Research Firm to Conduct a Mixed Methods Study Tender - 47209124

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Country: Liberia

Summary: Research Firm to Conduct a Mixed Methods Study

Deadline: 18 Nov 2020

Posting Date: 04 Nov 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 47209124

Document Ref. No.: ITT/SCI/LIB/2020/001

Competition: ICB

Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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73110000 - Research services

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Tenders are invited for Research Firm to Conduct a Mixed Methods Study in Liberia.
ADVERT FOR A RESEARCH FIRM TO CONDUCT A MIXED METHODS STUDY IN LIBERIA
ITT reference number: ITT/SCI/LIB/2020/001
Dear Sir / Madam,
Save the Children, under the USAID/Breakthrough ACTION project, invites your submission of a restricted tender for the provision of service for a Research Firmto conduct aMixed Methods Study on Rural Household Sanitation Behaviors and Peri-urban Household Water Behaviors in Liberia in accordance with the conditions detailed in the attached documents. Save the Children intends to sign a contract with one Research Firmfor the provision of services for a Mixed Methods Study on Rural Household Sanitation behaviors and Peri-urban Household Water Behaviors in Liberia for the duration ofseven (7) months.
We include the following information for your review:
Part 1: Invitation to Tender

Part 2: Tender Response

Part 3: Specification of Requirement

Part 4: Conditions of Tendering

Part 5: Terms and Conditions of Purchase (signed by the successful bidder)

Part 6: Save the Children-s Child Safeguarding Policy

Part 7: Save the Children-s Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy

Part 8: The IAPG Code of Conduct
Your tender response must be received in the following format:
Full completion of the “Tender Response” document in order that your tender may be regarded as compliant. Those tenders that are not completed may be treated as void and therefore not considered.

Tender document must be submitted in three separate attachments as indicated below:

Essential documents

Capability and tender response

Financial - price submission

Bids should be submitted at the below email address. The subject of your email should indicate the ITT reference number ITT/SCI/LIB/2020/001 but have no other details relating to the bid.

Your return tender must be received in the below email address not later than 18th November 2020 at 04:00 PM (Monrovia local time). Failure to meet the closing date may result in the tender being void. Returned bids must remain open for consideration for a period of not less than 60 days from the Closing Date. Save the Children is under no obligation to award the contract or to award it to the lowest bidder.
Interested firms should contact the below inquiry email to receive the tender pack. Bidders are invited to the bid opening on 19th November 2020 at 10:00am in our Conference room 2nd floor, Save the Children, Fish Market, Tubman Boulevard.
Should you require further information or clarification on the tender requirements, please contact via email only at the following address:
For inquiry contact: [email protected]
Submit tenders to: [email protected]
We look forward to receiving a tender from you and thank you for your interest in doing business with us.
Yours faithfully,
Supply Chain
Save the Children
REFERENCE
ITT/SCI/LIB/2020/001
DATES
Opening date: 2 November 2020
Closing date: 18 November 2020
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PART 1: INVITATION TO TENDER

Introduction

Save the Children is an International Humanitarian Organization that has been in Liberia since 1991.

We are safeguarding children`s rights through building safer organizations and enhancing children`s

participation at all levels of our work, Save the Children will supports programmers in 6 of the 15

counties Montserrado, Bong, Grand Gedeh, River Gee, River Cess and Grand Bassa with focus

program in: education, health & Nutrition and child protection* child rights governance and response

to humanitarian emergencies.

Commitment to Child Protection: Save the Children is committed to keeping children safe from

abuse and harm. Firms submitting tender for this service will be subject to the Child Safeguarding

procedures and checks-

Accountability Commitment: Save the Children is committed to be transparent to children, their

careers and communities with whom it works by promoting and abiding by existing organizational

accountability system which includes - sharing relevant information on its work with children, their

careers and communities with whom Save the Children works; reporting concerns raised by children,

their careers and communities about the intervention and involving children at all stages of the

intervention.

Provisional timetable

Activity Date

Issue Tender Notice and Invitation to Tender 28

th October 2020

Return of tenders (Closing Date) 18

th November 2020 at 04:00 PM

Tender Review Committee 19th - 20th November 2020

Visit to Suppliers premises 20

th November 2020

Award Contract to Selected firm 25th November 2020

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Terms of Reference

Breakthrough ACTION Liberia

Research Firm for a Mixed Methods Study on Rural Household Sanitation behaviors and Peri-urban

Household Water Behaviors in Liberia

Total Estimated Level of Effort: Not applicable (contract is deliverables based)

Period of Performance: November 17, 2020 - May 31, 2021

Project: USAID Breakthrough ACTION Liberia

Reporting to: Charles Seeve, Senior Operations Manager, Save the Children Liberia

Overview of Breakthrough ACTION Liberia

Breakthrough ACTION is a global SBC project funded by USAID to lead social and behavior change (SBC)

Breakthrough ACTION Liberia is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

flagship integrated social and behavior change (SBC) project. The project implementation period is

from February 2020 to April 2022. The project is led by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication

Programs in partnership with Save the Children, ThinkPlace, and ideas42.

The project works collaboratively with the Ministry of Health (MOH) programs at the national and

subnational level, and in complementarity to relevant USAID implementing partners (IPs) to improve

the effectiveness of SBC to achieve better, sustainable health outcomes. This activity contributes to the

Mission Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective 3 of “Foundations

for growth strengthened through a healthy, productive, and educated population”.

Breakthrough ACTION Liberia is implemented in 12 counties to deliver effective, quality SBC activities

that will result in improved demand, access, and use of health services. To achieve this goal, the three

behavioral objectives are:

● Behavioral Objective 1: Significantly influence high impact behaviors related to malaria,

maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH),

adolescent health, nutrition, prevention of infectious diseases, and water, sanitation, and

hygiene (WASH).

● Behavioral Objective 2: Develop the SBC capacity in Liberia for innovative behavior change

interventions at scale.

● Behavioral Objective 3: Strengthen SBC implementation across different thematic areas for

improved health outcomes.

Background

As of 2017, 38% of rural Liberians and 16% of urban Liberians lack access to a basic water service.12 The

proportion of households without basic water service has increased since 2001 in both rural and urban

settings. Water service access varies greatly by wealth quintile in both urban and rural contexts. In rural

settings, 36% of the poorest households continue to use surface water for drinking, compared to only

6% of the poorest households in urban settings.3 Despite the availability of water purification products

(most commonly bleach or WaterGuard), water treatment practices in Liberia remain low.4 According

to the Liberia DHS 2013, 14% of households appropriately treated their drinking water, with 10% using
1 Basic drinking water service is defined by the Joint Monitoring Programme as drinking water from an improved source, provided

collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip including queuing

2 WHO & UNICEF (2017). Country Household Data File: Liberia. Joint Monitoring Programme

3

Ibid

4 Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (2013). Liberia Demographic and Health Survey, 2013

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bleach or chlorine, and 4% using WaterGuard.5 These findings show a slight deterioration compared to

those reported in the previous DHS wave (in 2007), in which 16% of households used an appropriate

method to treat their drinking water nationally.6

Study Purpose and Objectives

Breakthrough ACTION Liberia plans to explore a comprehensive set of behavioral determinants related

to rural household sanitation and peri-urban household water practices through a multi-phased

formative research study to inform planned USAID WASH activities. The division of this research into

two phases will allow our research team to quickly deliver findings from the prioritized research

questions (rural sanitation) before moving on to focus on secondary research priorities (peri-urban

water). To guide this research, Breakthrough ACTION is using the socio-ecological model depicted in

Figure 1.

Figure 1: Socio-ecological Model

Phase I: Rural household and community sanitation behaviors (Nov 2020 - Mar 2021)

Research Aims:

 Determine the sustainability of ODF status among previously USAID-supported communities

with

Documents

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