Evaluation of UNICEF Yemen’s Education Sector Plan Implementation Grant under the Global Partnership for Education (Албания - Тендер #46291796)

Description

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of [Evaluation of UNICEF Yemen’s Education Sector Plan Implementation Grant under the Global Partnership for Education]. The GPE ESPIG 2014-22 evaluation aims to ensure UNICEF’s accountability to the affected population – especially the most vulnerable – as well as GPE, as the project’s donor. It is a summative evaluation following the completion of the programme in 2022, but it also serves a formative purpose as lessons from the project may be used to scale and inform other UNICEF programming. It will document lessons learned for specific target audiences (such as UNICEF, development and humanitarian partners, donors, and the Ministry of Education) who invest in the education sector in the whole of Yemen. In addition, the evaluation will evaluate quality of delivery, while providing insights on the outcomes achieved during the project’s life, so that future programming can be designed and implemented to better serve those most vulnerable among the affected population. The evaluation is intended to document lessons learned and inform future programming for specific target audiences related to investment in the education sector. It will provide a summative evaluation of the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability, and review the quality of delivery, providing insights on the outcomes achieved, More specifically, the objectives of the evaluation are to: a. Assess UNICEF’s contributions to the effectiveness of the GPE ESPIG 2014-22 project; b. Examine UNICEF’s role as a grant agent and in the coordination of project in partnership with other key stakeholders; c. Examine UNICEF and GPE ESPIG 2014-22 project adaptations as they relate to needs of the affected population over the lifespan of the project; d. Identify lessons learned for UNICEF and partners, both in Yemen and globally, including both opportunities and challenges across Yemen and by specific geographical intervention areas; e. Examine how UNICEF’s role in the education sector under the GPE ESPIG 2014-22 project has addressed cross-cutting vulnerabilities such as gender, disability, age/educational stage, IDP status, and remote and conflict-affected geographical locations, as well as cross-cutting issues like human rights; f. Make recommendations to inform future UNICEF education and related programming in both Yemen and globally. This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.