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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROYAL MONETARY AUTHORITY OF BHUTAN NOVEMBER 16, 2015

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ROYAL MONETARY AUTHORITY OF BHUTAN

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

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LIST OF ACRONYMS

RMA Royal Monetary Authority

OD Organizational Development

RFP Request For Proposal

TOR Terms of Reference

CV Curriculum Vitae

CQ Consultant Qualifications

LOI Letter of invitation

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Table  of  Contents  

Section  1:    Letter  of  Invitation  ....................................................................................  1  

2.  PROPOSAL  EVALUATION  ...............................................................................................  3  

FINANCIAL  PROPOSAL  .....................................................................................................  5  

3.    GENERAL  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  ................................................................................  6  

3.1.          AWARD  ..............................................................................................................  6  

3.2.        CONTACTS  AND  CLARIFICATIONS  ...............................................................................  6  

3.3.          COST  OF  BIDDING  ................................................................................................  6  

3.4.          RESERVATION  OF  RIGHTS  ........................................................................................  8  

3.5.        PERIOD  OF  VALIDITY  OF  PROPOSAL  ...........................................................................  8  

3.6.        ADDENDA  TO  RFP  .................................................................................................  8  

3.7.          PRICE  QUOTATIONS  ..............................................................................................  9  

3.8.        CONTRACTUAL  REQUIREMENT  .................................................................................  9  

3.9.      LIQUIDATED  DAMAGES  ...........................................................................................  9  

3.10.      SCHEDULE  OF  PAYMENT  ........................................................................................  9  

3.11.      CONSULTANT’S  DESIGNATED  CONTACT  ...................................................................  10  

3.12.      SUBMISSION  OF  RESPONSES  TO  THE  RFP  ................................................................  10  

3.13.      TIMELINE/  SCHEDULE  OF  EVENTS  ..........................................................................  10  

3.14.      BID  SECURITY  ....................................................................................................  11  

3.15.      PERFORMANCE  SECURITY  .....................................................................................  11  

3.16.  TAX  DEDUCTED  AT  SOURCE  (TDS)  ..........................................................................  12  

3.17.      LICENSE  AND  PERMIT  ..........................................................................................  12  

4.  PROPOSED  PROJECT  SCHEDULE  ....................................................................................  12  

5.   PROJECT  TEAM  .....................................................................................................  12  

6.  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  ..............................................................................................  13  

TERMS  OF  REFERENCE  (TOR)  .........................................................................................  14  

TECHNICAL  PROPOSAL-­‐  STANDARD  FORM  ........................................................................  16  

FINANCIAL  PROPOSALS  –  STANDARD  FORM  ......................................................................  17  

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Project Name: Organisational Development Exercise

Procuring Agency: Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

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Section 1: Letter of Invitation

Dear  Sir,  

The Royal Monetary Authority invites proposals to conduct Organisational Development

Exercise. The expected timeline of the consultancy work is 60(Sixty) days from the date of

award of the work. More details on the services are provided in the RFP and TOR

This Request for Proposal (RFP) has been addressed to the following shortlisted Consultants:

1. M/s Norlha Engineering and Management Consultancy

2. M/s AMJ Business Research & Consultancy

3. M/s Institute for Management Studies (IMS)

A Consultant will be selected under Quality and Cost-based Selection (QCBS) and procedures

described in this RFP, in accordance with the existing Procurement Rules and Regulations of the

Royal Government of Bhutan. It is not permissible to transfer this invitation to any other firm.

The Proposals are to be submitted at the latest by 2:30 pm on 14/12/2015 and the Technical

Proposals will be opened on the same day at 3:00 pm.

The procedural requirements for responding to this invitation are provided in the complete RFP

document, which includes the following:

Section 1 - Letter of Invitation

Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants

Section 3 - Technical Proposal – Standard Form

Section 4 - Financial Proposal – Standard form

Section 5 - Terms of Reference

Please inform us in writing at the following address:

a. that you received this Letter of Invitation and RFP.

b. whether or not the consultant will submit the proposal.

Attention:

Director

Administration and Finance Department

Royal Monetary Authority

Post Box No. 154

Thimphu

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSULTANTS

DEFINITIONS:

a) Consultant: An individual or a legal entity entering into a Contract to provide the

required Consulting Services

b) Consulting Services: Expert services of a professional and/or intellectual nature,

provided by the Consultant based on specialized expertise and skills, in areas including,

but not limited to, preparing and implementing projects, conducting training, providing

technical assistance, conducting research and analysis, preparing designs, supervising

the execution of construction and other works, undertaking studies, advising Procuring

Agencies, building capacity, preparing tender documents, supervising procurement, and

others.

c) Instructions to Consultants: The document which provides the shortlisted Consultants

with all the information needed to prepare their Proposals.

d) In Writing: Communicated in written form (e.g. by mail, electronic mail, fax, telex)

with proof of receipt.

e) LOI: The Letter of Invitation being sent by the Procuring Agency to the shortlisted

Consultants.

f) Proposal: The Technical Proposal and the Financial Proposal.

g) RFP: The Request for Proposal to be prepared by the Procuring Agency for the

selection of Consultants

h) Services: The work to be performed by the Consultant pursuant to the Contract.

i) Terms of Reference(TOR): The document included in the RFP which defines the

objectives, goals, scope of work, activities, tasks, responsibilities of the Procuring

Agency and the Consultant, required outputs and results of the assignment, as well as

background information (including a list of existing relevant studies and basic data) to

facilitate the Consultants’ preparation of their proposals.

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Procuring Agency will select the Consultant from those listed in the Letter of Invitation

in accordance with the method of selection specified in the RFP.

1.2 The shortlisted Consultants are invited to submit a Technical Proposal and a Financial

Proposal, for Consulting Services required for conducting Organizational Development

Services. The Proposal will be the basis for contract negotiations and ultimately for a signed

Contract with the selected Consultant.

1.3 The Procuring Agency will provide in timely fashion and at no cost to the Consultant the

inputs and facilities, and make available relevant data and reports.

Consultants shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of their proposals

and contract negotiation. The Procuring Agency is not bound to accept any proposal, and

reserves the right to annul the selection process at any time prior to Contract award, without

thereby incurring any liability to the Consultants

2. PROPOSAL EVALUATION

A two-stage evaluation procedure will be adopted in evaluating the proposals:

i. a technical evaluation, which will be carried out prior to opening any financial proposal;

ii. a financial evaluation.

The shortlisted consultants are required to submit a technical and a financial proposal. The

original and all copies of the Technical Proposal shall be placed in a sealed envelope clearly

marked “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” Similarly, the original Financial Proposal shall be placed

in a sealed envelope clearly marked “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” followed by the name of the

assignment, and with a warning “DO NOT OPEN WITH THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.”

The envelopes containing the Technical and Financial Proposals shall be placed into an outer

envelope and sealed. This outer envelope shall bear the submission address and title of the

assignment, and be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT OPEN, EXCEPT IN THE

PRESENCE OF THE APPOINTED OPENING OFFICIAL(S), BEFORE [insert the time and

date of the submission deadline]”. The Procuring Agency shall not be responsible for

misplacement, loss or premature opening if the outer envelope is not sealed and/or marked as

stipulated. This circumstance may be case for Proposal rejection. If the Financial Proposal is not

submitted in a separate sealed envelope duly marked as indicated above, this will constitute

grounds for declaring the Proposal non-responsive.

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Consultants will be ranked using combined technical/financial score, as detailed below.

EVALUATION TO BE CONFIDENTIAL

• Immediately after the closing date and time for submission of Proposals any envelopes

marked “Withdrawal” and accompanied by a properly authorized withdrawal notice shall be

put aside, and stored safely and securely ready for return to the Consultant.

• The Procuring Agency then shall open all remaining Technical Proposals, including any

substitutions accompanied by a properly authorized substitution notice. The Financial

Proposals shall remain sealed and securely stored.

• From the time the Proposals are opened to the time the Contract is awarded, the Consultant

shall not contact the Procuring Agency on any matter related to its Technical and/or

Financial Proposal. Any effort by any Consultant to influence the Procuring Agency in the

examination, evaluation, ranking of Proposals, and recommendation for Award of Contract

may result in the rejection of the Consultant’s Proposal.

• After the opening of Proposals, information concerning the Proposal documents or any part

of the contents thereof shall not be released to any person or party that is not a member of

the Proposal Evaluation Committee.

• The evaluation proceedings shall be kept confidential at all times until the award of Contract

is announced.

• Evaluators of Technical Proposals shall have no access to the Financial Proposals until the

technical evaluation is completed.

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

The evaluation committee appointed by the Procuring Agency shall evaluate the Technical

Proposal on the basis of their responsiveness to the Terms of Reference and RFP, applying the

evaluation criteria, sub-criteria and on the subjective assessment of each of the element of the

bidder’s responses. Each responsive proposal will be attributed a technical score.

i. Consultant’s experience in Finance and/or Banking, with experience in OD;

ii. Evaluation of Proposed Staff & Qualifications;

iii. Description of the OD Approach, Methodology and Work Plan for Performing the

Assignment;

iv. Deliverables (Standards, Procedures and Reports etc.);

v. Comments and Suggestions on the TOR;

vi. Company Profile & Financial Reporting; and

vii. Awards / Certification/Client References/Partnership/Alliances;

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FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

After the technical evaluation is complete, the Financial Proposals shall be opened publicly in the

presence of the Consultants’ representatives who choose to attend. The evaluation committee will

determine if the financial proposals are complete and without any computational errors. The

financial bid score will consist 40% of the total evaluation score. The lowest evaluated financial

bidder will be awarded 40% directly.

Overall Score: Proposals will be ranked according to their combined technical [60%] and financial

[40%] scores using the following formula:

𝐸 =𝐹1𝐹

∗ 40 +  𝑇𝑇ℎ

∗ 60

Where

E = total score for the vendor response (combining technical and financial bids)

F = financial bid quoted by a particular vendor

Fl = lowest of all evaluated bid prices among the responsive Consultants

T = technical score awarded to a particular vendor

Th = technical score of a vendor who scored highest among the responsive Consultants

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3. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

3.1. AWARD

The Procuring Agency reserves the right to award the contract to the best vendor without

necessarily holding discussion with other Consultants that submitted a response to the RFP.

Therefore, your proposal must be submitted initially on the most favourable terms possible from

a pricing, services coverage and delivery standpoint.

3.2. CONTACTS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Should there be any clarifications concerning RFP, the prospective bidder shall notify the same

to RMA in writing. The time for clarifications shall be extended till the deadline for submission

of bids.

In an effort to maintain consistency and uniformity in responding to questions concerning the

RFP, Consultants are encouraged to direct all the questions to:

Mr. Yeshey Dorji

Asst. HR Officer, Royal Monetary Authority

Chhophel Lam, Kawajangsa

Thimphu, Bhutan.

Phone: +975-2-323110 (O) +975-17684781 (M)

Email: [email protected]

Copies of the response, where appropriate, shall be forwarded to all the Consultants. No other

source of information shall be considered an authorized expression of the Procuring Agency.

3.3. COST OF BIDDING

All costs incurred by the Bidder in responding to this Request for Proposal, including cost for

embarking on Procuring Agency reference will be entirely borne by the Bidder.

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3.4. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

After the selection of the highest-ranking bidder, the Procuring Agency may enter into following

negotiations with the consultant for purpose of signing a contract with respect to the proposed

consultancy services.

• TECHNICAL NEGOTIATIONS

The Procuring Agency may enter into Technical and Financial Negotiations. The Technical

negotiations will include a discussion of the Technical Proposal, the proposed technical

approach and methodology, work plan, organization and staffing, any suggestions made by the

Consultant to improve the Terms of Reference. The Procuring Agency and the Consultant will

finalize the Terms of Reference, staffing schedule, work schedule, logistics and reporting.

• FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS

If applicable, the Procuring Agency may enter into financial negotiations with the highest-

ranking consultant.

If negotiations fail, the Procuring Agency shall inform the Consultant in writing of the reasons

for termination of the negotiations and then shall invite the Consultant whose Proposal received

the second highest combined technical and financial score to negotiate a Contract. Once

negotiations commence with the second ranked Consultants the Procuring Agency shall not

reopen the earlier negotiations.

3.5. AVAILABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF/ EXPERTS

Having selected the Consultant on the basis of, among other things, an evaluation of proposed

Professional staff, the Procuring Agency may negotiate a Contract on the basis of the

Professional staff named in the Proposal. Before contract negotiations, the Procuring Agency

will require assurances that the Professional staff will actually be available. If this is not the case

and if it is established that Professional staff were offered in the proposal without confirming

their availability, the Consultant may be disqualified. Any proposed substitute shall have

equivalent or better qualifications and experience than the original candidate and be submitted

by the Consultant within the period of time specified in the letter of invitation to negotiate.

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3.4. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

The Procuring Agency reserves the right to:

i. Accept or reject any Bid, in part or in full, and to annul the bidding process and reject all

Bids at any time prior to Contract award

ii. Accept the bid(s) that is/are in the best interest of the Procuring Agency

iii. Accept other than the lowest quoted price

iv. Cancel the project at any time prior to the signing of the contract without assigning any

reasons thereof. The Procuring Agency has no obligation to explain to unsuccessful

Consultants the reasons for not proceeding with the contract.

The Procuring Agency bears no responsibilities to issue a contract. All responses and

correspondences remain the property of the Procuring Agency. In the event a contract is agreed

upon, responses to RFP may be referenced, in whole or in part, and considered binding.

Proposals, which, in the sole judgment of the Procuring Agency, are incomplete or considered

non-responsive may be rejected.

3.5. PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF PROPOSAL

Proposals are valid for six months from the closing date of submission of proposals and the

Procuring Agency reserves the right to extend for an additional period of thirty (30) days with

the same terms and conditions.

3.6. ADDENDA TO RFP

• The Procuring Agency may amend or modify the RFP Documents by issuing addenda, for

any reason, and at any time prior to the deadline for submission of proposal. Any addenda

to the RFP Documents shall be part of the RFP Document.

• All Consultants will be notified of the addenda to the RFP through e-mail and in writing

and it shall be binding on the prospective Consultants.

• To allow Consultants reasonable time to take any addenda into account in preparing their

proposal, the Procuring Agency will extend, if necessary, the deadline for the submission

of proposal.

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3.7. PRICE QUOTATIONS

All quotations should be final, not estimates. Consultants should state clearly that the quotations

include all costs. Consultants may be invited for further negotiations on their quoted bids.

However, invitation for further negotiations does not in any way imply a successful bid or

intention by the Procuring Agency to award the bid to the Bidder.

The Bidder should quote the rates in Ngultrum Only.

3.8. CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENT

Consultants are requested to indicate their acceptance of each of the following terms and

conditions, and would be expected to include the following provisions:

• Confidentiality of details of the proposed services

• Timeliness, covered by, for example, liquidated damages

• Guaranteed availability of proposed key staff

• Successful completion of implementation

3.9. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

The Bidder shall be liable to pay liquidated damages at the rate of zero point one (0.1%) percent

of the Contract Price for every day of delay. The aggregate liquidated damages, payable by the

Bidder shall not exceed 10% of the Contract Price.

3.10. SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT

The payment to the bidder shall be as follows:

i. Ten Percent [10%] of the Contract Amount shall be paid upon signing the Contract and

upon submission of the Bank Guarantee for the same.

ii. Twenty Percent [20%] of the Contract amount shall become payable on the submission

of the Inception Report;

iii. Twenty Percent [20%] of the Contract Amount shall become payable on the

submission of the Draft Final Report;

iv. Fifty Percent [50%] of the Contract Amount shall become payable on the submission

and acceptance of the Final Report.

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The Procuring Agency shall refund the performance security deposit/ bank guarantee after the

completion of the assignment.

3.11. CONSULTANT’S DESIGNATED CONTACT

The respondent should identify the name, title, address, telephone, fax and e-mail of a single

point of contact (and one alternate) for the duration of this RFP process. The availability of this

person should be specified.

3.12. SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES TO THE RFP

The proposal should be delivered in person by the bidder representative to:

Director

Administration and Finance Department

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

Chhophel Lam, Kawangjangsa

Thimphu: Bhutan

Post box No. 154

RMA reserves the right to disqualify Consultants whose responses are not submitted on the

specified date and time. No responses will be accepted after the deadline for submission of

bids unless RMA determines in its sole judgement, to do so. The Procuring Agency may, at its

discretion, extend the deadline for the submission of Bids by amending the Bidding Documents,

in which case all rights and obligations of the Procuring Agency and Consultants previously

subject to the deadline shall thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended. The proposal,

along with all supporting documents shall become the property of the Procuring Agency.

3.13. TIMELINE/ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

This Request for Proposal (RFP) represents one of several steps taken to assist the Procuring

Agency efficient solution that will meet its business requirement. The Procuring Agency

reserves the right to adjust the RFP schedule listed below:

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Activity

Date / Timeline

Distribute RFP to the shortlisted consultants 16 November 2015

Clarification& Questions 17 – 27 November 2015

Receive responses to RFP (deadline) 14 December 2015

Bids Evaluation / Contract negotiations 24 December 2015

Select Consultant & Contract Award Signing 30 December 2015

The Procuring Agency will do all that is feasible within foreseeable limits to ensure strict

adherence to this timeline. The assignment is expected to be completed within a period of 60 days

from the date of signing of the contract.

3.14. BID SECURITY

The bidder shall furnish 2% of the total bid amount as an earnest money (bid security), which is

refundable. The earnest money deposit should be enclosed in the same sealed envelope as the

“commercial Proposal”. The bid not accompanied by a responsive Bid Security shall be rejected

by the Procuring Agency as non-responsive.

The bid security shall be in the form of a demand draft/bank guarantee drawn in favour of the

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan, Thimphu and payable at banks located in Thimphu.

While the bid security of the unsuccessful Bidder shall be returned as promptly as possible upon

award of Contract, the bid security of the successful bidder shall be returned upon the bidder’s

executing the contract and furnishing the performance security. The bid security shall be

forfeited if a bidder withdraws its bid during the period of bid validity; or if a bidder does not

accept the arithmetical corrections of its bid price. In the case of a successful bidder, the bid

security may be forfeited, if the bidder fails to sign the contract or to furnish the performance

security within the given time.

3.15. PERFORMANCE SECURITY

Prior to signing of the Contract the successful bidder shall be required to furnish Performance

Security at the rate of ten percent (10%) of the contract value within fifteen (15) working days

after the notice of the award. The performance security shall be in the form of a demand

draft/Bank Guarantee issued by a Financial Institution of Bhutan in favour of RMA and payable

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at banks located in Thimphu. The performance security shall be discharged and returned to the

vendor upon expiration of the warranty period.

3.16. TAX DEDUCTED AT SOURCE (TDS)

Deduction of TDS as per the rule shall be made directly from the supplier’s

bill.

3.17. LICENSE AND PERMIT

The bidder shall submit the copy of valid Trade License and Tax Clearance Certificate along

with the bid.

4. PROPOSED PROJECT SCHEDULE

Consultants are required to provide a work plan (and state possible delivery date barring all

unforeseen circumstances) to be adopted.

Sample Project Schedule with approximate time required:

Week of

Phase Dec

7

Dec

14

Dec

21

Dec

30

Nth

1. Organisational assessment and report

2. Plan for Plan

3. Identify goals and strategies

4. Develop action plans and resource needs

5. Draft, review & approve Strategic Documents

5. PROJECT TEAM

Provide detailed structure of the overall Project Team, the number of staff and their profile

(Qualification, Experience, individual role in the project) of those that will be involved in the

execution of tasks.

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Sl. No. Name Qualification Experiences Position/Role

6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Include copies of the audited financial statement. (E.g. Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Cash flow

statement for the past one year)

7. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CONSULTANT

The consultant/consultancy firm will work closely with the Procuring Agency and will report on

the progress. The consultant responsibilities shall not be limited to the following:

i. Provide prompt response to client communication;

ii. Conduct Organisational assessment; analyse results and generate written Organisational

Assessment Report and Organisational Development Plan;

iii. Provide status report to RMA Management and Department;

iv. Facilitate strategic planning process, including development;

v. Review strategic document;

vi. Facilitate staffing analysis, including roles and structures, and review of staffing plan;

vii. Facilitate development of employee performance management system;

viii. Provide complete step-by-step guidelines and materials for organisational assessment, all

aspects of strategic planning, staffing analysis, roles and structures, and employee

performance management;

ix. Submit a hard and soft copy of the status reports shortly after end of all phases of project;

x. Make presentation of the Inception Report, draft report and penultimate report; and

xi. Prepare and maintain the minutes of the meetings and shall share with the stakeholders, for

reference.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)

1. Background

The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan was established in 1982 as the Central Bank of

Bhutan. In 1992, with the enactment of Financial Service Act of Bhutan 1992, it was given

additional powers to license, regulates and supervises all types of financial service

providers in Bhutan. The primary objective of the Authority is to formulate and implement

monetary policy with a view to achieving and maintaining price stability in the long term,

by way of exchange rate targeting to promote macroeconomic and financial sector stability

and economic growth in Bhutan in line with Royal Monetary Authority Act of Bhutan

2010 and the Financial Service Act of Bhutan 2011.

2. Objective

The objectives of Organizational Development (OD) Exercise shall not be limited to the

following:

i. To review the mandate, objective and functions of the RMA in line with the Royal

Monetary Authority Act of Bhutan 2010 and the Financial Services Act of Bhutan

2011;

ii. To align the organizational goals as provided in the Royal Monetary Authority Act

of Bhutan 2010 and the Financial Service Act of Bhutan 2011;

iii. To improve efficiency through human resources planning and rationalization and

promoting internal efficiency;

iv. Preparation of organization development plan; and

v. Institutionalize mechanism to effectively discharge the function of a Central Bank

and that of an integrated Financial Regulator and Supervisor.

3. Activities

The activities of Organizational Development (OD) Exercise shall not be limited to the

following:

i. Review organizational structure, roles and responsibilities;

ii. Conduct human resource assessment through intensive consultations;

iii. Define norms for service levels expected and develop human resource plan;

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iv. Revise HR policies to define performance appraisal standards and incentive

systems; and

v. Draw up recommendations based on functional review to promote internal

efficiency.

4. Outcomes

The outputs of Organizational Development (OD) Exercise shall not be limited to the

following:

i. Organizational Review Report;

ii. Effective Board governance, including oversight and operations;

iii. Clear delegation and coordination of Board, Department and employee roles;

iv. Organization sound Knowledge Management Practice;

v. Review Structure and processes to guide the Board, Management and all

employees;

vi. Human Resources Assessment Report;

vii. Organization Development Plan;

viii. Strategy for Human Resource Development; and

ix. Manual for recruitment for all position in the RMA.

5. Method

The method of Organizational Development (OD) Exercise shall not be limited to the

following:

i. Sampling from all categories of staff;

ii. Review of all existing documents, Acts and Regulations;

iii. Questionnaires for all categories of staff for organization diagnosis and Human

Resources;

iv. Stakeholder consultations;

v. Use of relevant framework, models and assessment tools of Organizational

Development;

vi. Preparation of draft Organization Development report and draft Human Resources

strategy;

vii. Validation through stakeholder consultation; and

viii. Finalization of outputs.

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Annexure 1

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL- STANDARD FORM

TO

_________________

_________________

_________________

Sir:

Subject: Hiring of Consultancy Services for

__________________________________________________________________

I/We ____________________Consultant/Consultancy Firm herewith enclose Technical Proposal

for selection my/our firm/organization Consultant for _______________________________.

Yours Faithfully,

Signature

Full Name _____________

Designation____________

Address_______________

(Authorized Representative)

(Please attach the following)

i. Consultant’s experience in Finance and/or Banking, with experience in OD;

ii. Evaluation of Proposed Staff & Qualifications;

iii. Description of the OD Approach, Methodology and Work Plan for Performing the

Assignment;

iv. Deliverables (Standards, Procedures and Reports etc.);

v. Comments and Suggestions on the TOR;

vi. Company Profile & Financial Reporting; and

vii. Awards / Certification/Client References/Partnership/Alliances;

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Annexure 2

FINANCIAL PROPOSALS – STANDARD FORM

TO

_________________

_________________

_________________

Sir:

Subject: Hiring of Consultancy Services for

__________________________________________________________________

I/We ____________________Consultant/Consultancy Firm herewith enclose Technical Proposal

for selection my/our firm/organization Consultant for _______________________________.

I, the undersigned, hereby declare to the best of my knowledge and belief, this information is true

and correct.

Yours Faithfully,

Signature

Full Name _____________

Designation____________

Address_______________

(Authorized Representative)

SUMMARY OF COSTS

ITEM

TOTAL COST OF FINANCIAL PROPOSAL