horizont3000, the Austrian organisation for development cooperation, is seeking qualified contractor(s) for the midterm data collection (MDC) within its framework programme 2023-26 in East Africa and Senegal. The study encompasses 26 projects in 5 countries in East Africa (lot 1) and Senegal (lot 2). The programme has gender marker 2 and applicants are required to demonstrate sound gender-expertise.
As well as the data collection of the current status of project and programme indicators for all 26 projects, the contractor(s) will be expected to elaborate data collection instruments for further monitoring by the partner organisations, a tool to aggregate the data to programme level, the identification of target groups and recommendations for the revision of programme targets, and the training and support of key staff in the data collection instruments.
Scope
The MDC will encompass the first and second years of implementation of the ADA Framework
Programme: January 2023-December 2024. Geographically, the MDC will cover 26 projects in five countries (4 in Ethiopia, 6 in Uganda, 8 in Tanzania, 2 in Kenya, 6 in Senegal).
The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers the 20 projects in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania
and Kenya. Lot 2 covers the 6 projects in Senegal. Contractors can bid either on just one of the two lots or on both lots at once.
The working language for lot 1 is English. The working language for lot 2 is French and English.
A pre-selection of key project and programme indicators to be collected during the study will
be provided to the consultant team by horizont3000. As it is a GEM II programme, particular
focus will be put on key gender and gender transformative indicators
Qualifications of the consultants
A consulting company with staff based in each of the partner countries with local expertise and
good knowledge of the project area is preferred. The team must be able to offer the following
background and experience:
– The team leader must have a minimum of 6 years’ working experience in qualitative
and quantitative data collection and analysis.
– Proven track-record of survey design, data collection and analysis of key GEM II
outcome indicators.
– Expertise in gender-sensitive, human rights-based approaches and sufficiently
equipped in participatory approaches
– Fluency in English (lot 1 & 2) and French (lot 2 only), knowledge of local languages
are an added value
Members of the consultancy team must not have been involved in the design and/or
implementation of the programme. We propose a minimum of 2 experts and a maximum of 4
international experts for this study. The consultancy team should be gender balanced and
diverse.
The composition of the team must be detailed and explained in the technical offer, as well as
the division of tasks between all team members and the added value of each of them
The MDC will start from November 25 2024, with the final report due April 1 2025 and final deliverables due in mid-April 2025.
For more details on the tender and the requirements of the consultants, please consult the Terms of Reference: https://horizont3000.org/media/pages/jobs/jobs/8af0524091-1729178956/tor_horizont3000_mdc.pdf
How to apply
The offer must be in English, not exceed 12 pages and shall contain the following information:
• Name, address, country of residence, and legal information of the contractor
• Technical offer detailing the contractor’s overall approach, methodological considerations and preliminary sampling strategy to the assignment
• A time and work plan
• A description of roles and the distribution of tasks among the team of international and local experts
• Financial offer in line with the specifications given in section 7 above.
CVs for all international experts and local experts (data collection team leaders) must be provided as an annex to the offer, as well as relevant policies/guidelines regarding do-no-harm, safeguarding, gender, etc. The CVs and policies do not count towards the maximum 12 pages of the main body of the offer.
For all tenders the following evaluation grid will be applied:
• Methodological quality of the technical offer: 80%
• Financial offer: 20%.
The offer should be sent until November 10th to alice.bayer@horizont3000.org. horizont3000 reserves the right to extend the deadline if offers received by that date do not meet the requirements.