INVITATION TO BID FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Activity name: Support National Fisheries Extension Centre (NAFEC) in developing HRD/M plan.

Activity reference number: MOFI/FSPS-II/ STOFA/2007/3.1.6

Deadline:                               10/8/2007

Contact person:                    Mr. Lai The Hung, Deputy Director of  STOFA Component

Email:                                      laithehung@mofi.gov.vn

Tel:                                         04.2143260              Mobile: 0912390411

Address:                                 STOFA Component, 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

(Detail)

Proposals submitted to contact person of STOFA component, Ministry of Fisheries should:

1. Provide a short presentation, by the consultant / training institution, of their activities as a trainer / training institution focusing on the training areas specified in the TOR. A short summary of recent experience providing similar training would be an advantage.

2. Provide a short profile of the consultants that will be providing the training, i.e. detailing full name, title, institution, educational background and core expertise. Curriculum Vitae for each trainer should also be provided.

3. Include a Brief Course Outline of the training program they intend to deliver and how it will be evaluated.

4. Include a breakdown of costs i.e. a financial quotation.

General Condition: Consultant(s) must be highly qualified Vietnamese citizen(s) and currently not work  for Ministry of Fisheries (MOFI) and/or  units under MOFI.

Consultancy fee should be  based on experience years and in accordance with the EU current guideline as specified  in FSPS II Financial Management and Procurement Manual.

Bidding documents must be prepared  in both Vietnamese and English, including  one original and two copies; and should be  put in a sealed package and sent to STOFA component.

Attached annexes:

Annex A: FSPS II Financial Management and Procurement Manual in accordance with DANIDA rules.

Annex B: General instructions to tenderers for all activities of STOFA/DOP:- Training suppliers should use  the Annexes 2,3,4, & 5 as appropriate in the submissions:

Annex 1 (Terms of Reference)

Annex 2 (Calculation of consultancy fee amount, i.e. consultancy fees, wages)

Annex 3 (Reimbursables Budget Amount, e.g, hotel, per diem, air ticket & translation costs (forms 1 & 2). This annex is not necessarily applicable to all consultants)

Annex 4 (Inputs provided by consultants to achieve outputs)

Annex 5 (Brief Curriculum Vitae)