horizont3000 is seeking qualified bidders for the End of Project Evaluation of the project “Secure Livelihoods for South Sudanese Refugees and Host Communities in West Nile region, Uganda, Phase 3 (Migration III)”.
Since 2017 horizont3000, in partnership with The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) and PALM Corps (PC), have been implementing the “Secure Livelihoods for South Sudanese Refugees and Host Communities in West Nile region” project in three phases with funding from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), BSIN (Bruder und Schwester in Not Innsbruck) and Caritas Kärnten. The current and third phase represents the final consolidation phase of an endeavour to support South Sudanese refugees and host communities in north Uganda in their effort for a secure livelihood and is implemented in Yumbe and Terego, in West Nile.
A consultancy company with local expertise and good knowledge of the project area is preferred. The team must be able to offer the following expertise
– Programming and evaluation of projects with relevant and proven experience in the programmatic approach;
– Expertise in gender-sensitive approaches, understanding of GEM, human rights-based approaches and participatory approaches
– Fluency in English for all team members
– Fluency in Kiswahili and further local languages is an added value
– The team leader must have minimum 6 years’ working experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis as well as managing of evaluation teams proofed by a track record
– The evaluation team working on the report must be the same team conducting the data collection;
– Commitment to adhere the OECD-DAC and ADA standards for programme and project evaluations regarding development projects.
Members of the evaluation team must not have been involved in the design and/or implementation of the programme. We propose a minimum of two experts and a maximum of 3 experts for this evaluation. The evaluation team should be gender-balanced and diverse in experience/qualification background.
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.
A technical and financial offer must be submitted (max. 15 pages – without annexes).
Tenders must include:
- The curriculum vitae, experience and references of the evaluators.
- Suggestions on the methodology, work plan, sampling strategy and, if necessary, suggestions and recommendations to the mandate
- The number of working days planned for the assignment, including daily rates
- A detailed budget, which must be presented in Euros and must include all taxes, travel costs, logistics (including workshop costs etc.) and other expenses. (horizont3000 is not allowed to deduct VAT – the offer must therefore stipulate:
- The net budget of the evaluation (before VAT, to be compared with competing proposals)
- the gross budget of the evaluation (including VAT)
The maximum budget available for this evaluation is EUR 25.000 (including VAT)
For all tenders within the budgetary framework, the following evaluation grid will be applied:
- Methodological quality of the technical offer: 80%
- Financial offer: 20%.
The offer should be sent to [email protected] (cc: [email protected]) until January 7th, 2025. horizont3000 reserves the right to extend the deadline if offers received by that date do not meet the requirements.
