RFP for Consulting Services - Third-party review of effectiveness of UNOPS' oversight mechanisms, internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of UNOPS
UNOPS
RFP for Consulting Services - Third-party review of effectiveness of UNOPS' oversight mechanisms, internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of UNOPS
Request for proposal
Reference:
RFP/2022/42838
Beneficiary countries:
Multiple destinations (see 'Countries' tab below)
Registration level:
Basic
Published on:
28-Jul-2022
Deadline on:
24-Aug-2022 08:30 0.00
Description
Tender description: UNOPS is looking for a qualified 3rd. party consulting firm to carry out an advisory review to assess the root causes and institutional vulnerabilities within UNOPS that led to the failures associated with S3i, with a view to making recommendations to improve the effectiveness of UNOPS oversight mechanisms.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Interested vendors must respond to this tender using the UNOPS eSourcing system, via the UNGM portal. In order to access the full UNOPS tender details, request clarifications on the tender, and submit a vendor response to a tender using the system, vendors need to be registered as a UNOPS vendor at the UNGM portal and be logged into UNGM. For guidance on how to register on UNGM and submit responses to UNOPS tenders in the UNOPS eSourcing system, please refer to the user guide and other resources available at: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
Interested in improving your knowledge of what UNOPS procures, how we procure and how to become a vendor to supply to our organization? Learn more about our free online course on “Doing business with UNOPS” here
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Interested vendors must respond to this tender using the UNOPS eSourcing system, via the UNGM portal. In order to access the full UNOPS tender details, request clarifications on the tender, and submit a vendor response to a tender using the system, vendors need to be registered as a UNOPS vendor at the UNGM portal and be logged into UNGM. For guidance on how to register on UNGM and submit responses to UNOPS tenders in the UNOPS eSourcing system, please refer to the user guide and other resources available at: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
Interested in improving your knowledge of what UNOPS procures, how we procure and how to become a vendor to supply to our organization? Learn more about our free online course on “Doing business with UNOPS” here
This tender has been posted through the UNOPS eSourcing system. / Cet avis a été publié au moyen du système eSourcing de l'UNOPS. / Esta licitación ha sido publicada usando el sistema eSourcing de UNOPS. Vendor Guide / Guide pour Fournisseurs / Guíra para Proveedores: https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides
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This procurement opportunity integrates considerations for at least one sustainability indicator. However, it does not meet the requirements to be considered sustainable.
Gender issues
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The tender contains sustainability considerations addressing gender equality and women's empowerment.
Examples:
Gender mainstreaming, targeted employment of women, promotion of women-owned businesses.
| Link | Description | |
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| https://esourcing.unops.org/#/Help/Guides | UNOPS eSourcing – Vendor guide and other system resources / Guide pour fournisseurs et autres ressources sur le système / Guía para proveedores y otros recursos sobre el sistema |
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Training planning and development consultancy service
New clarification added: To ensure that the timelines for the reviews being subject of this RFP are understood correctly, we reiterate that the expected date of the award of contract is 29.Aug.2022, and the delivery date of the final reports for both parts of the review is 30.Nov.2022.
Edited on:
19-Aug-2022 13:51
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #2: Type of contract to be awarded: Professional Services Contract (contract template added to the Documents section)
Edited on:
19-Aug-2022 12:16
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Q: Thank you for your clarifications so far, but what is the difference and the linkage between the following two documents published by UNOPS which are both referred to as S3i, and caould you indicate which one the Offeror is expected to work with:"Sustainable Infrastructure Impact Investments""Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation"A: None of the 2 documents you are inquiring about has been published here in the Document section as part of this tender. Neither as part of the ToR nor as a background information. We are assuming that you are referring to some documents you found published and publicly available on the Internet. Not knowing exactly which documents and located where you are refering to, we are not able to provide you more detailed info about those documents. Nonetheless, once this tender process is finalized and the contract awarded to the winning firm, UNOPS will provide all documents that are relevant for this review.
Edited on:
16-Aug-2022 14:44
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Q: Please, regarding the Offeror consultant, is the ability to speak Deutsch a requirement or necessity in order to effectively conduct the third-party review?A: The ability to speak Deutsch is not required to conduct the review. All communication and documents will be in English.
Edited on:
16-Aug-2022 12:46
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Question: Can you please elaborate on what you expect from an "advisory review" and what it entails. Specifically to what extent sample testing is required? Answer: as for S3i (Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation) we expect the review to establish a clear understanding of what happened, what process was followed to make the decisions, what functions were involved in the process, how decisions were made, and provide advice on what should have happened, so this is a backwards looking review. For the other overall UNOPS review (the review of the internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of UNOPS), which is forward looking, the expectation is to review existing UNOPS structures, governance, internal controls, decision making processes, and based on that provide advice on whether these are best fit for UNOPS business model or if any changes should be made to make them more fit for purpose. This is an RFP so there is a great deal of space and freedom for bidders to explain what methodology they propose to follow to conduct their work, and sample testing could be part of that.Question: What is the approx. number of relevant key personnel to be interviewed for i) the review of the internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of UNOPS and ii) the review of effectiveness of UNOPS' oversight mechanisms for Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation? Answer: The approximate number of key personnel to be interviewed would be around 30 people for each review, many of which would be the same colleagues for both reviews.Question: What is meant by UNOPS' portfolio and what does it include, cf. page 1 of the TOR for the review of the internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of UNOPS?Answer: UNOPS portfolio means the suite of projects managed by UNOPS, and that includes around 1,000 projects with a total value of around US$3.5billion in different sectors, which cover infrastructure, procurement, project management and human resources.
Edited on:
16-Aug-2022 12:41
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Q: Could you please indicate the approx. total number of pages that the winning Offeror should review for each advisory review and as set forth in the 'Sources of review criteria' Could you please indicate the approx. total number of pages that the winning Offeror should review for each advisory review and as set forth in the 'Sources of review criteria'A: We estimate the approx number of pages for review will probably be within the range 2000-2500 pages.
Edited on:
11-Aug-2022 11:45
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #1: Amendment 1- Scope of the tender has been amended by adding an additional review, i.e. review of the internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of the United Nations Office for Project Services- ToR for the additional review has been added in the document section as a document "RFP_Section II_TOR for review of the internal control systems, risk management and overall governance structures of the United Nations Office for Project Services"- Forms C and D of the document "RFP_Section_III_Returnable Bidding Forms" have been revised to reflect the amendment of Scope, ie. addition of review 2.- Deadlines for submitting of proposals as well as for clarifications have been extended by additional 6 days.
Edited on:
05-Aug-2022 11:31
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Q: Dear Sir, Kindly clarify if a firm can bid in more than one country for this project.A: The review is to be carried out mainly in collaboration with UNOPS HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark. Most likely there will be no need for travel and meetings in other countries than Denmark.
Edited on:
02-Aug-2022 10:27
Edited by:
webservice@unops.org