Request for Proposal

B-SkillFUL Tracer Study 2019

This Request for Proposal (RfP) describes in Part (A) the minimum eligibility criteria to participate in

the RfP, content of the proposal, evaluation criteria of the proposal, timeline of the RfP process and

submission guidelines for the proposal. Part (B) provides an introduction to the project, scope and

objective of the study, roles & responsibilities of the applicant and the project in the study, deliverables

by the applicant and tentative timeline for the study.

PART A

Part A shall ensure uniformity of proposals submitted by all applicants and transparency of the

evaluation process.

A. Minimum eligibility criteria

a. Applicants are legally registered research organisations in Bangladesh. Applicants must

present the relevant legal documents, such as e.g. trade license, NGOAB registration,

Department of Social Welfare registration, tax identification number, VAT registration,

etc.

b. Applicants must have experience in conducting similar relevant studies as required under

this RfP, preferably in the field of skills development for the informal sector.

c. Applicants must have expertise with application of mobile data collection tools, e.g. Kobo

Toolbox, Open Data Kit, Survey CTO, others.

B. Content of the proposal

The following table prescribes the structure of the proposal to be submitted:

Section

#

Description Page Limit/ Comments

1 Technical Proposal

1.1 Understanding of the assignment

This section must explain the applicant’s understanding

with regards to the B-SkillFUL project and the work to be

undertaken under this study. For details, please go to

https://www.swisscontact.org/en/home.html

B-SkillFUL

Max 2 page

Annex 3

1.2 Competency of the applicant

This section outlines the applicant’s relevant qualifications

and experiences to undertake this study.

Max 2 pages

See template provided in

Annex 7

2

Section

#

Description Page Limit/ Comments

The applicant shall include brief descriptions (3 to 5) of

similar recent studies conducted and the names of the

different clients.

1.3 Study methodology

This section describes how the applicant will achieve the

objective of the study. It shall describe the proposed

methodology to i) reach the target groups, ii) for sampling,

iii) data collection/ cleaning/ analysing and iv) information

generation and presentation. Sampling shall be done to

achieve statistically meaningful figures (margin of error and

confidence level). See methodology described in Part B.

This section must also elaborate how the applicant intends

to ensure data quality and authenticity.

For this study, use of a mobile data collection tool is

mandatory.

Max 4 pages

Annex 3 provides an

overview of the target

groups and population as

a basis for the proposal.

1.4 Proposed work plan

In this section the applicant must provide a Gantt chart with

the tentative timelines (weekly interval) for the tasks.

Max 1 page

1.5 Team Composition

Under this section, the applicant must provide a summary

of the qualifications, experiences and roles of the core team

members proposed for this study. Use template in Annex 4

for this.

The applicant must also add the CVs of the core team

members. Use template in Annex 5 for this.

Summary and CVs of enumerators are not required.

Summary (Annex 4)

should not exceed 2

pages.

Each CV (Annex 5) should

not exceed 2 pages.

2 Financial Proposal (Budget)

The applicant must provide a detailed budget breakdown in

line with the template in Annex 6 (a separate Excel sheet).

The applicant may add more budget lines if required.

Max 2 pages

3 Any other remarks Max 1 page

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C. Evaluation criteria of the proposal

Proposal which do not adhere to the prescribed structure, templates and the page limits mentioned

in Part A above will be disqualified.

The weights of the sections in the proposal are as follows:

# Description Weight

1 Technical Proposal

1.1 Understanding of the assignment 10%

1.2 Competency of the research organisation & Team Composition 10%

1.3 Methodology and Sampling strategy 35%

1.4 Proposed work plan 5%

1.5 Team Composition 20%

2 Financial Proposal (Budget) 20%

D. Timeline of the RfP process

# Activities Tentative

deadline

1 Queries1, if any, on the RFP received from applicants 14 May 2019

2 Response to queries provided by Swisscontact on company website 16 May 2019

3 Proposals are submitted by the applicants 26 May 2019

4 Shortlisted applicants are notified 29 May 2019

5 Contract with applicant signed 09 June 2019

6 Study completed 31 August 2019

E. Submission guidelines

Proposals must be written in English and submitted in hard copies and soft copies. Both hard and soft

copies must reach Swisscontact by 26 May 2019, 05:00 pm. Any application received after the deadline

will be disqualified.

a) Hard copies of proposals must be submitted to:

Mr. Mostafizur Rahman

Coordinator – Admin, Finance, External Relations, B-SkillFUL

Swisscontact Bangladesh

House 19, Road 11, Baridhara, Dhaka‐1212, Bangladesh

The envelope must be marked with “Name of the applicant” and “B-SkillFUL Tracer Study 2019”.

1 Queries will have to made via email. No query will be answered over telephone. After assimilating all queries from all

applicants, Swisscontact will upload the answers on company website on 16 May 2019.

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The Financial Proposal shall be contained in a separate sealed envelope within the main envelop and

marked with “Name of the applicant” and “B-SkillFUL Tracer Study 2019 - Financial Proposal”

b) Soft copies of the proposals must be submitted by email to:

bd.bskillful@swisscontact.org

The subject line in the email must mention “Name of the applicant” and B-SkillFUL Tracer Study

2019”.

The Technical Proposal and the Financial Proposal must be submitted as separate attachments to the

email. The files should be named:

“Name of the applicant” and “B-SkillFUL Tracer Study 2019 – Technical Proposal” (file in PDF format)

“Name of the applicant” and “B-SkillFUL Tracer Study 2019 - Financial Proposal” (file in PDF and Excel

format)

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PART B

Introduction Building Skills for Unemployed and Under Employed Labour (B-SkillFUL) project of Swisscontact aims

to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of poor2 and disadvantaged3 men and women by

increasing their access to labour market and enhancing their incomes, while safeguarding their

fundamental rights at work. The project is jointly funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and

Cooperation (SDC) and the European Union (EU). Since its start on 01 November 2015, the project has

been operational for almost 4 years; it will end 31 January 2020.

Since 01 November 2015 to the present, B-SkillFUL project has facilitated institution-based training

for nearly 35,000 poor and disadvantaged men and women through partnerships with 30 TSPs in 6

districts of Bangladesh. Subsequently, more than 2,900 informal small/ micro/ cottage enterprises

(henceforth called informal enterprises) collaborated with the TSPs to provide the trainees with one-

month Workplace Based Training (WBT). These training programmes are of short duration (96 hours,

192 hours and 360 hours, including WBT) and result in semi-skilled workers in 19 occupations.

Although WBT enhances practical skills of trainees it is known that working conditions in informal

enterprises are in most cases far from decent. Since November 2015 to present, the project sensitised

informal enterprises collaborating4 with the TSPs for WBT regarding decent working conditions,

through the Informal Sector Industry Skills Council (IS-ISC), Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce

and Industry (BWCCI) and National Association of Small & Cottage Industries of Bangladesh (NASCIB).

This sensitisation was done during 60 workshops in which key persons of the informal enterprises

were made aware about basic issues of Labour Rights and Decent Work (LRDW). Subsequent to the

workshops, IS-ISC followed up with these enterprises to encourage and support them with making

improvements.

Scope of the study The study comprises of two tiers. Tier 1 will focus entirely on the graduates of the training programmes

while Tier 2 will focus on the informal enterprises which benefitted from the LRDW workshops and

provided WBT to the trainees. A short account of both Tiers is presented below for better

understanding:

Tier 1

A tracer study titled Tracer Graduate 2017 was commissioned in November 2017, which randomly

sampled 759 male and female graduates form a population of 9,915 graduates who completed

training in the period between November 2015 and October 2017; for simplicity this time range is

called Cohort 1. Results pertaining to training, employment, income and LRDW (practice and

knowledge) were collected during the study.

2 Men and women living under USD 1.9 per person per day. 3 The group of poor (as per footnote 1) who are either Differently abled Persons (DAP), women, religious minority, ethnic

minority or a combination of these. 4 Besides enterprises that have been collaborating with TSPs for WBT, others did also benefit from these workshops

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By the end of April 2019, B-SkillFUL project will have completed more than 3 years of operations.

About 23,000 additional trainees will have graduated during the period from November 2017 to

present; this period is called Cohort 2.

The tracer study is expected to capture the level change in the wellbeing of the population of

graduates from Cohort 1; see Annex 1 for indicators of wellbeing. For Cohort 2, the tracer is expected

to measure results pertaining to training, employment, income and LRDW (practice and knowledge)

for the population of graduates of Cohort 2.

Tier 2

In the year 2017, B-SkillFUL conducted the baseline study titled Assessing Current Status of Labour

Rights and Decent Work in Informal Enterprises among 384 informal enterprises in the 6 project

districts. The study covered the elements of LRDW defined by the project, see Annex 2. As of now,

more than 2,900 informal enterprises have benefitted from the project’s workshops to promote LRDW

and its follow-up support and many of those have collaborated with the TSPs for WBT.

The tracer study is intended to measure the impact on the LRDW performance in the informal

enterprise which benefitted from the LRDW support under the project.

Geographic locations:

Data will have to be collected from the six project districts both for Tier 1 and Tier 2.

Objective of the Study The overall objective of the study is to assess changes in wellbeing, income and employment status

of the B-SkillFUL trainees, and improvement in LRDW practice and knowledge among informal

enterprises.

Specifically, the study should answer the following question:

Tier 1

For Cohort 1

1. What is the percentage of graduates who have experienced a change in their wellbeing

compared to their baseline?

What wellbeing indicators have changed and how much?

The project collects baseline data on household level wellbeing when enrolling trainees and

this data is available.

Sex segregated information is required.

For Cohort 2

1. What percentage of graduates have completed training (classroom-based and workplace-

based)?

Sex segregated results are required.

2. What percentage of graduates have received certificates?

Sex segregated data is required.

3. What percentage of graduates are employed?

What is the monthly income of those employed?

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The project wants to see whether training adds any value to the income for the graduates

compared to those who receive employment without training.

Sex segregated results are required.

4. For those who completed training (graduates) and have been employed for more than 6

months, what percentage of them are earning a monthly income of BDT 5000 or more?

Sex segregated results are required.

5. For graduates in employed in enterprises who have attended LRDW awareness workshops

organised by the project, what percentage of them perceive that their employers are trying to

improve or have improved LRDW conditions (see Annex 2 for elements of LRDW as per project’s

definition), and in what areas?

Sex segregated results are required.

6. What percentage of graduates can recall the contents of LRDW (see Annex 2 for elements of

LRDW as per project’s definition)?

Sex segregated results are required.

Tier 2

1. What is the percentage of informal enterprises sensitised on LRDW under the project that

demonstrate a better understanding5 of LRDW compared to baseline data?

2. What is the percentage of informal enterprises trained in LRDW under the project that have

made LRDW improvements?

What LRDW improvement have they made?

What are the reasons they made improvements and if they did not- why not?

3. What proportion of informal enterprises that have cooperated with TSPs for WBT have

retained WBT trainees as permanent employees?

What are the reasons informal enterprises retained trainees as workers and if they did not-

why not?

4. What are the experiences of informal enterprises, TSPs and implementing partners of LRDW

component (BWCCI, NASCIB and IS-ISC) with regards to the LRDW intervention?

How could the intervention it be remodelled for better impact in future project phases?

5. What proportion of workers in informal enterprises that have participated in LRDW awareness

workshops are experiencing better working conditions?

Methodology The study is expected to be quantitative and qualitative. The applicant is expected to finalise the

methodology, develop survey questionnaire and develop a workplan. This is to be followed with a

pretesting of questionnaires in anyone of the targeted districts. The results from the pretesting should

5 Earlier the project conducted a baseline study where it measured the level of understanding of LRDW among informal

enterprises. The data from this study is to be compared with those from the baseline to assess if understanding of LRDW has

improved.

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be reviewed with the project staff, and revised. Subsequently, the organisation will collect survey data

based on the revised questionnaire. At this stage, only qualitative data will be collected both for Tier

1 and Tier 2. Once the survey data is analysed and findings presented to the project, the research

organisation is expected to develop qualitative questionnaire based on the feedback received from

the project. At this stage, the organisation will collect qualitative data (with special emphasis on

Objective 3 and 4 of Tier 2) and incorporate the findings in the draft reports. Separate draft reports

will be provided for Tier 1 and Tier 2. In addition, another report will be provided comprising the

qualitative aspects of LRDW. Based on the feedback from the project on the draft reports, final reports

(separate for Tier 1, Tier 2 and the qualitative report on LRDW) is to be submitted.

Analysis Presentation of findings are expected to answer the question in Objective of the Study. Narratives

should explain the results rather than simply describing what can be understood from graphs or tables.

Narratives can also be used to explain numerical results based on relevant findings from the qualitative

data collection.

Use of specific and unambiguous terminology is essential. Expressions like “a handful of”, “majority”

or “most of the respondents” are discouraged while explaining quantitative results. Rather specific

terms like “45 percent” and “3 out of 11” are encouraged. “Majority” and “most” can be used to

present qualitative results where it is not possible to quantify the responses at individual level, e.g. a

FDG or a Group Survey.

Statistically relevant explanations are expected. This is especially true for sex segregated results. The

parameters for statistical significance (probability or p-value) must be explained in the methodology,

along with other parameters of sampling like confidence level and margin of error.

The analysis is also expected to identify whether the following correlations exists:

Tier 1

a. Type of employment (wage, self) and level of improvement in wellbeing

b. Sex and level of improvement in wellbeing

c. Level of post-training income and level of improvement in wellbeing

d. Level of academic education before training and choice of occupation (Female and Male type,

see Annex 3) for training

e. Level of education before training and rate of training completion

f. Level of education before training and post-training income

g. Duration of training (in hours) and level of post-training income

h. Duration of training (in hours) and rate of training completion

i. Type of district (rural, semi-urban, urban) and level of post-training income

j. Occupation and level of post-training income

k. Sex and choice of occupation (Female and Male type, see Annex 3)

l. Sex and level of post-training income

m. Type of training (with WBT and without WBT) and time required to find employment

n. Choice of occupation and time required to find employment

o. Level of education before training and ability to recall contents of LRDW

Tier 2

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a. Level of education of enterprise owner and level of improvement in understanding of LRDW

b. Size of enterprise (capital, number of workers) and level of improvement in understanding of

LRDW

c. Size of enterprise (capital, number of workers) and level of improvement in LRDW practice

d. Type of occupation (Female and Male type, see Annex 3) and level of improvement in LRDW

practice

e. Size of enterprise (capital, number of workers) and proportion of workers experiencing better

working conditions after their employer has attended LRDW promotional workshop

Roles and responsibilities

Tasks of the applicant

a. Clarify the ToR with the project

b. Study relevant project documents (progress reports, tracer and baseline studies, data, others)

c. Clarify the questions and survey methodology including sampling and attribution strategy with

the project and finalise methodology

d. Develop a revised workplan and get approval from the project

e. Develop questionnaires (English and if required Bangla) and get approval from the project

f. Conduct pretesting of questionnaire in one of the six districts

g. Present the findings of the pretesting to the project and revise the questionnaire based on

feedback from the project

h. Orient the enumerators on questionnaires and data collection process

i. Collect, clean and analyse data

j. Present first findings in PPT to and receive feedback from the project

k. Provide draft report (separate for Tier 1 and Tier 2) to and receive feedback from the project

l. Finalise report (separate for Tier 1 and Tier 2) and submit it to the project

m. Keep the project informed about the progress of the survey (means to be decided jointly with

project)

Tasks of the project

a. Clarify the ToR with the research organisation

b. Provide relevant project documents (progress reports, tracer and baseline studies, data,

others) to the applicant

c. Clarify the questions and survey methodology including sampling and attribution strategy with

the applicant

d. Review and approve the workplan of the applicant

e. Review and approve the questionnaires of the applicant

f. Support the applicant in conducting pretesting

g. Host presentation of pretesting findings, provide feedback (if any) and approve the revised

questionnaire

h. Support orientation of enumerators

i. Support data collection, cleaning and analysis

j. Host the presentation of findings and provide feedback

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k. Review draft report and provide feedback

l. Approve the final report

m. Keep informed about the progress of the survey (means to be decided jointly with the

applicant)

Deliverables by the applicant # Deliverables Tentative deadlines

1. Approved Work plan To be defined with

applicant later 2. Presentation on pretesting results (PPT)

3. Approved questionnaires6 (in English and Bangla)

4. Presentation of first findings (PPT)

5. Draft report (separate for Tier 1 and Tier 2)

6. Final report7 in hard and soft copies (separate for Tier 1 and Tier 2)

It will also include all supporting information such as voice

recordings and notes from discussions, data in CSV format and other

materials used as source of information or data.

Tentative timeline for the study The tentative timeline for the study is from June to August 2019.

6 This questionnaire is the final one which has been revised based on project’s feedback during the presentation of pretesting

results.

7 An outline of the final report along with page limits have been provided in Annex 8.

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Annex 1: Wellbeing measurement framework

Referring to the OECD documents on measuring wellbeing (2011 and 2013), and because it is not

possible for the project to look at an extensive number of indicators, the B-SkillFUL project has chosen

the most relevant indicators of ‘wellbeing’ for the project’s beneficiaries. Since indicators might

overlap for individuals and households, the measurement of ‘wellbeing’ will be conducted on

household (HH) level8. The following indicators for ‘wellbeing’ were chosen by the project:

Dimensions Issues to consider under

dimensions

Suggested indicators

Personal Work and life balance • No. of hours spent in leisure (e.g. with family,

vacation etc.) /with family

Health status • No. of visits paid to the doctor

• Types of treatment sought9

Housing Quality • Amount spent in housing (rent or repair)

• No. of people sharing one room (check for

overcrowding)

Social Status in family and

society

• Improved relationship within family and society (e.g.

participation in decision making, attending social

events etc.)

Economic Consumption

expenditure

• Amount spent on food10

• Amount spent on durable consumer goods (e.g. TV,

Radio, Mobile Phone, Bicycle)

• Amount on debt repayment/savings

• Amount spent on educating other family member(s)

such as younger siblings, children etc.

8 HH level- graduates will be asked about HH level information. In case graduates live separately, they should be probed both

about themselves and their households.

9 When HHs have less money for doctors, they often go to quacks which result in ill treatment of patients

10 This will be food expenditure spent on an average in the last few months to understand the change in household food

consumption

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Annex 2: Elements of LRDW B-SkillFUL has developed a list of 10 questions in order to identify the LRDW status of enterprises.

These questions were developed based on the decent work agenda promoted by ILO and approved

by SDC. The questions are listed as follows:

1. Does the enterprise issue job contracts for their employees as a regular practice?

2. Does the enterprise pay minimum wage (Tk 3,000 per month)?

3. Does the enterprise provide at least one day as weekly holiday as a regular practice?

4. a. Does the enterprise limit working hours within legal limit (8+2 hours)?

b. Does the Enterprise provide extra payment for overtime work?

5. a. Does the enterprise assess the safety need of their employees?

b. Does the enterprise provide necessary personal protective equipment (PPE)?

6. Do the employees have means to evacuate during emergency such as, fire?

7. Does the enterprise pay equal wage to men and women for equal work as a regular practice?

8. a. Is the work environment free of physical threats?

b. Does the enterprise deposit security money/certificates of their employees?

9. Do the employees have rights to raise voice for their rights at work?

10. Does the enterprise use child labour (age below 14)?

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Annex 3: Project progress11 (up to 30 April 2019)

For Tier 1

District-wise progress

District-wise graduates up to October 2017 Female Male Total

Bogura 1387 1118 2505

Dinajpur 756 584 1340

Gazipur 1048 1128 2176

Jashore 306 259 565

Joypurhat 542 767 1309

Tangail 695 1325 2020

Total 4734 5181 9915

District-wise graduates from November 2017 to April 2019

Bogura 1829 1617 3446

Dinajpur 893 900 1793

Gazipur 5861 2968 8829

Jashore 1587 1901 3488

Joypurhat 568 764 1332

Tangail 1486 1852 3338

Total 12224 10002 22226

Grand Total 16958 15183 32141

Occupation-wise progress

Occupation-wise graduates up to October 2017

Type of

Occupation Female Male Total

Beautician Female 815 0 815

Block Batik Printer Female 566 19 585

Carpenter Male 14 146 160

Consumer Electronics Technician Male 0 45 45

Electrical House Wiring Technician Male 9 1631 1640

Garments Machine Operator Female 1171 115 1286

Hand Embroiderer Female 40 0 40

Jute Bag and Box Maker Female 15 0 15

Kathchupi Fitter Female 240 0 240

Machine Embroiderer Female 75 15 90

Mobile Phone Technician Male 94 1375 1469

Motor Cycle Mechanic Male 2 538 540

Plumber and Pipe Fitter Male 0 405 405

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician Male 0 125 125

Sweater Knitting Operator Male 17 133 150

11 These are tentative numbers. The final numbers may slightly change will be updated at the time of signing the contract.

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Occupation-wise graduates up to October 2017

Type of

Occupation Female Male Total

Sweater Linking Operator Female 170 170 340

Tailor Female 1506 39 1545

Welder Male 0 410 410

Electrical Installation and Maintenance Technician Male 0 15 15

4734 5181 9915

Occupation-wise graduates from November 2017 to April

2019

Type of

Occupation Female Male Total

Beautician Female 1347 0 1347

Consumer Electronics Technician Male 12 168 180

Electrical Installation and Maintenance Technician Male 1 213 214

Electrical House Wiring Technician Male 5 3488 3493

Garments Machine Operator Female 6413 1056 7469

Motor Cycle Mechanic Male 5 444 449

Plumber and Pipe Fitter Male 0 452 452

Sweater Linking Operator Female 395 393 788

Tailor Female 3247 77 3324

Welder Male 2 461 463

Block Batik Printer Female 346 19 365

Carpenter Male 0 79 79

Hand Embroiderer Female 20 0 20

Jute Bag and Box Maker Female 54 1 55

Kathchupi Fitter Female 164 0 164

Machine Embroiderer Female 88 17 105

Mobile Phone Technician Male 122 2159 2281

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician Male 2 818 820

Sweater Knitting Operator Male 1 157 158

Total 12224 10002 22226

Grand Total 16958 15183 32141

For Tier 2

# Districts Number Informal enterprises

who attended LRDW workshops

1 Bogra 612

2 Dinajpur 571

3 Gazipur 619

4 Jessore 456

5 Joypurhat 208

6 Tangail 489

Total

2955

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Annex 4: Template for Team Summary Table 1: Brief description of Core Team

# Name Role

in

this

study

Highest

educational

qualification

Years of

work

experience

relevant to

this study

Brief description of work

experience relevant to this

study

Any

other

remark

(optional)

add more rows, if needed

Annex 5: CV Template (Each CV should not exceed 2 pages)

Curriculum Vitae

Proposed Position:

Last name:

First name:

Date of Birth:

Nationality:

Summary (Bio)

Selected Educational Background

Institution:

Date:

Degree/title:

Institution:

Date:

Degree/title:

Add more rows, if needed

Selected / Relevant Professional Background

Period:

Employer:

Country:

Position:

Key Responsibilities:

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Period:

Employer:

Country:

Position:

Key Responsibilities:

Period:

Employer:

Country:

Position:

Key Responsibilities:

Add more rows, if needed

Language Skills

Language Spoken Written Read

English

Bangla

2=very good, negotiating level/2=good/3=satisfactory/4=basic knowledge

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Annex 6: Budget Template Please find the budget template in the separate excel file provided. An image of the template is

provided below for reference.

Sl. No Item Unit No of Units Unit Cost Total Cost

A B C =BXC

1 Honorarium/remuneration

1.1 Team Leader

1.2 Quantitative Expert

1.3 Qualitative Expert

1.4 Research manager/coordinator

Subtotal Honorarium/remuneration

2 Training of Enumerators

2.1 Travel allowance for Enumerators

2.2 Food cost (explain the number of person)

2.3 Training Venue (if needed)

2.4 Stationary

2.5 Others (explain)

Subtotal Training of Enumerators

3 Data collection (quantitative)

3.1

Travel allowance for Enumerators (explain number of

Enumerators)

3.2

Travel allowance for field supervisor (explain number

of supervisors)

3.3 Travel allowance for research manager/coordinator

3.4 Daily allowance for Enumerators

3.5 Daily allowance for supervisors

3.6 Daily allowance for research manager/coordinator

3.7 Accommodation for Enumerators

3.8 Accommodation for supervisors

3.9 Accommodation for research manager/supervisor

Subtotal Data collection (quantitative)

4 Data collection (qualitative)

4.1 Travel cost of qualitative expert(s)

4.2 Daily allowance for qualitative expert(s)

4.3 Accommodation of the qualitative expert(s)

4.4 Cost of arranging discussions e.g. FDG

Subtotal Data collection (qualitative)

5 Support and Logistics

5.1 Communications

5.2 Stationary expenses

5.3 Tablet rent

5.4 Subscription for mobile data platforms

5.5 Internet charges

5.6 Others (explain)

Subtotal Support and Logistics

6 Grand Total

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Annex 7: Outline of previous studies conducted Sl.

No

Title of the study Start

date

End date Objective Methodology used

(including data

collection tools and

sample size)12

Name & contact of

client

Persons from the

proposed team

involved13

1

2

3

4

5

12 Mention if the study was a qualitative or quantitative or a mix of both. Outline the number and types of study tools used, e.g. 11 FGDs, 54 KIIs, 13 in-depth interview, 1 survey involving 384 samples (male

no/female no).

13 Mention the person from the team proposed for this study and briefly outline his/her roles

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Annex 8: Outline of the Final Report Sl. No Contents Max page limit

1. Executive Summary 3

2. Background, introduction, objectives, scopes and limitation 2

3. Methodology (usage of data collection tools and techniques,

sampling, questionnaire development, pretesting, data analysis,

etc.)

2

4. Findings (narrative and graphs). Corresponding tables for graphs

should be put under annex. Tables should only be used in this

section when there is not corresponding graph associated with

them.

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5. Recommendation/ conclusion (optional) 3

6 Annexure

I. Questionnaire (Bangla and English)

II. List of respondents visited for qualitative data collection

III. Data tables associated with graphs used in findings

IV. Others

No limit