Recruitment of an International Consultant for a Final Project Evaluation Mission Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Central African Republic

Summary : Recruitment of an International Consultant for a Final Project Evaluation Mission

Deadline : 15 Oct 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27242778

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : CROIX ROUGE FRANÇAISE
Attn: DUBOS Claire – Adjointe desk Afrique Centrale – chargée de la RCA / LERÊTEUX Jean-Maurice – Référent technique Santé
Central African Republic
Email :claire.dubos@croix-rouge.fr / jean-maurice.lereteux@croix-rouge.fr

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Recruitment of an international consultant for a final project evaluation mission - French Red Cross.

French Red Cross: Final evaluation mission of the health sector support project to the CAR transition plan / Second phase

I. Background and justification (see TDR in PJ)

II. The French Red Cross in the Central African Republic (see TDR in PJ)

III. Presentation of the project (see details in the TORs in PJ)
1. Title: "Support to the District of Castors for the sustainable consolidation of the health system in the 3rd district of Bangui and its periphery"

2. Start date: 16/07/2016
3. Duration: 25.5 months 18/08/2016 (+ no-cost extension until 31 August 2018)
4. Budget: € 2, 293, 691
5. Overall objectives and Specific
Objective: Contribute to the improvement of the physical and mental health of the population of the targeted health areas
Specific objective: Strengthen the quality of care and the capacity of the actors of the health system of the six targeted health areas
Expected Results and Activities ( see details in the TOR in PJ)

6. Targets and beneficiaries
The action targets in the six health facilities supported children under five years and pregnant and lactating women up to 12 months, emergency cases. All receive free targeted health care in accordance with the directive of the Ministry of Public Health.
All the population of the targeted health areas benefit from sensitization and the provision of psychosocial services. The health workers at the health facilities and volunteers of the CRCA receive training, technical and material support to carry out activities related to the LDC.

7. Local partners involved
The implementation of the project is done in close partnership with the health district of the 3rd district and the Central African Red Cross.

IV. Objectives and expected results of the evaluation (see details in the TORs in PJ)
This final evaluation aims to measure the level of achievement of specific objectives and expected results and to determine whether certain project activities can be replicated. It will make it possible to evaluate, in the light of the objectives set, all the activities carried out under the project, so as to examine:
- their adaptation and implementation,
- their relevance, coherence and efficiency,
- their sustainability and potential impact.

The evaluation should thus make it possible to measure the results obtained at the end of the activities carried out by the project in terms of improving the performance of the management team and the health conditions of vulnerable populations in the health district of the 3rd district and periphery.
The evaluation should therefore also take into account all the contextual developments in order to assess the results obtained and their impacts in the light of the situation of the country and the area of ??intervention.

Specific objective (s) of the evaluation mission:
The objectives of the evaluation are, on the one hand, to assess both qualitatively and quantitatively the actions accomplished in the field and the results obtained with regard to the objectives set and, secondly, to develop recommendations on the intervention logic to be pursued in the context of the context, the problems and needs, the weaknesses and the capacities of the various stakeholders.
The project should be evaluated according to the OECD DAC criteria: relevance, coverage, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and coherence. The different scenarios for the transition from the input approach "inputs" based on free targeted towards the output approach based on the recovery of costs by funding based on performance: PBF will be proposed. The evaluation will analyze the conditions for the purchase of the performance of health structures and management teams supported as a way of financing health expenditure in the project area. All of these analyzes will lead to recommendations to improve each of the criteria. An action plan corresponding to each recommendation will be proposed in the evaluation report.
The evaluation should also provide answers to the following analytical questions: (see details in the TORs in PJ)

V. Proposed Methodology (see details in the TOR in PJ)

VI. Proposed Process for this Assessment
- Place of Work: Central African Republic - Bangui
- Duration: 19 days
- Start Date: Evaluation Mission will begin no later than 24 November 2018

VII. Positioning of the evaluator (see details in the TOR in PJ)

VIII. Profile of the evaluator

The team will be composed of one or more external evaluator (s) at the French Red Cross. It is up to the evaluator to propose his team in his technical offer.
- Ability to work in a team
- Diplomat and patient
- Excellent analytical and synthetic mind
- Very good writing skills
- Perfect command of French in oral and written
- Understanding of Sango is an asset
- Confirmed experience in community health
- Experience in public health, particularly in maternal and child health;
- Good knowledge of EU rules and procedures;
- Knowledge of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;
- Experience in evaluation and / or project writing with an integrated approach, including the strengthening of the health system
- International experience, knowledge of the Central African Republic is a plus.

IX. Deliverables / Expected outputs (see details in TOR in PJ)

X. Reference Documents

Contractual Project Documents: Project Proposal, Logframe, Budget, Amendment and Newsletter, Interim Reports.

XI. Selection procedure for the consultant

Interested candidates should submit a technical and financial proposal including:
- The consultant's CV specifying initial training, similar experiences and a description of the work completed.
- A technical proposal describing the proposed methodology, the work plan and the analysis concepts that will be mobilized. The technical offer must not exceed 4 pages.
- A detailed Financial Offer, denominated in EUROS and showing at least the following items (one page):
ü Fees.
ü International transport.
ü Accommodation (only in the case of a contribution to the cost of living and food on the premises of the CRf).
ü Other expenses (visa fees, insurance, etc.)

The technical and financial offers must be sent by e-mail to the following addresses before 15/10/2018;
- DUBOS Claire - Central Africa Desk Assistant - in charge of the RCA
Email: claire.dubos@croix-rouge.fr
- LERÊTEUX Jean-Maurice - Health Technical Reference
Email: jean-maurice.lereteux@croix-rouge.fr
The main criteria evaluation of the offers will be:
- The understanding and interpretation of the terms of reference
- The proposed methodology with regard to the objectives to be achieved
- The cost
- The consultant's experience
(The criteria are not hierarchical, non-exhaustive list).

XII. Administrative clauses (see details in the TORs in PJ)

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