Evaluation: Development of a baseline for the PSN pilot in year 1 and the final evaluation in year 3.

Republic of the Sudan

Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (MoWSS)

The Poverty Reduction Coordination Center

The Sudan Social Safety Net Project (SSN Project)

Grant No.: TF0A0362 & Project ID No.: P148349

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Assignment Title: Productive Safety Nets (PSN) Baseline Survey in North Kordofan State

Date: 6 November, 2016

Reference No. SSNP/CS/Firm/01/016

Republic of the Sudan has received financing from the International Development Association (“World Bank”), acting as administrator of Sudan Multi-Partner Trust Fund, towards the cost of the “The Sudan Social Safety Net Project (SSN Project)” and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The Ministry of Welfare and Social Security in collaboration with the Community Development Fund has developed a Productive Safety Nets (PSN) pilot project to strengthen Sudan’s social safety net system to effectively deliver income support to poor households. The PSN Pilot aims to test a productive safety net approach that will provide predictable transfers and livelihood services to poor households in selected regional states in a way that strengthens household resilience and creates assets at the community level. It has the following four distinct components:

• Social safety net transfers for eligible households,

• Community asset creation through public works,

• Sustainable livelihood promotion services, and

• Institutional capacity building

The consultancy services (“the Services”) include: hiring of a Firm/Institute for The PSN pilot Baseline Survey in North Kordofan State will be evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative impact evaluation methods to measure the development effects of the different components of the pilot. The impact evaluation has two objectives:

• to assess the overall impact of the pilot on the welfare of pilot beneficiaries—their consumption, livelihood activities and income, in order to assess progress towards the anticipated outcome of the pilot; and

• to test the effectiveness of specific interventions under the PSN pilot support in order to inform scale-up of PSN approach. The data collected in the impact evaluation surveys will also be used to report on progress in meeting the targets set out in the results framework of the PSN pilot.

The Project Implementation Unit (PCU) now invites eligible consulting firms /agencies/Institutes (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The organizations/institutions/agencies who are interested in being considered for this assignment should fulfill the following criteria:

• The consultant firm/organization/institution should have prior experience & expertise in designing M&E system, and survey of large livelihood projects of Government or any other externally aided projects.

• The consultant firm/organization/institution must have 03 years prior experience in designing and operationalizing assignments of similar nature.

• The consulting firm must have a minimum turnover of SDG 250,000 during each of the last three Financial Years. (FY: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-2015). At least 50% of the turnover must have accrued from monitoring and evaluation projects/research studies /studies of similar nature

• Key personnel: At least 2 persons (to be dedicated full time to the assignment) well acquainted with the Survey work at grassroots level with experience in designing custom made formats/tools for the survey and delivering the same at least in 3 similar projects/program.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers January, 2011 Revised July 2014, (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on the Consultants’ Qualifications (CQS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines (Jan. 2011).

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sunday through Thursday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 12:00 noon local time on; 13th of November, 2016.

Interested Consulting Firms must provide the following information / documents indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services:

a) Profile of the firm /company /agency

b) Description of similar assignments, proven experience in similar nature of work. A table indicating i) Nature of Services ii) Name of the Procuring Entity iii) Contact Person with telephone number/E-mail address iv) Contract value and v) Year of completion must be submitted in support of having required experience. Failure to provide this information may result in the disqualification of the bidder

c) Availability of appropriate skills among existing staff. A list containing name, qualification and experience of Survey Team Leader, Statistical Expert/Data Analyst, Survey Specialist/Manager, Field Survey Supervisor, Quality Control Officer, Field Enumerators and Data Entry Operators must be submitted.

Khartoum – Khartoum 2 - in the east of Sherwani Bus Station & Katharina street, House No. 19- Street 41

Att. Mr. Ahmed Hashim Hassan - Project Coordinator

P,O Box : 12661 - Khartoum - Sudan

Cell Phone: 0121587171 – 0123340038 – 0123870617

Electronic mail address: [email protected] – [email protected] ‏