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Save the Children UK
RFP_Summer 2015
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Submission deadline: 28th August, 2015 – 17:00hrs
Request for Proposal
For:
Independent EvaluationOf the Stop Diarrhoea Initiative
Save the Children UK
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview of Save the Children Save the Children is a global charity comprised of 30 international member organisations operating in over 120 countries. Save the Children UK (SCUK) is one of the 30 member organisations.
We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
Our vision
Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
Our mission
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Our values
AccountabilityWe take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners and, most of all, children.
AmbitionWe are demanding of ourselves and our colleagues, set high goals and are committed to improving the quality of everything we do for children.
CollaborationWe respect and value each other, thrive on our diversity, and work with partners to leverage our global strength in making a difference for children.
CreativityWe are open to new ideas, embrace change, and take disciplined risks to develop sustainable solutions for and with children.
IntegrityWe aspire to live to the highest standards of personal honesty and behaviour; we never compromise our reputation and always act in the best interests of children.
Save the Children UK (SCUK) is one of the 30 member organisations. We currently employ 1,100 staff, the majority of whom are located in our Farringdon head office, and we have 5 regional offices in the UK. There are a number of staff who are located overseas, as well as our Emergency Response Personnel who work overseas on regular basis.
We are committed to ensuring our resources are used as efficiently as possible, in order that we can focus them on achieving maximum impact for children.
1.2 Contract Overview Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death in children under 5 in developing countries. Every year, 567,000 children under the age of five die needlessly from diarrhoea.
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To tackle the challenge Reckitt Benkisser (RB) and Save the Children UK (SCUK) launched a ground-breaking and sustainable ‘Stop Diarrhoea’ programme focused on diarrhoea prevention, control and treatment in Pakistan, Nigeria and India. It is a five year programme running in three countries as follows
Pakistan: 1st November 2014 to 31st October 2018; Nigeria 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2018; India: 1st April 2015- 31st March 2019;
The partnership brings together RB’s expertise in product development and research capabilities with Save the Children’s long experience of delivering life-saving treatments on the ground. RB is developing key affordable sanitation products that will help save lives and improve children’s chances of avoiding and surviving diarrhoea in some of the poorest parts of the world.
In order to evidence the impact of our work in tackling diarrhoea, we intend to contract with an independent organisation to research and evaluate the programmes. The expected contract duration is from 15 st
September 2015 to 31st March 2019.
2. Instructions for biddingBidders are requested to complete Section 4 and return this document to Seema Sethi at SCUK.
If any information or supporting documentation is not easily inserted into this document, bidders are welcome to return separate documentation, clearly indicating which section it corresponds to.
Issue Date: 15th July 2015
Response period: 3 weeks now extended until end of August 2015
Deadline for submission: 28h August, 2015 – 17:00hrs
Please submit this document with the relevant sections completed via email (no hard copies required) to: [email protected]
Applications will be reviewed as they come in and the process will immediately close once a suitable provider is identified.
The Selection Panel
All proposals will be evaluated by a panel from the Programme Policy and Quality department.
Tendering Timescales
Activity Date
Request for Proposal issued 15Th July, 2015
Deadline for submissions 28th August, 2015 – 17:00hrs
Interviews with short listed bidders 7th – 11th September, 2015
Award of contract 31st September 2015
Contract start date No later than 15th October 2015
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3. specification of requirements
SCUK in partnership with Reckitt Benkisser seeks to engage an independent research organisation to independently evaluate its flagship partnership programme - Stop Diarrhoea Initiative’ - focused on diarrhoea prevention, control and treatment in Pakistan, Nigeria and India. We are seeking a team to assess the belief that engaging corporate partners in a different way can better meet the health and well-being needs of people in vulnerable and fragile contexts, that these improvements are measurable, that they offer good value for money, and that they contribute to the two partner organisations behaving differently and with potentially better results.
The key requirements are for the research organisation to:
Act as an independent evaluation manager, providing detailed technical guidance and quality assurance to local research partners in each of the three countries;
Design a robust multi-country impact evaluation to assess the partnership’s impact on tackling diarrhea.
Establish our partnership’s added value and collate data to influence thinking, policies and practice in the Save-RB Partnership, Save The Children movement, external organizations including peers and private sector entities.
To collect and communicate key lessons from our direct and indirect intervention
Full details of the requirement are set out in the Appendix 1 – Terms of Reference.
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4. Bidder’s response All bidders are required to complete the Expression of interest form. Selection will be based on comprehensive responses using the appropriate form and adhering to the indicated word limits.
4.1 General InformationOrganisation Name:
Contact Address:
Country:
Contact Phone : (+ ) Type of OrganisationMain Contact Person
Contact E-mail address (mandatory):
4.2 Proposed Team Members Qualifications4.2.1 Please indicate your qualifications, skills and experience in the proposed area? (Please indicate each team member, their role in this review and their qualifications and competencies. Insert any additional rows if required.) (250 words)
Proposed Team member Role in this Evaluation Qualifications and Competencies
4.2.2 List up to 5 recent complex/multicounty evaluations or research that you and or your team members have undertaken.
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Evaluation/Review Description (specificy if it was covering single, multiple themes, single or multiple countries plus any relevant information that can demonstrate your competencies) (100 words per row max)
Total Programme Value evaluated (£GBP)
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Section 4.3: Evaluation Protocol4.3.1 What will be your approach for each of the following four components of this evaluation? In your response clearly articulate
- how you will address the evaluation questions proposed in the TORs and identify additional questions for us to consider
- your data collection plan and core methods4.3.1.1 To act as an independent evaluation manager, ensure quality control and collect robust data at global level to establish
the impact of the intervention. (up to 1000words)
4.3.1.2 Design a robust multi-country impact evaluation to assess the partnership’s impact on tackling diarrhoea, and act as an independent evaluation manager, providing detailed technical guidance and quality assurance to local research partners in each of the three countries; (Please specifically address how you will recruit local evaluators or current affiliations in Pakistan, Nigeria and India to undertake country level evaluation) (up to 2000words)
4.3.1.3 To establish our partnership’s added value and collate data to influence thinking, policies and practice in the Save-RB Partnership, Save The Children movement, external organizations including peers and private sector entities. (up to 1000words)
4.3.1.4 To collect and communicate key lessons on the transformative effect of our approach(es)(up to 1000words)
4.3.2 Data analysis techniques (What is your plan for analysing the data collected through this evaluation. Explain all analysis that you intend to undertake and who from your team will be responsible for different elements of data analysis) (1250words)
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4.3.4 Storage of data (How will data collected be organised and stored for future use?) (500words)
Section 4.4 Project ScheduleIn the table below, explain the key stages you’ll go through to deliver the expected outputs defined in the TOR by the expected date.
*Please insert additional rows if required
ACTIVITY Start Date End Date Expected Output
Please enter any explanatory remarks below:
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Section 4.5 Additional Information4.5.1 Use this space to include any additional information that may not be captured by the above headings (750words)
Section 4.6 Budget Summary* A detailed budget will be requested for shortlisted candidates.
Overall Budget Summary
Heading Total (£) % of total
Objective 1: Global Level Evaluation and overall Management
Objective 2: 3xCountry Level Evaluations and Quality Control
Objective 3: Establishing partnership’s added value
Objective 4: Learning, Communications and Publications
Other Costs (Specify Below)
Total
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5. Engagement & payment
As a donor funded body SCUK is committed to ensuring our resources are used as efficiently as possible, in order that we can focus them on achieving maximum impact for children and that our arrangements with third party suppliers represent value for money. We expect this approach to be demonstrated from any contractor we do business with. We will contract with the successful bidder on SCUK’s standard contract for services, which can be forwarded to bidders upon request.
SCUK will endeavour to support the bidder during its contract and ensure they have: access to the relevant people and information (within sensitive limits) any opportunity for open reviews to ensure smooth running of project
It is SCUK policy to pay for work in arrears using our 30 day payment terms.
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