الاتحاد الفلسطيني للهيئات المحلية - APLA

Tender Description

Request for Price Quotations (Second time)

RFPQ Title: Services of an Individual Communication Expert

RFPQ’s Reference Code: APLA/EU-MAAP/2022-11

Overview:

The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) founded in 1997, APLA is an independent organization mandated to represent and lobby for the collective interests of Local Government Units (LGUs) by supporting capacity building among local governments, facilitating exchange of knowledge and best practices, and serving as vehicle for dialogue between the central government and LGUs.

Project Brief:

APLA signed a grant contract with the European Union (EU) on 12 December 2021 with total EU contribution of € 1.9 million to implement the project “APLA’s Multiannual Action Plan (MAAP) 2021-2025. ENI/2021/425-904’. This project has been designed to strengthen LGUs collaborations on service delivery and local participatory development, and improve contributions to territorial integration, particularly in Area C. Specific objectives of MAAP are aligned to APLA’s strategic plan and aims to support the role of APLA as LGUs representative and dialogue partner with the Palestinian Authority, to support the role of the LGUs in the building process of future State of Palestine and to strengthen the institutional and operational capacities of APLA.

Accordingly, APLA intends to apply part of this project for contracting a qualified Expert (Individual) who has the needed experience and skills to carry out this assignment.

The Main Objective of The Assignment:

To develop the communication strategy for the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities – APLA, which incorporates customized approaches to effectively inform and engage various types of stakeholders, by structure and developing clear guidelines relevant to communication, and awareness-raising to enhance APLA’s image and Influence, and setting clear directions, and the tone so that all communication activities, products, and materials work in harmony to achieve the desired goals, depending on more careful consideration of the chosen communication channel, the receiver, and the content.

In this regard, APLA intends to contract an individual Communication Expert to supply APLA with the needed services concerning the development of APLA’s “Communication Strategy”. Main tasks and responsibilities are as attached in Term of Reference in the Bidding Documents.

Minimum Qualifications of the Expert:

The Expert should have the following minimum requirements:

Possess master’s degree in either communication / public relations / journalism / language and literature / sociology, social studies, advertising / communication analysis & planning / marketing or related fields.
Have a minimum of Ten (10) years’ experience in developing communication strategies, conducting communications needs analysis and strategic design as well as in managing communication activities.
Have excellent written and spoken knowledge of English and Arabic languages.
Be results-oriented, creative, confident, and proactive who is able to work independently.
Have strong organizational, analytical, and planning skills.
Have competencies in use of computer and internet / information software.
Have good knowledge of the Palestinian socio-political and cultural context.
Be experienced in working with Palestinian governments, donors, civil societies, and media.
Able to team up or involve professionals in the field and tap on their experiences, and
Follow through initiatives and meet deadlines

RFPQ’s Conditions:

Interested eligible individual Experts may obtain further information, inspect, and download the Bidding Documents through the website of APLA at (https://www.apla.ps/library).
Clarifications and technical inquiries can be obtained from the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Communication Coordinator, Nadine Nakhleh: n.nakhleh@apla.ps, +970 (2) 2960712, during office hours (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM) at the address given below from 12 June 2022 to 21 June 2022.
Offers must be hand-submitted in sealed envelopes and delivered to Ms. Lina Abu Obaid, the Administrative Assistant at the address below on or before 03:00 PM. of 21 June 2022. Late offers will be rejected. The envelopes should be titled with the RFPQ title “Services of an Individual Communication Expert - Second time” and RFPQ’s Ref. Code “APLA/EU-MAAP/2022-11”.
The prices must be in (Euro).
Remuneration: The Consultant / Expert will be remunerated due to the Level of Effort (LOE) that depends on the required Working Days (WDs), and according to the input justified by the time sheet given the total time/effort. Input does not exceed the total specified LOE in this TORs.
Only one payment will be paid to the Expert for the total assignment upon the completion of the work in line with providing all supporting documents
Income Tax for Individual Expert: Income sourced taxes will be deducted from the gross amount and forwarded to the tax authority according to the applicable laws. The gross amount shall be subject to any further deductions according to Palestinian Law and the Expert hereby irrevocably authorizes APLA to deduct any such taxes and remit same to the relevant authorities.
Offers shall be valid for a period of 30 days after offers’ submission deadline.
APLA is not committed to the lowest price offer, but to the best evaluated offer, (Technically and financially).
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