Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)
Hiring of an individual as Procurement Consultant
Terms of Reference
A. The Organization:
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is the lead apex institution for community-driven development in the country. Set up by the Government of Pakistan, as an autonomous not-for profit company, PPAF was registered in February 1997 and its operations commenced in the year 2000. PPAF works as a private sector organization in support of public policy to serve the poorest and most marginalized rural households and communities across the country providing them with an array of financial and non-financial services. Its mission is to transform the lives of the poor to create a more equitable and prosperous Pakistan. PPAF has outreach across Pakistan 147 districts supporting communities to access improved infra structure, energy, health, education, livelihoods, finance, and develop resilience to disasters. PPAF aims to ensure that our core values of social inclusion, participation, accountability, transparency and stewardship are built into all processes and programmes. For a complete profile, please visit our website at http://www.ppaf.org.pk.
B. Purpose of Consultancy:
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Procurement Unit in several activities particularly overall management of Implementation partners for PPAF’s including capacity building, procurement plans review and recommendation to the Management and POs procurement process review.
C. Scope of Work:
- To conduct prequalification process of Vendors and Partners as and when required
- Perform due diligence of the potential partners including assessment of systems, policies & procedures being carried out by POs. Conduct review of procurement related documents and systems
- Capacity building of POs and Community Institutions’ staff on community procurement and supply chain
- Review POs procurement plans and submit recommendations to the Management for approval
- Documents review of POs procurement as and when required
- Review Procurement Manual and suggest changes as per prevailing market practices
- Provide input in other procurement functions i.e procurement of goods, hiring of individual consultants, firm consultants and hiring of Partners
- Review and suggest modifications formats pertaining to Procurement, Administration and Logistics Sections
D. Qualification of the Consultant:
- Masters’ degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration or Commerce.
- Well versed with the globally accepted procurement principles and practices.
- Having thorough understanding of procurement guidelines of donors such as EU, WB, ADB, IFAD and KfW etc.
- Excellent knowledge and skills of procurement controls and planning.
Required Experience:
- Overall 15-20 years of experience in procurement with 6-8 years of specific experience in managing procurements of large-scale projects funded by donors like EU, WB, ADB, IFAD and KfW etc.
- Experience of working with partner organizations/implementing partners, their capacity building and documentation review.
- Experience of designing and delivering training, Orientation and workshops on traditional procurement and community procurement according to Donor’s and PPAF requirements.
F. Reporting and Duration of Consultancy
The procurement specialist will be hired for a period of nine (09) months and will report to Chief- HR, Admin & Procurement.