Job Description

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Malaysia is located between several resource rich maritime regions, in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, connected by the Straits of Malacca and beyond to the Pacific Ocean. Malaysia has large hydrocarbon reserves and maintain several offshore oilfields. Economic growth factors in Malaysia is dependent on international trade which is primarily dependent on secure sea lanes of communication. While the maritime region is resource rich it is also plagued with rampant illicit activity at sea.
The Andaman sea off the western coastline is known for methamphetamine trafficking suspected to originate from northerly regions close to Myanmar. In addition, the flow of human smuggling activity also seems prevalent in the Anderman sea region. The Straits of Malacca has had a prolonged issue relating to armed robbery at sea. The efforts of Malaysia and neighbouring states of Indonesia and Singapore have resulted in an improved situation but it still remains a concern. In the Sarawak and Sabah regions, illicit logging and maritime transportation of wildlife and forestry products remain a serious concern. In the Eastern coastal regions off the Sulu and Celebes Seas significant criminal enterprise remains active including maritime logistics in support of terrorism and kidnap for ransom.
The UNODC GMCP has a strong reputation of delivering high quality and practical programming to improve the criminal justice response to maritime crime. UNODC GMCP provides capacity building and technical assistance along the criminal justice chain, from interdiction by maritimepolice, through investigation to the courts and prisons. GMCP advises on legislative frameworks, policies and facilitates national, regional and international cooperation. The Programme has developed expertise, tools and best practices including in the areas proposed in this project.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is designated to conduct maritime law
enforcement activities in the ocean space of Malaysia. The agency established in 2005 was
strengthened with human resource and expertise from the Royal Malaysian Navy. As the MMEA
develops into a fully-fledged enforcement agency there is a need to develop capacity and expertisewithin the agency and retain the manpower resources.

Duties and Responsibilities

The purpose of this assignment is to work in close partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs Malaysia and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and continue supporting the development of a 10-Year Strategic Plan for MMEA towards policy guidance for future interventions by UNODC GMCP.
In 2022, a Maritime Criminality Report within the waters of Sabah and Sarawak was produced, consultative meetings with MMEA, MOHA and maritime stakeholders held to develop a gap analysis report, and following a study tour to the Republic of Turkiye to visit the Coast Guard, a first draft framework of the White Paper reflecting the proposed new vision, mission and a 10-year Strategic Plan for MMEA was produced.
This assignment will build upon this effort and produce a complete 10-Year Strategic Plan to assist MMEA in achieving their target of becoming the regional Centre of Excellence for Maritime Law Enforcement and Maritime Search and Rescue. The Strategic Plan will enable the Ministry of Home Affairs to better understand the needs for Force Development, Capacity Building and Capability Enhancement of MMEA. The Strategic Plan will also address emerging maritime criminal threats based on the Study of Maritime Criminality Report conducted by UNODC in collaboration with MMEA in 2022, the Study Tour to the Republic of Turkiye and other Consultative Meetings held with MMEA to identify critical areas of focus.
The Strategic Plan will ultimately enable MMEA to better formulate organisational needs, directives and guidance. The total effort will be to determine the best use of resources to effectively provide enhanced Maritime Law Enforcement and Maritime Search and Rescue in the vast maritime seascape in which MMEA operates which includes the Andaman Sea, Straits of Malacca, South China Sea and the Sulu Celebes Seas. The necessary Secretariat and editorial support is to be managed in collating the multiple Consultative Meetings that will be held in the development of the Strategic Plan into a comprehensive text which will be submitted to the higher echelons of MMEA for approvals prior the final presentation to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Deliverable
Description
Number of days
Payment for the completion deliverable %
Deliverable completion date

Deliverable A
To conduct one consultative meeting and draw inputs for Chapter One and its sub-chapters. Draft the texts and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter, to obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
31 Jan 2023

Deliverable B
To conduct one consultative meeting and draw inputs for Chapter Two and its sub-chapters. Draft the texts and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter, to obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
28 Feb 2023

Deliverable C
To conduct one consultative meeting and draw inputs for Chapter Three and its sub-chapters. Draft the texts and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter, to obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
31 Mar 2023

Deliverable D
To conduct one consultative meeting and draw inputs for Chapter Four and its sub-chapters. Draft the texts and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter, to obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
30 Apr 2023

Deliverable E
To conduct one consultative meeting. Develop graphics and flow for the preface, Chapters One to Four and finally C onclusion. Draft the texts and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter, obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
31 May 2023

Deliverable F
Conduct a presentation of the MMEA 10 Year Strategic Plan to MMEA higher echelon, obtain inputs and revert for final approval. Conduct editing and thereafter obtain endorsement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
20 days
15%
30 Jun 2023

Deliverable G
Print the MMEA 10 Year Strategic Plan and forward for MMEA higher echelon approval. Thereafter conduct a presentation ceremony to formally present the MMEA 10 Year Strategic Plan to MMEA and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20 days
10%
31 Jul 2023
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

• Contracts based on daily fee

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.
Travel
All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed

Competencies

• Planning and organization skills is desirable.
• Fluency in English and Malay is required.
  

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:
A Master\'s degree in maritime law enforcement, international relations, or law, international maritime law, or project management, business management or relevant disciplines is required. A Bachelor\'s degree in the same areas with four years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master\'s degree.
Years of experience:

• Minimum of ten (10) years of work experience as a senior officer in maritime law enforcement, coast guard, navy, or as a programme manager is required.
• Experience in the conduct of maritime operations, maritime interdictions at sea and regional maritime engagement is required.
• Solid experience in the area of conducting research on maritime issues and regional maritime topics is desirable.
• Proven experience in engaging with counterparts will be an asset.
• Experience in formulating development strategies and policies.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS
Interested individual applicants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Document 1:Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability
• Document 2: Technical Proposal: on how your qualifications, experience and list of track records can lead to successful deliverables of this assignment within the required timeframe, and provide a methodology and approach on how you will approach and conduct the assignments
• Document 3:Financial Proposalthat indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per the payment breakdown above. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution and expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under the Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP. The consultant should also indicate any travel and related costs, e.g., meetings, etc.
• Document 4: Personal CV orP11indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references
• Please submit this information in one file as Documents 1, 2, 3, and 4. The system will only accept ONE (1)attachment, please merge all documents and submit them as one file.
• Applicants must reply to the mandatory questions asked by the system when submitting the application.
• Candidates who fail to submit all the information requested above will be disqualified.

How to Apply:

• Kindly download the Letter of Confirmation of interest and availability, Financial Proposal Template, and General Terms & Conditions mentioned above at
• Read and agree to the General Terms & Conditions.
• Click the \'apply\' icon and complete what is required
• Scan all documents into 1 (One)pdf folder and then upload
• For clarification questions, please email [HIDDEN TEXT]. The clarification question deadline is three (3) days before the closing. When emailing for clarification questions, please put \'MyIC/2022/037\'as the subject matter.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF THE BEST OFFER
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:
Cumulative analysis
The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as

• responsive/compliant/acceptable and having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%)
• financial criteria (30%).

Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNODC for the assignment.
Technical Criteria for Evaluation (100points)
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 point would be considered for the Financial Evaluation
Criteria Weight Max. Point
Technical 100% 100

Criteria A

• An Master\'s degree in maritime law enforcement, international relations, or law, international maritime law, or project management, business management or relevant disciplines is required. A Bachelor\'s degree in the same areas with four years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master\'s degree

25% 25

• Currently live in Malaysia and has minimum of 10 years of work experience.

25% 25

• Experience in the conduct of maritime operations, maritime interdictions at sea and regional maritime engagement is required

15% 15
Experience in dealing with counterparts from various cultural backgrounds. 5% 5

Criteria B: Brief Description of Approach to Assignment.

• Understand the task and applies a methodology appropriate to the task as well as strategy in a coherent manner.

10% 10

• Important aspects of the task addressed clearly and budgeted detailed.

10% 10

• Logical, realistic planning for efficient project implementation.

10% 10