How The Consortium Helps Development Project Clients
Using our innovative PDI Process, The Consortium for Global Development drastically cuts the time to obtain funding, helps quickly procure goods and services and identifies the best cutting-edge technologies for the project client. The client works directly with the local Project Information Office (PIO) to prepare the project intake packet. Then, the Consortium members analyze a client’s project concept, bring in technical advisors to help the client design the best project, match the best companies to supply goods and services, and then bring the strategically designed project, with all details in place and meeting all funding guidelines, directly to the proper funder for quick funding of the project.
The Consortium has extensive experience and close relationships with all types of development funders, and therefore knows exactly which funders best match the project and how to most effectively secure funding quickly. Because of The Consortium’s close relationships with technical experts worldwide, we can offer project clients an intricate network of the most sophisticated and current technologies and experts to inform the client of the best options for the project.
Project clients are involved in every step of the project and through The Consortium’s team of experts we give the client the tools and information to make all key decisions, which allows for local stakeholder control, ownership of the project, and enhanced long-term sustainability. The Consortium exclusively develops projects that have a significant social, economic or humanitarian impact on the community.
The Procurement Advantage
The PDI Process offers a huge advantage to project clients, because we use competitive, no-bid procurement to speed the procurement process and avoid the time consuming request for proposal process. In addition, under the normal request for proposal process used in most international development projects, project clients do not get to participate in the selection of goods and service providers, but under competitive, no-bid procurement, project clients have more control over their projects because they can actively select the providers.
What The Consortium Offers Project Clients:
- Time and money saved by requesting competitive, no-bid funding
- Help in identifying the problems and needs of the project client and the region
- Expertise and established relations with development funders, which help clients through the challenges of funding and secures the best funding for the project
- Identification of best technologies worldwide for the project
- Advice from our network of cutting-edge technical advisors
- Access to the best companies and individuals for goods and services procurement
- Full regulatory compliance guaranteed by due diligence and multiple audits
- Project clients have local control of project priorities, decisions and implementation
- Projects are well-documented and knowledge-sharing occurs at every step because of stringent protocols
- A stakeholder-centric process that involves the client at every step, which leads to project ownership and long-term sustainability
Services That The Consortium Offers Project Clients
- Evaluating project feasibility and market potential
- Negotiating project funding and implementing funding agency applications
- Developing and supervising on-site project feasibility studies
- Providing project presentation and contractual language translations
- Helping secure government approval (both foreign and domestic)
- Developing joint venture proposals
- Researching and prequalifying goods and services providers
- Conducting international and domestic contractual negotiations
- Providing procurement for funded projects
- Providing training to the local labor force to enhance skills and ensure technology transfer