Request  for  Proposal

Baseline Study for “The Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Leadership and Learning (REE-CALL 2021)”

Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam’s current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women’s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response.

A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can stop poverty and suffering in their tracks. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

Oxfam in Bangladesh is going to hire a consultant (national) for Baseline Study for “The Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Leadership and Learning (REE-CALL 2021)”. We are invitng for proposal from interested consultancy firm/ individual to undertake this assignment.

The main objectives are:

• To know the present livelihood condition of poor and extreme poor people in the project location based on income/job opportunities, access to finance, linkage with market and responsible business, decision making structures, increased power and self- confident of women to challenges injustice and claim rights
• To know the present situation of gender and women leadership considering Violence Against Women Girls (VAWG), child marriage, wages of women and women mobility.
• To know the present practice of community people, how they cop-up with disaster and what they are doing for disaster preparedness.
• To know the present situation of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) situation and impacts of disaster in further degrade WASH service considering disaster and how community people engage in decision making process and community solidarity and action.
• To know the active citizenship and influencing condition and present practice of community leaders, especially how CBOs are participating in decision making process especially involving in budget preparation process of UP.
• To recommended some technology and devise related to ICT to women economic empowerment, knowledge, skills, awareness and decision making process, access to local resources and services, Community solidarity and action.
• To establish a baseline for the indicators defined by the project to measure the output and outcomes of the project.
• To recommend some measures that directly support on Women Economic Empowerment, entrepreneurship development by evidence based research.
• To identify gaps, challenges or barriers that hinder women access to market, fair price and opportunities to explore new business options in urban areas.

Please refer to the detailed TOR (Click Here) for this assignment.

Proposal submission Instruction:

The individual/firm must submit the following documents along with Technical & Financial Proposal (including VAT/TAX): The financial proposal should include 15% VAT ONLY. Oxfam will deduct 10% Income Tax at source from the agreed consultancy amount for national consultant and firms.

For Individual Consultant

• Maximum 2-page profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number along with detailed CV;
• TIN certificate and any other relevant document (if necessary).

For Consultancy Firm

• Maximum 2-page Firm profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number;
• Lead Consultant’s (who will lead the assignment) Maximum 2-page CV highlighting related assignment completed, role in of the completed assignment;
• Other Team members’ (who will involve in the assignment) one paragraph short CV highlighting related assignment completed and role;
• Firm’s Certificate, TIN and VAT registration.

Please mention the assignment title ‘‘Baseline Study for REE-CALL 2021_”in the subject line during application via below mentioned email submit following two separate pdf files -

• Financial proposal
• Technical proposal should include Cover page, Table of content, understand of the assignment (pls. don’t copy & pest), experience in handling similar assignments, a work-plan, methodology, Certificate, TIN and VAT registration to hrbd@oxfam.org.uk

Proposal submission deadline: 12 December 2017

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