As a part of Concern’s “Job Creation and Job Support Program” generously funded by the government of Netherland, Concern is intending to hire a consultant to support with the TVET Plumbing course in Akkar as part of Alliance 2015 consortium. Stated program is currently being implemented in 1 municipality. The project activities are being implemented in the municipality of Tekrit in Tekrit Technical and Vocational Training Institute.
Under the project, Concern along with other partners has committed to train beneficiaries on TVET Courses and one of them is Pluming course in partnership with Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Concern intends to recruit a consultant or a consultancy firm with excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to think creatively and out of box, previous experience with Plumbing and green building solutions and excellent English and Arabic proficiency to;
- Provide a TOT on Plumbing sessions to Trainers.
- Provide Equipment to Host theoretical and Practical Plumbing sessions.
- Provide needed training materials for the trainees.
- Liaise with Concern Senior Engineer to prepare a well-organized training course.
Provide follow-up to three trainers trained in ToT over the period of 3 months.
- Lebanon
- Aakkar
Instructions for submissions and Evaluation Criteria:
All sealed envelopes with technical and financial offers must be handed over to the security guard at the gate of Concern Worldwide’s office at the HDYS Building (Opposite Abdel Karim Rifai Petrol Station), Halba, Akkar, Lebanon, no later than 1100 Hrs on or before July 12, 2018.
- Tenders should be submitted in an envelope marked “Quotation for Training of Trainer for Plumbing”.
- Name of the company must be visible on the envelope. Envelopes must be properly sealed. The financial bid must be sealed separately from the technical proposal.
Key Task:
- Finalization of training agenda with Concern Senior Engineer and Capacity Building Specialist.
- Delivery of one 15 days long (theoretical and practical) Plumbing course at designated venue. (Offers with special venues designed for similar purpose will be given preference).
- Provision of material to host 25 trainees as per TVET training plumbing Course devised by Concern.
- Provide needed materials for the trainees in the training i.e. stationary, handouts etc.
- Provision of pre-test and post-test score database of all participants.
- Follow-up visits to trainers providing training to the students over the period of 3 months in collaboration with Senior engineer and capacity building specialists.
C General conditions:
- Maintain regular communication with Senior Engineer, Training Specialist, ARC Project Manager and key stakeholders where necessary via direct meeting, telephonic and email for tasks covered in scope.
- Any revision required in the agenda of ToT will be communicated to Concern for the approval.
- Any change in work plan is subject to approval of Concern and identified stakeholders.
- Deliverables:
- Deliverable one: 1 TOT course on Plumbing (15 days/course) practical and theoretical sessions.
Activity 1: Planning meeting and finalization of Agenda
Activity 2: Database of course trainees.
Activity 3: Preparation of clear training plan aligned with Concern’s existing manual and materials with collaboration of Concern’s Capacity Building and Training Specialist and Concern’s Senior Engineer. Consultant can offer additional technical topics on agenda for value-addition and competitive purpose.
Activity 4: Finalization of evaluation criteria and learning outcomes for trainees with clear scoring system in collaboration with Concern relevant staff.
- Deliverable two: Identification of Venue and training materials:
Activity 1: Follow-up on trainers giving training to the students for the period of 2.5 months after the course
Activity 2: Provision of comprehensive report on training activities and recommendations with
Pictures to Concern.
- Deliverable Three: Technical Review of Concern’s Existing Manual.
Activity 1: Concern has already developed a manual. Consultant will be expected to review it and provide technical feedback on the usefulness of the manual.
- Minimum Experience Required;
Key experience and characteristics of the consultant(s):
Minimum 5 years experience of similar assignments to deliver Plumbing Courses
Excellent mock-ups and training material matching with the needs of 25 beneficiaries
Any Quality certificate or quality audit of applicant will be an advantage
Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills of Master Trainers in English and Arabic
Master Trainers should have more than 10 years of experience in teaching of Plumbing skill with solid background in supervising commercial projects.
Instructions for submissions and Evaluation Criteria:
All sealed envelopes with technical and financial offers must be handed over to the security guard at the gate of Concern Worldwide’s office at the HDYS Building (Opposite Abdel Karim Rifai Petrol Station), Halba, Akkar, Lebanon, no later than 1100 Hrs on or before July 12, 2018.
- Tenders should be submitted in an envelope marked “Quotation for Training of Trainer for Plumbing”.
- Name of the company must be visible on the envelope. Envelopes must be properly sealed. The financial bid must be sealed separately from the technical proposal.
What to submit for Technical Evaluation;
Annex I – Technical proposal, which should have;
- One complete session (Arabic) with agenda, presentation and assessment test relevant to plumbing
- Picture of existing venue and mock-ups if applicable
- 15 days plan for delivery of Curriculum
- References
Annex II – Applicant profile and CVs of Lead Trainers, registration certificate, bank details
Annex III – Similar training experience from last three years with reference details of last two clients
Annex IV – Training Outline using Annex - A
- Technical Evaluation; Total score = 60
Previous Experience of similar work and value (20)
Quality of Session, presentation and assessment (15)
Qualification of Trainers (10)
Quality of Comprehensive Training outline by using Annex –A as guideline (10)
Reference Check (5)
- Financial Evaluation: Total Score (40)
Only lowest offer will receive 40.