ANNEX II - UNOPS

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Care shall be taken to ensure that the required qualifications and experience are fully in line
with the Contractor’s level;
Other relevant information, if applicable.
The Contractor’s TOR shall be prepared by the UNOPS Hiring Unit and shall be approved by the
relevant UNOPS Procurement Authority prior to being transmitted to the Consultant.
9.1.2 Service Request – shall be submitted by UNOPS to the Consultant specifying at least the following
information:
(i) UNOPS Hiring Unit and contact person;
(ii) UNOPS project number and title;
(iii) Country(ies) of Services;
(iv) Duty Station(s);
(v) Number of Contractor(s) required;
(vi) Category of the Contractor(s): [Local/International];
(vii) Level of the Contractor(s):
(viii) The proposed fee for each Contractor:
(ix) Designated UNOPS Manager(s) (Supervisor(s));
(x) Expected start date at duty station for the Contractor(s);
(xi) Confirmation that the requested Contractor(s)’ TOR(s) is attached to the Service Request as
necessary.
9.2 Competitive Selection Process
UNOPS must follow UN rules, which clearly stipulate that competitive selection procedures must be put in
place for all types of procurement/recruitment. Therefore, Contractors shall be selected through a
competitive process to ensure openness, transparency, and objectivity as well as deployment of the bestqualified
candidates for the assignments. Such procedures shall attempt to identify and consider at least three
qualified potential candidates for each assignment.
9.2.1 Identifying Candidates
The Consultant shall make every effort to ensure that women and men have equal opportunities for
deployment under the Agreement and respective Call-Off Contract(s) and that a geographical
balance among successful potential candidates is achieved.
As a standard practice the Consultant shall first source the potential candidates in its established
Roster and competition shall be established among least three (3) qualified potential candidates
sourced through Consultant’s Roster of Contractors. In case at least 3 qualified potential candidates
cannot be sourced in Consultant’s Roster, the vacancy for an IC should preferably be advertised on
the Consultant’s website (or any other suitable media) for at least 7 days and, for LCs, the vacancy
should preferably be advertised in local media, such as newspapers. Where feasible, vacancies could
also be distributed in any other manner that encourages the most useful responses, e.g. on radio, on
websites of other organizations, etc.
9.2.2 Getting Applications
(i) If potential candidates are identified through Consultant’s Roster: The job requirements /
Contractor’s TOR shall be forwarded to the identified individuals. Those interested and
available for the assignment are asked to provide an updated CV, if Consultant does not already
have this information on file and cannot immediately avail it to UNOPS for evaluation.
(ii) If the vacancy is advertised, applicants shall submit an application including a letter of interest
and a complete CV.
9.2.3 Evaluating Applications
The evaluation method can either be by interview or by desk review as described below:
(i) If candidates are identified through Consultant’s Roster:
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