Endline Evaluation - Consultancy Niger

• Country: Niger
• Summary: Endline Evaluation - Consultancy Niger
• NET Ref No: 52233820
• Deadline: 03 May 2021
• Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: FY21-100-NER-092
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• Request for proposals are invited for Endline Evaluation FY-21-100-NER-092 Consultancy Niger. Lutheran World Relief : Request for Proposals Endline Evaluation FY-21-100-NER-092 Consultancy Niger IMA WORLD HEALTH RFP #: FY21-100-NER-092- Consultancy Niger Services Requested: Endline Evaluation Consultancy Issue Date: April 13, 2021 Questions Due Date: April 23, 2021, 12:00 PM EST (Washington, DC) Response to questions: April 28, 2021 Closing Date: May 3, 2021 12:00 PM EST (Washington, DC) Anticipated Award Date: May 21, 2021 Anticipated Award Type: Fixed Price & Fixed Quantity Contract Application procedure Complete applications should be submitted as attachments to an email to: JobsNiger@lwr.org RFP template: LWR: https://lwr.org/lutheran-world-relief-contracting-opportunities Corus: https://corusinternational.org/corus-international-contracting-opportunities In 2016, LWR launched a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded activity called 12/12: Alliance for Year-Round Resilience Project in the Tahoua and Maradi regions of Niger. The activity seeks to leverage new private-sector expertise and innovative solutions to improve the resilience of 12,760 households over all 12 months of the year in 10 communes and 115 villages located in agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones of Iléla, Konni and Malbaza departments of the Tahoua region) and Dakoro of the Maradi region-and simultaneously help the 12/12 Alliance-s private sector partners expand their market share, mitigate operating risks and secure more reliable supply chains. More specifically, the activity aims to: · Leverage private sector investment and innovations to increase and sustain household incomes, assets and adaptive capacity, and · Strengthen the organizational capacity of farmer associations to sustain member services, manage risks and leverage business opportunities. A baseline study was conducted in 2016 to understand the local context better, refine performance indicators, and set indicator targets for the activity. Similarly, a mid-term evaluation was conducted in 2019 to assess mid-way performance against the targets and to adjust the programming as needed. The activity is currently running in its final year. Hence LWR plans to conduct an endline study to evaluate the overall performance of the activity and document important success stories and lessons learned. In this regard, LWR invites qualified evaluation firm to conduct the endline performance evaluation of the project. 2. EVALUATION PURPOSE AND USE As noted above, the activity has planned for a final performance evaluation to be undertaken as part of learning agenda. LWR plans to contract an independent third-party evaluator to assess the performance and results of the activity against its results framework[1]. The evaluator will need to determine the reasons for success or lack thereof, draw lessons and recommendations for similar future activities. The evaluation will be conducted based on OECD-s Development Assistance Program-s (DAC) project evaluation criteria which are relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of interventions. Particular attention would need to be given to the gender dimension as it relates to activity outcomes using the above evaluation criteria. The activity zone has experienced unprecedented climate, security and health shocks (COVID-19) that affected operations, interventions and markets in 2019 and 2020. From the activity and LWR-s perspective, it-s important to understand activity-s performance in the pandemic context as well. Thus, the evaluation should try to examine the potential impact of shocks on activity-s performance and interpret the findings accordingly. The evaluation will also investigate on few questions that are important from an organizational learning perspective. The goal of these questions is not to evaluate the success of activity, but more about finding evidence on certain aspects of the intervention or outcomes that offer a new insight or understanding. A list of the priority learning questions is presented in the next section. The findings of the evaluation will inform LWR, partners and USAID for future programming. In addition to measuring the activity against project objectives, the evaluation will serve as an opportunity to investigate on certain aspects of the activity which were/are assumed to be important, but no objective evidence is searched out for. These aspects are noted as “learning questions” in the following section. All the findings and evidence resulting from this study will be shared with the activity team and partners, broader LWR management and staff, USAID, and possibly with other peer organizations through appropriate conferences or working group meetings (for example, the SEEP annual conference). [1] The results framework can be reviewed in the mid-term evaluation report available in the annex of this RFP. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) for FINAL EVALUATION OF 12/12: An Alliance for Year-Round Resilience in Tahoua and Maradi activity, Niger RFP #: FY21-100-NER-092- Consultancy Niger Services Requested: Endline Evaluation Consultancy Issue Date: April 13, 2021 Questions Due Date: April 23, 2021, 12:00 PM EST (Washington, DC) Response to questions: April 28, 2021 Closing Date: May 3, 2021 12:00 PM EST (Washington, DC) Anticipated Award Date: May 21, 2021 Anticipated Award Type: Fixed Price & Fixed Quantity Contract 1. Introduction Lutheran World Relief (LWR) in collaboration with Corus International invites qualified suppliers to submit offers in accordance with the requirements and specifications listed in this document. Quotes must be received by Corus no later than the Date and Time indicated in the above table. Lutheran World Relief (LWR) was founded in 1945 to respond to the needs of communities devastated by World War II. LWR now works with local implementing partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America to respond to emergencies and seek lasting solutions to rural poverty and health services. LWR works in four core thematic areas of agriculture, climate change, emergency operations and health. Within agriculture it focuses on creating strong local economies and resilient communities. In 2016, LWR launched a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded activity called 12/12: Alliance for Year-Round Resilience Project in the Tahoua and Maradi regions of Niger. The activity seeks to leverage new private-sector expertise and innovative solutions to improve the resilience of 12,760 households over all 12 months of the year in 10 communes and 115 villages located in agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones of Iléla, Konni and Malbaza departments of the Tahoua region) and Dakoro of the Maradi region--and simultaneously help the 12/12 Alliance-s private sector partners expand their market share, mitigate operating risks and secure more reliable supply chains. More specifically, the activity aims to: ● Leverage private sector investment and innovations to increase and sustain household incomes, assets and adaptive capacity, and ● Strengthen the organizational capacity of farmer associations to sustain member services, manage risks and leverage business opportunities. A baseline study was conducted in 2016 to understand the local context better, refine performance indicators, and set indicator targets for the activity. Similarly, a mid-term evaluation was conducted in 2019 to assess mid-way performance against the targets and to adjust the programming as needed. The activity is currently running in its final year. Hence LWR plans to conduct an endline study to evaluate the overall performance of the activity and document important success stories and lessons learned. In this regard, LWR invites qualified evaluation firm to conduct the endline performance evaluation of the project. 2. EVALUATION PURPOSE AND USE As noted above, the activity has planned for a final performance evaluation to be undertaken as part of learning agenda. LWR plans to contract an independent third-party evaluator to assess the performance and results of the activity against its results framework . The evaluator will need to determine the reasons for success or lack thereof, draw lessons and recommendations for similar future activities. The evaluation will be conducted based on OECD-s Development Assistance Program-s (DAC) project evaluation criteria which are relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of interventions. Particular attention would need to be given to the gender dimension as it relates to activity outcomes using the above evaluation criteria. The activity zone has experienced unprecedented climate, security and health shocks (COVID-19) that affected operations, interventions and markets in 2019 and 2020. From the activity and LWR-s perspective, it-s important to understand activity-s performance in the pandemic context as well. Thus, the evaluation should try to examine the potential impact of shocks on activity-s performance and interpret the findings accordingly. The evaluation will also investigate on few questions that are important from an organizational learning perspective. The goal of these questions is not to evaluate the success of activity, but more about finding evidence on certain aspects of the intervention or outcomes that offer a new insight or understanding. A list of the priority learning questions is presented in the next section. The findings of the evaluation will inform LWR, partners and USAID for future programming. In addition to measuring the activity against project objectives, the evaluation will serve as an opportunity to investigate on certain aspects of th
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