Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Violence Tender, South Sudan - 26606872

Procurement Summary

Country : South Sudan

Summary : Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Violence

Deadline : 12 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26606872

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE (NP)
South Sudan
South Sudan
Email :ngetachew@nonviolentpeaceforce.org / recruitnpss@nonviolentpeaceforce.org
URL :www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Violence in Western Equatoria, South Sudan

BACKGROUND

Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), an International NGO founded in 2002, recruits, trains and deploys unarmed civilians to reduce violence and protect vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas. NP has been operating in South Sudan since 2010, and currently implements over seven projects across the country.

In October 2016, Nonviolent Peaceforce South Sudan (NPSS) with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has started implementing a two year project entitled “Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Violence in Western Equatoria, South Sudan”. The overall goal of the project is to reduce the prevalence and impact of violence in Western Equatoria, South Sudan through strengthened local capacities in protection and improved violence prevention and response.

Project Objectives

Objective 1: Increase the safety & security of civilians at imminent risk of violence.

Objective 2: Strengthen community resilience against violence.

Objective 3: Reduce the prevalence and impact of GBV in communities.

Objective 4: Improve protection mainstreaming and protection coordination in humanitarian responses. **
PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION**

Monitoring and evaluation is an integral part of the overall project management cycle to ensure effective oversight of the project. The evaluation is intended to assess the progress made by the project in fulfilling its agreed objectives through the planned activities; to evaluate the relevance of the project to the implementation areas; and to assess the efficiency and effectiveness with which resources have been used to generate results and achieve project objectives. The end line evaluation findings will also be used as a baseline for the next phase of the project.

Specific Objectives include:

* To assess the extent to which the project outputs have been achieved taking into account the indicators given in the project document.

* To evaluate the level of contribution of the outputs towards the achievement of the expected project objectives, goal and impact.

* To assess the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of interventions as well as, the sustainability of the results, and the degree of satisfaction of the beneficiaries.

* To evaluate the appropriateness of the strategies and approaches used for implementing the project;

* To identify major external factors that influenced or impacted on the implementation of the project and evaluate their implication on future interventions.

* To highlight lessons learned from the project and make recommendations for future strategies. **
EVALUATION DESIGN AND METHODS**

A cross-sectional study will be conducted in the project implementation area i.e. Mundri West County.Theindividualconsultant is expected to conduct a participatory evaluation providing for meaningful involvement by project partners, beneficiaries and other interested parties. Primary and secondary data is expected to be gathered using a mixed method to evaluate programme implementation. Thus, the evaluation will involve collecting the following data:

Quantitative data: It will be used to measure indicators of the project expressed in terms of numbers/percentages (quantitative indicators). Information will be collected using questionnaire survey which will be administered to a sample of households. The consultant is expected to determine the sampling technique and size which would be representative, and adequate to detect the changes observed and do basic descriptive statistics.

Qualitative data:Qualitative information will be collected through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), Key Informant Interviews(KIIs)and In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with key stakeholders including beneficiaries, community leaders, community/traditional leaders, local government offices, civil society organisations, donors, local implementing partners, project staff and others to complement the information collected through quantitative approaches.

Secondary documentation: Review of related documents will also be important to establish key insights relevant to the effective implementation of the project.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES OF THE CONSULTANT

The consultant will be expected to:

* Design methodology for the collection of quantitative and qualitative data for the assessment.

* Revise the baseline tools and create any new tools necessary to answer the evaluation questions.

* Organize and facilitate training workshop for data collectors (NP will hire the data collectors) and other evaluation team members on evaluation implementation, including the evaluation protocol and tools to be used and pilot testing of the tool.

* Plan and coordinate the necessary logistics to collect the data in accordance with the selected methodology.

* Conduct the evaluation at the project location to measure key indicators as defined in the project logical framework.

* Develop the data entry template and ensures data entry clerks are trained adequately.

* Collect and analyse available secondary data to augment the evaluation findings.

* Based upon a reading of the programme documents, propose any additional topics or issues for analysis in the final evaluation.

* Analyse and interpret data to develop a comprehensive evaluation report.

* Conduct comparative analysis of the end-line data with the midterm and baseline findings.

* Share key findings and insights from the evaluation with relevant staff through consultations.
EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

* Submit an inception report/proposal which responds to the scope of work by adding any further detail or clarification regarding the study approach, method, or implementation arrangements.

* Field work implementation plan (to be submitted before field work begins). This field work plan should be presented to NP for comment, and revised as necessary prior to commencing field work.

* Cleaned data sets in SPSS format with data correctly organized, variables named and labelled.

* Final survey questionnaires and qualitative data collection guides.

* A comprehensive final evaluation report that meets agreed formats.

* High quality validation of the information collected through a validation workshop of the findings.
TIMEFRAME

The evaluation is anticipated to last between 3-4 weeks, with submission of final deliverables.
RESOURCES

NP will facilitate all visa requirements, transport to South Sudan and to all field sites. In addition, NPSS will provide accommodation and communications equipment while in country. NPSS will not provide personal computers and the consultant has to use his/her own computer. All necessary logistical arrangements for the assessment will be coordinated through the NPSS logistics department. The chosen individual consultant will coordinate with the Research Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Program Development Personnel, Program Manager and field staff in the planning and implementation of the evaluation.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Education:

* Master’s degree in International and Political Affairs, Law, Development Studies, Social Sciences or related field.

Required Experience and Skills

* At least 7 years’ experience in the design and implementation of evaluations, assessments or baseline surveys including qualitative and quantitative data collection.

* Previous work experience in the area of humanitarian work specifically protection of civilians.

* Excellent knowledge and understanding of research methodologies and processes.

* Experience in the development of Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks and log-frames.

* Experience in gathering and systematizing large amounts of data.

* Experience managing a diverse team and providing capacity building and training support.

* Experience developing protection projects in war and/or emergency settings.

* Proven ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive information through a protection lens.

* Experience managing projects in complex and dangerous environments.

HOW TO APPLY:

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL

The proposal shall include technical and financial sections. The financial section needs to describe only the consultant’s professional fee since other expenses likevisa, transport, accommodation and small per diem while in countrywill be handled by NP.

The technical proposal should include:

* Consultant profile including past achievements

* Introduction: A brief overview of the assignment as understood by the bidder

* Detail methodology and approach including work plan (i.e. research techniques to be used, sampling, field operation plan, quality assurance and time frame)

* Current CV of the consultant

* Detail itemized work plan

* Detailed itemized budget and price justification by unit cost per activity being proposed under the financial proposal

* Three references from organizations that proves the capacity of the consultant to carry out an assessment/evaluation

* Annexes: Any documents, which the consultant feels will assist proposal review team in evaluating the proposal

Prospective individual consultants should submit written proposal and other details listed above to ngetachew@nonviolentpeaceforce.org and recruitnpss@nonviolentpeaceforce.org

by5 p.m. UTC on September 12, 2018.

For more information about NP and its work, please go to our website: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

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