Avis d’appel d’offres : Évaluation finale du projet “Accelerating nutrition result in Nigeria”.

 

 

 

 

Purpose of the Evaluation

Plan International is seeking to procure the services of an evaluation team to conduct a mixed-methods, gender-sensitive endline evaluation for the ANRiN project which is in its final year of implementation. The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the success of project’s objectives and explore reasons why change occurred for the project participants and other stakeholders.

The evaluation will be forward looking and will identify lessons learned and good practices, and provide recommendations both for accountability towards the funder, the World Bank, and for informing future intervention models and delivery approaches of Plan International and its partners. The main focus of the evaluation is to demonstrate evidence of outcome level change and the associated barriers and enablers for various stakeholders. The consultant will be responsible for collecting and analysing data/information to address specific evaluation questions and sub-questions.

Evaluation Questions:

The final evaluation will largely focus on the Development Assistant Committee (DAC) evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability and will specifically address the following evaluation questions. These questions help define the scope and focus of the evaluation process; however, the successful bidder will be expected to work with the Project Management Team to review and revise these questions as appropriate at the outset of the evaluation.

  1. Impact and Quality
    1. To what extent has the project been effective in achieving its intended outcomes/what are the key outcomes/most significant changes for the different stakeholder groups of the project?
    2. What were the major drivers and barriers influencing the achievement or non-achievement of intended outcomes? Has there been any differential results across stakeholder groups and if so, why?
    3. What worked and didn’t work about Plan International’s approaches to achieving the intended outcomes (training, supervision, logistics, security, monitoring etc.)
    4. To what extent has the project been effective in improving the knowledge and practices of pregnant and lactating women on appropriate maternal and infant feeding? To what extent has the project been successful in shifting knowledge and practice of husbands, partners, fathers and community members regarding the health of pregnant and lactating women?
    5. What value has the project added to the lives of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) and Mother to Mother facilitators (MTMs) with regards to their socio-economic status, technical skills, agency and self-confidence and beyond?
  2. Equity of Service delivery
    1. Was the selection of target communities and populations done equitably and inclusively (consider age, gender, ethnicity, location etc.)? Did the commercial angle of the project influence these decisions?
    2. What do we know about the acceptance and uptake of BPNS services/interventions? Has there been any differential results across project participant groups and if so, why?
    3. Were feedback mechanisms for service users utilized effectively and were complaints and feedback acted upon?
    4. Did the project contribute to transforming unequal gender-based power relations? How and to what extent? What were the barriers to change?
  3. Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness
    1. To what extent has the strategies, interventions, and implementation approaches of the project been effective in making nutrition services more accessible to the target population?
    2. What has been the contribution of the different entities of Plan International- Niger team, Abuja Country Office, and UK National Office- and its partners in delivering this project? What could be changed in future programmes?
    3. With consideration to the commercial component of the project, how efficient were the project management processes (risk management, resourcing, procurement, monitoring etc.) at different stages of the project life-cycle?
    4. How well did the project adapt to changing contexts over the course of the project (e.g. security situation, MIS – World Bank back End challenges) and utilise lessons learned from implementation of the interventions? What was the impact of these adaptations on different stakeholders?
  4. Sustainability
    1. To what extent were programmatic activities designed and implemented in a participatory and empowering manner with the key stakeholders?
    2. Did the programme enhance local ownership and capacity at the systemic level?

Scope of Work

The evaluation questions/sub questions will be refined and agreed upon by Plan and the Consultant as part of the inception phase of the endline evaluation. It is anticipated that the evaluation will have three elements or components:

1. Quantitative data collection and analysis

2. Qualitative data collection and analysis

3. Consolidation of lessons learned

The consultant is expected to combine the findings from the quantitative and qualitative data components into a final evaluation report. The report should also include relevant recommendations. The lesson learnt and good practices report could be an appendix to the endline evaluation report or a separate document – to be decided at inception. The report should also provide clear and concise recommendations and key lessons concerning the approaches used to achieve intended and unintended results on the project.

The study will be largely conducted among the participants reached by the project. Overall, the consultant will be responsible for detailing the methodology for carrying out the quantitative and qualitative data collection, refining/adopting the KAP survey tools for use in the endline evaluation, developing data collection tools and translating them if required, analysis plan, training and supervising data collectors, managing the data collection process, analysing, reporting and presenting data, detailing a plan for dissemination of study findings, and detailing aspects of quality assurance/ethical considerations (Safeguarding Children and Youth People Policy, informed consent).

How to apply

Submissions should be sent to [email protected] on or before 31st July, 2023 5:00pm referencing “End-line Evaluation ANRiN in the subject line.

A proposal detailing the technical and financial aspects for the Endline evaluation (with consultant’s understanding of the assignment, a clear reporting format, consultant(s)’ up to date CVs, detailed study cost) should be submitted.

All proposals must include the following details:

  • A proposed evaluation matrix
  • Proposed methodology and justification
  • How the consultant will ensure quality at all steps of the process
  • How analysis of each type of data will be completed
  • Implementation plan
  • Specifically, considerations for child and young people safeguarding and gender throughout the study, demonstrating what approaches will be used to ensure that child protection, safeguarding and gender considerations will be applied throughout the design and the data collection phases of the study
  • Demonstration of how the consultant (and their team) meet the qualification and experience required, as detailed above
  • Demonstration of how the consultant would addressing the project indicators.
  • At least two samples of previous, similar work done (soft copy of reports, certificate of completion or engagement letter)

The technical proposal will be evaluated based on the Quality Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) criteria:

  • The individual general reliability (in terms of previous work done etc.) as well as experience and capacity in carrying out the assignment (45%).
  • The approach in responding to the TOR and detailed work plan (30%).
  • The qualifications and competencies of the proposed personnel for the assignment (15%).
  • The proposal budget (10%)

Proposals obtaining more than 70% of the technical points will be considered technically suitable and qualify for a financial assessment.