Farmer & Cooperatives Surveys Tender in Cote d'Ivoire - 35084472

Procurement Summary

Country: Cote d'Ivoire

Summary: Farmer & Cooperatives Surveys

Deadline: 12 Aug 2019

Posting Date: 02 Aug 2019

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 35084472

Document Ref. No.: 1263787

Competition: ICB

Financier: World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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79311000 - Survey services

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Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Cote d'Ivoire Farmer & Cooperatives Surveys.
1.Background

Despite the decade-long civil war that ended in 2011, Cote d'Ivoire has remained the world's top cocoa exporter, producing about 40% of the world's crop. Cocoa is produced by between 800, 000 to 1.2m smallholder farmers and supports the livelihoods of 8m people. In 2017, record cocoa production led to a slump in world prices due to global oversupply for the second year in a row adding to the vulnerability of smallholder livelihoods. Cargill is one of the top 10 global cocoa traders and is one of the top two players in Cote d'Ivoire, with an annual sourcing volume of 200, 000 MT (20% market share). It was one of the first traders to recognize that the existing cooperatives in Cote d'Ivoire are a crucial link in the cocoa value chain, bridging the gap between farmers and markets, and often providing the only support services and goods available to farmers. Despite the 2017 cocoa price crisis, Cargill's commitment to cooperatives ensured that it was one of the few traders that continued to buy from cooperatives, received permission from the regulatory body (Conseil Café Cacao) to export beans, and was able to pay farmers the contracted prices.
A new IFC-Cargill project aims through interventions such as training of cooperatives as well through promoting digital financial services, and access to finances through the digitization of farmer payments to achieve the following objectives:

(i) Develop professional and financially viable cooperatives that can provide and manage a broader range of products and services to their members, including loans, and qualify for medium-term commercial finance;

(ii) Scale up cooperatives' and farmers adoption of digital finance solutions, while working with key market players and decision makers to help develop market business models, knowledge, and expertise;

(iii) increase access to commercial credit for coops and farmers;

(iv) equipping farmer organizations to enhance women's economic empowerment through their services; and

(v) establish an enabling financial environment in country.
2. Objective

Overall objective of this assignment is to evaluate and estimate the impact of the IFC-Cargill project interventions on cooperatives and their farmer members. The evaluation should answer the following core questions:

- What are the impacts on farmer livelihood outcomes (poverty, income, HH nutrition/food security, women's economic empowerment)?

- How does the training of cooperatives impact their professionalization?

- How do advanced and improved business and financial management capacities of cooperatives impact farmers access to critical agri services and inputs?

- Is there a follow-on effect on farmers agricultural practices and yields?

- What are project effects on cooperative and farmer uptake of digital financial solutions?

- What is the effect of uptake of farmer digital solutions on his or her income, access to and usage of financial services?

- How does increased access to short-term working capital finance impact farmers access to critical agri services and inputs?
2. Scope of work

Data collection will consist of baseline surveys (autumn 2019) and endline surveys (autumn 2023) tracking all baseline respondents. The Firm will be responsible for the implementation of all data collection activities linked to this study as well as some first descriptive analysis. The exact timing of the survey will be discussed with IFC and Cargill taking into account project activities.
Details such as final sample sizes, composition of samples, sampling frames (potential respondent listing exercise) as well as a more detailed definition of the ultimate geographic focus are to be determined in collaboration with IFCs and Cargill's research team.
a. Surveys

Two quantitative surveys will be carried out (two rounds respectively). One the farmer and one on the cooperative level in each round.
(1) Farmer household level survey:

Each interview should will include household and farm level questions covering the following topics: farmer household poverty and income; household asset ownership; food insecurity; good agricultural practices (GAPs); cocoa productivity and sales; access to finance and use of digital financial services (DFS); financial literacy; technological appropriation (mobile phone usage); gender smart solutions; access to training; and other services from cooperatives; loyalty/satisfaction with cooperatives and Cargill.
(2) Cooperative level survey:

For the cooperative level interviews, a group of representatives/ decision-makers from different project cooperatives shall be interviewed during each round before and after they received training through the project.
b. Questionnaire development, programming and testing

Draft questionnaires will be developed by IFC. The Firm will provide an initial expert review and recommend revisions to survey questions and response coding based on its own experience and knowledge of the local context.
The Firm will program the surveys electronically. Following a field-testing a final set of revisions to the survey will be implemented in close partnership with IFC.
c. Enumerator training and data collection

Tablet assisted data collection - The data will be electronically collected using tablet computers or smartphones and it will be uploaded to a server allowing for remote quality control and tracking by IFC. Farmer locations are to documented with GPS coordinates. The inception report will detail a structure for survey data collection and field supervision.
Enumerator trainings - The Firm will be responsible for training the field teams. A training will happen ahead of each round of data collection and will be guided by experienced staff and will follow the data collection manual. The training may be supervised by IFC staff.
Quality control - The Firm will establish procedures to ensure that data collection is implemented following high-quality standards. Survey teams will be organized using an adequate enumerators-per-supervisor ratio to ensure a strong oversight of data quality.
The Firm will undertake lead responsibility for a successful survey assignment. Nevertheless, every step of the assignment is expected to be conducted in close collaboration with the IFC and Cargill team for this project.
The ultimate details of the assignment will be developed in an iterative process. Flexibility is expected from the survey firm in terms of developing the ultimate scope, approach and to make potential changes to the survey instrument even after field work start.
3. Deliverables

All deliverables must be approved by IFC in writing before they are considered finalized and payment made. For each round of data collection, deliverables include:

(1) Inception report and enumerator manual

(2) Survey instruments/ Questionnaires

(3) Survey progress reports

(4) Survey completion report

(5) Data & Documentation
4. Timeline

The survey timing will be determined by the schedule of project activities. The tentative timeline is a baseline in autumn 2019 and an endline survey in autumn 2023.
Qualification Criteria
· 1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field, sector and country of the assignment.
· 2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of and methodologies used by the firm.
· 3. Provide information on their core business and years in business.
· 4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.
* - Mandatory
Shortlisted consultants will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposal. Contract awards will be made in accordance with the World Bank Group Procurement Policies and Procedures.

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