Consulting for the Evaluation of a Timely Stimulation Program Tender, Guatemala - 26940174

Procurement Summary

Country : Guatemala

Summary : Consulting for the Evaluation of a Timely Stimulation Program

Deadline : 28 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26940174

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
Edificio Edyma Plaza 2do. Nivel 13 Calle, 8-44 Zona 10 Guatemala City Tel: +502-2327.6373 Fax: 2337-4920 / 2327.6377
Guatemala
Email :guatemalacity@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consulting for the Evaluation of a Timely Stimulation Program.

I. Background and Justification:



In the article "Advances in early childhood development: from neurons to large-scale programs" ?? by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla et al., published in the Medical Bulletin of the Children's Hospital of Mexico, volume 7, in April 2017 reads:



Early childhood development (ECD) is the basis for the economic and social development of countries and their ability to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The gestation and the first 3 years of life are fundamental for children to have adequate physical, psychosocial, emotional and cognitive development for the rest of their lives. The upbringing and caring and sensitive care for the needs of children during pregnancy and early childhood are essential for the development of the trillions of neurons and trillions of synapses needed. The DIT requires access to good nutrition and health services from pregnancy, sensitive upbringing according to the stage of development of the child, social protection and welfare of the child, and opportunities for stimulation and early learning.



For this reason, Unicef ??is implementing early childhood stimulation and learning centers, called Family Child Development Spaces (EDIF), in order to contribute to the integral development of children in seven municipalities of Guatemala. These centers began operating in 2015.



In addition to Unicef ??centers, there are other timely stimulation programs in the country that have operated for a longer period. One of them is the program Municipal Gardens for Children and With Your Children Complies of the Municipality of Guatemala which have operated for more than 20 years.



Despite the long period of implementation, these municipal programs have not yet been evaluated in terms of their effectiveness in improving the integral development of children, through standardized instruments and random selection methods.



Given the importance of the issue of early childhood development for UNICEF and its policy of implementing and promoting the implementation of programs that are evidence-based, it is interesting to know if, indeed, the interventions of the Municipality of Guatemala have any effect in the different areas of early childhood development.



In this framework Unicef, through these terms of reference, seeks to hire a firm that carries out a rigorous evaluation of the program Con tus Hijos Complies in its effectiveness to improve the different areas of development of early childhood, such as cognitive skills, social and emotional.



II. Purpose:



The purpose of the consultancy is that a firm, company, think tank, university or similar entity, through the proposal of a rigorous methodology, can provide evidence about the effectiveness of the program Con tus Hijos Cumple of the Municipality of Guatemala, to help improve the different areas of development (cognitive, social and emotional skills) in early childhood.



III. Expected Results, Tasks and Responsibilities:

1. Validate the methodology of the technical proposal according to the program Con Tus Hijos Cumple

Make meetings with the staff of the municipality of Guatemala and Unicef ??to refine the methodology suggested in the technical proposal, as well as logistics.

ii. Make sure that the evaluation instruments can be carried out according to the proposed schedule.



2. Carry out the evaluation

Evaluate children according to the proposed methodology.

ii. Ensure that the physical, emotional and mental integrity of children is respected.

iii. Implement quality controls.



3. Generate database

i. Enter the information.

ii. Make data consistency.

iii. Generate metadata



4. Report and presentation of results

ii. Analyze the data

ii. Write results report.

iii. Presentation of results before officials of the Municipality of Guatemala and Unicef.



IV. General conditions and products of the consultancy



Duration of the consultancy: The estimated period is 8 weeks.



products

Duration

(estimated accumulated weeks)

1. Timeline, methodology and Work Plan

1

2. Database with metadata

6

3. Preliminary report

6

4. Report and final presentation

8

Total

8



V. Signature profile:

§ At least five years of experience in the application of standardized tests to measure learning.

 · At least five years of experience in the application and analysis of tests to measure scales of child development.

 · At least five publications on issues related to the evaluation of learning and development in childhood or adolescence.

· Show experience in the application of standardized tests to children under five years of age.



In addition, the firm must submit the CV of the head of the consultancy, which will be evaluated as detailed below.



SAW. Recommendations for the Presentation of the Offer:



Interested firms must submit the following paperwork, in order:

§ Letter duly presented and signed of the Confirmation of interest.

§ Institutional curriculum, which must contain, at least, the information that allows to verify that it complies with the requirements of clause V.

§ Curriculum of the head of the consultancy, which should include:

§ Academic training

§ Work experience in issues related to consulting

§ Personal and professional references

§ Technical Proposal that describes the technical and operative elements for the development of the same, as well as the methodology that will be used and the work schedule.

§ Financial Proposal that indicates the total fixed price of the contract, all included, supported with a breakdown of the expenses, as appropriate.

VII. Criteria for selecting the best offer:



Then, all the criteria that will serve as the basis for the evaluation of the offers.



The method to be used is a combined score, where the qualifications and the methodology will be weighted with a maximum of 70%, combined with the financial offer, which will be weighted with a maximum of 30%, and awarded to the firm with the combined score. high.



Preliminary evaluation, it will be evaluated if the firm meets the minimum requirements required and included within its proposal, all the requested documents that will allow the Evaluation Committee to carry out its work.



Curricular Evaluation and Technical Proposal (70% of the evaluation), based on the submitted documentation and using the evaluation criteria shown in the following table, the respective scores will be awarded.



Firm experience

30

In the application and analysis of tests to measure scales of child development.

10

On issues related to the evaluation of learning and development in childhood or adolescence.

10

In the application of standardized tests to children under five years.

10

Technical proposal

40

Schedule.

fifteen

Methodological approach and its justification of why it can validate or not the hypothesis that the program improves the cognitive, social and emotional abilities of children.

25

CV of the person responsible for the consultancy

30

Academic training.

10

Experience.

twenty

Total

100



Evaluation of economic proposals: only the contractors that achieve or surpass the weighted score of 70 points in the curricular evaluation stage and technical proposal will compete based on their economic proposals, weighted with a maximum of 30%.



VIII. Way to pay



Three payments will be made: 15% of the total consultancy upon delivery of product 1; 40% upon delivery of product 2 and the remaining 45% upon delivery and acceptance of the product 4.



Interested companies, institutions or firms must submit a detailed and disaggregated technical and financial proposal in Quetzales, including VAT and press stamp, in a sealed envelope to UNICEF at address 13 Calle 8-44, zone 10, Edyma Plaza, Nivel 2, under the reference " Consultancy for the evaluation of a timely stimulation program in Guatemala City", in addition to sending the same documents electronically to Yasha Mendizábal, ymendizabal@unicef.org no later than Friday, June 28 September 2018 at 12:30.

Advertised: 18 Sep 2018 Central America Standard Time
Applications close: 28 Sep 2018 12:00 AM Central America Standard Time

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