Tender Description

INVITATION TO TENDER:

Endline Evaluation to Enhancing Nutrition in Emergencies Interventions in Baidoa District, Bay Region, Somalia.

 SOM 1086-24 Project

Our Reference: SOM1086/2024/004/SC

Mogadishu, 28.11.2024

Project Title: Enhancing Nutrition in Emergencies Interventions in Baidoa District, Bay Region, Somalia.

Project Number: SOM 1086-24

Project Holders: WHH&GREDO

Location: Baidoa District,Bay Region,Somalia

Project Period: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024

ABOUT WELTHUNGERHILFE

Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organizations in Germany and has no political or religious affiliations. It was one of the first global initiatives in the fight against hunger when it was founded in 1962 as the German chapter of the Freedom from Hunger campaign, which was led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). From rapid disaster relief to reconstruction and long-term development cooperation projects with local partners, we provide assistance from a single source. Since its foundation, WHH has provided 2.25 billion EUR of funding for more than 6,600 projects in 70 countries.

Welthungerhilfe has been active in Somaliland (Awdal, Woqooyi, and Galbeed) since 2001 and has recently expanded into South/Central Somalia in 2022 through cooperation with local implementing partners. Whilst our strategic focus is on building resilience and strengthening local humanitarian leadership, our 2023-2024 activities will also seek to respond to the present drought crisis through humanitarian relief. Welthungerhilfe has active projects in Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West of Somalia. Humanitarian emergency assistance, Food Security, Resilience programs-agriculture, WASH and infrastructure rehabilitation and infrastructure restoration are the core areas of our work in South Central Somalia

About the project

Welthungerhilfe (WHH), through its local implementing partner GREDO, has been delivering nutrition interventions in

33992 communities, including 5 health facilities, covering 10636 children below five years and 1342 pregnant and lactating

women (PLW) in Baidoa. The project runs from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. And was funded by a private

donation, The project expands the Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) to provide essential nutrition services for displaced

and flood-affected communities in Baidoa improved nutritional status of children and PLWs in Baidoa through direct

treatment of acute malnutrition and enhanced capacity of the government and nutrition cluster partners to deliver quality NiE programs.

Purpose/Objective

To contribute to the reduction of the mortality and morbidity rates for children under the age of 5 years and PLW in Baidoa.

Further information can be found in the attached ToR (Terms of Reference)

Important Dates:

Tender publication date: 28.11.2024

The deadline for submitting a Bid is: 10th December 2024 at 5:00 PM EAT.

The deadline for submission of inquiries/questions is 8th December: 04:00 PM EAT.

1.   Tender Overview

This is a Public invitation to express interest in the above-mentioned service provision.

The following documents constitute the tender dossier:

A. Tender invitation (this document)

B.  Annexes:

I:  Supplier Declaration Form

III:   Terms and Conditions for International Procurement of Goods and Services III. Terms of Reference

2.  Expertise of the evaluators

This evaluation assignment is open to evaluators with substantial experience in the services outlined. To be considered for the services described herein, the consultants must meet the following criteria:

Expected Profile of the Lead Consultant

-           Advanced degrees in nutrition and dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, or monitoring and evaluation/ epidemiology/ statistic with a strong focus on emergency nutrition and nutrition indicators/ assessments, or a relevant area.

-           The consultant should have 3 years experience in the assessment of standard IYCF indicators according to 2021 WHO IYCF indicator guide.

-           The consultant firm should at least have five years’ experience in conducting similar nutrition, IYCF KAP survey, SMART, CMAM coverage assessments in Somalia.

-           The consult firm must have at least five years of proven expertise in CMAM programs, including conducting excellent CMAM program reporting and data analysis, and CMAM reporting skills in Somalia.

-           Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience evaluating humanitarian programs implemented by international aid organizations; experience with European Union and German-funded programs is an advantage.

-           A demonstrated high level of professionalism and an ability to work independently and in high-pressure situations under tight deadlines.

-           The lead consultant must have demonstrated experience and expertise in designing and managing evaluation (endline) studies for similar projects and in delivering agreed outputs on time and within budget. (to provide copies of reports on similar work in the last 3 years).

-           Experience of working with local communities and non-governmental organizations (Essential).

-           Knowledge of data protection regulatory requirements, including GDPR, ensuring the protection of personal data collected during evaluations.

-           Excellent writing, editing, attention to detail and organizational skills (Essential).

-           Fluency in English (Essential). Fluency in Somali (Maay dialect) (An Asset).

Skills Required

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