FIRM for Capacity Development on PFM and M&E Framework

General Information 

Title: Capacity Development on Public Financial Management (PFM) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework

Contract Type Firm, fixed-price and output-based

Duty station Home-based, with approved missions to Cotabato City and selected BARMM locations

Contract period 14 months

A. Project Title: EU-PH Partnership for Peace and Development in Mindanao (PPDM): Good Governance in BARMM (EU4BARMM)

B. Background Information and Rationale 

The EU-PH Partnership for Peace and Development in Mindanao (PPDM): Good Governance in BARMM (EU4BARMM) supports accountable governance, institutional effectiveness and access to justice in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). 

Under Specific Output (SO) 1, UNDP supports strengthened public financial management practices and institutional capacities of the Bangsamoro Government and local government units (LGUs) to plan, budget, execute and oversee development priorities in a transparent, gender-responsive and climate-adaptive manner.  The SO1 has two specific sub-outputs: 

• Sub-output 1.1. Institutional Strengthening for Coordinated and Inclusive Planning, Budgeting and Expenditure Tracking. 

• Sub-output 1.2. Strengthened Information System for and Data Sharing Across BARMM Institutions.

An important component of Sub-output 1.1 includes building technical capacity for evidence-informed and inclusive fiscal governance and providing modular training and coaching on public financial management (PFM), planning and inclusive budgeting, integrating gender-responsive budgeting, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and conflict-sensitive budgeting. It targets key BARMM ministries and selected provincial LGUs based on criteria agreed with the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) and is expected to complement the Department of Budget and Managements (DBM) PFM Competency Program and other existing initiatives.

Anent to this, the Project also focuses on strengthening the capacity of government personnel to design monitoring and evaluation frameworks aligned with programme-based budgeting. The two activities require a coherent capacity-development programme that moves from assessment and learning design to practical application, coaching and institutional handover.

Objective of the assignment:

The objective is to design, pilot, deliver and support the institutionalization of a modular capacity-development programme on results-based, inclusive, and responsive public financial management – including planning, budgeting, and monitoring; and performance management. This will enable stakeholders to apply evidence-informed, inclusive and performance-oriented approaches to planning, budgeting and monitoring. 

The assignment will translate validated institutional findings into practical learning and workplace applications. It will measure competency development and application of learning in institutional processes, rather than workshop participation as the sole result.

Approach and Methodology

The Consulting Firm shall adopt a participatory, competency-based, and results-oriented approach that promotes institutional ownership, practical application of knowledge, and sustainable capacity development. The assignment shall combine adult learning methodologies, experiential learning, peer exchange, coaching, and continuous stakeholder engagement to ensure that competencies gained through the program are translated into improvements in planning, budgeting, and public financial management practices.

Pre-proposal conference will be conducted.

Time and time zone: 1:30 PM (PH/Manila Time, UTC +8)

Date : 11 November 2026

Venue : UNDP Philippines Country Office

15th Floor, North Tower, Rockwell Business Center, Sheridan, Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City 

and/or via Zoom.

Please confirm your participation by 10 November 2026. Please send an email to procurement.ph@undp.org with email subject “Pre-bid meeting Capacity Development on Public Financial Management (PFM) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework” and the following details:

• Company name

• Company address

• Name, email address, and mobile number of the representative(s)

A maximum of two (2) representatives per company may attend. The exact conference room will be communicated to confirmed participants.

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E-mail: procurement.ph@undp.org

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