents or forms may be submitted in response to this request for Expression of Interest (EOI). 3 P a g e

4 II. Description of the Firm 1. Information of Firm FIRM Name of the Firm: Address: Telephone No.: Fax No.: Date of Registration: Type of firm: TCC No.: Contact Person: Name: Designation: 2. Legal Documents For verification purposes the firm shall submit: Copy of company s registration documents Tax Compliance Certificate or Letter 4 P a g e

5 3. Company Profile and Organization Structure Provide a brief (two pages) description of the background and organization of your firm/entity and each associate for this assignment. In this section the Firm shall also provide the following information: Brief company profile covering its: o Objectives, o Working areas, o General experience o Organization structure. o Include Company profile (if available) To be completed using [Form TECH 2 (a)] 4. Human Resources Available with the Firm Provide the information in the following table. The firm/s shall provide information about professional staff that is available to the firm and who form a part of the organization structure of the firm; no CVs are required to be submitted at this stage. Name of Staff Position Qualification Years of Experience 5 P a g e

6 III. Experience of the Firm 4. Information Regarding Experience of the Firm/s 1. Specific Experience of the Firm: (To be inserted as outlined in the Terms of Reference) 2. To be completed using [Form TECH 2 (b)] Summary Name of Project/ Location Client Name and Address Start Date Completion Date Description of work 6 P a g e

7 IV. Evaluation Criteria & Sub-Criteria 5. Evaluation Criteria & Sub-Criteria ICDP SPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND NEED ANALYSIS PROJECT EOI RESPONSE - SOFT SKILLS - EVALUATION GRID (1) STEP 1: OPENING & ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AND RESPONSE EVALUATION During the opening and administrative check the following will be assessed: If the deadline has been met. Otherwise, the application will be automatically rejected. If the organisation is not registered, the application will not be evaluated. The responses that pass this check will be evaluated on the relevance and design of the proposed action. The responses will receive an overall score out of 40 using the breakdown in the evaluation grid below. The evaluation criteria are divided into headings and subheadings. Each subheading will be given a score between 1 and 5 as follows: 1 = very poor; 2 = poor; 3 = adequate; 4 = good; 5 = very good. Scores 1. Relevance of the action Sub-score How relevant is the proposal to the objectives and priorities of the call for proposals? How relevant to the particular needs and constraints of the target communities is the proposal (including synergy with national training objective re job readiness such as interviewing skills, resume writing, choosing appropriate business attire, basic personal etiquette, elements on sexual and reproductive health, etc)? 1.3 Does the proposal contain specific added-value elements, such as an access to labour market strategy or comprehensive statement or proof of such access or the trainings proposed suggest an appeal to both gender? Design of the action Sub-score How coherent is the overall design of the training proposal? Look at elements such as design to accommodate multiple communities, certification path, transfer of knowledge using innovative techniques (skits etc). TOTAL SCORE 40 * Note: A score of 5 (very good) will only be allocated if the proposal specifically addresses more than the required minimum number of priorities as indicated. Once all responses have been assessed, a list will be drawn up with the proposed actions ranked according to their total score. Firstly, only the responses with a score of at least 25 will be considered for pre-selection P a g e

8 (2) STEP 2: EVALUATION OF THE FULL APPLICATION Firstly, the following will be assessed: If the deadline has been met. Otherwise, the application will be automatically rejected. If the organisation is not registered, the application will not be evaluated. If any of the requested information is missing or is incorrect, the application may be rejected on that sole basis and the application will not be evaluated further. The full responses that pass this check will be further evaluated on their quality, including the proposed the overall design and capacity of the applicants. They will be evaluated using the evaluation criteria in the evaluation grid below. There are two types of evaluation criteria: selection and award criteria. The selection criteria help to evaluate the applicant(s)'s operational capacity; mainly: have the management capacity, professional competencies and qualifications required to successfully complete the proposed action. This applies to responses. The award criteria help to evaluate the quality of the applications in relation to the objectives and priorities set forth in the guidelines, and to award grants to projects which maximise the overall effectiveness of the call for proposals. Scoring: The evaluation grid is divided into sections and subsections. Each subsection will be given a score between 1 and 5 as follows: 1 = very poor; 2 = poor; 3 = adequate; 4 = good; 5 = very good. 8 P a g e

9 Evaluation Grid Section Maximum Score 1. operational capacity Do the applicants and, if applicable have sufficient experience of managing training project? 5 Guide; 1-2yrs score 1, 3yrs score 2, 4yrs score,5yrs score 4, Above5 score Do the applicants and, if applicable, have sufficient administrative expertise of training targeting any ICDP or like community? 5 Guide; 1-2yrs score 1, 3yrs score 2, 4yrs score,5yrs score 4, Above5 score 5 Score transferred from the Response evaluation 2. Effectiveness and feasibility of the action Are the activities proposed appropriate, practical, and consistent with the objectives and expected results? 2.2 Are the areas of training being offered certified or certificate being granted recognizable? Certified by a credible certification body score 10 Certificate score Is the action plan clear and feasible? Innovation Is the training clearly demonstrating innovation (in design or execution or by the nature of the training itself) Maximum total score 60 Provisional selection After the evaluation, a table will be drawn up listing the applications ranked according to their score. The Response With the highest score will be provisionally selected until the final budget for this call for proposals is reached. In addition, a reserve list (second and third highest) will be drawn up following the same criteria P a g e

10 Form TECH-2: Consultant s Organization and Experience A - Consultant s Organization [Provide here a brief (two pages) description of the background and organization of your firm/entity and each associate for this assignment.] 10 P a g e

11 B - Consultant s Experience [Using the format below, provide information on each assignment for which your firm, and each associate for this assignment, was legally contracted either individually as a corporate entity or as one of the major companies within an association, for carrying out consulting services similar to the ones requested under this assignment. Use 20 pages.] Assignment name: Approx. value of the contract (in current US$ or Euro): Country: Location within country: Name of Client: Duration of assignment (months): Total N o of staff-months of the assignment: Address: Start date (month/year): Completion date (month/year): Name of associated Consultants, if any: Approx. value of the services provided by your firm under the contract (in current US$ or Euro): N o of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants: Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Narrative description of Project: Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: Firm s Name: 11 P a g e