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Background
The USAID Effective Water Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) is a 4-year program with the main objective of strengthening the governance, financial and technical viability of five (5) State Water Boards (SWBs) in Nigeria. The five SWBs are as follows: Imo State Water and Sewerage Corporation, Taraba State Water and Sewerage Corporation, Abia State Water and Sewerage Corporation, Niger State Water and Sewage Corporation, and Delta State Urban Water Corporation.
The project is working towards achieving the following four objectives:
Specific tasks include:
1. Preparation and inception: Hold preparatory meeting to agree on protocols for the exercise.
2. Provide technical assistance on M&E Systems Strengthening for FMoWR: The following activities are outlined in the capacity building plan developed by the E-WASH program for implementation. They are merely illustrative; the consulting firm will propose and agree with E-WASH Program additional activities relevant to strengthening FMoWR M&E capacity and systems.
3. National and Subnational Databases: Establishment of operational sector monitoring and benchmarking system by developing and deploying an online real-time monitoring tool and supporting databases for electronically capturing and storing data generated for and by the M&E system, coordinated at the FMWR and all the SMWRs. The sector monitoring and benchmarking tools will be domiciled in the NAWIS existing hardware infrastructure, which should be interoperable with the existing WASHIMS.
4. Support Human Capacity for M&E
5. Strengthen Governance, Partnership and Coordination
6. Organization M&E Plan
7. Advocacy, Communication, and Cultural Behavior
8. Routine Monitoring: Support for the development of frameworks and mechanisms for routine monitoring.
9. Surveys and Surveillance: Support for the establishment of a survey and surveillance inventory, protocols for surveys and surveillance and a functioning surveillance system.
10. Supervision and Auditing: Support the establishment of a data quality assessment, audit and supportive supervision protocol.
11. Evaluation and Research: Support for the establishment of protocols, inventories and databases for institutions, organizations and bodies undertaking research and evaluations for Water Resources.
12. Data Demand and Use: Support for the development of an organizational data use plan, dissemination of information products protocol and data analysis and presentation guidelines for the FMWR.
This shall be implemented within 90 working days (Tentatively from November 23rd-14 th April 2020)
Eligibility/Criteria for Selection
Interested Consulting firm/Institute should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform this short technical assistance. The short-listing criteria will include:
Submit an expression of interest with acceptable methodology for carrying out the assignment as defined in the statement of work. The EOI should contain details of similar assignment performed;
Only shortlisted Consultants/firm shall be given a Request for Proposal that contains the detailed Statement of Work.
Interested and qualified consulting firms/M&E institutes/Data Science Institutes are invited to submit detailed proposals outlining among others the following:
Interested Bidders must submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) to the undersigned not later than 3 rd November 2020
Submission Guidelines
EOI should be in English and not exceed three (4) pages (excluding annex referred above). Any EOI with more than 4 pages will not be considered at all. Firms will be shortlisted based on the above criteria, USAID E-WASH Program
Solutions Plaza One, 1 st Floor, 23 Ibrahim Tahir Lane, Cadastral Zone B05, Utako, Abuja, Nigeria Tel No: 0908 644 9999
Expressions of interest should be submitted via email to stta@ewash.rti.org
Applicants should indicate the reference number (RTI/EWASH/EOI/10/2020.) USAID E-WASH – STRENGTHENING MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS FOR FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES in the subject line. SUBMISSION OF HARD COPY IS OPTIONAL BUT ENCOURAGED
Attention: The Chief of Party,
USAID E-WASH Program
Solutions Plaza One, 1 st Floor
23 Ibrahim Tahir Lane, Cadastral Zone B05, Utako
Abuja, Nigeria
Office: +234 908 644 9999
Disclaimer: Issuance of this call does not constitute an award commitment on the part of E- WASH nor commit the project to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of an
EOI. Further, E-WASH reserves the right to reject any or all EOI received. Similarly, an invitation for further negotiation or to submit a full application is not a commitment to fund that application.
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