REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Analysis of labor market information systems in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras: Towards greater integration of labor migration”

Mission: Costa Rica
Project Name: Regional Migration Program
Title of Services: Research “Analysis of labor market information systems in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras: Towards greater integration of labor migration”

Request for Proposals

The International Organization for Migration (hereinafter called IOM) intends to hire Service Provider for the research “Analysis of labor market information systems in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras: Towards greater integration of labor migration” for which this Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued.

IOM now invites Service Providers/ Consulting Firms to provide Technical and Financial Proposal for the following Services: research “Analysis of labor market information systems in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras: Towards greater integration of labor migration”.  More details on the services are provided in the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).

The Service Provider /Consulting Firm will be selected under a Quality –Cost Based Selection procedures described in this RFP.

The RFP includes the following documents:

Section I. Instructions to Service Providers/ Consulting Firms

Section II. Technical Proposal – Standard Forms

Section III. Financial Proposal – Standard Forms

Section IV. Terms of Reference

The Proposals must be delivered by hand or through mail to IOM with office address at Rohrmoser, frente a condominio The Place, Esquina Norte d Avenida 1ª y Calle 78 before 14th March, 2019, 24:00 hs. No late proposal shall be accepted.

IOM reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal and to annul the selection process and reject all Proposals at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to affected Service Providers/ Consulting Firms.

IOM is encouraging companies to use recycled materials or materials coming from sustainable resources or produced using a technology that has lower ecological footprints.

Period of the consultancy

The period for submission of all the deliverables mentioned above is six months, corresponding to the period between March and August 2019. This period includes the revision of the different versions by IOM/ILO staff and the submission of final deliverables.

Application Deadline

Interested companies, institutions, or organizations should send:

• A one-page letter of interest
• A methodological proposal including a detailed timeline of activities, including interviews with allied counterparts and a proposal for the structure of the study and the research protocol.
• Organizational Proposal: CVs and structure of the proposed staff with roles.
• Proposed budget in U.S. dollars. The budget should include expenses for travel and room and board for the work team and all other costs deemed necessary to conduct the investigation.

The deadline for proposals is March 14, 2019. The requested documents should be sent to the following email: iomsanjose2@iom.int  

IMPORTANT:

Indicate the name of call for proposals in the subject line of the email: Study on LMIS

Please keep in mind:

• Only applications that match the required profile will be considered.
• Applications received after the deadline or which do not specify the name of the call for proposals will not be considered.
• The attachment must not be larger than 5MB.
• Only preselected candidates will be contacted.