Krivaja Area Development Programme Invitation to Tender with Instructions For Final evaluation of World Vision’s Krivaja Area Development Programme From World Vision International in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ref. Number: 00761- feb DATE Date of announcement Feb 23, 2010 Deadline for submission of tenders March 5, 2010 At 15.00 CET Address for tender submission and contact person Contact person for inquiries Contact person: Zeljko Blagojevic, Zonal Manager - Sarajevo Claudia Bade, Country Programme Coordinator Claudia_Bade@wvi.org And cc to Zeljko_Blagojevic@wvi.org Notification of award to the successful tenderer March 10, 2010 Contract signature March 15, 2010 Service commencement date (pre-assignment) from 15 March’10 for pre-reading, desk study and conduct of evaluation design/framework. Assignment in the field from 12 April to 28 May 2010 for evaluation exercise in area 1. Project to be evaluated Please see the ToR – Annex 1 2. Scope of Work The consultant shall do an interim evaluation of the programme and act as Lead Consultant for the World Vision. The consultant is expected to cover the issues as described in the ToR for the evaluation, which is attached as Annex 1. The consultant’s work should reflect the priorities of WV and take into consideration WV’s Design, Monitoring and Evaluation framework, which is attached in Annex 5. The consultant shall be responsible for practical arrangements in conjunction with the trip to Bosnia. 3. Method Introduction to tender – Krivaja ADP – Feb2010 Page 1 of 2 Krivaja Area Development Programme The consultant(s) shall carry out a desk study at first for assessing the proposal and background information and secondly meet the WV team for discussing the programme and the evaluation schedule and framework. The consultant shall have senior level experience in one or more of the following areas (preferably a combination thereof): socio-economic development, agriculture, civil-society building, and programming. The consultant shall be familiar and have experiences in working in the Balkans. A substantial part of the review shall be a field visit to the Area Development Programme (ADP), which is located in following municipalities: Han Pijesak, Sokolac and Olovo. The consultant shall contact relevant staff at World Vision in Sarajevo for background information, plans and programme information. In this respect, World Vision has prepared a ToR for the evaluation. The consultant shall be responsible for practical arrangements in conjunction with the field visits in the country although support (also in terms of programme preparation and logistics) will be provided by World Vision. The time table, work plan, data collection process (methods, tools) and evaluation matrix shall be developed by the lead evaluator and submitted to World Vision at least by 2 April 2010. 4. Budget The interested tenderers shall submit their lump sum offer, which must have respective taxes included, together with the CV of the nominated candidate for this assignment, which will include a list of relevant evaluations/reviews conducted. World Vision will make the payment to the consultants’ bank account. Please find the World Vision generic Service Contract in Annex 3 5. Reporting The Consultant shall coordinate, as the Lead Evaluator, the writing of his/her report on the World Vision programme with World Vision review team and as per Annex 5 – DME framework. 6. Selection and Criteria Proposal including budget should be sent to Claudia Bade at World Vision BiH National Office (Claudia_Bade@wvi.org with cc to Zeljko_Blagojevic@wvi.org). Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered. In case of any clarification questions, please call Zeljko Blagojevic at 00387 33 660 426. Required documents are: Cover letter; Technical proposal (max 5 pages, not including appendices), Appendix 1 - Work plan, Appendix 2 - References for this particular assignment, Appendix 3 – CV of the proposed consultant (max 3 pages) – see CV template attached); and Financial proposal. In evaluating tenders, World Vision BiH will use the Review grid (Attached as Annex 2). Award criteria will be 80% for Technical offer and 20% for the Financial offer. Please see the WV tender report template in Annex 5 Note: if all offers exceed the amount available for this evaluation, WV keep the right to reject all offers. 7. Annexes: Annexes can be downloaded from http://www.worldvision.ba/content/view/22/23/lang,en/ Introduction to tender – Krivaja ADP – Feb2010 Page 2 of 2