Request for Expressions of Interest
Consulting Services – Individual Consultant
Development of Area C in the West Bank
Country: Palestine
Assignment Title: External Project Evaluator.
Reference No.: 5.4
This project is part of the overall agreement between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the
European Union (EU), which was signed on March, 19th 2013. The agreement, aims to develop the socalled
Area C, designated the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) as the implementing
agency for the infrastructure component.
The Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) as an implementation agency for the project intends
to use part of the grant for consulting services to hire an Individual Consultant for Project Evaluation.
The MDLF, as the delegated implementation agency of the project, intends to use part of the Grant from
the EU fund to hire an individual consultant to serve as an “External Project Evaluator”.
Objective of this assignment:
The objective of the assignment is to assess to what extent the project objectives and accomplishments
have been relevant, efficient, effective and sustainable, and based on the findings, the consultant is
required to recommend to the key stakeholders including (EU, MDLF, MOLG and the target LGUs)
lessons learnt for future improvements.
To meet the objective of the assignment, the scope of work includes the following:
Mainly, the evaluator is requested to do the following:
• To assess the achievements of intended outcomes and outputs.
• To assess the relevance of the project to the national policy agenda and priorities, relevance with
the requirements of the beneficiaries,….etc.
• To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the project in achieving its expected results. This
will entail analysis of delivery of actual outcomes, outputs against the expected targets.
• To assess the implemented infrastructure sub-projects in terms of (functionality, usability and
utilization, unintended results if any).
• To assess the operation and maintenance arrangements, monitoring and evaluation and the
sustainability of the implemented sub-projects.
• To Identify the problems/challenges faced by each stakeholder in fulfilling their roles in
the implementation of the sub-projects, particularly “LGUs, contractor, MDLF, LTCs,
Beneficiaries……etc”.
• Based on the findings and observations made in the field, the consultant is required to recommend
ways and lessons learnt for future improvements.
The Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) invites eligible qualified individuals to provide
information indicating their qualifications, experience and appropriate skills to perform the services. The
main qualifications of the consultant are as follows:
• At least 10 years working experience in the community development projects.
• Minimum 5 years experience in evaluation studies and researches of demand driven community
infrastructure sub-projects.
• Minimum 5 years experience in evaluation methods including (qualitative and/or quantitative methods)
• Previous experience in the local government sector
• Demonstrated ability to approach complex problems and successfully implement similar projects.
• Excellent communication and writing skills and critical thinking.
The attention of interested consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s: Selection and
Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers
published by the World Bank in January 2011, revised in July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting
forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Individual Consultants shall be selected through comparison of qualifications of those who have
expressed interest in this position.
Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
from Sunday to Thursday. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address or e-mail below by
28/11/2016.
Dr. Tawfiq Bdeiri
Director General
Address is: Al-Amal Tower, Mecca Street, Al-balou’, Al-Bireh
Tel: 02- 2426610
Fax: 02-2426617
Palestinian Authority
E-mail: Evaluator@mdlf.org.ps