1. Light House as Lead and CAFC consulting as sub consultant:

Experience:

The consultant did not implement project with same scope and relevancy with the current TOR. Most of the implemented projects of the consultant are in health services.

Technical Approach and Methodology:

The Consultant has undermined the proper methodology and suggested their own approach, this might be as they do not understand the TOR properly. Hench it has considered by the committee that the consultant’s Methodology and technical approaches are not clear and nor based on the RFP requirements.

Work Plan:

The consultant has the resource planning along with staffs but not strongly defined the values where resources are to be utilized as per program RFP.

Key experts

The proposed key experts are very good, however, in some case the key expert degree is irrelevant or has less experience. 

Transfer of Knowledge;

The consultant does not consider transfer of knowledge in the proposal.

2. Afghan Planning Association:

Experience:

The consultant experience is less and the relevancy of the assignment to scope of TOR.

Technical Approach and Methodology:

No clear Technical Approach and Methodology and some of the task by the consultant in the methodology like; setting up DFT, community mobilization, preparing VSLAs for Linkage with financial and other development association are missed.

Work Plan:

The consultants just put the tasks of TOR in the work plan without proper timeline for each task in addition to that form tech 5 the duration of work plan is not totally cleared by the consultant.

Transfer of knowledge;

The consultant does not consider this part in the proposal.

Key personnel:

The proposed key experts were good, however, the relevancy of proposed KE were less, years of the graduation is not clear, summary of activities which are to relevant to the assignment and also one of the KE (District Co-ordinator) CV is not submitted.  

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