REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

RFQ Nº UNFPA/EGY/RFQ/23/030

UNFPA hereby solicits a quotation for the following service:

“Monitoring & Evaluation Company to Conduct Programme Baseline Study”

UNFPA is seeking to hire an experienced local consultancy firm – based in Egypt - to develop a baseline evaluation prior to implementation to provide substantive input to programme design, formulation, and implementation. The evaluation will guide the delivery of the programme based on the preliminary M&E framework.

* Overall objective of the consultancy:

The requested study builds on existing UNFPA results achieved through various strategic partnerships, and paves the way to a new joint program supported by USAID whereby UNFPA (as lead agency) in partnership with UN Women are launching a new five-year programme with two main components:
a) strengthening the enabling environment for the prevention of all forms of GBVAW/G, including through increased engagement of civil society organizations (CSOs) and private sector as an active agent of prevention in their communities; and
b) Adapting and supporting the scale up of proven national and local services and interventions that prevent, protect, and respond to GBVAW/G through a coordinated response and integrated quality of care under the existing national referral pathways.

● Outputs / Deliverable(s) of this consultancy Please see detailed deliverables attached as Annex II
- Assess the status of violence against women in the target communities.
- Identify the critical factors limiting prevention and response to all forms of GBV against women and girls.
- Map key stakeholders of GBV against women and girls in the target communities.
- Develop a monitoring and reporting system for the project.
- Provide indicator baseline values i.e. establish benchmarks for outcomes and outputs.
- Recommend thematic and geographical areas of intervention, based on needs-assessment, that are most likely to simultaneously strengthen an enabling environment for the prevention of all forms of GBV against women and girls, and support the scale up of proven national and local services and interventions that prevent, protect, and respond to GBV against women and girl through a coordinated response and integrated quality of care under the existing national referral pathways

● Timing / Schedule : Contract duration: From: end of October 2023- To: February 2024

Instructions for submission
Proposals should be prepared based on the guidelines set forth in Section III attached, along with a properly filled out and signed price quotation form, and are to be sent by email to the contact person indicated below no later than: Thursday 26 October 2023, 14:00 Cairo local Time to the following Email address : egypt.tenders@unfpa.org