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Independent monitors for voluntary land donationADB · Cambodia · Expression of interest · closes 5 Oct, in 8 days

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From ADB’s notice page CONSULTING · FIRM

Title: Independent monitors for voluntary land donation, monitoring and evaluation
Country: Cambodia
Selection: Consultant’s qualifications, national firms
Deadline on the page: 07 Oct 2026, 11:59 PM Manila

Terms of reference · 16 pagesNotice page

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Terms of reference · 16 pages

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One gap stands: the team leader’s years. A leader with ten years, or a partner firm, closes it.

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Firm from an ADB member countryTerms of reference, 4.1

Your company profile: incorporated in Phnom Penh, 12 March 2014

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Monitoring for ADB-funded projectsTerms of reference, 21

Your past projects: Tonle Sap safeguards monitoring, 2023

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Team leader: 10 years of safeguards work9 of 10 years

Sokha Chan’s CV starts in 2017

Two deadlines. ADB’s page says 7 Oct; the terms of reference say by email, on or before 5 Oct. The earlier one applies.

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Team leader · social safeguards · 12 person-months

Vannak SokFrom your people · 12 years of safeguards work, so the gap closes

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Social safeguards specialist · deputy team leader

Dara KimFrom your people · Confirmed by you

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Field monitoring staff · Pursat and Kampong Chhnang

To be recruitedYour answer: named by 20 Oct. The EOI says so.

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Proposal

Expression of interest · part B of 5

B. Our approach

We will verify each voluntary donation on site, without local officials present where feasible, as we did for 214 households on our Tonle Sap project your 2023 project sheet. Monitoring reports follow the PMU’s approved format every six months TOR, 25.

Only you can answer: which provinces will your field monitors cover first?

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Ready. Download the package and send it by email, as the terms of reference say. The deadline that applies is 5 October.

Bid setup confirmed: expression of interest

Vannak Sok leads; the gap is closed

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CV Vannak Sok (ADB form).docx
CV Dara Kim (ADB form).docx
Checklist.pdf
Manifest.txt

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ADB’s page7 Oct 2026through ADB’s system

Terms of reference5 Oct 2026by email

⚑Two deadlines. The earlier one applies: send it by email, on or before 5 October.

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Approach and methodology · drafted

Work plan · drafted

Which provinces will your field monitors cover first?Pursat first, then Kampong Chhnang.

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Met

Degree in social sciencesSokha Chan’s CV MA, Social Development, 2015

Gap

Team leader: 10 years of safeguards workSokha Chan’s CV 9 years, since 2017

Vannak Sok has 12 years: with him as team leader, the gap closes.

Team · CV in the tender’s own form

APPENDIX F · CURRICULUM VITAE

1.Proposed PositionTeam leader

2.Name of ExpertVannak Sok

4.Citizenshipto add

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The TOR also asks for a cover letter, a financial proposal and samples of work: on the package checklist.

Proposal · Project references

Tonle Sap safeguards monitoring, 2023, for the project management unit: we verified 214 voluntary donations on site. your 2023 project sheet

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