Consultant LTA_Chinese/English Interpreter

Beijing

Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Location: Beijing
Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
- Translations and Languages
Closing Date: Closed

Background

Please Submit your application directly on the UNDP online supplier portal as decribed below:

Link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org, Click-View Active Negotiations, Search with Negotiation Number: UNDP-CHN-00038, then Create response.

!!!!!!Please note that only the application submitted in UNDP online supplier portal is accepted!!!!!!

Incomplete applications will be excluded from further consideration.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently requires the Interpreter services of Two individuals to perform the work described in this document.

In consideration of your qualifications, we are hereby inviting you to submit an offer for this particular assignment.

Should you be interested and decide to submit an offer for this assignment, kindly submit directly in the online supplier portal no later than the deadline indicated in the system.

Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000280598021 and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration. If you are new registered for IC, the company name should be the name of individual.

If any discrepancy between deadline in the system and in deadline indicated elsewhere, deadline in the system prevails.

We look forward to your favourable response and thank you in advance for your interest in working with UNDP.

Sincerely,

Background:

UNDP promotes sustainable human development to help build resilient nations and to empower people to build better lives. As the UN's development network, UNDP has drawn on world-wide experience for over three decades to assist China both in developing solutions to its own ongoing development challenges, and in its south-south cooperation and engagement in global development. Domestically, our work focuses on Good Governance, Energy & Environment, Poverty Reduction, and Disaster Management. In terms of global and south-south work, our focuses are trilateral cooperation in third countries, experience sharing on foreign aid systems, global and regional issues, private sector engagement, and sharing development experiences and lessons through south-south dialogue.

UNDP’s goals in China are closely linked to the government’s. As well as implementing measures to facilitate the achievement of the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we provide support to the government’s domestic development as part of the 13th Five-Year Plan, the focus of which is on reducing inequality, recalibrating the economy for more inclusive, stable growth, reducing the environmental impacts of China’s rapid development, and continuing China’s emergence as a key player on the global stage.

Given significant and continuous needs in working with partnership with various sectors of society including executive and legislative bodies of the government, private sector and civil society where translation and interpretation services are extensively required, especially in intensively technical fields of sustainable development such as clean energy, UNDP China Country Office invites candidates to send their applications for inclusion in the “Roster for Individual Consultants: Interpreter.” UNDP China would invite candidates to enter into a Long-Term Agreement (LTA), with one or more individuals that will perform the services described on Term of Reference on a need-basis. Where a request for service arises, UNDP China can engage the individual on LTA roster in a timely fashion. Every assignment shall have specific tasks, scope of services and outputs to be delivered within a specific period.

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities:

Provision of the highest quality of interpretation services from English into Chinese and vice versa, of relevant materials for UNDP programmes and projects funded activities;
For interpretation services, simultaneous and consecutive interpretation services would be required for meetings, workshops, conferences and more at various levels with partners of various nature, some events would be intensively technical. Duration of the services may vary from one hour to several days. Interpreters will be informed in advance and background documents will be shared for accurate use of vocabulary, terms and terminologies.
Observe confidentially and refrain from divulging any information about the content of the text;
Interpretation should be done within agreed time frame;
The documents translated remains the copyright of UNDP and should not be shared to any third party.

Remuneration

Remuneration will be paid within one month, after the assignment is accomplished, and satisfied by the request unit.

Competencies

Competencies:

Corporate Competencies

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standard;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional Competencies

Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Experience:

To be selected for the roster, interested offerors must have:

Minimum a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, public policy, international relation, economics, energy and environment or any other related fields;
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in interpretation services on areas of sustainable development.
Interpretation experience on hydrogen industry will be an asset; interpretation experience for UNDP or other UN organizations will be an advantage;
Good understanding of the development and institutional context of China and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda; Familiarity with UNDP or UN operations in China would be an advantage;
Be presentable and highly professional.

Any internationally accepted certificates for translation or interpretation programme completion will be an asset.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and Chinese.

Evaluation Criteria

The award of the contract will be made to the Individual Consultant who has obtained the highest Combined Score and has accepted UNDP’s General Terms and Conditions. Only those applications which are responsive and compliant will be evaluated. The offers will be evaluated using the “Combined Scoring method” where:

Technical Evaluation - 70%;
Financial Evaluation - 30%.

The financial proposal shall be computed as a ratio of the proposer’s offer to the lowest price among the offers received by UNDP.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Financial Proposal:

Financial proposals must be expressed in a daily fee for the total duration of the contract.

Please Submit your application directly on the UNDP online supplier portal as decribed below