Individual Consultant - Professional Editing Services

Individual Consultant - Professional Editing Services Procurement Process IC - Individual contractor Office UNDP-NGA - NIGERIA Deadline 18-Sep-26 @ 11:59 PM (New York time) Published on 10-Sep-26 @ 12:00 AM (New York time) Reference Number UNDP-NGA-01494 Contact Procurement Unit - procurement.ng@undp.org This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system of UNDP Quantum. If you are interested in submitting a bid for this tender, you must subscribe following the instructions in the user guide . If you have not registered a profile with this system, you can do so by following the link for Supplier Registration . If you already have a supplier profile, please access the negotiation using quicklink or please login to the Supplier Portal , then search for the negotiation using the reference number UNDP-NGA-01494 , following the instructions in the user guide . Introduction                                                                                                                 Individual Consultant [ Professional Editing Services ]  Investment can contribute significantly to economic recovery, job creation and longer-term resilience in Nigeria's fragile and conflict-affected states. It can strengthen productive capacity, expand market opportunities and support more resilient local economies and private sectors. Yet investment decisions in these contexts are shaped by risks that can interact across security and mobility, land and approvals, infrastructure, finance, institutional coordination, social legitimacy and market conditions. The challenge is therefore not simply to attract investment, but to strengthen the conditions in which viable investment can be confidently assessed, appropriately structured and sustainably implemented. OBJECTIVES OF THE SERVICE / WORK The consultant will work closely with the UNDP Nigeria Strategic Policy and SDG Implementation Unit,  under the general guidance and supervision of the UNDP Nigeria National Economist, the consultant will  undertake final content and line editing of the reports. The consultant will, specifically: • Carry out content editing of the chapters and narrative sections of sub-national DFA report, derisking  framework report, investment architecture report, baseline study on the readiness and  performance of Nigeria’s State Investment Promotion Agencies report, building trust in Nigeria's  tax reform report, improve Nigeria credit rating architecture report, assess to finance for women  in crises report with a view to ensuring clarity and continuity of the ideas, thought processes and  policy focus; clarity of structure; internal consistency, both analytical and stylistic; and general  readability and accessibility to a broad readership. • Ensure that all sources/references/bibliographic information are in order and follow the standard  format. • Carry out line/copy-editing of the works, charts and statistical tables paying attention to style,  punctuation, spelling and grammar. • The consultant will pay special attention to and ensure presentation style using boxes,  infographics and tables as appropriate with the objective of highlighting the different components  of the reports. • The editor will also ensure that there are seamless flow and clarity of argument, sequencing,  consistency, especially between text and tables and figures and integration of text and boxes of  the various written  works. Individual Consultancy Duty Station: Home based Description of the Assignment: Professional Editing Services Period of assignment/services:  105 days Proposal should be submitted directly in the p ortal no later than indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality 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 shared via the procurement notice 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. Documents : Negotiation Document(s) (Before Accessing other negotiations Document(s), please click on this link )