Consultancy for Baseline Assessment of the European Union Human Development (EU HD) programme (Албания - Тендер #64848698)

Description

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Consultancy services for Baseline Assessment of the European Union Human development (EUHD) programme . BRIEF BACKGROUND Purpose: The purpose is to conduct a baseline assessment of the European Union Human Development (EU HD) programme. This will establish pre-implementation status indicators and serve as a reference point for measuring progress, performance, effectiveness, and impact throughout the programme’ s implementation. Objectives The baseline assessment aims to collect and analyze initial conditions in target areas to guide programme design, implementation, and sustainability. Specifically, it will: • Determine disaggregated qualitative and quantitative baseline values for programme performance indicators of all three components of the programme, in alignment with the EU HD programme’ s logical framework. • Assess the operational and functional status, as well as the capacity of institutional structures responsible for programme implementation at district, provincial, and national levels. • Evaluate the capacity and sustainability mechanisms at different levels to ensure long-term continuity of services provided under the EU HD programme. IMPORTANT NOTE: 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.