Consultancy Service – Preparation of Quarterly Mixed Migration Updates (QMMU) Mixed Migration Centre LAC

Background

The Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) was established in February 2018. It brings together various regional initiatives hosted or led by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) engaged in data collection, research, analysis, and policy development on mixed migration issues into a new global network of mixed migration expertise. The MMC focuses on seven core regions: Eastern Africa & Yemen, North Africa, West Africa, the Middle East & Eastern Mediterranean, Asia, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). For more information please see our website: http://www.mixedmigration.org/

Vision of MMC

The MMC is a leading source of independent, high-quality data, information, research and analysis on mixed migration. Through the provision of credible evidence and expertise on mixed migration, the MMC aims to support agencies, policy makers and practitioners to make well-informed decisions, positively impact global and regional migration policies, contribute to protection and assistance responses for people on the move, and stimulate forward thinking in the sector responding to mixed migration. The MMCs overarching focus is on human rights, protection and assistance.

MMCs Quarterly Mixed Migration Update (QMMU)

The QMMUs offer a quarterly update on new trends and dynamics related to mixed migration and relevant policy developments in the region. These updates are published every three months and are based on a compilation of a wide range of secondary (data) sources, brought together within a regional framework and applying a mixed migration analytical lens. Similar QMMUs are available for all MMC regions. For an example of the last QMMU, please see the report: https://mixedmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/QMMU-Q3-2023-LAC.pdf

Objective of the Consultancy Service Agreement

• To gather secondary data and write one QMMU report for the period between October 2023 and January 2024 for the LAC region.

Consultancy Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will consider the following tasks and considerations for the QMMU:

• • The QMMU should be in line with the overall style, content, focus and language of the previous QMMUs for LAC and other regions.
  • The focus is on Venezuelan flows, mixed migration flows towards Mexico and the US (mainly nationals of the Northern Triangle of Central America, as well as migrants and refugees coming from African countries, Haiti and Cuba) and mixed migration movements to South-America. This can be extended to include another mixed migration movement that might turn out to be relevant.
  • The main country sections to discuss should be Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico and the United-States.
  • Thedocument should be focused on mixed migration trends and dynamics using a route-based approach and follow the sections of the last published QMMU (see above link for MMC LAC QMMU for the last quarter of 2023).

• The report’s last section will present a thematic focus to highlight/develop a specific and relevant topic.

• The reports should be developed using a wide range of resources, including but not limited to:
  • Migrant & refugee arrivals statistics (Panama, Honduras, Mexico, United-States);
  • Relevant publications by other agencies on any of these countries (UNHCR, IOM, DTM, IOM Flow monitoring, NGOs, etc.);
  • Documents outlining relevant mixed migration policy developments (EU documents, national policies, policy statements by other agencies);
  • Relevant situation reports;
  • Relevant media articles, on new trends and developments.

Deliverables by the consultant

The consultant agrees to deliver the following outputs as part of each assignment:

I. The narrative report for the QMMU should be approximately 20 pages (with a leeway of one to two pages in either direction).

II. The deliverable should include the use of the map and statistics to apply to the map

III. A half to one-page summary of Key Updates

IV. One thematic focus (2 to 5 pages).

V. Three to five articles to list for the Highlighted new Research and Reports section.

Duration and Location of the assignment

It is anticipated that the assignment will require nine working days to complete. This is a home-based consultancy, and no travel is foreseen.

The final version of the QMMU should be delivered before January 15th, 2024.

Minimum technical requirement of the consultant:

The desired skills for the consultant are:

• A degree in Law, Social Sciences, Forced Migration or any other related area of study
• Demonstrable experience on matters relating to (mixed) migration locally, regionally and globally.
• A strong and proven background (e.g. through prior publications), knowledge and understanding of mixed migration dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Proven research skills and experience in the area of forced migration and/or mixed migration.
• Good understanding of legal and policy frameworks relating to migration in the region.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Advanced reading skills in Spanish.

The consultant is obliged to abide by DRCs code of conduct.

Primary contact point in DRC

The consultant will report to Simon Tomasi, MMC LAC Project Manager.

Procedures for submission of quotation

Interested consultants shall submit the following items in response to this Request for Quotation:

• CV
• Sample of writing such as a previously published article
• Technical offer
• Financial offer, valid for the production of QMMU.
• The final result of this quotation will be a Purchase Agreement to require directly to the consultant the mentioned report at the quoted price.

Proposal evaluation

For the award of this agreement, DRC has established evaluation criteria which govern the selection of offers received. Evaluation is made on a technical and financial basis. The percentage assigned to each component is determined in advance as follows:

The technical offer will be evaluated using, inter alia, the following criteria, and points will be allocated in the scale from 1 to 5 for each of the criteria stipulated below, whereas the weighting is as follows:

1. Consultant qualifications (50 %) (Documented with CV and a list of least one similar assignment executed, including sample(s))	General capacity of the consultant (20 %) Experience of consultant with similar projects / assignments (20 %) Experience working on data collection and/or research on mixed migration (10 %)
2. Proposed services (50 %) (Documented with the technical proposal)	Content of the proposal suitable for and meeting the requirements (30 %) Methodology for the assignment (20 %)
Total	100%

All bidders must obtain an average score of at least three for the total technical scoring, in order to proceed to the financial evaluation. The financial offer will then be weighed against the technical offer.

The financial offer should include both the daily and total consultancy fees for each QMMU report produced.

Confidentiality

All information presented, obtained and produced is to be treated as DRCs property and is considered as confidential for all other purposes than what is outlined in the ToR.

Selected consultant is upon signing of the contract required to sign a confidentiality agreement. The material prepared by the consultant cannot be sold, used or reproduced in any manner (partially or in full) by the consultant without prior permission from DRC.

Additional information

For additional information regarding this Request for Quotation, please contact Simon Tomasi ([emailprotected]). The deadline for applying to this call is Wednesday 20th December 2023.

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