Re-advertisement : Request for Proposal and (ToR) for Consultancy to Conduct External Evaluation SOS Emergency Response Project – Somaliland

1      Context and rationale

1.1       About SOS Children’s Villages

SOS Children’s Villages is a global federation of 136 national SOS Children’s Villages associations, working in more than 2000 programme locations worldwide. We work together with a single vision: every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security.

SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland is part of SOS Children’s Villages International, the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS in Somaliland Association is affiliated. SOS Children’s Village in Somaliland is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that is not for profit, non-sectarian and non-partisan and which has been in existence since 1999.

SOS Children’s Village in Somaliland is committed to the welfare of children who lost parental care or at risk of losing parental care – often ensuring that children grow up in a loving family environment, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against child abandonment and social neglect, and upholds child protection policy as part of their commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse. Uniquely, we provide long-term, family-like care for children who have lost parental care (alternative care service), and we work with vulnerable families and communities to help strengthen them and prevent family separation (family strengthening service, FS). SOS alternative care is usually organised in the form of a cluster of SOS families, where each SOS parent cares for small group of children.

SOS Children’s Villages was established in Somaliland in 1999 and it started first operations in Sahil region. Currently, SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland implements programs ranging from child care, child protection, youth empowerment and participation, education and emergency interventions. SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland is operational in three regions of Somaliland: Awdal, Marodijeh and Sahil, and it had a good relationship with many stakeholders, including government institutions, local authorities at national, regional and district levels, INGOs, LNGOs and local communities, as well as other CSOs who are in and out of the operational area.

1.2       Description of project locations and context

Somaliland is one of the Least Developed Countries (LCD) in the world. Over half of the population lives below the UN poverty line and has one of the highest youth unemployment rates where two out of three young people below the age 35 years are unemployed.

Somaliland has faced consecutive droughts in the past 5 years and the cyclone that hit in mid-2018 affected severely the livelihoods of the people living in the coastal area of Sahil and Awdal regions. With this protracted draughts as well as the effects of the cyclone, pastoralist and agro-pastoralist families lost their livestock, agricultural plots and shelter, and as a result of this, moved to urban areas. In addition, children under 5 years represent more than one-quarter of all those affected and are the most at risk of malnutrition and water and sanitation hygiene (WASH) related illnesses and other childhood diseases.

SOS Children’s villages in Somaliland in partnership with Dutch relief alliance (DRA)  has been  implementing the Somali joint Response Project (SOSChildren’s Village in SOMALILAND EMERGENCY PROJECT) for the last three years in Maroodi-Jeex, Sahil and Awdal Regions, targeting  most vulnerable households, focusing on the following sectors and modalities: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security and livelihood (Agricultural and Fisheries production, Food Distribution, IGA)   Multipurpose Cash (MPC) and Protectionwith the objective of improving the livelihoods, sanitation, hygiene and protecting vulnerable people for the targeted households in the above locations and to ‘ contribute to children’s and youth’s rights and family preservation.

SOS Children’sVillage in Somaliland,Emergency Response Project has been working in Awdal (Hamarta, Heego Lughaya, Fuguho, Hadeyta and Badanbad), Marodi-jeh (Hargeisa, Sallahley, Balli-Gubadle and Darasalam) and Sahil (Madhera,Bulo-har and Cel-shikh) regions in Somaliland.

1.3       Rationale and overall objective of the request for proposal of the evaluation of Somali Joint Response Project.

After 3 years of implementation of Emergency Response Project (ERP), SOS Children Villages in Somaliland wants to evaluate the emergency Response Project (ERP), to assess the impact the project has made on the lives of the beneficiaries including families, children and young people, as well as their communities as a result of the project interventions.

1. How relevant, effective, efficient, sustainable and participatory are the project interventions?
2. What impact has the project made in the lives of the beneficiaries, participating children, their families and communities?
3. What lessons can be drawn from the project that can be taken to further develop the project?

2      Instruction to bidders

The bidders are welcome to submit their proposal for thee valuation of Somali Joint Response Project in Awdal. MaroadiJeh and Sahil regions in Somaliland. This bid is open to all national and international suppliers (independent consultants or companies) who are legally constituted and can provide the requested services. The bidder shall bear all costs of the bid; costs of a proposal cannot be included as a direct cost of the assignment. The proposal and all supplementary documents have to be submitted in English language. Financial bid needs to be stated in USD Currency.

2.1       Process of Submission of Bids

To facilitate the submission of proposals, the submission duly stamped and signed can be done electronically in PDF format and sent hr@sos-somaliland. submissions preferred.

The titles of submitted documents should clearly state “Technical proposal for evaluation of Somali Joint Response Project in Awdal. MarodiJeh and Sahil regions in Somaliland.By the company/consultant title” and “Financial Proposal evaluation of Somali Joint Response Project in Awdal, MarodiJeh and Sahil regions in Somaliland.by the company/consultant title”. Please make sure that the technical and financial proposals are handed in separately (financial proposal to be sealed in a closed envelope or a separate PDF file in case of electronic submission. During the process of evaluation, technical bids will be opened and evaluated first. The financial part of those proposals, which are shortlisted after evaluation of the technical proposal, will be opened in a second step.

2.2       Documents to submit

• Bid submission / identification form
• Previous experience format
• Price schedule form (to be sealed in a closed envelope or a separate PDF file)
• Technical proposal
• CVs of the research team member(s) including current geographical location(s)
• Three references (at least two of them must be familiar with your work)
• An example of a recent/relevant evaluation report (if available for public use)

2.3       Deadline for submission

The proposal has to be received by latest on 25^thDecember 2021 by the end of the day. Proposals received after the deadline will be not be considered.

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