EOI - Assessing the gaps in the implementation of national coffee logo

Job Description

Terms of Reference (ToR) for Assessing the gaps in the implementation of national coffee logo

Objective of the assignment:

The overall objective of this assignment is to review the existing policy and law related to coffee logo implementation, assess the gaps in the implementation of the logo and recommend way forward for the effective use and implementation of the national coffee logo. 

To support the development of coffee sector in Nepal, ‘Hamro Coffee: Expanding Opportunities for Nepalese Coffee Growers and Traders’ project funded by European Union, jointly envisioned by ICCO Cooperation, together with partners CEAPRED and NCPA, aims to increase income of small-holders through an improved market driven speciality coffee sector, with focus on enhancing the quality and quantity of coffee cherries produced and upgrading primary processing to ensure quality of green beans, leading in the long term to increased demand of unique Nepalese speciality coffee in the domestic and international niche markets. Among other activities, the project strategy calls for strengthening the NTCBDś coffee unit in the implementation of the coffee logo. Through Hamro Coffee Project, NCPA aims to identify and assess the gaps and barriers in the effective implementation of the national coffee logo.

NCPA is the umbrella organization for all Nepalese coffee organization, traders and cooperatives involved in coffee industry. The organization mainly works for institutional development, coffee production, processing technology, advertisement and marketing of Nepalese specialty coffee.

Scope of the assignment: :

1. To assess existing policies/legal instruments and practices related to the implementation of national coffee logo
2. To identify gaps and barriers in the implementation of the national coffee logo and provide recommendation for its effective implementation.

Methodology:

The interested consultants/firms are expected to undertake a desk review of current law/policies especially on the use of national coffee logo. In addition, the consultants/firms is also expected to have a close consultation with key stakeholders in government (NTCBD, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies) and private sector (NCPA) focusing on the bottlenecks that hinders the effort to the effective implementation of the national logo.

Expected outputs/deliverable:

The consultant is expected to submit the following deliverable:

• Presentation of preliminary findings before drafting the report;
• First draft of the review report excluding relevant annexes
• Final detailed report of the assessment including relevant annexes required to produce a review report 

Duration of the consultancy service
The consultancy agreement between the consortium and the consultant/firm will be from 15th April to 15th of May 2019. The maximum working days would be 15 days within consultancy duration. The tentative time plan for this assignment are as follows:

• Procurement, negotiations and contract with consultant services by 15th of April 2019.
• Detailed orientation to consultant/firm by16th April 2019.
• First draft submission with recommendation by 5th May 2019.
• Findings presentation, meeting and feedback by 10th May 2019
• Final assessment report incorporating all inputs and comments from the consortium by 15th May 2019.
• NCPA reserves the right to ask or obtain further details and documents from shortlisted consultants/firms during the course of proposal evaluation and negotiation process.
• NCPA reserves all the rights to reject/dismiss this procurement process without assigning any reasons to applicants/potential consultants.

Other terms and conditions:

In case of occurrence of any unforeseen events leading to the deviation in the agreed upon deadlines and budget, this must be communicated to the focal person in advance and agreed upon the revised plan and budget. 

Application process:

The applicants are requested to submit their expression of interest along with following documents  via email:  hamrocoffee.ncpa@gmail.com by 10th April 2019 Wednesday by 21:00 hrs. 

• Covering letter (1 page) justifying experience, expertise and qualifications
• Updates CVs(3 pages max) of all consultants, highlighting the relevant experience, expertise and qualifications, and contact details of at least 2 recent referees/employers of similar past assignments.
• A detailed proposed  methodologies and tentative action plan (3 page max) and financial proposal (1 page max) including per day rate and total consultancy fee in NPR including applicable VAT or consultancy taxes.
• Enclose the latest version of relevant report (in PDF) of similar nature of consultancy assignment by the consultants/firm.

ANNEX: EVALUATION CRITERIA

Total scoring is 100 points that includes 75 points on technical expertise and 25 points based on financial evaluation (cost effectiveness and realistic budget plan)

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