REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Individual Consultant’s Services to Evaluate Proposals submitted for

Public Relations Agency Service

Contract number: MCA-M/ICS/029

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

August 25, 2023

The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Mongolia (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Mongolia (the “Compact”) in the amount of approximately three hundred fifty million Dollars (US $350,000,000) (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia (the “MCA-Mongolia”), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for the FIDIC Legal Advisory Services. Any payments made by the MCA Entity under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. No party other than the Government and the MCA Entity shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov) and MCA-Mongolia website (http://mca-mongolia.gov.mn).

The Compact program addresses one of the country’s most binding constraints to economic growth: costly access to water and sanitation. The Compact will assist the Government in meeting the projected demand for water in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for residential consumers and commercial and industrial users through a Water Supply Project, consisting of three closely related investment activities:

• A Downstream Wells Activity, to construct new groundwater wells with attendant transmission lines, reservoirs, and an advanced water purification plant (“AWPP”);
• A Wastewater Recycling Activity, to construct a new wastewater recycling plant and pipelines to provide high-quality treated wastewater that can be used instead of fresh water by water-intensive industries, thereby increasing the amount of fresh water available for household consumption; and
• A Water Sector Sustainability Activity, to support policy reforms, capacity building, and technical assistance to improve the long-term sustainability of Ulaanbaatar’s water supply.

MCA-Mongolia now invites qualified and experienced individual consultants to provide Services to Evaluate Proposals submitted for Public Relations Agency Service.                                                                The consultant is expected to have the following qualifications and experience:

• The Consultant shall hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media and Communications, Public Relations, or other related fields;
• A minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience in the Public Relations or other related fields;
• Experience in the evaluation of bids or proposals, specifically in Public Relations field, under procurements of a similar services;
• The Consultant should be fluent in spoken and written English and able to use Microsoft Word and Excel.

Detailed Terms of Reference and Submission Documents are included in the Request for Application (RFA) Document.

The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures for selection of Individual Consultants set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov). MCA-Mongolia will select one top-ranked Individual Consultant to perform the described services.

To register and request the complete RFA, interested Consultants should send an e-mail with the subject line “Request for RFA for Individual Consultant’s Services to Evaluate Proposals submitted for Public Relations Agency Service” to the Procurement Agent at PA-Mongolia@charleskendall.com with a copy to procurement@mca-mongolia.gov.mn. Interested Consultants should provide their full contact information in the email message. This will also ensure that interested consultants receive updates regarding this RFA.

Any clarifications needed shall be submitted in writing to Procurement Agent at PA-Mongolia@charleskendall.com, cc to procurement@mca-mongolia.gov.mn no later than September 01, 2023 by 2:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time. MCA-Mongolia will consolidate all submitted requests for clarifications and will issue a Q&A document no later than September 06, 2023 by 5:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time.

Applications must indicate name of the position and be uploaded to the submission link as specified in the RFA document no later than September 13, 2023, at 3:00 pm local time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Only electronic submissions will be permitted (applications submitted by email and hard copies will not be accepted). Late proposals will be rejected.

Millennium Challenge Account–Mongolia