Terms Of Reference For Consultant To Undertake Water Inventory Assessment

1 Introduction and context

Centre for Peace and Democracy (CPD) is a national non-governmental and non-profit organization that works in South Central Somalia with the vision of a poverty-free and sustainably developed Africa. CPD’s scope of work spans the humanitarian, development, peacebuilding, and governance spectrum. The organization is currently recruiting competent and qualified consultants for the project: SOM 1048, Mitigate the worst effects of water scarcity and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa

About SOM 1048 project

The project aims to ensure the essential provision of sufficient drinking water and access to safe sanitation and hygiene services as well as the provision of needs-based emergency aid to prevent or decrease morbidities, mortality, and acute malnutrition, especially for vulnerable people in acute humanitarian crises triggered by flight and displacement, droughts, floods, and anticipated periods of hunger.

The Overall objective is to reduce mortality and morbidity amongst the target population in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Project purpose: Improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation and providing immediate emergency assistance in periodic humanitarian crises in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Output 1: Access to essential water supply and safe sanitation facilities in vulnerable communities has improved to meet the demand.

Output 2: Providing local and immediate emergency assistance to protect especially children, women, the elderly, and people with disabilities in humanitarian crises.

Output 3: The target population can cover individual basic food and non-food needs in the short term.

1. Purpose of the Water Inventory assessment

The purpose of the consultancy is to generate comprehensive baseline information on the status of the relevant parameters as per the above activities and in relation to the project outputs and outcome indicators. The organization plans to undertake a Water inventory assessment for the project in both Adado and Galkayo Districts. The assessment duration will be 15 days. The organization thus seeks to engage a qualified consultant to undertake the assessment.

1. Scope of the works

Increasing concerns of scarcity, over-pumping, and water conflicts necessitate water resource inventories for sustainable development; the consultant will therefore carry out a Water inventory assessment in the 2 designated districts. The scope of work entails the evaluation of water sources/boreholes, access, needs of different users, abstraction compliance, and water conservation levels, and evaluate existing management strategies. Through the assessment, the consultant can provide technical reports and recommendations on the best water sources with high yield and sustainability; the water sources recommended will be those with the most significant impact in terms of reach for human and livestock consumption.

1. Users of the assessment report

The assessment result will be primarily used by WHH and CPD for the implementation of the project and, by extension, provide a technical source of data for the development of proposals. The results will feed the status / current situation of the project area about the objectives, targets, and indicators to help determine progress against targets during project implementation and inform decisions about the project implementation.

1. Baseline design and methodology

The design and methodology have to be adequate for answering the project objective. A final agreement on the design and methodology will be discussed based on the submitted offer and/or the inception report.

• The assessment approach has to be gender-responsive and equity-focused.
• Methods and data sources should be triangulated to enhance the validity and reliability of findings.
• The assessment should consider the cross-cutting issues mentioned above.

1. Deliverables and Reporting Deadlines

The following deliverables are expected to be produced by the consultants:

• Inception report (1-3 pages for the main text without front page, table of contents, and annexes).

Deadline: 2 Days after the briefing meeting.

• Debriefing notes outlining the essential preliminary findings (1-3 pages). Deadline: Presented at the end of the field mission.

1. Submit the assessment report as draft and final (English language, 15-25 pages main text, including the executive summary excluding the front page, table of contents, and annexes). The report must contain an executive summary of a maximum 5 pages and several mandatory annexes. Deadline draft report: latest 1 week after the field mission

1. Final Deadline report: latest 2 weeks after the submission of the draft report

• Other evaluation products (if required), e.g., a one-pager for field staff or a compilation of good practice examples. And the deadline is the same as the final report.
• Executive summary of the report: The summary that is part of the full report has to be submitted as an additional and deadline same as for the final report.
• Photos with tagged geo-locations: The consultants/firms should provide a digital file with photos of the process (e.g., group discussions, interviews, and final workshop). The photos should be submitted in a JPEG or GIF format.

The deadline is the same as for the final report.

1. Timeframe / Schedule

The assignment is expected to commence immediately after a consultant/firm is recruited and is expected to take a maximum of 21 days, including desk review, preparation, data collection, and report writing.

1. Confidentiality

All documents and data acquired from records and during interviews and meetings are confidential and will be used solely for the project.

The deliverables and all material linked to the evaluation (produced by the evaluators or the organization itself) is confidential and always the property of the contracting party.